What Car Did You First Learn to Drive

[charlie sherrill]

1960 Rambler station wagon with the "surprise" reclining front seats. The back ones folded down also making it a "romper room." It had a six cylinder engine with three on the tree. No air, power steering or radio. After Louisiana Joe and I got through with it it wasn't worth much. I once got stopped in it because the officer said I had too many people in it. There were only 15, including five on the tailgate holding onto the luggage rack. I think we were going to a ball game.

 

[ancient-one]

1933 Chevy sitting on my aunts lap.

 

[deputydon]

1947 Hudson pickup. Backed that sucker in a ditch, looked over at my Dad who said "You drove it in here - you drive it out." Put it in low and drove it out and never had any more trouble with it. Would pay a lot to have that ole Hudson today.

-don

 

[6946 fan]

69 RS Camaro 350 Auto. The first 200 feet of my driver training was with both tires smoking across my Catholic grade school's parking lot. To be 15 again with your best friend just turning 16 teaching you how to to do a burnout in his Camaro. I miss you Wade.

If I ever catch my kids doing this................

 

[bmcgilvray]

Though I was born in 1957 the first car I actually ever got to drive was a 1926 Ford Model T coupe belonging to a neighbor.

 

[Denver Dick]

Dad's 1955 De Soto, in original pink, no less. Fortunately, as soon as Dad was sure I wasn't going to wreck his faithful De Soto, he let me move to the family's relatively new '64 SS Impala two-door with buckets seats . . .

 

[Mickey D]

'48 Dodge Deluxe four door sedan, straight six with a 'fluid drive' manual transmission.

 

[Bulldogger]

'69 Dodge Polara. 383 cu. in. engine.

 

[kennyb]

1958 vw bug...36 hp...no heat,gas gauge,or radio...brakes worked sometimes...sold it after a few months and moved up to a 1968 mustang with a 302

 

[VM]

Chevy Nova - 250 C.I., straight six, three on the tree

 

[Scrapper]

The first car I drove was a Ford Starliner that was used on a farm. It had truck tires stuffed in the wheel wells and a 360ci V8. It was a Beast. I posted a picture of one but it's a-lot nicer than the one I'm talking about. I was around 9 yrs old.

 

[Cyrano]

My father's 1937 Chrysler Royal. He bought it used in '40 and I think we had it until about 1952. You could crank the windshield open for more ventilation. Odometer had gone around at least once, We drove it across the country and back during the war. 3 speed box; big old straight 8 engine. Wish I had it now.

 

[OLDFED]

1948 black Chrysler convertible with the woody sides. What a tank! I saw one restored last summer and it was still a beauty and what memories...wish I still had it.

 

[Sprefix]

Cornbinder......

My first driving experience was a John Deere "B" then a 4020 J.D. After that, was the 1949 International pickup truck. It was "Devil Red' and Black and had the toughest set of gears in the state of South Dakota. I never got that cup of "gear coffee", but I sure ground a pound or so off of them. LOL Sprefix

 

[datsun40146]

1977 Datsun 280Z

 

[Titan]

I learned to drive on Dad's silver '59 Chevy Impala with red interior...very nice!

Manual transmission and no power steering, though (Dad didn't believe in such new fangled gizmos). Those hours and hours practicing three point turns were a killer.

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[srgvaz]

My first at 13 was dads 86 dodge truck 360ci. - 4bbl carb. I was caught a few months later when he got home early and the spare tire was mounted. I guess like most people the parents were never around to know what the kids are doing he was always at work and she was always throwing money away. How we learn from our and their mistakes. right?

 

[jeepjeepwhat]

1991 Subaru Legacy Station Wagon. 5 Speed, push button 4WD.

 

[BarbC]

It was a 1973 Ford Country Squire when I was 14-15. I would go with my dad to the range which was on one end of a dirt road and after shooting, he'd let me drive it down to the other end of the dirt road, about 3 miles.

One time a shooting companion of his was along and sitting in the passenger side back seat. Another car came along and as I went to the far right as we passed at full speed, I hit some branches. It was the first time I ever heard a man scream in terror.

 

[cincinnatijim]

1952 Ford 6. Nice car. It had been a demonstrator before my parents bought it. We always thought it may have had some engine modifications, because my Mother liked to drag race with Oldsmobiles and she beat most of them for a block or so.