What Car Did You First Learn to Drive

[Wyo]

1957 Willys wagon. It had three sticks on the floor, one was the 3-speed shifter, one to go in and out of 4WD and the third was for high and low range in 4WD. I tipped the thing over on its side in a ditch one time and didn't even scratch it. I think it was made of cast iron.

 

[35Rem]

It was the first time I ever heard a man scream in terror.

Barb,

How many times HAVE you made a man scream in terror?

 

[BarbC]

Barb,

How many times HAVE you made a man scream in terror?

Between the driving and the shooting, quite a few.

 

[truckemup97]

First was an early '50s Chevy pickup. Grandpa didn't like the way I threw the hay out the back to the cows, so he showed me how to put it in first (three on the tree), let out the clutch and steer. I would drive around the pasture while he threw out the hay, then he would jump out, jog to the door and I would slide over and he would take the wheel.

Dad taught me to shift to second, third, fourth and fifth gears a couple of years later in a Honda Accord. He had ten between '78 and '82. I would guess it was one of the '79s.

 

[sigp220.45]

1973 Plymouth Gold Duster with three on the tree.

 

[josephthreedogs]

1951 Kaiser.

 

[GRIZZLYBEAR]

1949 Crosley Hotshot


grizz

 

[Rule 303]

1953 Chevy Pickup.

Rule 303

 

[38-44HD45]

1947 Willys Jeep pickup.

 

[The Highlander]

1963 Triumph TR4

Gawd I'd love to have that car now.

The Highlander

 

[The Highlander]

1951 Kaiser.

Hey! I had a 1953 Kaiser Manhattan. Figured I'd be the only one on the thread.

The Highlander

 

[ambassador]

1st car

Took my drivers test in a 1955 Olds Ninety Eight 4dr,learned how to drive in a 49 Buick,47Packard,49Plymouth,47 Plymouth fluid drive.

 

[feldspar13]

My uncles Ford F-100 and my dads 64 Ford Fairlane

 

[samuelrp]

1957 Ford. It would appear that most of us are O L D !

 

[guy sajer]

1977

1972 Ford(I think) M151A2 MUTT . The gasoline heater was rough traveling in the Ohio winter but at 16 yrs old I didn't care

 

[kobsw]

1969 Pontiac Ventura. It was 18 years old and I was 17.

What a lot of good miles and memories.

 

[deralte]

1937 Ford V8/60 coupe. Learned to drive it on a big ballfield when I was 13 and my father gave it to me when I turned 16-that was 1949.

 

[7tenz]

I learned to drive on a tractor when I was 12. I drove a 2 ton truck on the road before i ever drove a car.

Same here, a John Deere 420 when I was 7, just working the clutch on level ground. Varioius p/u's and an IH scout on the road pre-teen. Driving was fun then.

 

[Raider]

Crapped out rusty 1954 Buick Special 2 door. It was a dog but better than nothing.

Charlie

 

[james56]

1965 Merc. Monteray 2dr coup 390cu." 3speed on the colum that Grandma give to me after Grand dad died
james S&WCA 2281