A used VW bug, dark green, about 1964-5 vintage basic transport it ran well for the 5 or so years I had it. I really wanted a GTO but couldn't afford it.
Steve W
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moosestang
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'61 Chevy Bel Air. 348 (409's little brother). Three on the tree converted to 3 on the floor. Above mentioned floor rusted out so bad I bent some sheet metal to fit the front floor so I didn't play Fred Flintstone at every stop! And Ohhh, those glass packs!
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My first car: 1966 Volvo P1800S. Think the old TV series The Saint. Like everyone else, I sold mine and can't afford to replace it now. It was junk, but it had style!
55 Chevy 2 dr hard top. 283 cu in V8 with headers and a Hurst conversion floor shift.
1969 Mercury Cougar XR7 in 1974. 390 CI w/ 4bbl and a C6 tranny. Leather interior, power everything and a vinyl top. Found out years later it was one of only 106 ever built in that configuration. Don't know how I could have kept it for almost 50 years but I sure wish I would've.
31FordA
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My first car was a 1985 Ford Crown Victoria that my parents gave me in 12th grade. 302 V-8, rear drive, body on frame, AM/FM with cassette, A/C, velour interior. It was a great car. No problem fitting 9 friends in it at Senior Week in Wildwood. Drove it for many years. It was the first of many big Ford’s and Mercury’s.
The first car I bought was a low mileage 1994 Mercury Grand Marquis. Just as nicely optioned as the Vic, but with the 4.6 V-8. Bought it in January 1999 and drove it until Sept 2012. Had well over 200,00 miles on it when I sold it.
The first car I bought was a low mileage 1994 Mercury Grand Marquis. Just as nicely optioned as the Vic, but with the 4.6 V-8. Bought it in January 1999 and drove it until Sept 2012. Had well over 200,00 miles on it when I sold it.
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Pretty boring, actually. I did not buy my first new car until 1995 and I started driving in '79. It was a Dodge Dakota pickup. All the rest were hand me downs I bought from my parents and my maternal grandfather's car which was given to me as my first vehicle.
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94 Ford F-250 with the 7.3L International IDI turbo diesel and a long bed.
Bought it off the farmer I was working for at the time, worked off most of it. I was traveling a regional rodeo circuit and needed something that would pull a horse trailer and 3 or 4 wanna be cowboys. It was awesome, a lot of memories in that truck.
Bought it off the farmer I was working for at the time, worked off most of it. I was traveling a regional rodeo circuit and needed something that would pull a horse trailer and 3 or 4 wanna be cowboys. It was awesome, a lot of memories in that truck.
GRIZZLYBEAR
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Don't have a picture but first car was a 57 Studebaker Golden Hawk with the supercharged President 289 V-8; it was speedy for a 57.
Mom & dad were divorced, it was 69 and I wanted a car.Had it picked out,asked dad to go to look at it. 67 impala ss 427 with auto trans. He took it for a drive told me no way. Two days later he shows up with 57 four door 6cyl auto it was my first car.
A 1929 Model A Ford. I was 15 & did not have a drivers license for 2 years yet. Great old car, guess I'm showing my age. LOL.
Justin T
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Mine was a ‘79 longbed stepside. Not too many of those around. But yeah, the stepside was the rancher’s friend bc you could get into the bed easily.
Mine was a very basic truck. No power steering, 3 on tree, straight 6, no AC, AM radio. I drove that thing all over Texas. Miss it sometimes.
I was getting ready to graduate in 1977, and Pop figured I needed to get a car for going to job interviews. He pledged stock at the bank so I could get a car loan to buy a dark green 1971 Chrysler Newport that had a V-8 383 engine. The first of the Batmobiles.
Texas Star
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A white 1961 two door Impala , 283 engine, red stripe on the side.
Used, about 1968.
Used, about 1968.
Same here. My first car was a 1970 Maverick 2-door with the 200cid straight 6 and 3 speed auto, in poppy orange - which was a bright red with orange overtones. Beat the heck out of walking though...
Here's a stock picture that looks virtually identical to mine - except I had Mustang hubcaps on mine - and no body-line side molding.
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Since Sal brought up seconds, here's number two:
I'm sure our former Rez Fed would have approved.
My fourth car was one just a couple of years older than yours - a 1969 with the dealer-option console shifter 3 speed automatic.
Mine was a 1952 Buick Super 4 door. 263 OHV straight eight and a DynaFlow transmission. My granddaddy had bought the car from his boss in 1954, since the boss traded every two years. I was brought home from the hospital in it. My granddaddy died in '58 and my grandmother hung onto "Old Betsy." 
She kept insurance and tags on it until 1965 and then it just sat in the garage. She would go out and start it up every few weeks or so. Finally, the battery died and it sat for a number of years.She gave it to me when I was 17, in 1971. My dad was an old Buick man and he said the engine was probably frozen. My grandmother sent him down to Western Auto to buy a battery and asked him to try and get it running for me. Dad stuck in the new battery, a six volt 2EE, a long, skinny model that sat net to the fender well, poured gas in the carburetor and and she fired right up! His comment was, "Well, I'll be d--ned!" 
He just didn't have the faith that me and my grandmother had.
I drove her for about two years and then got a 1960 Pontiac, as parts were easier to find. I kept the Buick for years. All three of MY children came home from the hospital in it too. I did add seatbelts so that I could strap down a car seat.
In 2000, I no longer had a garage and the poor old car was going to pieces. I decided to sell her to someone who could enjoy her as much as I did. Of course, now I wish I still had "Old Betsy."
She kept insurance and tags on it until 1965 and then it just sat in the garage. She would go out and start it up every few weeks or so. Finally, the battery died and it sat for a number of years.She gave it to me when I was 17, in 1971. My dad was an old Buick man and he said the engine was probably frozen. My grandmother sent him down to Western Auto to buy a battery and asked him to try and get it running for me. Dad stuck in the new battery, a six volt 2EE, a long, skinny model that sat net to the fender well, poured gas in the carburetor and and she fired right up! His comment was, "Well, I'll be d--ned!" He just didn't have the faith that me and my grandmother had. I drove her for about two years and then got a 1960 Pontiac, as parts were easier to find. I kept the Buick for years. All three of MY children came home from the hospital in it too.
I did add seatbelts so that I could strap down a car seat.In 2000, I no longer had a garage and the poor old car was going to pieces. I decided to sell her to someone who could enjoy her as much as I did. Of course, now I wish I still had "Old Betsy."
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49 Studebaker 4 door. Had air brakes...open the back doors. Wasn't quick or pretty but it got me where I was going...then a 57 Ford a 58 vetteand onward and upward. @ favs that I kept for a good while 64 Impala SS 409 2 4s...only thing it couldn't pass was a gas station and a 69 Z-28. Clocked at 147 in that one by a state cop with his "NEW" radar
Straightshooter2
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1954 Ford with a '63 406 bored to 427. It got about 90 miles on a tank of gas.
