What was your first car?

[Big Man]

My first car was a gray, four-door, 1962 Plymouth Belvedere. This was in 1971. I spent about $30 on an eight-track tape player and had "roll and tuck" seats in the car. After ballgames, I would take a couple of the cheerleaders out for a ride. We really had a blast in that car. That old Plymouth would really run - especially on the dirt roads.

What about you all? What was your "first car"? Any special or interesting stories associated with the car?

 

[HoosierDaddy]

Red & white 1955 Chevy BelAire 265 powerglide 2D HT..my Senior year in HS (1964-65). A cheerleader rode in it practically everyday that year. Liked the car and Beatle haircut so much..that she married them the next year....

 

[PistolPete1969]

1981 Datsun 210 station wagon. Purchased for $600 upon my discharge from the US Navy in 1989. It had 110,000 miles on it when I got it. Was a GREAT car...

Oh, the fun times I had in that car!!!!


Pete

 

[MisterCairo]

A 1997 Ford Escort LX wagon that I bought at the end of a lease in 1999. It was a unique purple colour, so much so that over the course of 10 years of driving it, I only counted 15 others like it, and I put over 200,000 kilometers on it. Not the coolest vehicle on the road but handy as hell and I loved it! A sad day when she went to car heaven:

http://www.auto123.com/en/ford/escort-wagon/1997?carid=971802703

 

[Rathdown]

First car? a 1950 Mercury purchased in 1963 for $50, before I had a driver's license. That was quickly followed by a '55 Ford convertible, then an MGTC, which was sold to make room for a 1954 Jaguar XK140 MC drop head coupe, which was replaced by a 1963 Studebaker GT Hawk and a 1960 Morgan roadster (purchased weeks apart) when I went off to university in 1965. Since then I've owned close to 100 cars if I count my race cars.

 

[MisterCairo]

What would the 1954 Jaguar XK140 MC drop head coupe be worth now? Or ANY of those cars! If only one had the money and space.....!

 

[Aureliano]

A 1970s Fiat 500.

 

[Justin B]

First car was a '77 Buick LeSabre that was a hand-me-down from my Granddad. The title was signed into my name and three days later I had it sold. Bought me a '69 Superbee and promptly got three speeding tickets the first day driving it.

 

[rue]

Red & white 1955 Chevy BelAire 265 powerglide 2D HT..my Senior year in HS (1964-65). A cheerleader rode in it practically everyday that year. Liked the car and Beatle haircut so much..that she married them the next year....

That's so sweet HD

 

[rue]

My first car was a 1986 Ford Bronco Eddie Bauer Edition, which was a big mistake on my parents part, because I could fit A LOT of kids in that car and I did :eeek:

 

[Miss Golightly]

I only began driving a couple of years ago (this is what comes of living close to town and being ferried everywhere by your folks!) so got my first car two years ago - a Hyundai i10.

 

[DNO]

1963 Chevy II...a wreck of a car but an awful lot of fun when you're at university. Police really seemed to relish pulling it over for safety checks! It was followed by a 1966 Oldsmobile F-85...a sounder vehicle but a bit like driving a bus after the Chevy II. And then I went a bit backward with a 1964 Chevy Biscayne. First actual new car...new from the dealer...was a 1979 Honda Accord. Not many of those on the road at the time. Owners used to give each other a wave!

 

[LizzieMaine]

1969 Volkswagen Beetle. 1930's technology at its finest. Never had to worry about the engine freezing up on a winter morning, but I myself would often freeze in the driver's seat. I once drove it off the road in a sleet storm and into a drainage ditch, but was able to push it back onto the road without any help. That was long before the sciatica set in.

 

[Gromulus]

My dad's old, rusted yellow 1969 Chevrolet Impala with a 327 cu in engine. It ran well but the body was going south fast by 1974!. I used to make extra money during my teenage years as a drummer in a jazz/blues /wedding band and I had to put plywood in the trunk so that my drums and accessories wouldn't fall through the rusted trunk floor.

 

[ButteMT61]

1969 Mustang Mach 1. Green with black. Wasn't cherry, but it was a car and it got me hooked on muscles. The next one was a 69 Z/28 302 and it was basically a show car. Haven't looked back since. That's my bloodline. Like others here, no need to explain.

 

[kpreed]

My first "car" was a truck, a 1955 Ford. From it I earned enough to get my first car.

A 1956 Chevy. 265 v-8, 3- 2 barrel carbs and a 4-speed (what fun!). Here I am getting ready for Friday night at the Dragstrip, still have my membership card and my lowest race time in the quarter mile (13.94).

 

[Yeps]

1995 VW Jetta, manual transmission, 2.0L fourbanger. Red. That was a fun car. Shortly after I went to college, it went up in a cloud of white smoke. We have yet to see what the first car that I actually buy for myself is.

 

[HardBoiledMarlowe]

My first car was a low-mileage 1979 Chevrolet Impala purchased from an elderly woman. It was far from pleasing to the eye, but it could go fast and we could cram a lot of people in it. It last for a few months before the crankshaft bent. My first (and only so far) project car was a 1959 Rambler Super Sedan. I loved the slightly goofy look and spent a lot of time trying to restore it. I eventually ran out of time, money and a space to store it and had to sell it.

 

[Flicka]

The first car in the family after I was born was a Volvo PV. I don't remember which model, but it was definitely a pre-1960 model. It had very a nifty footstep and could probably have withstood WWIII (I have a vague feeling it had a partitioned windshield, but I might have dreamed that). Unfortunately the engine broke down so my dad sold it and got us a crap Alfa Romeo sporty car instead. I remember crying when we got rid of it.

My then-BF and I got our first car in '96. It was a red Pontiac Grand Prix ('90, I think) with a cool little computer screen which showed a sort of blue-print of the car. Looked very sci-fi. Unfortunately, the doors were so loooooong that if a car was parked next to you, you could only open it a fraction and had to slither out like you were imitating a cobra.

 

[LizzieMaine]

My first car was a low-mileage 1979 Chevrolet Impala purchased from an elderly woman. It was far from pleasing to the eye, but it could go fast and we could cram a lot of people in it. It last for a few months before the crankshaft bent. My first (and only so far) project car was a 1959 Rambler Super Sedan. I loved the slightly goofy look and spent a lot of time trying to restore it. I eventually ran out of time, money and a space to store it and had to sell it.

We had a '59 Rambler when I was a kid -- until the day my father tried to start it on a cold morning and cracked the engine block. I always thought it looked like a Checker taxicab with a bad attitude.