If I remember right this is one of the threads that dropped out of sight after it lost a bunch of posts in the Big Data Dump of 2010. My post is one of the missing so...
Mine was a 1968 Opel Kadett station wagon. Ain't it purdy?
My mom didn't know what the oil light meant so she kept driving it until bad things happened. Dad decided to just park it next to the garage where it stayed for a few years until I needed a car for college. He said I could have it if I could fix it.
I didn't know anything about fixing cars but he said I should swap the engine, so I did. He kept offering to help but I wanted to figure it out on my own. When I found a replacement at the local junk yard the guy threw in the tranny and all the bits that went with it. Bonus! Sort of... I was such a noob I didn't even realize the new tranny was a manual and the car had an auto until I started trying to swap one for the other. I actually made it work -- Dad had lots of good tools -- and that's where it all started.
It was just a crappy little station wagon with an 1100cc engine, but I was proud of it because I'd fixed it myself.![]()
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A 1960 Chevy Biscayne 2 door post coupe. I paid $350 for it and the first time one of my buddies got in the back seat he fell through the floor board. Being creative we immediately unbolted the closest stop sign from the sign pole and covered the hole in the floor. That stop sign was still under the carpet covering the hole 3 years later when I sold it.
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Hi, Mine was a light blue, 1963 Pontiac Tempest that I bought from my Grandma for $60. I think it had 38,000 miles on it. Big front seat
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Ernesto Club Coordinator
My first car was a used 1970 Beetle in high school in 1980.
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1998 Jeep Wrangler Sport.
With only 28k at her death...
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1960 Chevy Biscayne 2 door sedan. 283 4 bbl, three speed Hurst conversion kit floor shifter. Paid my life savings of $350 in 1968. I didn't care about the FRONT SEAT, it had a large REAR SEAT for numerous uses at the drive-in movies:blush2:
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Crashton Club Coordinator
1959 Pontiac Catalina 4 door. 383 V8 with an automagic. Front & rear seats were like big sofas. What a tank that car was, it probably is responsible for my conversion to a small car driver.
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'71 Superbeetle
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1969 SS396 Camaro Convertible- stolen after investing my hard earned High school bad job money
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The first car I purchased new was a 1983 VW Rabbit GTI.
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My first car was a 1972 Mini 1000.
Epic rust bucket when I got it, I learned more about welding than driving.
My second car was a 1968 Cooper S.
Then I added a Ford Fiesta to the mix to use as a daily driver while I raced one mini and continued to weld the other one....... -
...my MINI S:crazy:
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lotsie Club Coordinator
My first car, which I bought in 1971 for $50, was a black 1958 Beetle. It had rusted out heater tubes, which meant I had to scrap ice off the inside of the windows as I drove in the winter. Kept the car for about a year.
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First hand me down - 72' turd brown Dodge Polara wagon - 396 4bbl - Wasn't for all the weight of the tank it would have hauled some serious ass. Until of course it threw a rod
First bought car - 75' Toyota Celica
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