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  1. Steve

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    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?

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    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. :Thumbsup:
     
  2. CHKMINI

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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.
     
  3. KittyMini

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    My first car was an '89 T-bird from my dad.
    I used to call it the Bird of Prey :lol:

    Managed to snap the front sway bar once :wink2
     
  4. cwhitacre21

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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 :D
     
  5. Ernesto

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    My first car was a used 1970 Beetle in high school in 1980.
     
  6. imspencerwithanr53

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    1998 Jeep Wrangler Sport.
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    With only 28k at her death...
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    There was a rack, a couple more lights on the roof as well. :mad2:
     
  7. Motoring Magic

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    horsepower and stickshift-some things never change

    63 Impala SS--327-4 speed (in 1970-was a pretty nice car)
     
  8. CHKMINI

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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:
     
  9. Crashton

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    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
     
  11. Boxcars

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    1965 VW bug,
    purchased used in berkeley ,ca $500
    in 1973
     
  12. Mike

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    1973 Alfa Romeo Berlina, started driving it in 1986. It had about 180000 miles on it. I drove it until it had about 260000 miles, then parked it, pulled the Weber carbs, and walked away.
     
  13. TexasChiliS

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    1969 SS396 Camaro Convertible- stolen after investing my hard earned High school bad job money
     
  14. quikmni

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    The first car I purchased new was a 1983 VW Rabbit GTI.
    Previous to that I had a 1972 VW Bug handed down from my Dad when I went to college.
     
  15. MaxN

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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.......
     
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    ...my MINI S:crazy:
     
  17. mimini1

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    My first car was a 1959 MGA I bought for 300 dollars in 1968. It was really fun to drive when it was not broke. It was broke a lot.
     

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  18. lotsie

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    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.

    Mark
     
  19. Nathan

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    First car I purchased with my own money for me was a 69 Super Beetle.

    First new car I purchased with my own money replaced the above and was an 84 VW GTI.
     
  20. TGS91

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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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