1957 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider. It was eight years when I had it. This is a later model. The only visual difference is the 1957 did not have wind wings. Photo taken in Carmel at the Tour D'Elegance (part of the Pebble Beach Concours D’Elegance.
I love how many people have owned VW bugs. I learned to drive in a 74 super beetle, yes I know there is no such thing as a 74 Super, but it was an import that belonged to my uncle, even had a crazy rear fog. I still watch the classifieds to find a 60's bug.
First car to drive regularly...........'72 Ford Maverick Grabber ! First bought car.........'78 Scirocco new
My first car........ My Dad said if i wanted a car I would have to buy it myself. That was in '68.......bought a 1955 Pontiac Star Chief. Had the 287ci V8 with the 3-speed on the tree. First gear was a rabbit off the line. I blew so many 2nd gear syncros I'd buy the trannies from the junk yards for about 6 or 7 dollars and replace the tranny in about a half hour. I always had a couple spares in the garage. Corvair bucket seats......it was hot. Anyways, mine looked just like this even with the "chrome reverse" wheels except mine was all black, with a dark blue interior. I can't remember if we cut a half or a full coil off the springs to lower it. There was so much chrome on this car, it was quite spectacular. My future wife could tell when I was coming by the interference on the TV from my un-shielded copper plug wires.
My First Car A POS '59 Renault Dauphine (gag, puke) bought in '63. That thing was awful :mad2:. Learned to change a head gasket in 30min with it! Just the memory of that snail eater is enough to make me run out and kiss my MCS right on it's MINI badge. BTW, my first choice was a '58 Morris Minor Woody wagon. Mom took one look in the back and said "NO!". Oh well. :devil:
My first car was a 56 Pontiac 4dr, "flesh" (who's?) color over cream. I paid $10 from an Okie who's wife had run off to Nebraska. He stopped at the gas station I worked at late on Sunday night and said if someone would give him $10 he'd gladly sign over the title as he didn't think it would make it back to Oklahoma. I reached in my pocket, pulled out a tenner and I was the proud owner of a thoroughly dirty worn out, bald tired Poncho! :idea: I bought 2 new blackwall tires for the front of it for $13 ea, changed the oil (all I could afford was non-detergent at .25 a quart) installed a complete dual exhaust system from the manifolds back, topped off the brakes and transmission and then spent a weekend cleaning it out. When I was done I had a pretty good car - it had power steering, windows, locks and factory A/C - very rare on any car of that era, let alone a Pontiac. Drove it all thru high school then sold it to a neighbor for $150 - his wife promptly totaled it (yep, her fault). Fortunately no one was injured..... The one I really miss tho is my '70 Dino......
1984 SAAB 900 Turbo 3-door. 5spd., sunroof. Fun car. Just fast enough to have fun, but not fast enough to kill me. It was silver with a maroon interior. Yes, it looked like a big armadillo...
1956 Mercury Montclair ( sp).... OOOOOHHhhhh.... 18 years old/ married/ on the way to Viet Nam. 61 TR3.. 1967 Mustang fast back.. Dee is PG and we need a bigger car... Blah... balh... 45 years later.. Still have the 67 fastback.. the 06 MCS and She has a 06 330i. Just me...................................... Thumper
YES! My buddy had one of these in HS. We called it "Southern Spice." Beautiful beast. Everyone else's first cars are so much cooler than mine: 1993 Ford Explorer, black, named KIT. One cool part: it was 5-speed. 12 years later, it is still spoken about among my friends as "most comfortable shotgun ever." Before I got my license, I used to practice BACKING it into the garage I had at my mom's house. Why? I have no idea. Perhaps I thought I'd need to make a quick getaway. Sure enough, I slammed it into the side and put a huge dent into the passenger rear door. Never fixed it:mad2:. - Marc
1987 Nissan Maxima with 180,000 miles. I drove it just past the 200K mark when a gal in a Mercedes S-class blew a stop-sign and totaled it for me... Oh yeah, it was a talking car: "Low Fuel Level", "Your Door is Ajar", "Trunk Open", ect... My dad and I figured out how to change the voice to Japanese... HI-larious. Mine was a two-tone but it was brown and biege