How did I miss this one the first time around? A (used) 1957 Vauxhall and I paid $400.00 for it. It was white and I put two blue racing stripes (2" tape) all the way over. I never took it out on rainy days, but that was because the wipers didn't work. :cornut: Jim
1978 Ford Granada, 2 door, w/ 351 Windsor. I loved that car. Dropped it 3 inches, tinted out, decent 5 star rims and a surf rack. Took us from Maine to Miami and many breaks in between. . .those were fun days.
1971 Pontiac LeMans Sport with a 350 V8. Cut down pick coil springs with heavy duty shocks and dropped it a tick. Even liked the curves way back then.
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.
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.
1969 mustang coupe with a 351 windsor, 500cfm carb, brand new interior, for 1300 cause it wasnt running. took it home pulled the tank swapped the sending unit and never had an issue with it. man i miss that car
Thanks to the OP...it's always nice to remember our first car. Mine was a Toyota Starlet 1982 as univ. graduation gift from my parents in 1984. It came with 1.2L 2K-E engine, 4 speed manual, A/C. Mods: 1. changed engine to 1.5L Toyota 5K-U, electronic ignition. 2. 4:2:1 Headers + Free flow Muffler. 3. bigger primary jets in the carburetor. 4. changed the skinny 12-inch wheels with 13 x 6 alloy. 5. Foam air filter. 6. Tinted windows 7. Pioneer KP500 Stereo + Equalizer Booster, JBL speakers. 8. Momo 3 spoke steering wheel. 9. Bosch yellow fog lights. 10. TRD (Toyota Racing Development) stickers (to make it go fast...LOL, those were the days...). It was a fun, small, light, rwd car, practical hatchback, and very reliable.
68 Red VW Beetle. Great car. Paid for with many, many early morning newspaper deliveries and summer lawn cuttings. I learned how to pull an engine with scissors jacks and 2x4s. Replaced my own burned (really bad) #3 exhaust valve. (Learned how to adjust valve clearances too!) Ran so much better on 4 cylinders. Learned how to replace a clutch and many other things. I also learned how to be much more careful when buying used cars. But I loved that car.
Dang, thought I had posted in this thread already, but I guess not. 1968 Ford Galaxie 500 - I think exactly like this one:
I had an '81 2 door Ford Fairmont with a 4 cyl. It was a little old lady's car that my dad bought for $800. The vinyl on the front bench seat had a melted spot where she use to sit her coffee cup when she drove.
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
I had an '89 as well. First car I started modding. Then I had a '92 Cougar (same chassis) with a 302 HO, then a '96 T-bird with the 4.6L V8. Such a good chassis & fond memories.
1990 Honda CRX HF. I blew the transmission "bouncing" it with the throttle and ended up swapping in a 1.6L dohc ZC motor. Did all the bolt-ons, minor suspension and wheels. It was a fun little car.
90 geo prism hatch back absolutely hated the thing.... although I managed to get my license suspended with it.... 2 speeding tickets under the age of 18 in MA = 180 day suspension man that sucked....
1965 Opel Kadet B - wood steering wheel, 4 speed (taught myself!) Got it in 1970, gas was really really cheap... $0.29/gal
1976 chevy Malibu Classic. Got me thru my senior year of college and first job. Was still in great shape when I sold it. It had been my grandfather's.
My first car was a 1985 Nissan Pickup 4x4. Great fun though it was only the 4 cyl. It blew a cylinder wall and I got a 1996 Mazda MX6 V6 in 1999. It was in great shape and had it until I graduated from OU. First NEW car was a 2000 Celica GT-S 6spd. Loved that car and modded the hell out of it and kept it until 2005. Then it went as follows: 2000 Suby 2.5RS bought in 2003 for a winter car for the Celica. 2004 Suby WRX Traded the 2.5RS in on it for a new WRX. Had it and the Celica for a while until I sold the Celica. 2007 Suby STi - Traded in the WRX, Modded to Stage 2, fast as hell. 2007 Lexus IS350 - Traded in the STi, Bought for the luxury compared to the Subies I'd had. 2009 Nissan 370Z - Loved it, just didn't drive it enough and wasn't functional enough to justify the payment. 2000 Jeep Wrangler (current) 2005 MCS (current) - Sold the Z and bought this virtually the same day. Great fun to drive. A lot of folks say I have a problem.... I disagree
The first car i drove was a red 1969 Pontiac Firebird, white interior, 350/3-speed. The first car i bought was a 1965 Sunbeam Alpine, metallic blue over black. It solidified my love of small, sporty cars. I found it for sale 15 years after I sold it, but it was a combo deal with a Sunbeam Tiger shell that the seller wanted $5000 for - so sad he wouldn't split them up.
