What was your first car and when did you get it?
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I just changed the spark plugs, took off a header, welded up a crack, then reinstalled everything in less than 2 hours on my 2003 GMC truck. I changed the thermostat on my son's 2008 VW Passat and it's about a 5-6 hour job.
Exactly like this except for the chrome tailpipes. ‘66 gto, 389ci, tri power, 4 speed hurst shifter.
I am trying to find a mid 70s C10 right now. One that isn't tricked out or customized. They are hard to find.69 Chevy C10 exactly like this one. I was 13(1987) when I got it and 14 when I totaled it.
"My" first car was a 1990 Geo Metro 5 door wagon (3 cylinder, 55 hp. Yes, you read that right. 55 hp). Was terribly unreliable, broke down all the time, doors didn't lock, no A/C, didn't need a key to start it (just a screwdriver)... and I was very blessed to have it. That thing got me to UK and work long enough for me to buy something on my own.
When you do find one, people think a lot of them. The prices have gone insane on those trucks.
Your post made me think of this songA 1972 4-door Fiat 124 Special TC. The only thing special about it is that it went down the road sideways due to being wrecked. Got it in 1980. Was a total pile of crap but my dad bought it for me so I couldn't really complain too much. It was a horrible shade of snot yellow and I had to replace the tires every 15K miles.
1967 Plymouth Satellite that I bought of my aunt for $250.
Splurged on a $14 Sparkomatic FM Converter from K-mart.
High-cotton right there......
Splurged on a $14 Sparkomatic FM Converter from K-mart.
High-cotton right there......
Did you happen to be stationed at Fort Irwin California in 1992-93?
My dad bought a '79 Thunderbird when it first came out in 1978 brand new. I bought it from him for $800 in 1986 when I turned 17. Yes, it was this color and had the same rims too
My first car was also a 79 Mustang…. Looked just like this except it was red. It had a manually removable sunroof and a factory 8-track player.1979 Mustang Ghia, dark or jade green. Looked almost identical to this, but mine had white vinyl interior.
Edit: Bought in 1989.
1988 Camry. 5 speed. Made in Japan.
Bought it from my parents for $1,000 in 1998. I ended up paying $500 and working off the rest of my debt in the form of manual labor around the house. Retired it as my primary car in 2002. Kept it until 2011. Sent it to the junkyard with an unidentifiable electrical issue with 304K miles on it.
1973 Roadrunner with the 440. I think I bought it in 1990? I worked in tobacco for 5 summers to save for that car. Popped my cherry in that car lol. The car wasn't the only thing that went fast 
1970 Vega. Bought in 73. Cragars, white letter firestones, 5 speed. Should have gotten a hint when I stopped by my girlfriends house on the way home and it died. Kept it a month.
First car in 1986 was a 1975 Nova SS (same body style as the '78 above).
1978 Nova in 1991.
Grandma's car. Same color. Factory wheels, no tint, and a little northern OH rust.
Second car in 1987 was a '77 Pontiac Grand Prix similar to the one above, but silver.Yes. It drank a lot of gas.
I had a 1947 Ford Coupe "grove car" that my uncle sold to me when I was 14 years old for $75.00. It didn't have any doors or a trunk lid and we used it to drive around in grandpa's citrus groves. I found some doors at the junkyard for $5 a piece.
In those days you could drive at age 14 with a restricted drivers license., no night driving and you had to have a licensed driver with you. Shortly after I got my regular drivers license at age 16 I bought this 1956 Ford Victoria in 1961 for $500 and had it in college at UK. It is one car I would like to have back today. She would fly with that 4 barrel carb
In those days you could drive at age 14 with a restricted drivers license., no night driving and you had to have a licensed driver with you. Shortly after I got my regular drivers license at age 16 I bought this 1956 Ford Victoria in 1961 for $500 and had it in college at UK. It is one car I would like to have back today. She would fly with that 4 barrel carb
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1968 RS Camaro. Black on black w/aluminum rims Got it in 87 when I was 15. Cut grass all summer and also worked at a cemetery to get most of the money. My dad loaned me the rest and I paid him while working at Wendy's after school. Built 350, close ratio 4-speed trans, and a 12 bolt posi rear end w/373 gears. Car probably had over 400 horsepower and I had no business driving it.
The crazy thing is I bought it for $2,500 and sold it 3 years later for $4,500. The only thing we really did was tune it up and I put in a Hayes racing clutch.
The same car would be worth about $50,000 right now. Wish I would have kept it.
The crazy thing is I bought it for $2,500 and sold it 3 years later for $4,500. The only thing we really did was tune it up and I put in a Hayes racing clutch.
The same car would be worth about $50,000 right now. Wish I would have kept it.
1972 Pontiac Ventura II- 307 V8- 3 Speed automatic- 2 door- Dark green- No stripes.
I got it in 1978 but before that my uncle took over payments for a couple years. He added Plastic seat covers, Aluminum wheels, Small padded steering wheel, Portable 8-track player mounted under the dash, Rear deck mounted speakers. Loved it but I really wanted the 1965 Mustang he restored a few years earlier.
I got it in 1978 but before that my uncle took over payments for a couple years. He added Plastic seat covers, Aluminum wheels, Small padded steering wheel, Portable 8-track player mounted under the dash, Rear deck mounted speakers. Loved it but I really wanted the 1965 Mustang he restored a few years earlier.
I changed a tire for someone on one of these years ago. I always thought they were solid alloys but they were polycast. One of the best looking wheels of the era.
My dad bought a '79 Thunderbird when it first came out in 1978 brand new. I bought it from him for $800 in 1986 when I turned 17. Yes, it was this color and had the same rims too.
We got a 1972 fastback Mustang when I was 14 in 1984 and fixed it up. My older sister drove it for a week while her car was out of commission when I was 15. I was PISSED.
It looked sweet but it needed more than we could do so I got an '84 Camaro 6 months after my license.
It looked sweet but it needed more than we could do so I got an '84 Camaro 6 months after my license.
A 1977 cutlass bought it in 1980 for 4,000 dollars from tobaco work money.
1952 Ford pickup, bright red with a flathead V8 engine. Acquired in 1969.
1973 VW... got it in 1981.
No AC, and heater was wired permanently "on"... but it was free.
No AC, and heater was wired permanently "on"... but it was free.
1987 Dodge Charger.
Got it in 96 and had it for my first couple years at UK. During the 98 championship it was parked on a street and some ******* kicked out one of the tail lights during the celebration.
A few months later after a movie with my girlfriend we were t-boned turning through and intersection by a Beemer that sailed through the light and hit right at the right front wheel snapping the axel and totaling it. Luckily my gf in the passenger seat wasn't hurt.
Loved that car.
Got it in 96 and had it for my first couple years at UK. During the 98 championship it was parked on a street and some ******* kicked out one of the tail lights during the celebration.
A few months later after a movie with my girlfriend we were t-boned turning through and intersection by a Beemer that sailed through the light and hit right at the right front wheel snapping the axel and totaling it. Luckily my gf in the passenger seat wasn't hurt.
Loved that car.
Chevette was a great first car.
My first car was a hard top 65 Mustang. Not at all glamorous though. the only thing holding it together was the rust. Rear ended someone on Rose St (looking at some girl's ***) and that was then end of that.
My first car was a hard top 65 Mustang. Not at all glamorous though. the only thing holding it together was the rust. Rear ended someone on Rose St (looking at some girl's ***) and that was then end of that.
Great cars. My parents both had these cars in that body style. Believe one was an '88 and other a '91.
1988 Camry. 5 speed. Made in Japan.
Bought it from my parents for $1,000 in 1998. I ended up paying $500 and working off the rest of my debt in the form of manual labor around the house. Retired it as my primary car in 2002. Kept it until 2011. Sent it to the junkyard with an unidentifiable electrical issue with 304K miles on it.
My first car was a 1989 VW Jetta Wolfsburg Edition. This isn't my actual car but it looked just like this. Got it in 1996 and unfortunately I was rear ended and it was totaled in 1998.
1978 Grand Prix. Got it 9/16/86 in my senior year of HS. I could, literally, watch the fuel gauge move if I floored it.
Every kid who had one in the 80s called it that. My buddy had one and we called it the Vette too.I was 16, early 80s Vette, Chevette that is, but we called it the Vette.
First car I drove was a Cavalier Station Wagon, but the first car that was mine looked something like this. Nice little car. Roomy enough for 4-5 high schoolers to ride around in. 0-60 in about 3.4 minutes. Added some 6”x9”s, a sunroof and a CD player. Lasted quite a while until it started accelerating after I took my foot off the gas. Had to let her go.
By the way, if you ever want to get a Chevy line discontinued, just let someone in my family drive it. Vega, Chevette, Cavalier, Spectrum, Lumina, we had ‘em all.
By the way, if you ever want to get a Chevy line discontinued, just let someone in my family drive it. Vega, Chevette, Cavalier, Spectrum, Lumina, we had ‘em all.