Paul, is that a Fiat Spyder?

Love the car!


good to see you started at 14. My mom was a bit concerned when I was 13 as I had the Austin A40 truck, the Mini in the earlier pic and a 200cc motorbike and a number of guns. LOL no wonder she wasn't happy!

Looks to me like a Renault Caravelle. My older sister had one in the late 60's.

My first car was a 1975 Fiat 128 2 door sedan. Served me well and my 2 nephews that wound up driving it in the ground afterwards.

Ah, thanks. Great looking car.

My uncle was a Fiat guy and got his daughter a 128. It worked out well for her too. Something "right" about it.

From another time we did this...

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My aunt sent me her old 1970 Plymouth Satellite. It looked just like this, but with a 318. I only drove it a few times because my older brother took the car.

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My first car also. This is a pic of it after a bee flew in the window and landed on my crotch.

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Replaced it with this:

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Hmm, had the same car. Bought it in 1970 with around 20k miles. Red and black. One of the best cars I have owned. Just needed to keep oil in the carb floats. Sold it to buy a '72 Dodge van, 3 on the tree. Big mistake

1967 Tiger
 

Orchid green Mk11 Sunbeam Tiger 289 4 sp http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1604423996.jpg
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Nice

'57 Corvette 283. No pics as that is ancient history (1963). It was plain white with red interior.

My dad had an '82. I remember thinking the same thing (fast windows).

1974 Corolla. There is actually quite the following on these now. Fun car when you are 16 and live in the country with lots of winding back roads. http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1604683915.jpg

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Nobody else?

My first vehicle was a 1976 Honda Super-sport 400F, w/a yellow tank.. i was about the 6th owner.

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First vehicle for me was a '62 Cub 50. The cub 50 is the most successful motorcycle in history.
Except mine was blue

1976 Triumph TR6. CF51849U https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...c85e18b2cd.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...2bd6b2e61c.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...eb28551a20.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...d5ccb06e43.jpg

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First car I paid for myself
Bristol 400 (successor to pre-war BMW 328)

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lol my father traded a 70 chevelle ss for a dodge van. even Bigger mistake :eek:

My first few vehicles were motorcycles. My first car was a baby blue 1969 Beetle.

Golf Mk2 Diesel , red, with Jetta headlights

1978 Cutlass Supreme Brougham

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Bought Dad's old work truck '89 c/k2500...absolutely loved and miss this truck.
It was my first vehicle and "project". Installed an Edelbrock intake manifold, headers, flowmasters, cranked up the front T-Bars, and did rust repair on the cab corners and rear fender arches.

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Ha! Me too. I rode my dad's old Honda "Super Cub". I still have it. Red with originally a tan seat. Now black.

First car was a t-5 Cabriolet 356B. It had holes everywhere. I could see the road underneath me. But I drove that thing everywhere. Man, what adventures oh man.

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1990 Olds Cutlass Ciera

‘58 VW with no motor for $75 when I was 17. Got a non running motor from someone else for $25, a book for $7.95 and overhauled the motor next to the back porch at my parents house. Wa-la, I’m riding!

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Right there with you @911SauCy I had "Big Red" back in the day. Was nominated for 'Best Car' my senior year.

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1979 Super Beetle

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1973 standard Beetle, I shot this paint job when I was 15.
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Wow, well done!

1965 Mustang Convertible.
Had so many rust holes in the floor, when it rained my pants would get wet from the water splashing up on me!!
Everytime I made a left hand turn my right door would swing open!! The body had serious sag (from all the rust) not allowing the doors to close all the way. Needless to say we all wore our seatbelts.
Good times!

Wow is right. Impressive!

If including bikes....this was my first. A 1964 Yamaha RDS3 that I bought in 1969 as a freshman in HS.
250 cc and mine had reg bars.

https://i0.wp.com/www.bike-urious.co...08%2C548&ssl=1

I put front disc brakes, progressive springs and shocks on that bug, handling was incredible on that car.

Learned to drive in what is now my 356

Took over moms '76 Vista Cruiser station wagon when I got my license

First street legal one was this 72 Ford F100, bought new and which I still have.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1761858072.jpg

Found a pic of my first 'vehicle'.
1958 Jeep CJ-5.

I've never owned another car that caused me so much 'pain' as this one.

Here it is sitting in front of our house in Santa Monica, obviously after a full rebuild of the engine and with the new top I put on it. I say obviously because I think I only drove it around the block once I got home from work. My Dad paid the guy for it for me since I was working that Saturday at the gas station. I wish now I had listened to him when he advised me not to buy it. He'd called me at work from the bank saying it smoked like a destroyer laying down a smoke screen. Shoulda listened....but I wanted a Jeep.

The pistons literally fell out of the block when my brother and I got the engine on a stand and took it apart. First time that had ever happened to either of us while working on an engine. We couldn't believe it had even run after that happened.

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1968 Pontiac Catalina station wagon, small block 400, power everything, AC.
Seated 8 with rear facing rearmost seat

Dad flew home from a year of working at the Boeing factory in Everett to Witchita Kansas.
He went down to the local dealer and bought it at a price break since it had hail damage on the hood and top.
Great fun in snow with positraction

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My first... 1982 Nissan Bluebird TRX (made in Australia).

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1762224497.jpg

I found a picture on the net of the 1964 Dodge Dart I had . Same color but mine didn't have white wall tires . Mine had rare Hurst floor shifter with the slant six engine . Fun car .

https://share.google/N8gzYBjWdxAwRfVsc

My neighbor has a 4dr version of that car. It's immaculate.

My first was a '67 AMC Ambassador. NY salt turned it into rusty junk. First runner was a '77 LTD II. Motor was toast, so we put a junk yard 302 in it. Electrical issues with that one, but it was a comfortable couch with wheels.