The thing I remember most about my first car......

[masraum]

Originally Posted by Eric Hahl

Bias ply tires and drum brakes on my 68 Mustang...oh boy!

My impala had radials, but yeah, non-power 4 wheel drum brakes on a '65 Impala (at least 1.5x as much car as your mustang) was occasionally interesting.

I really should have started with rebuilding all 4 wheel cylinders, replacing the pads and other shoe hardware (pins, springs, etc..), adjusting the brakes, replacing the drums or getting them turned, and bleeding the full system. I suspect the brakes would have functioned 10x better than they did.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by flatbutt

In addition to a length of 2 x 4 to prevent the auto recline function on the driver side my '63 Chevy Biscayne had a cooling feature on the passenger side...no front floor.

Yep, my '65 Impala had rust in the trunk, pass's side floorboard, etc.... The poor thing was full of holes in places that you couldn't see them.

[911 Rod]

Getting my cherry popped in the back seat of my 74 Corolla.

[McLovin]

Originally Posted by LEAKYSEALS951

[tabs]

I wanted a Ferrari...but got a Porsche instead.

Mother just wouldn't go for it..maybe an Italian scared her as a child I don't know?

Unfortunately I look at a car as an appliance..a washing machine, dryer, dish washer, refrigerator.

[Tobra]

Originally Posted by unclebilly

Glen… you old!

My ‘60’ beetle has the no gas gauge option too.

I thought it was OEM dipstick gas guage

1979 Super Beetle with a gas gauge that's not work below a quarter tank. Had to write down how many miles it had on it. Worked okay until the odometer/speedo quit. Plastic gear on speedo cable et voila

[NY65912]

The sound and feel of a Slim Jim transmission shifting from 1st to 2nd on my 1963 Oldsmobile Dynamic 88.

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by 911 Rod

Getting my cherry popped in the back seat of my 74 Corolla.

I can report that a 914 requires gymnastic moves but it is possible to fog up the windows with am appropriate partner as long as she is under 5 foot 5 inches tall. But that was my third car.

[HobieMarty]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

I can report that a 914 requires gymnastic moves but it is possible to fog up the windows with am appropriate partner as long as she is under 5 foot 5 inches tall. But that was my third car.

Had a girlfriend prove to me that we could do the business in my TR6 with the top up or down!!! Had to open the passenger side door, lol.

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[wdfifteen]

My first real car was a 1960 VW sedan (I owned a 195x Henry J before that but I was only 10 or so).
I remember having to park it on a hill because the starter was so slow it wouldn't crank the engine over fast enough to start it. Found out it was just the starter bushing in the transmission. Loved that car after that discovery.

[LWJ]

63 impala.

BIG back seat.

[SCadaddle]

75 Fiat 128 2 door sedan. Had a knob on the dash that said "Throttle". Pull the knob, maybe twist (I forget) and it was as good as your foot on the gas....especially when pushing it out of the mud at which point once it got traction you had to run to catch it! Early technology front wheel drive that little car was a torque steer monster!

[tdw28210]

The doors weighed like 100 lbs. Repainted '74 Firebird that was only running on 6 of 8 cylinders.

[fastfredracing]

1980 Dodge colt. Wretched pos, I made up for it after that . I did not pay for it though, I mowed my neighbors grass for a summer, and he gave me the car .
It had a dual range transmission, either power or sport, both sucked .

[Racerbvd]

My VW bushido trouble stopping and was scary in turns but was a lot of fun parked

[A930Rocket]

First car I drove was a 74 super beetle. Good times through high school and beyond.

First car I bought for myself, was a 69 triumph GT 6+. Paid $250 for it in 76. It was a rusted out POS and I never got to drive it, because we moved.

[JavaBrewer]

67 VW squareback, faded red paint. We drove that South to LA for a Pat Benatar concert. Found out a few days later one of the cylinders was toast. Car got us home no problems.

[billybek]

74 VW Thing.
A friend of mine was in the back seat and kicked my aluminum framed tennis racket across the battery posts. Started the back seat on fire and he couldn't figure out the lock/unlock position of the door latches.... Fun times.

[ckelly78z]

Originally Posted by dad911

70 Dodge Challenger. Driver's bucket seat was broken, a metal craftsman toolbox wedged between it and the back seat prevented spontaneous reclining.

A buddy had an AMC Matador that the bench seat was rather loose (front holder bolts rusted through)...What a riot that car was, with 3 of us in the front seat on a hard takeoff, we would be staring at the ceiling for a second, or two !

[oldE]

Late '60s Pontiac version of a Chevy Nova. That car taught me the importance of conservation of energy, since it didn't have enough power to accellarate , it accumulated velocity. That was too bad, as the suspension was notable because it was simply there to allow the wheels to do random things as you drove along. The thing rolled in corners like it should have a hull number.
I should count myself lucky that when I rolled it I was only doing about 35 mph.

Best
Les