What was your First Car?

[rgrimm]

Ditto on the Corvair...mine was a 1967, 140hp, 4-carb, four-on-the-floor, dual exhausts, butternut yellow with black interior. 67s had the narrower buckets in the front and a back bench seat behind in which the back folded down to form a parcel shelf.

Come to think of it, a lot like an early 911, only much heavier.

It was "passed down" to me from two older brothers. Drove it until it dropped and bought my first "new" car, a 1976 Fiat 131.

[lyon]

'87 VW GTI, red, black interior.

[jhubs]

My first car; 1965 Mustang, purchased the summer of 1965 when I was 17. I kept it for 40 years and sold it with 86,220 miles on it to a collector in Denver, CO. Lots of memories for lots of years!

[Esa911sc]

1970 Ford Escort 1,3. Rally look. Picture taken at Polarcircle in Finland, 1984.

[12own911]

1965 Chevy Nova - bought in 1981

[jyl]

1974 VW Dasher wagon. Advantages: everything I owned including bed fit in it, I could save on hotel rooms when skiing, easy on the gas, and reliable/cheap to fix. I wouldn't mind driving one today.

[m21sniper]

1972 Camaro with a 350, but i never got to drive it. My dad blew it up before i got out of the army. The first car i actually got to drive was a 1987 VW Rabbit 4 speed with fuel injection.

Not exactly the same thing, is it? :-/

[porsche4life]

The 944. My dad bought it as his toy when I was 15 and then realized he didnt have the time to play with it and couldnt get in and out of it comfortably. I was old enough to drive by that time so I sold my yamaha and gave him the 2k from that which was about half of what he gave for the car so it became mine. Now almost 2yrs later the cycle has sort of repeted. I have the 944 too nice to be taken to college and he just bought this kinda rough VW. Already made it my project since I kinda have the porsche perfect now.

[Schumi]

A 1989 Toyota Corolla SR5 coupe. I still drive it on a daily basis.

134,000 hard, hard miles. Never fails to start. It was pristine until reccently. It was backed into at a parking lot and nobody left a note (1 small dent). I was rear ended when stopped in traffic on the highway one night by some kids not paying attention to the slowed traffic. They were doing about 40 when they hit me. Their Cavalier was totaled, undriveable. I drove home with just a crushed up bumper.

Insurance company totalled the car, but I kept it and took the money. It was going to be too much to fix as the car is faded (red) and repainting bumpers would look dumb.

Before all that I was going to throw in some new suspension bits, lower it a little, and get some nice wheel & tire under her for autocrossing (it is a rather quick car, relatively speaking). Now the plan is to keep driving it until there's something catastrophic that happens to it, then pull the engine (4A block) and use it in a lotus-7 clone.

[Schumi]

Originally Posted by DavidPorter

Rusty 1960 356B sunroof coupe, cost $800 in 1968, parents paid half.

You win.

[danishcarnut]

First car, 1988:
1977 Ford Capri 2.3S

[rfaust6024]

My older brother taught me to drive in his 59 corvette. A beautiful red and white 59. I then went and bought my first car, which didn't even make it home, a 59 Austin Healy Bugeye Sprite. After getting it home my brother says pull the engine and you'll rebuild it, I'll help only when needed. It's the same as your mini bikes, whizzers, cushmans, doodle bugs and go carts you've been messin with only 3 more pistons. Just remember not to loose any parts. It was a great car, then made the mistake of getting into a 59 vette, 55 and 58 chevys. If I had driven a Porsche as my first car, I would have never gone to any other car. The first time I drove the 911 I have now I wondered how I could of thought any other car was worth while? I plan on upgrading to a 993, which I hope will hold me over until I die!

[kanadary]

70 datsun 510. lowered it by heating up the springs and bouncing on the corners. built in portable propane tank holder for hot knifin'. it was a blast to drive in the winters.

[Heel n Toe]

'68 Cougar with 302 2v and automatic transmission... bought it for $1600 in spring of '72 with 36K on it. I don't have a pic of it scanned, but it was a very pale sky blue with a black vinyl top... looking much like this one, but I put blackwalls on it, and it didn't have those door protector strips.

Autocrossed it, too... on bias-ply tires. I just took the hubcaps off and went out there and had a blast.

Drove it to Road Atlanta several times in the early to mid-70's to the runoffs and CanAm... drove around those unpaved infield roads to watch from different parts of the track. Got stuck a few times, too when it was a rainy weekend... but there were always volunteers who helped get her moving again. It looked great with red mud slung all over the sides.

[Hard-Deck]

1979 Ford Mustang II. I worked all year at age 15 at the newspaper earning $3.65/hr to buy this car for $1,400 in 1984. The car was still pretty new at the time and I drove the crap out of it and then traded it for a Honda Silver Wing. Mustang IIs were not cool, but I learned how to drive a stick and do maintanance on the thing.

[Don Ro]

At the age of 17 (1962), a '55 Buick Special 4-Door Sedan w/Dynaflow tranny. I loved that car!
Popped the gear selector off the column - slit the floorboard at the hump, and welded that gear stick to the tranny linkage. (Back then, North Dakota farm boys learned to weld around 10 - 11)

Anyway, I used to hot-rod that boat back/forth in front of the Teen Canteen (local hop joint). I would be all leaned over & leaned down - manually shifting that short tranny stick from L to Dr. Oh man!, I was something - so I thought at the time.
Paid $300 hard-earned for it. Wish I had its luxury today.

Not mine - but a dead-ringer for my big baby.

[Nazgul280]

1984 Nissan 200SX Hatchback, Red.

Had the digital dash and the talking woman. Two sparkplugs per cylinder. She was a peppy little thing as far as '80s four-bangers go.

My friends used to make fun of it by calling it the "Nissan Batter-Whipped Sunbeam Bread"

Passed it on to my younger bro and he totalled it.

RIP

[m21sniper]

87 VW Rabbit.

Thank god it wasn't a Lexus with a sticky accelerator and no way to shut off....

[JackDidley]

This thread has been dead for 10 years sso I thought maybe there would be some new posters. First car i bought and titled in my name was a 1950 Chevy pick up, in 1970. Yours ?

[Bob Kontak]

Originally Posted by JackDidley

First car i bought and titled in my name was a 1950 Chevy pick up, in 1970. Yours ?

Cripes, that was just a couple years newer than the Bomb.

1969 Opel GT bought in 1973 and it was trash.