My first was a 73.5 911 T (CIS).

First my mom wanted it. Then she decided it was too hard to start in the mornings. Then my sister got it. Ran it low on oil, burned the fuel pump out (ran out of gas too!) The gauge broke and showed fuel exactly at the half way mark.

Fixed all that, my dad and I rebuilt the motor, when I was 14. We spent 2 years on it. He went to Garretson enterprises to learn how to properly rebuild the 911 engines. What a GREAT bonding experience with dad!

Rebuilt it, that thing chirped its 205/60/14 tires in 3rd gear. Cruise'n along in 3rd... hit the gas... CHIRP! vrroooommm...

WOOHOOO what fun!

Damn, I miss that carhttp://www.pelicanparts.com/support/smileys/face80.gif

Long.. long time ago... Fiat 500, as the name indicates 500cc, 2 cylinders (most of the times), Weber carbs, 4 speed gearbox (slower, slow and reverse).. The 'Sport model' had almost 25bhp and a top speed of 105Km/h (~65 mph).. I just had a normal 1965 F model (18 bhp and top speed of 90Km/h).

Just good old times where a good hammer and chicken-wire was able to fix any problems with that car...

66' Beetle in perfect condition. It even had a rare factory option. A/C. I put on fiberglass rear flares and a set of Cragar mags with big tires. Didn't take long before it was stolen.
still one of my all time favorite cars.

Bobby

ist car ... 69 Triumph Spitfire, BRGreen. Paid 300 for it and pulled the seats out of the rusted floors with my bare hands. Love that car and still have it. It is sitting, rusting with a 283 chevy in it now.

2nd car... the 72 911E

Dennis H.

72 911E

I convinced my wonderful mom that I needed $500 for a car to make it back and forth to football practice. She bit, thinking what kind of trouble can a kid get into with $500?

I came home with a 1978 Datsun 280ZX, no floorboards, I working brake (rear passenger), no exhaust, and NO TITLE!

I drove it for six months like this, to and from practice with three other guys, until my mom found out there was no title, and promptly called the salvage yard to retrieve it!

Mind you, for those six summer months I drove that car like I was a seasoned Indy driver...on gravel roads no less!

Ah yes, to be young, invincible, and ingnorant again!

...well at least young and invicible.

So far, oldest first car seems to be mine. 1950 Ford 2 door...flathead V-8, three on the tree. Painted Chinese Red with a white Naugahyde interior. Flat door panels, with a rawhide thong serving to open the door. (Porsche must have stolen the idea from me?) Front coils cut, giving the mandatory "rake" of the day. Dodge Lancer hubcaps..oh, and a Hamms beer tap handle welded to the shift lever, steering wheel from a 1957 Mercury...and top quality safety gear...seat belts! Was the summer of 1961, I'd just graduated from High School, age 17...

a 1982 BMW 320i
:D

PDW72s,

Right there with you! Black 50 Merc two door coupe with a 239 flathead, three on the tree and it had to weigh 5000 pounds! Course we were paying 19.9c a gallon of gas at this time as well.

Graduated up to a 65 Triumph Spitfire (shoehorned a Triumph Hearld 6 cylinder motor into it) that would go sideways in 3 gear and never owned a American car since!

Wish I had the Merc today!

JA

Man all you guys with German cars as your FIRST CAR? Lucky B*stards..

My cars in order...

FIRST CAR: 1970 Ford Gran Torino (known as the Grand Rhino since the "To" script fell off the logo!) (In 1987)

FIRST GERMAN CAR: 1984 Audi 4000 (In 1995, whoops, got the German car bug!)

FIRST PORSCHE: 1982 Porsche 930 (In 1999 with 400bhp, can you say different league?, I knew you could)

My first was a '67 bug with a 356 engine. Did 0-100km/h in around 9 secs.

My second car, as I moved to Arizona for collage, was a '72 Cadillac Fleetwood (would you believe it)

Looks like I'm not the only one whose first car was 6 cylinder Mustang. 67 Fastback, put the big mags & wheels with the air shocks. Paid $930 for it. To bad it had no power, but it looked cool! Ended up painting it "Corvette" green & rebuilding the engine (Well my Dad did most of the work).

This was during the famous gas rationing in 1974. I REALLY wanted the 68 Camaro SS, but Dad said no way. Too bad, I saw the same car last year advertised for $20K!

Sold the 'Stang 4 years later for $1300. Bought my first P-car, an 914 1.8. That was a great car, even though it didn't have much power. Until I totaled it....:(

Mom said, "You are not going to get your drivers license until you graduate from high school and your certainly aren't going to have a car until you graduate from college. "

I was going on fourteen, and two weeks later I had purchased a '33 Ford 3 window coupe body, duece radiator shell, a 48 Ford frame, and a complete Olds J2 set up from a 57 Olds. I guess she thought that from those parts, it would never be together. Before my 15th birthday she was a runin'! That thing ate all my paper route and snow shovlin' money. The engine set back yeilded pretty good handling and dang, would those rear tires light up! First time I drove it around the block, old "Smokey" spotted me and gave me 3 tickets! Unsafe vehicle, too loud and, no plates! Fixed it all up with new glass packs and drove it down for inspection - passed just fine, and Mom helped me out for the court appearance. Drivers license and wheels at 15! Had over a hundred bucks in my tray coupe!

Diverdan

Interesting. My first car was a 1960 VW sunroof beetle. Bought it for $400, then rebuilt the top end over the next summer - took it to Berkeley for 3 1/2 years. Sold it to fund my first Porsche, a 1960 356B Super, coupe. Bought that for $900 with (most of) the engine in the back seat in parts. Affectionately known as the "rusty bucket" to friend and foe. That was 1975 - built a new motor for $1600 in parts. Wish you could do that today!

Looks like I'm not the only one whose first car was 6 cylinder Mustang. 67 Fastback, put the big mags & wheels with the air shocks. Paid $930 for it. To bad it had no power, but it looked cool! Ended up painting it "Corvette" green & rebuilding the engine (Well my Dad did most of the work).

This was during the famous gas rationing in 1974. I REALLY wanted the 68 Camaro SS, but Dad said no way. Too bad, I saw the same car last year advertised for $20K!

Sold the 'Stang 4 years later for $1300. Bought my first P-car, an 914 1.8. That was a great car, even though it didn't have much power. Until I totaled it....:(

my first was "THE VAN" as it was called. it was a 79' dodge van that i converted to the love machine :) the girlies in high school loved it as it had a fridge for our favorite beverages, a bed in the back, and a little bit of shag carpet with lights in all the right places. i spent half the summer building that thing and was a blast.
the best part was the 318 v8 with twin holley's, open headers, and a posi rear end:D it was painted primer grey which was enough to catch any of the camaros off guard and it got somewhere around 6 miles to the gallon. i wish i had pics of it still, i've looked i just can't seem to find any.

A 1973 TA22 Toyota Celica. Later turned APE with a Jap import 3T-GTEU 1.8L, Twin Plug, Haltech EFI'd, Turbocharged Twin CAM donk and re-duco'd in gorgeous Mica Red :P

Maaannnn that car was fun, fast and a head turner :D

Ended up trading it in for a 1989 Aero Holden Commodore (aarrrgghh).

First car was purchased in 1987, an 81 Audi 4000 that was a peice of crap but German. First new car was after I graduated from college, go Terps! Call me rice, it was a 91 Acura Integra.

Michael

My first car was a 1969 GTO. Factory 4 spd, 8 Track Radio with fron and rear speakers and factory Air. My dad bought it brand new when he got back from Vietnam. The best part of it, It's still sitting in my garage.

first car: 1992 Plymouth Laser (aka Polly the Plymouth)
second car: 1989 Acura Legend 2door (stick shift, v6, lots of terminal understeer)
third car: Always the charm, 1988 Carrera (for which i thank god nearly every day.)

db

My First car: 1980 Ford Fairmont.....what a piece of crap.

I love the ad below. What's up with the space ship in the back???