What was your First Car?

[85944na]

my first car was/is a guards red 85 944na, I got it when I was 16, and I've had it for 4 years. Still loving it.

[chumphries]

I feel bad now, my first car was the ever stylish 90 Ford Tauras family mobile. It got me from point a to b and I put 150k miles on it before it died, so all in all not a bad car.

[Tim Walsh]

My first "car" was my parents plymouth Voyager. I drove that for a year before I got MY first car. A '86 S-10 that finally died late last year with a warped head (bad temprature sensor).

my second car is the 96 Olds ciera I currently drive while the porsche's fixed up.

[jester911]

Well I worked the hardest job I ever had to save up 600 bucks to buy my dads old work car. It was a 66 chevy caprice. The thing was huge and heavy but it was a little sporty. It had 2 doors, bucket seats, a 396 cu in with holley 4 barrel and manifold.

It was a little slow off the line but at 80 mph it would still put you back in the seat. With a rolling start it passed everything but a gas station.

And as someone said earlier it had a big back seat

My first german car was a mercury capri (made in germany then)
That i bought when I joined the USMC out of high school. Man was that a great car

[jhugh]

On my 16th bday (1984) my dad gave me a 1979 GMC Jimmy (full size blazer) with a 400cid. God bless that man. I rebuilt the engine twice (seems to be my thing). In it's final incarnation with RV cams, dual pre-axle turn-downs and a monster holley carb, it could light all 4 up on dry pavement. I LOVED the thing. Pulled the backseat & AC out right away. All kinds of desert fun - I lived in SoCal then. Many trips to Anza Borrego and the colorado river. High school lunchtime was a special treat, with all that room in the back.

[beepbeep]

Saab 9000 Turbo -85 with 250000 miles on clock. I tuned it to oblivion but body was made out of bondo and ferroxide in the end... I drove it for two years and it never missed a beat. I still miss it... :-(

[tobluforu]

1972 ford capri. I put a 76 2.8 litre motor in it with high compression pistion, isky cam, edlebrock med rise manifold, solid lifters, dual valve springs, hooker headers, holly carb, mallory unilite ign. I put every suspension gizmo on at the time. It had flared fenders. Gotti rims-ohhhhh yeaaaa. Full cage, racing seats hearst shifter, lowered 3 inches. Painted ferarri red. I pushed that car to137(still had more) on highway 1 once racing a z28-the z28 crashed doing over 90-no joke-scary as hell. Nominated top 25 capri's in ca. It was stollen in san francisco in front of my parents house. Man was I bummed.

[sammyg2]

15 years old, I drug home a 65 bug with a rebuilt motor that didn't run for $150. The PO assembled it with the cam gear off one tooth. no interior, but it had a milk crate for a seat, a pair of vice grips for a steering wheel, and another pair for a gear shift. the stick was gone, I shifted through the rear tunnel. 1 year later I had my license and the bug was pulling one front wheel off the ground in 1st. Ran a best of 14 seconds flat at the bug in with no fan pulley (ouch), normal dial in was slightly higher. Paid for it by pumping gas.
Ahhh, simpler days.

[n8marx]

Also 15 years old, bought a '72 Chevy Chevelle Malibu for $2600. Over the course of 13 years I replaced nearly every part of the car incluyding many go fast parts. After competing in an autocross or two I spent 8 years and untold thousands of dollars trying to make it handle like a Porsche. Last year I achieved that goal, by selling it and buying a Porsche!

[BW911]

Triumph Spitfire Mk III. Red. Not a great car, but to be 17 in that thing was lots of fun. Lots of fun.

[SteveStromberg]

My first car was a 61 Corvair Lakewood Wagon. A 16 year old Surfers dream. not a cool as a V-Dub Van but a lot lower key back in the Hippy Days as far as getting pulled over by the cops,( Just in case that was before your time they would pull you over at Noon and tell you they pulled you over because your license plate light was not working. True story it happened to me.)
I guess when you drive aircooled, it kinda just sticks with you. I
have had many aircooled cars including a Trabbi, several BMW 700's, Isettas 250,300,600 and 2-CV, numerous VW's.
Remember the only True water cooled motors are in Boats. Steve

[turbo6bar]

Nearly all the 'first cars' mentioned were built before I was born. Is this the old geezers list?

My first was a truck, an '87 Toyota. Then I drove a couple MGBs, and then the Porsches. It didn't take me long to figure out the Porsche mystique.

Jurgen

[brawlins]

1066 Delta 88 with a 455 ci engine. I guess that's close to 7000 cc's.
The 4 barrel carbuerator just dumped gas into the engine. (Horray for Fuel Injection.) It was strong for its day (mid 70's when I got it), but my 82SC could kick its behind.
The guy I bought it from rolled back the odometer (not much of a penalty back then) - I found out about it later - The car fell apart after a year. It was my first love, though.

[Matt Holcomb]

At 17 I had the uncoolest car (a beige 1981 Mercedes-Benz 300D) at the coolest school in the world (Tamalpais High in Mill Valley, California).


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[khyden]

My first car was a SAAB 96 -74. It had the V4 engine and 4-speed manual. It was a great car to drive, especially in snow with 15" wheels and frontdrive. In this car I learned leftfoot braking. I got from my mother and I kept it for 3 years. Sold it to the breaker for approx. 70 euros.

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[Lucky]

My first was a 1971 Ford Pinto!! Body kitted with Duct Tape! My girlfriend's father was so scared of that car that he used to let me borrow his 1981 528i to take her out... I guess that car had some redeeming value after all.

It was quickly followed by a 1969 Camaro... that was a great one and I'm still kicking myself for selling it!

[Deeks]

1972 GT Beetle.
1600 twin port/webered engine (before being modified)
small steering wheel
cherry bomb exhaust
lowered
big rims

I seemed to spend most nights with mates screaming around roundabouts sideways at two in the morning (looking out at the road through the passenger window).
The car was bought off me (before I went travelling) by a guy as a present for his spoilt 17yr old daughter who lives around the block. It's been standing there jacked up, dented all over, rusting away for the last five years...

I miss that car, and know I will own another Bug some time.

[Hald]

1946 Ford coupe. Black, three carbs, wide white-walls, and polished full-wheel disc hub caps.

[JWest]

Lotsa bugs here.

My first was a '70 bug. I wasted way too much time building that car from a shell starting when I was 13 years old.

901 5-speed, dual Dellortos on a 1776, early fenders, 911 H4 headlight lenses, no chrome, no bumpers, painted it Mexico Blue, etc, ect, etc.

I sold it after getting my first 914 - it is still driving around in my home town, looks pretty much the same as is did 15 years ago when I got it on the road.

[n8marx]

"Nearly all the 'first cars' mentioned were built before I was born. Is this the old geezers list?"

Old geezers list??? I'm only 29! My first car just happened to be older than me.