What was your First Car?

[DonDavis]

A while back a fellow Pelicanhead asked a group "Hey, what was your first car?". And the responses were great so I thought I'd ask it here.

I'll go first.

1969 Fiat 124 Sport Coupe, $400.00, that was a rust-bucket.
PO threw in a '68 124 rolling shell w/tranny for parts. We drove the '69 home (I use the term "drove" loosely) and one summer and 1 and a half gallons of bondo later, it emerged presentable and after a lot of engine debugging ran pretty good. All things considered. It had the DOHC 4cyl w/ dual Webers and a 5 speed from the parts car. Never knew if the Weber setup was factory. I was 15/16 yrs old and was completely stoked to have "my own ride". I used to have a decent photo but can't find it now. I'll try to dig it up. If you have pics of yours, lets see 'em.

Your turn.

[Superman]

After a Radio Flyer, a series of Schwinns, a Suzuki and a Honda, my first motorized vehicle with four wheels was a '69 bug. That thing was nothing but fun to drive. Been driving German cars ever since. Every single one of them has been a GREAT car. Besides my current car, the all time favorite was a '79 Rabbit. For some reason, that car was just quick and nimble. Everyone noticed that about it.

[pegasus9]

My first car was a Honda

Red CRX Si 1.5 liters fuel injected pocket rocket. Pretty cool for a sixteen-year-old. Top speed 105/110 mph. Complete with Enkei rims... I look back and laugh at how stoked I was with this car. But then again.. I remember racing a gem of a 911 on the freeway and the only way I kept up was because of my crazy driving. Anyways he had a little fun but decided to leave me in the dust and he took off into the sunset. From that moment on I knew that it was all about the P-car.

geezz... now I'm all melancholy.

[Planter91C2]

I guess I'll reply before this gets moved to OT.

when i was 16 i took over my grandma's 1966 pontiac Lemans, it was a nice shiny red.

it was rusted along the bottom of the car. I rebuilt it with, ALUMINUM SIDING, POP RIVETS, and BONDO

repainted the sides with laquer and it looked good for about a year, then the frame cracked from rust.

[MarkY]

1969 Camaro. Holley 780, Hurst 4 speed, Hooker Headers, Accel dual point distributor, etc. Bought it in 1976 for $1300, drove it for a year (3 speeding tickets) until I put a valve thru a piston. Sold it as it sat for $800.

[pbs911]

My senior year in high school I picked up a 69 RoadRunner with a 440 mangum, 4 speed, 5:13 rear end gears. It got about 5 miles the gallon at the time gas first reach $1.00 per gallon. At $800, that car served as the foundation and cause for my mechanical knowledge.

[DavidPorter]

1960 356 1600N sunroof coupe, bought in 1968 for $800, already rusted through the floors. For years afterwards I cringed whenever I drove through a puddle. I kept a spare wiper blade inside the car as a defogging tool.

[Rick Lee]

At age 16 in 1988 I got a 1970 BMW 2002 for $800 and made it like new for another $1000.

[DByers]

My first, '66 Ford Galaxy 2 door given to me by my neighbor because it had been sitting in his driveway for 4 years with a cover on it. Spent the summer going through the engine plus other things and had the car for 2 years, before giving to my sister. That car was fun, lots of interior room.

[ebrownson]

Mine was a 1968 American Motors Ambassador, four door, 343 V8, 120,000. It was my first year in college in Florida and my grandmother bought it for me for $500 in 1976. Four years later, it had 148,000 on it but it still was limping along. Heard it died about two months after I sold it for $200.


Eric
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[adamnitti]

a '74 bmw 2002tii which i was forced to share with my mother. i almost killed myself in it several times going around corners to freakin fast. i loved that car so much i bought another one last year, only it was a '72 round taillight model.

[Rot 911]

1961 Buick LeSabre. Red with white hardtop. Four doors. Loved that big back seat. It was the size of a double bed.

[Targa77]

Age 15. Bought a 1974 Triumph Spitfire that smoked like Rod Serling. Within a year, spent over $3500 in repairs. All I can say is Lucas, Lucas, Lucas...

[BrianH]

'70 Camero. Dad was going to make a racecar out of it but instead gave it to me when I turned 16. I hated that thing, sold it and bought a 944 as soon as I got a job. Vowed to never again own an American car, or a car with a carburetor. It did match my pork chop sideburns, though...

[John Brandt]

'82 BMW 320i

It's still my favorite car.

[steve911]

'69 VW bug, inherited from my parents. beat the living daylights out of it, including having the battery fall through the rear floor from combination of road salt/battery acid - sound familiar?

Upon graduation from college, bought my then dream car - 1979 VW Scirocco - what a pocket rocket! Actually saw an almost identical car last night in local supermarket parking lot - just had to compare notes with the driver.

Next.

[JDaniel]

1978 Camaro "RS" w/ a 327 from an old vette. That thing was a beast. Bought it in '85 and sold it in '91 to a guy who just wanted the motor.
That was the first and last American car I owned.

[widebody911]

...which I later turned into a targa. My car even made it into VW Trends once!

[Sarah]

Oh I kind of hate to admit this....

It was a 1978 Chevette (bright lime/neon green I might add). I like to say this was my first major purchase regret, yet it was also a very humbling experience. I was car pooling to college with one of my sisters in her car. We got into a huge fight and I did not want to ride with her anymore. Paid $500 (It was the first car I looked at), ended-up putting in over $2000 to keep it running for a year, was going to pay a friend to just haul it away, but he gave me $50. Lots of stories linked to that car, but I'll end this here...

[thrown_hammer]

For me it was a 1972 SS Nova. Don't miss it a bit.