What was your first car?
01-29-2015, 12:14 AM
#24
48 Chevy coupe. $50.00
The vacuum assist shift was removed before I got it, but it retained the clever foot starter above the gas pedal.
I had it about 6 months before replacing the entire drive line with that from a totaled 55 Chevy 265 V8. I totaled the car within the next 6 months. It didn't take much to total a car worth $75.00.
I still miss floor mounted dimmer switches.
Ed
The vacuum assist shift was removed before I got it, but it retained the clever foot starter above the gas pedal.
I had it about 6 months before replacing the entire drive line with that from a totaled 55 Chevy 265 V8. I totaled the car within the next 6 months. It didn't take much to total a car worth $75.00.
I still miss floor mounted dimmer switches.
Ed
01-29-2015, 12:19 AM
#25
Melting Slicks
1972 Ford Econoline hippie van, 240 cu in straight six, only vehicle that you can adjust the valves while driving down the road. Was a better time for me back then.
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01-29-2015, 01:16 AM
#27
Safety Car
1985 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS
01-29-2015, 01:39 AM
#29
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64 Ford Fairlane coupe in 85. Black with five-spoke Crager mags. 289 bored out to a 302. No a/c, no power steering, but a banging stereo.
A drunk took me out not two weeks later. Came across a four-lane highway and hit me nearly square head on. Completely totaled the car, but I walked away without a scratch.
That tank of a car saved my ***.
A drunk took me out not two weeks later. Came across a four-lane highway and hit me nearly square head on. Completely totaled the car, but I walked away without a scratch.
That tank of a car saved my ***.
01-29-2015, 02:23 AM
#30
Bought a 1968 Buick GS400 Stage 1, yes a Stage 1 in 1968. However ended up joining the service in 1969 and my Dad took over the payments and kept the car, Returned in 1971 and tried to by a Corvette, could not as factory was on strike, so bought this 427 Camaro made by a guy named Yenko, had know idea who or what the car was. Solid it in 1974 to buy a 1974 Fiat X 1/9, which I really liked as I was just getting into road racing and that was a great road racing car.....But I will say this, the Buick GS400 was a VERY under rated car back then, and NO Chevelle or Malibu SS or even GT or Stang came close to beating it at the drag strip....Was a VERY FAST car in the quarter mile....
First car was a 71 maverick grabber. Moved on to a 71 Duster after that.
01-29-2015, 02:38 AM
#32
Burning Brakes
A '50 Dodge for $100. Car looked ok but got only 50 miles on a quart of oil. Replaced the car a year later with a '52 Mercury that was much nicer.
01-29-2015, 07:28 AM
#36
Safety Car
1960 mga. Noisy, drafty, no heater to speak of, two 6 volt batteries and a hand crank, learned how to tune carbs and adjust points with this car.
01-29-2015, 07:55 AM
#38
Pro
'72 Vega. Thanks to my late step dad, a great shade tree mechanic, who taught me to rebuild the brakes and put in new wheel bearings in the thing! Otherwise, it was not safe to drive as we got it from a junk yard!
01-29-2015, 08:04 AM
#39
Instructor
A 1953 Nash Rambler. Looked like an upside-down bathtub. Then a 1953 Hudson Jet, followed by my first new car a 1958 NSU Prinz. It had a two cylinder motorcycle engine and a crash-box transmission. And I topped it off by wearing an ascot to school....in Texas. How I ever got out of high school alive I still don't know.
01-29-2015, 08:22 AM
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My dad bought me a new 1968 VW bug when I was a junior in high school. It took just over $2.00 to fill it up. That little car was a riot. Buddies on the football team lifted it up on to railroad ties while I was at a high school dance. Of course it became a bit of a spectacle and created a lot of laughter when the gang came out to see it. They didn't make me beg too much to get it back down on its tires. 