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Old 01-29-2015, 02:15 PM
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I bought this 1967 Olds on April 22, 1974 for $260. This is the day I bought it:



I still have it. Here's how it looks now:

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Old 01-29-2015, 02:56 PM
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Old 01-29-2015, 04:07 PM
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First car was a 1974 Camaro with a healthy 350ci and a TH350 trans. It had fresh black paint over what I'm sure was some bondo. It looked good from 10 feet back and did smokey burnouts so I was a happy camper at 16 year's old!!!!!
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Old 01-30-2015, 01:46 PM
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Old 01-30-2015, 05:09 PM
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1967 Plymouth Belvedere II 4 door just like this one in the pic. 318 V8 with auto. Got it on my 16th birthday in 1974.
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Old 01-31-2015, 08:27 AM
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my first car was the elusive 74 AMC Gremlin.... 3 on the floor, straight 6, no AC.. next was the same blue Fiat X19 that came equipped with electrical gremlins
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Originally Posted by 88Z51
I bought this 1967 Olds on April 22, 1974 for $260. This is the day I bought it:



I still have it. Here's how it looks now:

It's AWESOME that you still have your first car.

Mine was a 71 Buick Skylark 4 door. I paid 500 beans for it.
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Old 01-31-2015, 02:08 PM
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A 1969 VW Bettle, I spent more time scraping the frost off the inside of the windows than I did on the outside
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Old 01-31-2015, 03:32 PM
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Back in 1963 when I was 17 I bought a 59 Chevy 283 4 barrel with the rare 4 speed transmission. It was my first car and even then I was a gear head.

Won my share of street races on Central Avenue and had a good time for about 8 months. Then I hit an ice patch and totaled the car.
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Old 02-01-2015, 05:24 PM
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When I was 16, I bought a 1979 Chevy Monza 4 speed, 4 cylinder. Baby puke green with green interior. Wish I had a picture of it.
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July of 1970, I bought a 1965 Corvair Corsa convertible.
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Originally Posted by 1SG_Ret
1967 Impala 327-300 hp power-glide. (full disclosure, not a pix of my personal car, but this could be a clone down to the mags and raised white letter tires). Loved that car (bought it in 1969 after I crashed my Triumph 650).
I had a 1968 Impala with the 327 as my first car. It didn't look nearly as nice . It was an LS that was in a barn. The guy had an SS as well that he wouldn't sell.
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Old 02-02-2015, 08:44 AM
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1983 Plymouth Reliant K-car.

It was every bit as terrible as you might think it to be.
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New 1974 Cadillac Sedan DeVille bought new in May 1974.
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Old 02-03-2015, 05:15 AM
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73 Chevelle SS, bought it in 79 when i was 16, it's currently going through a full frame off restoration.
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First car, 1931 coupe, First one rebuilt 1929 P/U



After several yr's of work


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Default 91 cavalier
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1986 Pontiac Fiero GT Fastback. Cool little car. Heavy and dangerous on wet roads. It was a lot of fun though.
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A 1985 blue 305 IROC Z
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