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What model of car was Your first Car-Truck? I has a s*itty 1985 Red Ford Escort :hurl:

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1969 Super Beetle Hot Rod

1974 Volkswagon Karman Ghia :thumbup: :thumbup:

One of My girlfriends in High School had one of those. :dude:

1981 Ford escort

'74 340 Duster

1972 Cutlass (Rocket 350), and it was orange.  Looked a bit like this:   :biggrin:

(http://volstothewall.net/vttw/cutlass.jpg)

72 Camaro. Looked a bit like this. Mine wasn't a Z28 model though. Had the same paint scheme though.

(http://www.q8hp.com/204783%2772_Chevy_Camaro_Z28-1.jpg)

Dude!  My first was a '73, but it "only" had a 318.  Still WAY too much car for a 16 year old.:dance:

One of my best friends in high school had a '72 Camaro (brown).  Nice cars.   :biggrin:

The '72 Cutlass was the first I owned myself.  The first car I drove once I got my license at 16 was my parents' '73 Mercury Montego.  After I totaled that --  :eek: -- I drove their '74 Plymouth Valiant.

had 3" headrs on it, Mom swore she could hear me coming off the interstate a mile away
then I got married and put dual exhausts on it

1969 Pontiac LeMans

It was new. I was happy for Dad to buy me a used car but he didn't like the one that we drove and suggested a new one. Who was I to object?

The interesting part of the story was the car I almost got. On the way off of the Pontiac used car lot, he saw a 1965 Pontiac Catalina 2+2 convertible. He didn't know that the 2+2 had a 421 cubic inch engine and this one had the Tri-Power, 3 two-barrel carburetors. He was a Pontiac man but he thought it was just Catalina convertble. He had owned a '65 Star Chief which was the same color as this car  I, on the other hand, being a car nut, knew exactly what it was.

He asked, "How do like this one?" I could barely restrain my enthusiasm. I replied that it was nice. He called the salesman over and told him we were interested in this car. The salesman began to tell him all about the car, saying that "this one will really run". Then he told him why. And that was the end of that.

Stating that it was too much car for me, Dad took me over to the showroom and we ordered an LeMans. 350 cubic inch two barrel. It was a great car, more than a 16 year old expected or deserved. But I was so close to the 2+2. Of course, if he had bought me that car, I probably wouldn't be here telling this story.

Whoa, the 2+2 would have been amazing, but you still did quite well. I on the other hand piloted an '86 Mazda 323 with a 1.6L. It did get around 40 mph. I'd spend about $1 to fill the tank when I was in college and that would be good most weeks.

The funny thing is it was sunstantially quicker than the vehicle I primarily drove in high school: a  Cherokee with a 2.5L 4 cylinder. A version of the engine was fine in a Chevy Celebrity, but awful in the Cherokee. You literally could not go up an on ramp and merge at a speed >40.

 A yellow '65 Mustang. My husband and I bought it after we got married, in '70, so it wasn't a big deal. It was 5 years old and had been driven to death. But we drove it for several years. Sure wish we had it now.  :laugh:

1957 Chevrolet Bel Aire.

1996 Chevy S-10.  :-)  I had no idea how to drive manual trans. when I bought it but I liked it so well I thought "I'll learn".  Dad had to drive it home from the lot for me, lol.  It's old at battered now, but at one time it looked awesome.  It came with ground effects on it.  It is hunger green and I had a black vinyl bed cover and dark headlight covers.  Whenever I kept it clean (which I did in HS and college) I always got compliments on it.  It's been a great truck.

A 1971 Mercury Capri with a little V6 engine. It ran like a scalded dog when it was running. Bought it used in 1973 and got rid of it for a new 1974 Dodge Colt when I got tired of repairing it once a month.  I have generally bought brand new vehicles since then.  I have bought three used with two being great deals (no major repairs) and one that I traded away after I saved enough to pay cash for the next one.

Currently my rides are 2013 Altima (commuter car) and 2012 Maxima (for travel and when I have to go fast).

1973 Carolina Blue MGB.  Dad took me to pick it up at Lakeland Motors in downtown Knoxville on my 16th birthday, and I had no clue.  I thought I was going to get a family hand me down 1963 VW bug.   I Drove the MGB until I was 26.  Had 212K miles on it when I traded it.  

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You drove an MGB 212,000 miles? That could be a record.

In addition to the electrical system by Lucas, Prince of Darkness,  the MGs were ..uh...slightly prone to the bottom rusting out.

212K is amazing.

Yep, I was really fortunate.  We kept it service right on the schedule that the dealership suggested, which I honestly believe helped.  

Other than the normal issues that cars have, we never had to have anything "major" done to it other than routine stuff.  

Like I said we were really lucky.  I would have driven it longer if we hadn't been expecting our son.  My wife told me it was time to get a "grown up" car.  

A buddy has a '74 racing green MGB sitting in his barn that I am contemplating buying from him.  It runs well and he put a new top on it.  My wife says it is just a mid life crisis.  

We have a Mazda Miata that we really love driving, and I drive it pretty much year round now, and not just when the weather is warm.  I like the 33 MPH in town and 38 on the road. Now that the kids are gown, she likes those "un-grown up" cars again.   I'm thinking the Miata needs a companion in the garage, and the MGB might just fit that role.    :naughty:

We love our Nissans, too.  :thumbup:

It was a 1969 Lincoln Continental, that my Dad sold to me cheap just after my 16th birthday in 1982.   He had "retired" this car as his primary car a couple of years earlier, and made it a father/son fishing car, which we used to tow our boat.  It was a hell of a car.  It had a 460 inch 4-barrel under the hood.  We would pass traffic going up Monteagle Mtn - pulling a heavy boat.  :biggrin:  It had suicide doors, mirror-reflective window tint, power windows and doors, and a big trunk.  Comfortable ride, it was basically a living room on wheels.  Felt sorry for the two cars that I encountered in accidents.  Pretty much crushed them like tin cans, with hardly a dent on my old jalopy.  (Good thing was no one was hurt).  Finally sold the monster a couple of years after graduating from college.  Had 472k miles on it at the time (original engine, but had the transmission replaced).  Ahh, what memories.  Good times.

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Car I borrowed from dad for dating was a Chrysler New Yorker, with a Magnum 440 engine.  Got 9 miles to the gallon whether it needed to or not.  BTW, anybody know what happened to gas prices in 1973?? :eek:

OTOH, the last Saturday night before I went into the AF was the last night of 75 MPH speed limits in Tennessee.  Driving it down I-40W (2 lane) at West Hills doing, ummm 75 :naughty:

If you drive 75 down I-40/75 past West Hills now you get passed like you are sitting still.   :frown:

That is a FACT.   

It was a "family" car, but since all my brothers were gone, it was MY car!  A 1967 (or 68) Ford Galaxy 500 Convertible - Black with white convertible top/red interior -- it was HOT!  WOO!  Loved that car and got POed because when I left home Mom wouldn't sell it to me, but sold it to a friend for their teenage son....who immediately drove it into the 100 year flood in Fountain City and destroyed my car!  I cried over that one......I kept that car spotless, washing, waxing....man, did I have a good time! 

1988  Pontiac T-1000.....the Blue Lambo!  I had a $1,900 stero system in it that was worth twice as much as the car!

The day I turned 16 my dad sold the 56 Bel Air with the nice motor, three on the column and a continental kit on the back.  That car would flat go but dad figured my chances of making 18 if I drove weren't going to be high for some reason ... :confused:

Your father was and still is a very wise man.

Must have skipped a generation.   :naughty:

'68 Camaro. Best feature...the backseat.  :clap:

BG

BITE ME!

1974 Plymoth Duster............................Red with Black stripes

1976 Datsun (yes, Datsun) B210 coupe. Filled the tank for $5 a week in the mid- to late- '80s.

Ok, I don't remember seeing THAT many Dusters on the road back in the day.  Strange that three of us had one.  Of course, mine was 15 years old when I got it, so maybe they were more common in the 70s. :dunno:

The first car I owned was a 1968 Opal Kadet. LOL!  It was only $500 in 1983.  My parents made me buy a car if I wanted to keep working, would not co-sign a loan, so I blew most of the money I had saved for college on it.  It lasted about 6 months and blew a gasket or something.  I then guilted my parents into buying me an old station wagon. 

Yeah, I was rolling in style back in the day.  :dielaughing:

But in 1985, my senior year, I spent most of the hard-earned money I had saved working the previous two summers on an MG Midget.  Candy-red convertible.  Man could that car handle the curves and hills of East Tennessee.   :dude:

It only lasted through my freshman year, unfortunately. At the start of my sophomore year, the u-joint on the drive shaft broke and my parents convinced me not to spend any money on it and to concentrate on school.  Since I lived on campus, it was no big deal to not have a car. 

The thing is, that car only weighed like ~ 1000 lbs.   And it had no seat belts.  Given my propensity to speed, maybe it was for the best.   :laugh:

Let me add, that I only spent the money on the MG Midget because I had landed a really nice schollie that paid for most of school.  So the car was my reward to myself for earning the schollie....otherwise the money would have gone for school.

A 1970 something  Datsun B210 Hatchback. Loved that car!

Must be something in the water.  I sure did love my coupe.  :smile:

(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lsyt_wQ2awY/SKmxs1nH4AI/AAAAAAAAOTk/EX_T3WWGrhw/s400/Dodge-Caravan_1984_800x600_wallpaper_03.jpg)
 
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1962 T-Bird hardtop. Bought by me in 1973. No radio but had a swing-away sterering wheel. Looked something like this (http://archive.meguiarsonline.com/forums/photopost/data/500/2qntrpw.jpg)

Let me guess - a bed in the back?   :naughty:

Negative. But a guy in my class drove a Chevy Astrovan with the windows painted over and a bed in the back. He was the stuff of local legend.  :laugh:

Hmm.  I thought yours would've looked more like this. :dance:

(http://www.philcampsstories.com/image/obj302geo281pg30p7.jpg)

Or this: 

http://www.vroma.org/images/mcmanus_images/chariot_military.jpg

Or this:

(http://img.timeinc.net/time/photoessays/2008/10_cars/flintstones.jpg)

That's midtn driving, and Pirate riding shotgun.   :naughty:

http://volstothewall.com/board/index.php?topic=27032.msg131392#msg131392 (http://volstothewall.com/board/index.php?topic=27032.msg131392#msg131392)

Figured that was coming.   :rotfl:

Would you have liked it better if I had said that it was you driving, and midtn riding shotgun?   :angel:

This one was designed by Pirate  (http://pragmatit.co.uk/Wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/square_wheels.gif)

 :evillaugh: :wave:

It's a converted manure spreader...that's Pirate in back, he's a pretty good spreader.

You are making it VERY, VERY difficult to respect my elders


Naw,  :bird:



































 :dance:

As long as you respect your betters all is well. :biggrin:

I'll kindly let ya know when, and if, I find them ... :tongue: