What was your first car????

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My first three cars, from age 17 to 18.
First came the 73 Capri 2600,circa fall 76


My dad had one of these when I was 7 or 8, a brown '76. We called it the "Crapi". Then he bought a brand new '82 Capri (same platform as the Mustang)...dark blue with white interior. My first ride was a blue/blue '79 with the horrible German V6. Lord I loved that thing...here's a pic of the last Capri I owned.

[Canuck]

I bought a 68 Camaro in Aug 1971 for $1850.00 from Hickman Motors in St. John's Newfoundland. I began my working career in January 1971 and had student loans so the purchase of a car was put off until the loans were repaid and I could get some credit. What attracted me to the car was the color combo,Corvette Bronze with Black and Houndstooth deluxe interior. The car was manual steering and brakes,but had the 275/327 and a powerglide, My job required a lot of driving and I averaged 700 miles a week over the next 18 months racking up 50,000 miles.
When I bought it,it had 39,000 miles and was still on Warranty. the day I was supposed to pick it up the saleman phoned and said the engine was bad and asked if I still wanted the car. My dad convinced me that since it was going to be rebuilt under warranty I would be benefiting from a used car with a fresh engine.
Not only used as a daily driver for business,the car was under constant modification. First the goodyear Polyglass F70-14 whitewalls and soon followed by Keystone Mags. The following spring Headers were added along with a Holly Carb. I used to drag race it on the weekends between May and September,so the car got quite a workout. In the fall of 72 I swapped the PG for a TH400 out of a wrecked cop car. I could not keep Ujoints in the car after that. With 90,000 miles on the clock I sold it in Mar 73 for $1650.00 and bought a brand new Duster 340. About a year later I spotted it on a AMC dealers lot,looking very tired with an asking price of $650.00. I asked a fellow who worked there what the bottom line was and he said I could have it for $400.00. I almost bought it back.
I am now in a search for a 68 Camaro,painted Corvette Bronze with the Black/Houndstooth deluxe Interior. It has to be that color and all other engine combos and equipment will be considered.

Paul

[The Body God]

64 El Camino with a 327 4sp. It was a beater that I also practiced painting a few times. I bought my 58 vette in a basket while still in High School, 78-79, and people laughed at me for spending $1200.00 for that pile 'O junk After finishing it they were'nt laughing so much, and It's the only car from my younger days that I still have. I am my wifes oldest child

[bergy]

1962 Corvair. 4 speed/110hp. Got it for $200.00 and loaded 3 friends in it - took off for college! Never won a race, but made a lot of memories in it!

[Fast67VelleN2O]

Well I figured I would post in this thread. I had many cars from when I was 13-16 but I don't count them since I never drove them further than around the block. Here are 3 of the cars I drove throughout high school. My black 67 Chevelle Malibu (that I still have) pictured in the center. I put a 355, 4 speed, and a 12 bolt in it in high school with an NOS powershot setup on it and ruled the streets. My daily driver was the green 4 door 66 Chevelle on the right side of the pic bought it wrecked sitting in a grage since 1974 with 76K on it, fixed it and drove the hell out of it. The green 72 4 door on the left I bought for $400 and it came from Georgia and I drove that on occasion and gave it to my sister to drive during her high school years. It had 350, 4 bbl, turbo 350, 12 bolt, F41, a/c, tilt, sport wheel, power everything and discs. The other black 67 and the blue Buick are my friends cars. The rather dark picture of the 2 cars on the street is me in the Chevelle vs my friends 66 SBC powered Buick on spray pictured above on 84th street in Philly. My last good daily driver was a 1990 Mustang 5.0 hatch with the desired black black color combo. Bought it for $1000 in 2002 and drove it until 2006 racking up almost 285K miles. It went 14.0's all day and took a real hard 4 years of a beating before I sold it.

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My dad had one of these when I was 7 or 8, a brown '76. We called it the "Crapi". Then he bought a brand new '82 Capri (same platform as the Mustang)...dark blue with white interior. My first ride was a blue/blue '79 with the horrible German V6. Lord I loved that thing...here's a pic of the last Capri I owned.

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The car I drove the most as a 17 year old was the 1974 GTO, Bucaneer Red with matching interior, rubber mat (not fancy carpet here), floor shift auto on the floor and a 12" steering wheel, she had a warmed over 350, Holley high-rise intake and 4bbl carb and a shift kit. Mine never looked this good, but here is a good shot of a stock appearing car.

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I don't care if I get laughed at anymore.

I was flipping cars by the age of 18 so I couldn't pass on this 67 Caddy Vert for $500.00 ! Everyone made fun of me until they saw me turn the rear tire into a gob of melted rubber with a spark throwing steel belt. I think that alcohol may have been involved.

Pulled over on a snowy New Years Eve , the officer told the rear passengers to "get off the balcony". The car could hold 9 0r 10 with the top down.

[396-375Hp]

1965 chevelle

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I don't care if I get laughed at anymore.

I was flipping cars by the age of 18 so I couldn't pass on this 67 Caddy Vert for $500.00 ! Everyone made fun of me until they saw me turn the rear tire into a gob of melted rubber with a spark throwing steel belt. I think that alcohol may have been involved.

Pulled over on a snowy New Years Eve , the officer told the rear passengers to "get off the balcony". The car could hold 9 0r 10 with the top down.





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Nothing wrong with that IMO! Cool cruiser

[wannarun70]

my $900 SS. Not much has changed, but still have it.
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