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First Car (1/35)
 9/1/08 8:21am
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Indianapolis, IN - USA

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Silver 1974 Convertible - L82 4 speed Low miles (was only 8,900 when I bought it in March 2006) - Now 54K miles. Original owner bought it as an investment for son's college expenses. 2008 Jetstream Blue Convertible


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While responding to another post, I reminisced about the station wagon I used to drive as a kid. 
 
While my first car was a 1966 Plymouth Barracuda (with original light baby puke golden green paint), the car that I really learned to drive in and spent lots of time behind the wheel of was a 1972 Ford Country Squire Station Wagon - dark green with all the plastic fake wood grain you can imagine!
 
While the thing was a beast, it had one feature that was especially attractive.  It had a 429 with a thirsty four barrel.  I remember abusing that car to no end, doing burnouts, plowing through snow and just generally wreaking havoc.  It was also great because you could pile as many people as possible in it.
 
I remember one time, while racing someone at a light, I heard a big "BANG" come from under the hood.  I let of the gas and when my friends and I investigated, we found a broken motor mount.  The bang was apparently the sound that the air conditioning unit made when it hit the hood and created a substantial dent from the inside!  Oh well, you know what happens when you break a motor mount - Chain that puppy down to get more torque!
 
My buddies all drove wagons too.  I remember having races where one or more of us would stand on the rear bumper and hang on to the luggage rack on top of the car.  Not the smartest bunch, maybe, but we all survived.
 
Towards the end, when the car was getting about 7 mpg, I got my 'Cuda and started abusing it.  But to this day, after driving that wagon, I can still parallel park ANYTHING!
 
So, what was your first car, or the car that you really learned to drive in?  What are some of your memories?


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First Car (2/35)
 9/1/08 8:52am
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Holland Patent, NY - USA

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#1 *1980 White, Red interior 14,000 mile #2 *1980 Red, Oyster interior 93,000 miles Resto project car, rebuilt to 383 stroker


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Marshall, I learned to drive on a 1962 Plymouth Valiant, slant 6 push button. Could not get in much trouble there.
I then bought for my first car a 1969 Barracuda fastback 340 formula S. 4speed Hurst snake shifter. It was a dark green metalic.
Painted it the same color of "Soapy Sales" funny car back in those days (early 70's)
Plumb Crazy Purple (there u go TJ) with a light Lavender wide Hemi stripe down the center of the car. Of course over the big Hemi scoop on the hood.
Sold the thing for my first bass boat, and have regreted it every day since.OuchCryCry
Thanks for the memories......
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First Car (3/35)
 9/1/08 9:29am
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Frederick, MD - USA

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1969 convertible L71 427/435 4-speed black interior


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The car I learned to drive in was a '62 Chevy Bel Air Station Wagon.  It had so much mismatched areas of touch up paint my friends said it looked like it had leprosy.  I laughed at them as they were all still on bicycles! 

The first car I ever had in my own name was a '64 Pontiac Bonneville my Dad bought new and gave to me when I graduated high school.  That was one righteous automobile...dead reliable, big, fast and even economical on gas (24 mpg on the open road).  I still have fond memories of that 389 cubic inch four barrel and what it was capable of.  I still get angry at that guy that ran a stop sign forcing me off the road into a stream and rocks for what it did that car.

The first car I ever bought...the '63 Studebaker Avanti I owned for many years.  I treasured that car but sold it when I got married (the first time).  Eventually divorced...lost the car then the wife.  I lost all the way around on that one.
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 9/1/08 9:54am
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Duncanville, TX - USA

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UH...I larnt tuh drive on a tractor...do that count?

Then Auh moved on up tuh da '63 Cheby 1/2ton pick-m-up Pa had...he let us young-uns drive it frum da house to da farm sometimes, wid him settin next to us.
The furst car auh droved were a '67 Musturd...
Da furst car I bought fer meself were a '65 Impaller wid a 409, powerglide, an a 4:11 rear...after dat, I bought my '66 Hemi Charger....YEEEE HAAAAWWW!!

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First Car (5/35)
 9/1/08 12:26pm
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Fort Worth, TX - USA

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1969 Lemans Blue Coupe, 350/300 Automagic


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My first car was actually the brainchild of my dad and I am firmly convinced of the logic.  Every kid should get their first car this way.  (Note: I am probably a bit younger than most of you folks, so no nostalgia here for some 50s or 60s muscle car, but still a good story.)  I was 15 years old and looking forward to getting my license, working a part time job to save money, etc.)  Much to my surprise, dad traded a coworker for a wrecked 1979 Honda Civic that'd been smashed in the front.  Dad told me "If you can fix it, you can drive it." 

I bought the repair manual and found a front clip, motor and all on a similar Civic in a junk yard that had been rolled.  In a couple of months, I had it all back together and running.  Learned it all from the book and by trial and error as there was no Internet in them days and certainly no Civic club to help.  Was actually something of a novelty at high school having the smallest car there.  I'd be at a party and come out to find my friends had picked it up and turned it sideways in the parking spot, totally blocked in - ahh, good times!

A Civic, tho, just wasn't cool, so I parked it up on the corner and had no sooner walked back to the house that the phone rang and it was sold.  Fresh from that success, I wanted to take on an even bigger project so next I hauled home a 1966 Mustang that needed a total restoration.  Thus began my car hobby.

Everyone always laments selling their first car and I still don't miss that Civic, but I was surprised to see a 74 Civic on the front cover of Auto Restorer magazine in March 2006.  Interesting read how revolutionary that car was and how important it was in changing the entire automotive industry.  One of my coworkers has two of them in nearly mint condition today.  Who would've ever thought anyone would ever collect and restore old Honda Civics?  Oh well, I still don't miss it, but I guess it deserves some credit.
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 9/1/08 1:17pm
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Huntsville, AL - USA

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1971 convertible,375 HP 350ci,Muncie 4-speed,Edelbrock aluminum heads and RPM air-gap manifold,HEI distrubiter - old school mechanical tach drive. LOUD side exhaust!


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I learned to drive on a 1975 Datsun B210 (manual 4 speed). This was in 1985. My first car was a 1974 Oldsmobile Omega (think 4 door Nova). Dad and I rebuilt the inline 6 in it, redid the interior, and painted it (he did the body work, I did the wet sanding, he did the painting). Let me tell you, that car had a lot of surface area! We later got a 350 fromt he junk yard, rebuilt it, and put it in. Yes, I ended up wrecking it (a couple times Embarrassed, the last one fatal for the car), but that thing was solid and I believe it prevented injuries to me both times.Wink
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 9/1/08 1:42pm
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First car? Brand new 1969 GTO. No, my parents didn't buy it for me. I saved EVERY penny from about age 13 from an assortment of part time jobs. Accumulating $3200, I special ordered it and it arrived 3 weeks before my 16th birthday! Had to have my cousin and dad go pick it up cause I had school.
Insured it as a Tempest for a little savings. Don't know if I'd of been screwed if I ever made a claim.
Base 400 engine, 4speed, 3.90 rear, and a bench seat! Very void of options.
Stupidest thing I did was an impromptu drag race against a Charger right down the MAIN thouroughfare of town. I got caught! Cop threatened me with all kinds of things then wrote the ticket for 'careless driving'! Small fine. Very carefull after that.
Four years later I sold it and got into Novas. 10 years of them then CORVETTES.
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 9/1/08 2:46pm
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Vancouver, WA - USA

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1976 Corvette Stingray L-48 Automatic Black


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It was in 1978 I borrowed $475 from my brother and bought a 1963 Chevy Impala SS 283 Automatic white exterior with red interior. She was pretty solid with a half primered driver's door and a few small dents that I fixed with a hammer and some Bondo. I replaced the rear back up lights with regular tail lights and wired them in to have 6 functioning tail lights. The car had no wheel covers so I went to the swap meet at the drive-in on the weekend and got a set of '63 SS wheel covers for $20 and then bought some white wall recapped tires, then I was lookin' cool. She sat low cause the shocks were worn and the single glass pack sounded good. It was cool rolling down all the windows being a hard top and playing the stock AM radio on the local oldies request show (KRLA in So. Cal.) on Saturday night. Great memories, thanks!



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 9/1/08 3:00pm
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Franklin, IN - USA

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1978 pace car replica


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Well now,  where to begin?  Guess solo drives to church in Dad's '50 and then '57 Olds rocket  might qualify.  Saw 100 mph for the first time in there somewhere one Sunday morning. 
 
Then my first wagon,  still Dad's, but it was almost mine.  A '50 Willys.  It was a 6 cylinder with three speed and overdrive. 
 
Then a '54 Chev before leaving for the USAF.  While stationed in France for 3 years,  I had a '53 Studebaker,  '51 Ford, '53 Ford sunliner (made in Belgium), '59 Ford Anglica (RHD) and finally a brand new '64 VW that I had shipped home.  Many great memories,  but remember the Studebaker.  When I bought it from another airman,  he said it had a miss.  No problem,  I was a mechanic.  After extensive troubleshooting,  found out the the miss was on #7 cylinder (maybe it was #5), but anyway,  eventually found out that there wasn't any rod or piston in that cylinder. I sold it to another airman,  told him it had a miss.
 
Three other wagons - '74 AMC Matador, '78 Olds Cutlass and '82 Delta.  Many other cars and memories.  Only one Corvette in the list.  Our current '78 pace car. 
 
Did I mention the old Model A truck and the 1970 Datsun 240Z??  I'll have to dig out the photos. 
 
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First Car (10/35)
 9/1/08 11:21pm
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Dutchess County, NY - USA

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White '79 Corvette. It's a driver.


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I had an old Checker. It had been retired from a fleet of NYC Taxis.
Nothing to brag about as far as speed or performance but lots of goof ball memories from that car!
 
Like some of you I learned to drive on a tractor. I spent summers on my uncle's dairy farm in "Upstate" New York. I remember the old Alice Chalmers "WD" & "D17".
At 10 years old, driving anything all by myself was a big deal! Even if i was pulling the (full) manure spreader.Big%20smile 
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First Car (11/35)
 9/1/08 11:50pm
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1975 C3 Red, T-Tops, Black Interior. All I need is time and money! Getting there!


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I learned to drive on a combination of a 68 Rebel wagon, a 62 American, 58 chevy 1/2 ton, 68 Cornet, 57 Metropolitan, and my first car that had been my grandmothers my 64 Comet
 
The 64 Comet was a 4 door, 200 cube one bbl, two speed automatic.  Would not spin it's tires on wet pavement if you tried.  Great mileage.  Lots of rust.  I actually called it my trusty rusty.
 
Manual steering that changed my dates with Debbie.  When we were in high school, it was usually my left on the steering wheel, my right arm around her.  Until she tried to drive it one time.   Never before with manual steering, her first corner almost put us in a front yard.  After her fourth turn she stopped the car, and never drove it again.  She swore it did not want to turn.  After that she always wanted me to drive it with two hands. 
My next cars both had buckets seats.  A 66 Grand Prix with an automatic.  A 67 LeMans with a 4 speed.  I told her instead of riding the bus to work she could have either car she wanted to drive.  We were not yet married.  She didn't want the GP, it was too large.  And the other had a clutch.  She chose the bus.
Then came the 69 Fury II retired police undercover car.   Man that thing was a beast.  But it was full power, and she could drive it with no problems, so I could use one arm again.  Owned that one when we got married.
 
At this point I have owned over 40 different cars.  Most were a second car to fix up while driving it to work, then sell it to make some cash.  So several were short lived.   Many stayed much longer.
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 9/2/08 10:27am
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I learned to drive on a tractor too.   

The first vehicle I learned to drive was a manual 1974 Ford F150. It was white with red interior.

For my high school graduation in 1982, my parents bought me a 1979 Chevy Malibu, It was a 4 door, silver with maroon interior, and a maroon vinyl top. I thought it was a big fancy "family car", and never was in love with it.

In 1984 I bought my first car, a 1979 Corvette. It was white with dark green interior, and that started my love affair with Corvettes.
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 9/2/08 10:42am
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TOPTON, PA - USA

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71 454 convertible, mulsanne blue,a/c, matching numbers, 48K miles


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I drove a 71 Nova with a straight six from age 16-20. That was a fun car, although it was terrible in rain and snow. Had to put weight in the rear for traction. Had a underdash cassette and an FM converter with my Jensen speakers!
 


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 9/2/08 10:52am
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Learned to drive in my Mom's Pinto, yellow with a black vinal top. My friends called it the bruised banana. Very embarassing to a high school kid. 2 months later found a 68 GTO, 400 ,4 speed,hidden headlights,buckets,console, for $800. Now I was cool, never lost a race in high school. Just like everyone else sure wish I still had that GOAT.Angry

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 9/2/08 3:26pm
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I was teaching myself driving at 1 AM. I stole (borrowed) my dad's car while he was on vacation. I was 16 at the time and no-one had the time or patience to teach me. My brother was sleeping, when I took the car out. I got pulled over in another city. They were looking for kids burglerizing. As I pulled down the narrow street, the cops were in the middle of it. I pulled into a drive to turn around when thet backed up to block me. They asked for my license. I told them it was back at home. They told me to get out of the car. My shoes were grass covered from cutting grass. They checked the trunk, there were all kinds of gardening tools, which my father was using at my grandparents' house. The cops thought that I had dropped a friend off........and that we were stealing gardening tools from back yards. They towed the car and theatened me all night long to come clean. I told them I was teaching myself to drive. They couldn't believe that. They sent me to Juvenile Court. They nailed me to the cross there.  

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 9/2/08 6:53pm
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Florence, KY - USA

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1977 Coupe; yellow, 4 speed, one option car with original engine


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Wow, this goes way back... my first car was a 55 Chevy, primer brown with a bright orange passenger door, chrome wheels and a 3 speed in the floor, 8 track, no wipers or gas gauge... and yes I had to park it on a hill or cross over the starter

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First Car (17/35)
 9/2/08 10:41pm
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Dorr, MI - USA

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71 Colonnade Hardtop Coupe Torch Red with black interior originally L48 built to push around 360hp


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Ok here's the scoop. About a year before I turned 16 my parents were trying out used cars. One day my dad drove up with a 1964 Olds Dynamic 88 2 dr. Coupe, with a 394 super rocket V-8, 4 bbl. carb, rated at 325 hp. Man I tell ya what, I licked my chops for a whole year until I got my license. Little did mom and dad know that their grocery getter could trany slam and lay down rubber for a whole city block. Plus turn low 14's in the quarter. Well soon after I got busted fer reckless driving, daddy took the keys away. When I was finally able ta sit down I went out and bought  a 1958 Chevy Biscane. Saved up my hard earned money and paid $125.00 fer it. After shovelin out the 6cyl, and droppin in a punced out 283, she was still a POS., but she sure was fast.Thumbs%20Up

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 9/2/08 11:14pm
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Irving, TX - USA

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#1 -1969 Corvette Coupe Riverside Gold, black interior,MN,A/C,350/350,PS,PB,window cranks. #2 -2000 C5, black/black, 6 sp, Bose system & lots of buttons.


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I started out driving an early 70's Ford LTD Station Wagon (white with fake wood grain on the sides).  I used to drive it to work (Six Flags) and to a horse pasture to take care of my horse (Baby was her name).  I took the drivers test in my dad's '65 Dodge Polara 500 (white with a black vinyl top, maroon interior, bucket seats).  My first car I bought my dad picked out and it was a baby poop metallic green with a darker green interior......a 70's Pontiac Lemans.  It had a bench seat and fender skirts that was NOT COOL.  I swapped that Lemans for my first VETTE...........a 1965 POS Rag Top, Roadster, Nassau Blue with black interior (man, I LOVED that car).Big%20smile

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First Car (19/35)
 9/2/08 11:40pm
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Moses Lake, WA - USA

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1976 L48 4-spd, Mahogany Metalic exterior, Buckskin interior 350ci/350hp, 3rd owner, fiberglass spring, 255/50-16's Torq-Thrust II


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Grandpa taught me to drive his 50's Ford tractor when I was about 13. My first driver was the family 67 Ford Country Squire Wagon. Could haul all my buddies around. It didn't have the big block only the 352. Dare I say my first car was a 65 Mustang 6 cyl which I destroyed in short order on ice. Then on to a 67 Mustang GT fastback 4 spd. Had a year or so but had to sell, too many ticketsOuchOuch. Then a 70 Duster 340 4 spd. Da police didn't seem to follow me around  like they did when I had the MustangWink.
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 9/3/08 2:16am
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Montesano, WA - USA

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had a really nice one. sold it to a good friend. Purchased 2004 custom coupe in Feb. 2009 did not tell anyone here until August 2009. BAD I KNOW.


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my first car i paid 100.00 for 1963 pontiac catalina, white 4 door passanger only opened from the outside, little scary for the chicks.  used to drive it a round flathead lake in montana, smoking a lot of weed had a small pin hole somewhere in the windshield area so the headliner would fill up with air and make you seem like the car was shrinking or something of the sort, one time it back fired so bad it blow the whole muffler system off the car, never started again, left it at the lake, took the plates and thumbed a ride home.
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 9/3/08 11:26am
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williamston, NC - USA

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1969 coupe, 350, m22 trans, ac, black on black,


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i learned to drive on a super A Farmall tractor,,My first car was a 67 ss chevelle,next came a 70and a half z28,,then came the vettes, along with other lesser cars and trucks,,Ive owned a 62,65,67,72,74 and a currently a 69 vette,,boy If I only had all of them back now,,and oh yea also had a hemi cuda once,,derned thing caught fire and burned to the rims,,wish I had the 67 427 vert and 62 vert back,,Id be rich.
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 9/3/08 1:08pm
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[QUOTE=rick d] i learned to drive on a super A Farmall[/QUOTE]

Mine was an "M" Farmall, three wheeler!

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 9/3/08 2:03pm
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Lodi, WI - USA

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1972 Targa Blue, T-Top, Saddle leather, 350 auto,numbers match, all original except '69 factory side exhaust. Previously owned: 1969 427, 390hp, 4sp, Riverside Gold coupe, factory side exhaust


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[QUOTE=Adams' Apple] [QUOTE=rick d] i learned to drive on a super A Farmall[/QUOTE]

Mine was an "M" Farmall, three wheeler! [/QUOTE]
 
I also learned on a Farmall M.Wink  But when we went to town, I learned to drive the 47 Chevy pickup.  My first car was a 56 Ford Fairlane 6 banger with 3 on the tree.


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 9/3/08 2:45pm
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Dean, I just wanted to tell you..........beautiful "72"......beautiful garage.....very nice!Thumbs%20Up

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 9/3/08 7:46pm
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Larry, Thank you!!  The garage belongs to a friend of mine.  He has a C4 and a C5.  It's a Corvette Shrine!

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 9/3/08 8:37pm
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Port Orchard, WA - USA

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1978 Indy Pace Car 4851 of 6502, Auto, L-48


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I honestly don't remember what I learned to drive in Confused  it was either my friends first Ford F350 or my dad's Country Squire Station Wagon LOL  My first car that I actually wanted and went out and bought was a Maroon 72 Chevelle Thumbs%20Up  I bought it from a a friend who said someone had out a 350 LT1 in it.  At the time I didn't even know what an LT1 was, all I knew was the car hauled arse Wink

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 9/3/08 11:32pm
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2005 Daytona Sunset Orange Metallic Coupe --------------------- Sold 1974 T-top, 4 spd to BillKS


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My first car wasn't cool, it was a black 49 Chevy four door that I shared with my mother.  Dead   I was 15 and she drove it during the day to work and I used it at nite to go to work and on dates.   It had an old 6 banger with 3 on the column.  
 
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 9/4/08 9:47am
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Edmond, OK - USA

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1971 Brands Hatch Green L48 Coupe Automatic Driver - restored 1995


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I traded my SL70 Honda and $25 for a two door "63 Impala when I was 14. Changed the engine and painted it before I was 16 and able to drive it.  In the meantime I learned to drive in a '59 Impala wagon.
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 9/4/08 12:23pm
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Woodland, WA - USA

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1977 T-Top,350,Auto Black Ruby Pearl,Steeroids R&P conversion


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I learned to drive in My fathers 55 chevy pickup. It was wrecked, we found another for parts, I moved all the body parts from one to the other and got it back on the road. My father gave it to me for my first vehicle. It was my high school cruiser.
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 9/4/08 9:09pm
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Greensburg, IN - USA

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Previous: 1984 Silver / Charcoal Coupe, 1988 Maroon Coupe / 1989 Artic White Coupe / 2001 Speedway White Roadster / Present:1976 Stingray Black / Black, Auto, 350 slightly modified (355 hp) Luxor Wires Redline Tires. / 1989 Roadster Bright Red...


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Like some of y'all I 1st learned ta drive on a Allis Chalmbers tractor. (That is iffn the crank didn't tear all the skin offa my hand tryin ta start it.)

I then bought a nice 49 Studebaker pick up. This was my driver for some time. I sold it and had 3 vans before the 1st car came along. 67 327 4spd Camaro... sold it for a 383 slapstick 4spd Cuda.... then big 4wd trucks graced my muddied up world until I decided to take a load off of my weekly breaking of truck fund and buy a vette. Since then my life has been lower, cleaner, and a lot less abusive.... Life is Good!!!

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First Car (31/35)
 9/4/08 11:49pm
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Poquoson, VA - USA

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73 Conv, Blue-Green/White Top - 454, M21 - Dark Saddle Leather, Power Windows, A/C, Tilt/Tele, AM/FM St. (orig. and sounds like it too).#2 -- 2007 Coupe,3 LT package, Z51 option, Victory Red, Ebony Int. Clear Top.


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OK.. you are not gonna believe this but I probably drove the ugliest car on earth, but as my Dad once said "the worst kinda drivin' beats the best kinda walkin'". I learned and took my drivin' test on a 1960 Saab station wagon, baby blue... you had to put a quart of oil in the tank first and it mixed with 7 gallons of fuel (2 cycle). It had 3 cylinder motor, with a 4 spd. on the column, front wheel drive, it free- wheeled when you let your foot off the gas, so you could actually shift without the clutch. Being 2 cycle it smoked like hell at an idle and you also know what they sounded like until you got the RPM's up (put...putt...putt...) It had 7 moving parts and got about 35 MPG. When I took my driving test the inspector was so amazed at the column shift I think he forgot to look at my driving.. My Dad said it was suppose to be one of the strongest/safest built cars of it's time. It was like a little tank... 3 Years later He bougth a SAAB GT... that had oil injection and 3 carbs (one for each cylinder), but still had 4 spd. column shift... that little bugger would run now... being 2 cycle the higher the RPM the better it liked it... NOw how would you like to take your prom dae in that... mine actually thought it was pretty cool... I had that car until I went in the service... got out and took all my pay i saved and bought a  "GREEN" '69 Vette, vert, 350/350, with 4 spd... YIKES.... oh yeah.. my brother took the Baby Blue SAAB...  2 cruzn2008-09-04 20:50:54

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First Car (32/35)
 9/6/08 9:30am
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Indianapolis, IN - USA

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Silver 1974 Convertible - L82 4 speed Low miles (was only 8,900 when I bought it in March 2006) - Now 54K miles. Original owner bought it as an investment for son's college expenses. 2008 Jetstream Blue Convertible


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[QUOTE=my7T1]Ok here's the scoop. About a year before I turned 16 my parents were trying out used cars. One day my dad drove up with a 1964 Olds Dynamic 88 2 dr. Coupe, with a 394 super rocket V-8, 4 bbl. carb, rated at 325 hp. Man I tell ya what, I licked my chops for a whole year until I got my license. Little did mom and dad know that their grocery getter could trany slam and lay down rubber for a whole city block. Plus turn low 14's in the quarter. Well soon after I got busted fer reckless driving, daddy took the keys away. [/QUOTE]
 
After the Ford Wagon went caput, it was replaced with a 66 Olds Dynamic 88 4 door with a 425.  YIKES!!  I had two very uncomfortable experiences in that car.  One, I friend dared me to just stomp on it out in the middle of the street.  That car whipped posi and I was up in a yard in nothin' flat.  Just missed a fire hydrant!  Two, I decided to take it up to 100 mph in the local neighborhood (like I said, we weren't the smartest bunch).  When I finally got to the main cross street (the one I was supposed to stop at), I hit the brakes and they did not respond.  The car slowed and I rolled right through that intersection (thankfully, no one was coming from either side at the time) and finally came to a stop in the church parking lot that was on the other side of the road.  I do beleive that was the last time I allowed myself behind the wheel of that car.


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First Car (33/35)
 9/6/08 11:39am
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Greensburg, IN - USA

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Previous: 1984 Silver / Charcoal Coupe, 1988 Maroon Coupe / 1989 Artic White Coupe / 2001 Speedway White Roadster / Present:1976 Stingray Black / Black, Auto, 350 slightly modified (355 hp) Luxor Wires Redline Tires. / 1989 Roadster Bright Red...


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[QUOTE=ebo] Marshall, I learned to drive on a 1962 Plymouth Valiant, slant 6 push button. Could not get in much trouble there.
I then bought for my first car a 1969 Barracuda fastback 340 formula S. 4speed Hurst snake shifter. It was a dark green metalic.

Painted it the same color of "Soapy Sales" funny car back in those days (early 70's)

Plumb Crazy Purple (there u go TJ) with a light Lavender wide Hemi stripe down the center of the car. Of course over the big Hemi scoop on the hood.

Sold the thing for my first bass boat, and have regreted it every day since.OuchCryCry

Thanks for the memories......

I'll find a picture and scan it in. Evil%20Smileebo
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Ebo,

My buddies dad had a pea green Valiant with the same HYPO package you described here... it was radio delete and had studded snow tires on it...

Our 1st outing at 16 yrs. of age in it was to travel to another town 18 mi. from here to get a battery for his dad. We put in the portable cassette player an down the interstate we went.

Cruising along this dude in a Vette blows up along next to us. Kevin accelerates up and the Vette dude is looking at us smilin... 60... 70... 80.... (Vette dude is laffin)... 90 .... 100 ...(can't hear the cassette player anymore for the singing of the snow tires)... side by side down the road..... Arrrggghhh RED LIGHTS

Pulling over I I can hear is Kevin groanin... "My dad is gonna kill me... My dad is gonna kill me... Oh man my dad is gonna kill me...!!!"

We get stopped and the trooper walks up laffin so hard he has tears runnin down his cheeks.

A. Because we are both scared sh*tless
B. Because he said that had to be the stupidest funniest thing he had seen.

This was immediately followed by "What the He77 were you thinkin?"

All said and done he gave Kevin a warning ticket for goin 90 in a 70 zone. Kevin practically kissed the trooper for that....

We never knew what the Vette dude got outta the story... Quite frankly it was all about us at that moment....

I still laff (like right now) when I think about it.... Stupid Kidz ..... Geeezzz.....!


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First Car (34/35)
 9/6/08 11:57am
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Indianapolis, IN - USA

Vette(s):
Silver 1974 Convertible - L82 4 speed Low miles (was only 8,900 when I bought it in March 2006) - Now 54K miles. Original owner bought it as an investment for son's college expenses. 2008 Jetstream Blue Convertible


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Since we're talking Mopars, I'll relate my funniest story about my Barracuda. 
 
Buddies and I were out one night fishtailin around in the snow when I got a flat.  The 13" tires were on five lug rims and the one that was flat already had one lug busted off.  I went at the wheel with my four-way lug wrench and after a  moment or two...  "SNAP!"  Another lug bit the dust.  Granted, the car was almost 20 years old at this point, but none of us thought that would happen.
 
One of the guys says he'll give it a try.  He goes at one of the three remaining lugs and guess what - "SNAP!"
 
At that point, we decided to give up and walk home (it was only about four or five blocks).  None of us were too comfortable about riding around in a car with two lugs on the wheel, assuming we could get the others off.
 
So, how many of you have figured out the problem?  I'll give you a hint - the flat was on the rear tire of the driver's side.
 
If you don't know the answer, you won't beleive it...
 
 
 
 
Here it comes...
 
 
 
At some point, some genius at Chrysler decided it would be a good idea to put left handed lugs on the left hand side of the cars.  So, when we thought we were loosening the lugs, in fact, we were tightening them to the point where they just snapped off!  Later on, in the daylight and after I was told of this Einstien idea, I was able to see a clear "L" on the end of the driver's side lugs and an "R" on the other side.


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First Car (35/35)
 9/6/08 9:07pm
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Newark, CA - USA

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1969 Corvette 4-speed ZZ-4 crate Monza Red


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My first car was a 58 Plymouth Savoy that my dad used for a work car. He bought a used pickup and gave me the Plymouth. Thinking back it was a nice car, had the 318 with push button,blue and white, but I beat it to death being 16. After that I bought a 61 Ford Galaxie and drove it for a few months before buying a 64 Comet Cyclone. The Chevys were cleaning up on me so I bought a 66 Fairlane GT 390. Had a lot of fun with that car and it could turn 13.60's with street tires. Had 66 Mustang Gt, 65 Chevelle, 66 Chevelle SS396, and my last real fun car before I got married was a 68 Nova SS 4- speed. I bought it used off a car lot and it was crazy fast.
In 72 I got married, but wish I could go back and know what we know today.
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