The car I drove to learn how to drive was my parents 1963 Riviera!!!! They must have had a lot of trust in me! Which soon faded with my first car, a 1953 Chevy BelAir 2 door. 6 cyl. Painted metallic Royal Blue. Chrome wheels with baby moons. The seats still had the plastic on them! $175.00 is what I paid for it. Well, they were not happy with my "speed demon" ways and took that car away from me and got me a 1963 Pontiac Tempest 4 banger and was told if I lead footed this car, my next will have a lawn mower engine! LOL I soon found out that the 15 inch wheels and independent suspension was great for mild 4-wheelin' in the woods. LOL LOVED that car. For my graduation present, in 1972, they bought me a 1965 Impala SS which I had up until a couple of years ago.

Oops. The question was "what was your first car". I got a bit carried away, so I won't tell you of all the cars I've had to date! lol

Mickey

You guys were still wearing 3-cornered pants when I got my first. It was a '51 Pontiac "Torpedo Back" 6 cyl 3spd that I paid $45 for. Every weekend I would take something else apart to see how it worked.The car never went far, but I learned volumes from it!Finally chopped the back off and made it into a truck.Then came a Corvair and a Volvo.
First 'vette was a '65 coupe 327/300 hp 4 spd. that I bought for $3000. and did a mild custom job on. After 3 or 4 yrs and 100,000 miles I sold it for $3500.Anyone care to tell me what it would be worth today?
After that was a 69 roadster with 2 tops 427/390.Had to sell it for the first of two kids.
Oh well, I'd probably squander the money on something foolish!!

1968 Olds Cutlass S: 2 door, Rally Red, black vinyl top, black interior, 350 2bbl, TH350 tranny, "Cherry bomb" mufflers bolted to the headers. Crager SST's w/50's on the back and "pizza cutter" size tires on the front. Blew the engine racing a dude in a '76 Monte. Not a very cool moment. But it was a pretty cool car.
Sarge

'61 Impala, 2 door post! I never knew until a few years ago that it was a limited production, most of the 61's had the bubble back glass. 283, 2 barrel 185h.p.
It would do 80 in low range!
'68 Javelin SST 343, 4 barrel, would outrun a GTO. I had to let it go when I got drafted.
1st new car, 70 Nova. 307, 3speed in floor, medium blue with rallys.
First vette was a 66 I drug out of a field for $600

First car....1975 Corvette Coupe, White 350 L48 Factory except Rusters, now replaced with Headers . got it when I was 19 for more than it was worth and have been running it every chance I get since then. (All two years...almost) Learning a LOT from the car and having a lot of fun with it.

Scot

1969 Pontiac GTO, 350 4bbl, midnight green with black interior, Pontiac mags, dual exhaust. That was a really fun car. From there, I picked up a used silver 1976 Corvette that went through a few mod's (see below) It was at that point that I learned what REAL fun was/is!

Hahahaaa...when I was "15" (drove a year n'1/2 before I was ever stopped and forced to get a license) in "62"...I bought a 53 Pontiac 4 door "straight 8" automatic for $50 bucks. I ran it for 8 or 9 months before it gave up th' Ghost. I couldn't understand why it wouldn't move anymore..the engine ran fine. It had been getting real sluggish just before that point. When I finally talked to a mechanic (service stations had them in those days) he asked how my tranny fluid was. I searched high and low under the hood for something to check it with. Couldn't find a thing. Finally I swallowed my pride and asked the mechanic where to check it. To my suprise...the "dip stick" was under the "hump" carpet on the drivers side. You lifted a carpet tab and there it was. When I pulled the stick, it was dry as a bone...and the end was stained blue/black from the heat. Almost as confusing as where they hid the battery in a "55" lincoln Capri...my second car. Anybody hazard a guess where that was??
Fred

I started saving every penny from the time I was 12 years old so I could buy a Honda 305 scrambler bike when I turned 16. Having an older brother I saw that you can't go cruising with friends, especially in the winter, on a motorcycle so I raised the bar a little and decided I would save for a car. At 16 I had the cash! $3300. Bought a brand new 69 GTO. 4 speed, 3.90 posi, AM radio!, and a BENCH seat so all the girls I would take out could sit next to me!(High hopes!) Liberty blue with black interior. Put a set of Cragers on it and Mickey Thompson headers. 4 years later I sold it to buy a big block 70 Nova. I've had Chevys ever since. Mike

Mine was a '76 Chevy Vega. It was a pretty cool car at the time considering it was my first. It ended up going to the scrap after the rear part of the frame gave way, I did keep the Vega emblems from it for memories. My next was a 1977 Buick LeSabre with a 403, 4 barrel in it, although it was a boat it did have quite a bit more balls than the Vega. That was followed by a new Cutlass Calais 2 door in 1986, sold that piece of crap 8 months later and got a Pontiac 6000 s/e. I'm now driving a 1999 Chevy Monte Carlo when my '76 stingray is put away in the garage.

65 pale yellow Impala, black interior, 283 auto. loved those round back lights. get what they reminded me of. wish I still had it.