sluggunner Posted August 16, 2007 Report Share Posted August 16, 2007 It seems that every guy has fond memories about the first car they ever owned and their first girlfriend (although in some cases both we're more trouble than they we're worth.) Still it seems every guy can remember all of the details about the very first car they owned. I'll start things off by telling you about mine. It was a 1967 Chevy Impala fastback. 2 door hard top with a 327 c.i.d V-8 with a 4 bbl carb. 275 hp. 10.25 to 1 compression. headers and painted in "medeteranina blue metalic." That car was very very good to me. Never had any trouble with it. Now it's your turn for a trip down memory lane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VermontHunter Posted August 16, 2007 Report Share Posted August 16, 2007 Heck my first car was an absolute NIGHMARE .. I'm still trying to forget it .. :eek: It was an 1976 AMC Pacer .. 3 speed on the column and the darn thing liked to lock up between 2nd. and 3rd. gear .. :mad: My mother called it the rolloing green house .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popgun Posted August 16, 2007 Report Share Posted August 16, 2007 1966 Opel Kadett. 67 hp $1944. Only drove it for 11 months before I went into the Navy, and let my Dad take care of it for me. When I got home it had 140,000 mi. and didn't even look like the car I had left behind, and had been paying for. I should have sold it before I left home, but when I was young and foolish, I was young and foolish. ....popgun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnf Posted August 16, 2007 Report Share Posted August 16, 2007 All my friends call mine "The Beast". It was a 1978 Ford LTD. It was white with a gold vinal top that was torn about 1/2 off, the windshild looked like a roadmap (I don't think it was really legal) and had so many dents you had to turn sideways in the drivers seat, pull the handle with the toe of one foot and kick with the other to open the door. I used a tire iron to open it from the outside. My brother blew up the 351 Winsor that was in it and my dad had a friend with a 400 Big Block that we dropped into it when I got it. Another friend was rebuilding his Galaxy 500 and gave me his Holley 850 double pumper off of it. That car could smoke the tires clean off it. Just for fun I would take T/A's and Camaro's off the line and leave them in my dust. Lots of fun in a POS like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michiganbowhunter_SQ2 Posted August 16, 2007 Report Share Posted August 16, 2007 still have mine 1996 4 dr pontiac grand am got it on my 17th birthday (1997) from my parents still gets me where i want to go, but i am soon going to have to get something else....but i will still keep it, to good on gas to give up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OJR Posted August 16, 2007 Report Share Posted August 16, 2007 1960 Dodge Dart! It was a 1960 Dodge Dart. Slant 6 and wide open with the wind was about 80mph! Of course, that was going downhill also! It had pushbotton drive! Baby blue in color! It did the job for me and if I remember right, I paid $850.00 for it in 1963! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Posted August 16, 2007 Report Share Posted August 16, 2007 1981 Chevy Chevette. Piece of garbage. I had it 1 1/2 years and went through 2 clutches (it had the absolute smallest pressure plate I've ever seen) and a differential and sold it for $150. Then I got my camaro and I wish I still had it now. My first car could've been a 69 Camaro with a 400 and a 4 speed, but my dad thought it would be a money pit and the Chevette would be more reliable. He was wrong. My friend ended up buying the 69 and it still runs like a top today, 18 years later, with minimal work aside from routine maintenance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gator Posted August 16, 2007 Report Share Posted August 16, 2007 1978 Ford F100 Two Tone Blue, 300 6cyl, 3 on the tree. I miss that old truck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markyj987 Posted August 16, 2007 Report Share Posted August 16, 2007 sluggunner--welcome back, buddy!!! I've been trying to forget my first car. My little sister and I shared a 1980 Chevy Malibu. It was tan, tan, tan everywhere and it blew three transmissions. The first car I bought on my own was a 1980 or 1982 Pontiac Phoenix which was also a piece of junk. Neither car turned the ladies' heads---I just had to rely on my good looks...LMBO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Andrea Posted August 16, 2007 Report Share Posted August 16, 2007 LOL...mine was a 1990 Toyota Tercel. Got it when I was a senior in high school. Brand new. But no radio and it was a standard. All my friends were envious though. (Except the guys, LOL) Great on gas. I thought I was hot stuff, let me tell ya.:D:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun_300 Posted August 16, 2007 Report Share Posted August 16, 2007 Mine was a 2003 Chevy Cavalier, 2.2L Ecotec DOHC 4-cyl with 145hp and 155lb ft of torque, 5-speed standard. Victory red in colour, 2-door coupe, rice rocket killer. Sure wish I could have kept it when I got my truck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest COACH J. Posted August 16, 2007 Report Share Posted August 16, 2007 1995 ford explorer! I know its boring but it was cool in high school though! Im on my 3rd automobile now 2003 f-150:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Posted August 16, 2007 Report Share Posted August 16, 2007 Man Shaun....I don't know how you drove that Cavalier. I had a Cavalier as a loaner and I had the seat all the way back and reclined as much as I could and my knees were still at my chin and head touching the ceiling....and your taller than me! As for my first vehicle...It was a 1989 Chevy s10 regular cab 4X4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Finn Posted August 16, 2007 Report Share Posted August 16, 2007 I had a silver 1978 Mustang II....bought it from an uncle for $1500 when I graduated in 1983. Had a great trip to Sacremento, San Diego, Phoenix and Dallas with my best friend before I went in the Air Force. Great little car, but I sold it to get a 79 Camaro.....bad call, what a pos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimPic Posted August 16, 2007 Report Share Posted August 16, 2007 The 1st car I ever bought on my own was a '71 Dodge Charger with a 383cu.Cragar SS deep-dish mags,slap-stick automatic.That car ran!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bowhunter56 Posted August 16, 2007 Report Share Posted August 16, 2007 While in high school,, i had a part time job, and bought a 59 thunderbird, white with red leather bucket seats,,,then went into the air force, and mom sold it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newarcher Posted August 16, 2007 Report Share Posted August 16, 2007 1962 Corvette.....roman red exterior, black interior. Convertible with the hard top as well. Man, what a car. A hooribly jagged death trap if you wrecked but what a car. New Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeramie Posted August 16, 2007 Report Share Posted August 16, 2007 I actually got two about the same time.... The first was a 1979 Chevy Cheyenne. Blue and white with a 350. $$$Free. My great uncle died and left it to me. The other was a 1984 Cutlis (4-door) with cammed out 350, 350 turbo tranny, and an Edelbroch 4-barrel. It would hum! $450. A guy was trying to rebuild the engine and tranny and had no idea what he was doing. Reverse didn't work at all. We took it home and spent a week on it. It ran great after that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSGB Posted August 16, 2007 Report Share Posted August 16, 2007 Mine was a black '91 Nissan hardbody pickup, standard 5 speed, 4 cyl. I drove it for seven years without many problems and traded it in on the truck I have now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted August 16, 2007 Report Share Posted August 16, 2007 1980 Pontiac J2000 POS. Hated that car, broke down all the time. I bought if from my dad as that was the car I had in high school. Had it for less than an year and traded it in for my first new car a 1984 black Camaro. 305 V-8, Z28 suspension, T-tops. I loved that car. I drove it to California and back, and Florida and back a few times, but ended up selling it in my last year of the Coast Guard because I was out to sea and never had a chance to really drive it. I sold it to my cousin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oo_buck Posted August 16, 2007 Report Share Posted August 16, 2007 '82 Camaro..... summer of '89. Bought it with money from mowing yards........ Totaled it spring of '90........ will have to scan in some pics of it.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted August 16, 2007 Report Share Posted August 16, 2007 First car was a 70's model dodge car, did not have it for long, had a 318 if I remember right. Did not like that car much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted August 16, 2007 Report Share Posted August 16, 2007 My 1st car was a black 1957 Chevy hardtop. Not a speed demon though with a 235 flathead 6 under the hood. Not quick on the shift either with a 3 speed on the column. The worst thing about it was no AC and being black with black bucket seats it was HOT in the summer where I lived in Louisiana at that time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfletch7441 Posted August 16, 2007 Report Share Posted August 16, 2007 '79 Chevy 1/2 ton pickup. We called it Chocolate Thunder. It was actually my first car, my brothers first car, my other brothers first car, and my sisters first car. Lot of memories in that old truck. I got an '89 Chevy Beretta about 2 years later. I always liked the truck better. Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike Posted August 16, 2007 Report Share Posted August 16, 2007 i had a 68 ford f250 2 wheel drive. it had the 390 ci with a four barrell. what a gas hog but it sure would smoke the tires. only had it a few months because it always needed repairs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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