What was YOUR first Car!!!
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1972 Opel GT.
I bought 2 when I turned 15 in 1983 for $1000. One ran great and the other looked great. My dad and I then spent the next year converting the one that looked good into one that would run. The now gutted car that used to run sat in the barn for next few years and was used for parts for the other until I sold that car around 1990.
I still miss that little orange car and the time spent working on it with my dad. It looked similar to this one
Since Opel is a European division of GM I was allowed by my dad to own it without getting kicked out of the house for owning a foreign car. :smile: He worked for GM for 32 years.
I bought 2 when I turned 15 in 1983 for $1000. One ran great and the other looked great. My dad and I then spent the next year converting the one that looked good into one that would run. The now gutted car that used to run sat in the barn for next few years and was used for parts for the other until I sold that car around 1990.
I still miss that little orange car and the time spent working on it with my dad. It looked similar to this one
Since Opel is a European division of GM I was allowed by my dad to own it without getting kicked out of the house for owning a foreign car. :smile: He worked for GM for 32 years.
It was a 1981 fiat. I had it for 3 days and the engine blew. My dad had it towed back to the dealership and cancelled the bank paper work. They had let us take it home I guess for the financial part had gone through? Well, all I know is my dad didn't pay for it and got me a 1981 camaro.
Ratbert
BoM Oct '07
First was a '68 Chevy Chevelle Malibu. Typical 70s rock n' roll bullshit with the Rocket mags, 60 series tires, jacked up in the rear, etc. Too funny when I think about it now.
My favorite was a '76 Triumph TR6...gawd, I loved dropping the top and driving that car!
My favorite was a '76 Triumph TR6...gawd, I loved dropping the top and driving that car!
AZsteelman
April 2006 BoM
My first was a 1965 Chevy pickup...$250 cash with a newly rebuilt engine. Ran like a top!
My first car, 1964 Buick Skylark. I had that for ten years and foolishly got rid of it. That car and I went through a lot and I miss it terribly. The last engine and trans I had in it were a '69 396/325hp and a TH400. It was my baby, lovingly nicknamed "The Beast" by my wife. Someday I will have another one. I owned about a dozen '64/65s over the years, mostly parts cars but I also had a '64 'vert that was ruined in a flood we had in 1986. It was in poor shape before but the flood finished it off.
I had several cool cars but didn't have them very long.
1969 Camaro
1969 Impala (396 powered)
1967 Barracuda
1967 Chevy 1/2 ton
several Buicks as mentioned above
1968 Impala
1977 Mustang II (302v8)
1981 Dodge Mirada
1970 Monte Carlo
way too many to list I think.
I had several cool cars but didn't have them very long.
1969 Camaro
1969 Impala (396 powered)
1967 Barracuda
1967 Chevy 1/2 ton
several Buicks as mentioned above
1968 Impala
1977 Mustang II (302v8)
1981 Dodge Mirada
1970 Monte Carlo
way too many to list I think.
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I have socks older than you :hysterica :hysterica :hysterica
cvm4
BoM - July '05 & Dec. '10
I 3rd that statement.
2 of my older brothers and I shared a mazda 626 (maroon) in highschool. it was an '80 I think(?). Then my second to last older brother and I had a 1981 Jetta , Black (LOVED that car)...
my first car (that was mine) was an '89 Dodge Colt Hatchback, white( named Emma) and since then only 2:
a black 1999 honda civic EX(named sophie) and my baby now is a 2005 Charcoal Honda Element EX (named Ella , the Element).
do you name your cars?
:lady:
my first car (that was mine) was an '89 Dodge Colt Hatchback, white( named Emma) and since then only 2:
a black 1999 honda civic EX(named sophie) and my baby now is a 2005 Charcoal Honda Element EX (named Ella , the Element).
do you name your cars?
:lady:
No, I hope that helps.
LOL, sorry I couldn't resist. I do find it odd you name your cars though.
Can you tell us a little more about the reasoning behind naming a car? :grin:
LOL, sorry I couldn't resist. I do find it odd you name your cars though.
Can you tell us a little more about the reasoning behind naming a car? :grin:
