Not the first one you drove but the first you personally owned the ***le for? In the UK most teens will end up with something pretty lame and underpowered as their first car as for the first few years insurance could cost anything around the $1500-3000 a year mark. Please help to destroy the stereotype that UK drivers have that all American teens had cool cars as their first ride. I was forced to drive one of these POS Vauxhall Nova 1.2litres.
Post your full address, I'll mail you a sympathy card for that one!! ; s My first one; in 1969, a '57 Ford Courier; sedan delivery! It smoked like a freight train!! I won't go into the body rot issues, I still loved it!!
Dare I even tell you my first car was a 1941 Willys? Yep, four door sedan, bog stock, went real well, paid a whole $20 for her, but in 1966 I didn't consider it had 'hot rod' potential so I swapped it for a shoebox Ford, 4 door again, then tore that apart for the sidevalve engine for my 'real' hotrod project, a 1928 Es*** coupe... Then I ended up with a Hillman Minx... Cheers, Glen.
It only lasted 8 months before i drove it off the road and put it on its roof trying to avoid a huge stag that ran across the road. To make matters worse i only had 3rd party insurance so got no payout and i then had to spent over a year taking the bus as i couldn't afford another car.
My first car, in 1976 when I was 16 (no license yet) was a 1964 Olds Cutl*** convertible. Bought it for $20 and had 5 of my friends help me push it 2 blocks to my house. I never got it running and it was sold for s**** by my parents!
In 1964 I paid $75 for a 1939 IHC pickup. Next came a '54 Chevy 2 door HT that I still have in my lineup.
My first car was a 65 Mustang fastback. It was not the prom queen, but it was mine. It was mostly putty but it was shiney and it made me happy!
1955 Chevrolet Belair, 2 door sedan. I got it August 21, 1972. Still have it. 40 years in 2012. Here I am pictured near the beautiful Detroit River, Bishop Park, Wyandotte, MI
Mine was a 1955 Chevy.......those were the days..lots of fun ....I think just about everybody in town rode in that car
In '68, a '61 Studebaker Lark IV. Had dents in 3 out of the 4 fenders and 4 out of 4 doors. Paid a whopping $50, put about $100 in the carb and a set of retreads, drove it for 6 months until the ****** blew and sold it for $200 for parts.
56 Chevy - 2 door. Bought it in 1965 for $550 from the math teacher at the high school. I bought it with money made working at a grocery store after school.
frist car got that i drove was a 41 caddy that my god frather gave me but i got my 57 chevy when i was 16 and work on it in body shop that i work in after school the 55 started out as my everyday driver but turn into a race
1969, '62 Belair bubbletop, Roman Red, 283-3 on the tree. 15yrs old, bought with $$ I made throwing hay all summer. Sold it before I got my DL. I've lusted for one since. Always on the radar.
'59 Reilly. Twin SUs, factory tack, burl dash and leater buckets. A 25 dollar car, it had so much blowby that I had to stick my head out the window, Fireball Roberts style, to drive it home.
1940 Ford opera coupe. In 1960 they could be bought for $150. Of course I worked washing dishes for $0.75 an hr. ,traded it for a 57 chev 210 w/ a 283 mill. Never thought those days would end.....
Actually,the first car I owned was a 1932 Ford 5 window coupe at the age of 12 years old,,short lived when my dad found out I bought it! HRP
1947 Mercury coupe - bone-stock with V8. Bought from old couple at church in 1959 when I was in 9th grade.
Mine was a 1957 Chevy 2dr gl*** panel 150 series, 350/4spd 12 bolt posi, no front bumper, radiused rear quarters, orange with jug hugger painted on the side, didnt have it long but I sure wish I had it back!!!! 1984
A 50 Merc coupe, followed by my first 52 Merc convert, then a 55 Pontiac convertible then a 57 Bel-air 2 dr HT , some where in the mix was a 40 Ford coupe with 283.. Wish I had them all back.
In 83 at 15 yo I bought my first car a 1956 Ford Fairlane 4 dr It had a 289 with duals and gl***packs swapped in place of the original 292 when I bought it. my dad built a tilt front end for it but thats as far as I got on that one before trading to a 64 Galaxie 2 dr ht.
In 1960 I bought a 1953 Chevy Belair Convertible for $750. I was 15. I had worked two summers and saved the money to buy the car and pay my insurance for a year in advance. It was the orange looking one and I instantly became popular with the girls riding in the backseat sitting on the retracted top. Good memories when the top blew off by a p***ing big rig and I drove it the next day to the prom, on a rainy night, with the top taped on with masking tape. Yup, we both got pretty wet. Funny what makes the best memories.
In 1986 I drove a 68 Mustang coupe gold with a black gut to high school. 302 auto,power disc brakes,power steering. There were a couple of other cool cars there ,but mostly Cutl*** supremes and lowered Toyotas and Datsuns. This was Central High in Providence,R.I.
My first car was a '66 Mustang coupe with a 289 I bought for 45 bucks. It didn't run and had a rust hole big enough I could stick my hand through. But, it was only two weeks after my 15th birthday and it was all mine! It took my Dad and I a while to figure out why it wouldn't run, but it turned out it only needed a new timing gear and chain.
My first car was a 1963 Buick LeSabre 2dr with a 401 nail head. I found it in a barn while deer hunting on my dads friend Nick's property with my father and brother. I first seen the Buick in the barn when I was 13 years old. The next season it was still there but my dad wouldn't ask Nick about it for me plus I was only 14. The next season it was still there and I just couldn't take it anymore LOL. I asked Nick if I could buy it and he just said I'll have to talk to your father and that was the only time we talked about it. 2 weeks later Nick drove the Buick to my house and handed me the keys!! I was only 15 LOL I had $300 saved and that's what he took for the car. Picture of the car I took when I was 14
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