what was your first car and how did you get it ?

1969 Ford Country Squire Station Wagon! Maroon with the fake wood trim and the woodgrain contact paper on the sides. Ugly as hell but a great drive in car,lol. 429 with a 2 barrel Holley. $400.

 

when i was 15 i worked for a farmer all summer for a 1963 chevy ss impala, 327-4 speed. even tho i did not have a dl and i drove the car up and down the drive way it was washed and waxed every week. loved that car

 

Light green 1968 Dodge Charger
Bought from school teacher for $900 bucks in 1982
Ran great, in great condition
Drove the piss outa that car and regret to this day selling it

 

'57 Chevy 210 2 door sedan, 6 cylinder/stick. I bought it when I was 15 (1975) for $150. The battery died the day after I took it home and it wouldn't take a charge, so the seller gave me a $20.00 refund towards a new battery. It would only run as long as you poured gas in the carb--the problem was that the bronze filter in the carb inlet looked like it had never been changed, and was full of shit. It eventually got a 283 transplant, and a HD syncro 3 speed from a '70 GTO. I drove it through high school, and sold it in favor of a '64 Malibu SS.

 

My first car was a 1973 Ford Mustang Mach 1,302,auto,that i bought off my brother in 1985.He bought it for the 429 motor to put in his 1960 f-100 that someone built for the car that never was installed.Worked my ass off all summer to pay him off,was worth every penny.Often wonder where that car is now.Hopefully still roasting tires somewhere,LOL.

 

My first car was a 1950 Chevy 1/2 ton truck, which came with a 1947 1/2 Chevy 1/2 ton truck. I paid $500 for them. I was 14 years old and had been working (and saving $) at the local A & W Root Beer since I was 12 years old. It burned more oil than gas was what the seller told me...

 

Mine was a '70 Camaro I bought when I was 15 in 1992-93. It was advertised just for the motor, "350 4 bolt main in '70 Camaro".... one of those, by the motor and take the car with it. I paid $700 for it and drove it through junior and senior year.

 

1st car was a 1956 Morris Minor with a (803cc) sidevalve engine.

sold my motorbike for £120 and bought the car for £100, it looks like it was in the 'early' stages of modification when this pic was taken (76 ?)........green tinted windows ............kept it for nearly 20 years.




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Early 70's Mustang . I paid part of it down with money made from cutting grass and odd jobs and worked in the sellers gas station on the weekends to pay the balance off.

 

I grew up an Okie farm kid and worked for neighbors in the summer putting up hay, and running tractors for extra money.

A neighbor Ralph Anderson (Swede, to his friends) asked me to plow for him for about three days. What Swede didn't know was I had been eyeing the '51 shoebox Ford sitting beside his barn for sometime. (Seems he had inherited a Buick from his daddy in law and parked the Ford because the automatic trans was making a noise) Car had 52K on the odometer.

When the job was done and we were sitting down for supper, they always fed you back then before sending you home, Swede asked me if I had figured up what he owed me. I had, it was about $35 but I didn't tell him that, I asked what he wanted for the old Ford.

Swede kind of grinned and said, "You want that old car?". I said "Yes sir" and he asked if I had cleared this deal with my dad. I told him I had talked to dad about it and he had told me if I could make a deal it was OK with him. Ralph leaned back in his chair looked at me and said, "How about we just call it square." I nearly fell over, I was 15 years old and a car owner! Took a couple days to get her running, drove it all the way through high school.

 

My first car was a '47 Merc coupe. Flathead, metallic green w/ black 'hyde interior. I bought it from my cousin for $500. That was in 1969, I was 18 at the time. Later I traded it for a running 1942 Harley 45 flathead plus $100.

 

1963: My first car was a 54 Chrysler Windsor 4 Door, Hemi Automatic...I was in High School, worked all summer on a Farm, and got the car for $50 from the Farmer...
It was used to store bags of grain for the chickens...
After cleaning it out...fresh gas and new Bat and a set of $8 Re-Caps..I drove it to school in my senior year..I was "Joe Cool", back then only teachers were allowed to park there cars at school...In 64 I went in the Navy, my Father sold it.....

 

my first car was a 1982 ford exp my dad gave me

 

Got my first car in 1983. It was a 1967 Mustang that I got for $175. Total POS but it ran and drove. Looking back, the interior was pretty good on it but the body was way rough. I ended up selling it for $40 when I got my brothers 1973 Buick Century for $100 because he owed me some money.

 

1963 Buick Electra 225.

I had to drive up to OK with my dad and his buddy (had a big truck, you know how the Buicks are!) to get it.

 

In 1979 I got my grandfather's 68 Impala Custom 2 dr 307 powerglide. I painted it red, swapped in a 350, put in a set of Grand Prix bucket seats, chrome slots with 60s in the rear, 70s in the front, 9" grant three spoke steering wheel. I had (still have) a Panasonic under dash 8 track player with a removeable FM radio converter.

I thrashed and trashed it like most 16 yr olds would. My next was a '65 Chevy Van that inherited all the stuff from the Impala that would fit.

 

My first car was a 1940 Ford opra coupe, I paid $125.00 for it. The block was cracked because the kid I bought it from didn't drain the radiator for the Vermont winter. I put a 48 ford flathead in it and enjoyed the heck out of it for 2 years, then traded it for a 1957 Chevy 210..Them were the days! (1962-1964)........

 

wow these are some great post ... and I would say all are being truthfull as I've not heard no tucker stories or cherry 70 challenger with a Hemi or any 4 second cars or anything , I'm really enjoying this and I have read every one posted on here , thanks for the great response

 

1968 or '69 I bought a 1955 Olds 88 4-door for $50 from an old guy down the street that was moving into a home and had to sell his car. It had been parked for a long time and supposedly only needed a battery. My dad had it towed home for me and gave me a ride down to the wrecking yard to get a second-hand battery. The closest I got to getting it running was a backfire through the carburetor. I thought there must be something wrong with the engine and tore it apart, had just the block with crankshaft and pistons sitting in the car, the rest of the pieces were in the back seat. Probably only the timing was out a bit or something. I ended up paying a junk yard $35 to haul it away for me. Next car I got after that was when Mom gave me her 1969 Dodge Dart 2-door hardtop (318 2 barrel with automatic) when the dealer wouldn't give my parents as much for it as a trade-in as they thought it was worth. I drove it for years, then sold it when it was burning oil- wish I had just gotten the motor rebuilt, but that seemed too expensive at the time.

 

oh by the way as you've read my first was a 67 ford falcon and mine was a 20 minute and a 6 second car ....................... 20 minutes to start the damn thing and ran for atleast 6 seconds one time I thought it ran for 13 seconds but come to find out mine died after 3 seconds and the other 10 seconds I head my dad's vette running

 

oh and also must admit the 67 ford falcon was my first car but I was not old enough to drive it my first road driving ride was a 72 ford Pickup my dad bought it at the bar as a 2 speed truck and all in all it was a 3 speed with 3rd burnt out lol

 

My first was a 64 Fairlane. I got it off my best friends sister. It was cram full of rubbers when I got it. (unused thank god.) We pulled over 200 rubbers out of it.

 

My first car/s are not Hamb friendly at all but taught me a thing or 2. 1st of 19 vws (yes 19 cars, change cars like underwear) owned was a 1987 VW jetta 2dr (very rare), put a shit ton of money into mods and so on. Worked starting at the age of 14 in a bagel store for 2 years before having enough to buy it on my own. Parents drove me to see it and I bought it. Bought it without knowing how to drive stick and learned on it. Fun car.
Now I am a PROUD OWNER of a HAMB friendly car and will never look back.

 

1968 Charger R/T.....family car that was passed down to me in the late 80's.

 

My first car that I was able to drive on the street. 16 yrs old, paid for with dishwashing money $140 in 1970. It was a 59 Studebaker Lark flathead 6 w/3speed on the column & overdrive.

 

I got my dad's '51 chevy powerglide...a total dog.
But after I put in a stick shift w. Spark-o-matic floor shift kit from Almquist, Pep Boys chrome aircleaner, plumbing pipe exhaust cutout, and took off the hubcaps, I tore up the dragstrip at Atco, breaking the 70 mph barrier in 19 seconds!

 

First car was a 1956 210 hardtop with Jimmy Jones skirts. Paid for it by working in my dad's grocery store. I don't have photos, but here is a photoshop I did showing the car and station. This was the same station that where the Lil deuce coupe started it's career. "Chili" Catallo's parents bought my dad's grocery store.

 

I was 14 or 15 my Dad knew someone out in the boonies with a 37 Plymouth 4 door that didn't run. They wanted $60.00 and my Dad said I could earn it by painting our 2 story house. We had to tow it quite a ways home through some hilly country. Just after starting out we came to a long steep hill and I started to gain on my Dad and Brother in the tow car. I was waving and pumping the brakes but still gaining. I pulled the E-brake with both hands and finally got it to slow down. We were about to the bottom of the hill when the car started filling with smoke but I couldn't get the E-brake to release. Finally I was able to wrestle the brake loose and eventually the smoke cleared. My Dad and Brother were talking the whole time and didn't know I almost ran into the back of them or see the smoke show.

 

in 1949...bought a 32 5w coupe grand total of $25.00....
Those WERE the days !!!!!!!!!and yes it is possible in that little front seat...

 

I was 13 and I sold my Hot Wheels collection to buy it. No kidding. It was a 1933 Plymouth. Wish I would've kept it, but I found a '34 rumble seat that was in better shape. Shoulda kept them both. We brought it home in four pickup truck loads. lol