I just bought the wife a replacement for her first car a 1965 Chevy Bel Air 4 dr sedan.Anyone know where I can locate New lower patch panels?I need bottoms of both front fenders and rear quarters .the car came from texas and is in better shape than we usually find here in Ct.a very good starting point for a decent daily driver for her
Great stories! In about 1965 my first was a 56 Chevy 2dr post Delray yellowish green and black, power pack 265 3 speed overdrive, 4:11 gears (stock w/overdrive). When it came time to go to college we swapped engines and trans with 3 different cars and I drove a 63 SS to school (1968). At its best the 56 had a 283, green strip cam, small f.i. heads, 3 x2, BorgWarner T10 aluminum 4 speed, Hurst shifter, bucket seats from a handy man chevy, and tuck and roll black interior, gold paint, and as many spring spacers as I could stick in the front springs(front shocks wouldn't reach) trying for gasser look. It was sold a few times and the last I heard it was in Odessa back in the later 60's. Like all those that dont have their first car I would love to have it back.
first owned or driven? Owned was a 64 stang but the ride that got me on the road? a 68 Buick Skylark. stuck the carb. in a road race on a 90 degree turn hit the first tree at about 105 mph three trees two telephone poles a stone fence and a stonewall later I had the engine in the passenger seat the rear pushed in a v shape into the back of the front seats and folded over roof. Kicked open the door unhurt but totally jacked from adreneline. All the lights worked too. That old baby saved my speeding life quite rightly indeed.
The first car I bought was a1962 Corvair Monza 700 sedan, Sandy (Metalic tan on tan) tinted windows and the works. Used a 10" section of I-beam as my parking break.) 45,000 original mile mostly rust free California car (with the plastic 1962 AAA badge on the rear to prove it.) I bugged the owner for 2 1/2 years before she sold it to me for $425.00 in 1983. Only a couple near death experiences. Finally a mom in a Toyota Tercel Wagon pasted it as it sat in my parents front yard. D'OH!!!
Cruzr, For me it was a black '57 Bel Air with black tuck & roll, 5 spoke mags, a 301 small block and raked in the front........Very cool ride................... Cruiser
1977, Took my driving test in a right hand drive '65 Morris Mini Woody Wagon. It's sitting in front of my house after 27 years of waiting for my dad to give it to me. 1st car i bought was a '61 Olds 88. Wish I still had that one. I now drive a '54 F100 as a daily
66 Chrysler Imperial,Crown Coupe, my dad gave me to drive. Took my drivers test in it. My buddy and I would lower it,when my parents would go on vacation,HA HA! Then it was 25 VW's in a row! Wish I had that Imperial now.
1950 Olds 88 Club Coupe - stick with a later 4bl and manifold 2nd another 50 Olds 88 CC with a Hydro Paid a Hundred & a Quarter both times Theres one in the future when i find it & have the $$$ It will be more than a Buck & a Quarter this time
Man! Cool stuff here! My first driver was a 1971 Vauxhall Viva wagon. THAT should make some of you feel better about your first car. It was only 4 years old but shot. Hey.. they would have been a good little car if you replaced the drive-train, the wiring harness and the body. I learned a LOT about fixing cars with that one. 23 miles one way to the girlfriends' house. Pick her up, go back to town, cruise around, bring her back,then go home and a complete rebuild was needed on the darn thing!!! I read that it's rare now. No bloody wonder! They rotted out quicker than anything ever did. First non-road car was a 65 Bug that was restorable with a couple days work. But... it became a dune buggy. Hey! I was 14. Learned to weld on that one. Dad welded the tunnel back together after I shortened it. He said, "there.... you try it". 60+ cars later, a collision repair buisness (closed in 1984.. now I teach computer-stuff at college) and I'm hand-building a 29 A roadster pickup. Keep the stories coming. This is history. Someone should be saving this stuff!
55 chevy truck , i payed 1200 bucks for it in 1990 , i had big plans for it but a 10th grader w/a part time job has more ideas than cash so i sold it to my dad . He did alot (camaro clip, paint, 3x2's SBC , ect. ) and got it looking really good. the best part was i could still drive it on occasion . so after a bunch of slammed VW's , lifted chevy trucks , and some chevelles , i finally got my 55 back last year from my old man . it hasent see the street for about 6 years but by next summer i should cruizin it like a high schooler again (one with a wife and two year old now) Brian
My first car was a 53 Chevy convertible, which I later sold to my dad . He sold it to another guy many years later and I end up doing a frame off restoration all original. But my real first car which I DROVE was in high school. I had a 48 Chevy Fleetline 4 door. Bought it for 120.00. Drove it home, 1975, and traded the original engine and wheels for a 2 carb 235 and chrome reversed 6 lug wheels that came of a 48 convertible a guy was putting back original. After I tore out 2 transmissons, I got a 55 truck bellhousing , muncie 4 speed, and a 57 4.11 rear end all at once and really transformed the car. I learned everything on that car. Got cussed by the locals for wanting to cut 2 coils in the front. Had big lowering blocks on the back. Use to get made fun of for lowering that car in 1975. Had the only lowered car in Hickory at that time and for many years after. They use to say, "That looks like one of dem California cars", and not in a good way either. Had a few more 48's, then got the 51 Chev I have right now , from a gypsy palm reader for 400 dollars. Went thru a shit load of rare and desirable VW's too.
I babysat for my older brother's 4 kids all summer in 1961 for his '51 Henry J, he then drove it Wisconsin and I never seen it again. My first real car was '49 Shoebox flathead, 3 speed, lowered and cooler then that Henry J was!
1973 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale. Two door hardtop, 455 with a four barrel and 28,000 original miles. Talk about a CLEAN original car. This was in 1988 and I was 14 years old. It was a genuine "little old lady" car from an estate sale that I found in the local paper. $1200 brought it home. Had been saving for a car since I was 8, so I gave my mom what I had and she covered the rest. I worked my ass off all summer at a dishwashing job to pay it off. Another year or so later I had my license and hit the road. It was that 70's pea-green color and my friends nicknamed it "The Pickle". Talk about a tire-frying torque monster. There is no reason I should not have been killed doing the things I did in that car. For some reason my 16 year old brain thought a 70's land yacht could handle like a Ferrari. I can't count the number of times I would have that 120mph speedo BURIED and still have the go pedal to the wood. Amazingly enough the car survived my childhood relatively unscathed and I finally sold it 3 years ago to a fellow in Cincinnati, looking fairly close to the condition I bought it in. It still had only 42,000 miles on the clock. I will probably regret it someday, but I felt alright passing her on. 16 years was long enough. Good times...
1971 Duster. Slant six, funky gold color, huge dent in the right quarter panel. I loved that car. Bracket raced it on the weekends at the local track and made a bunch of money
My first car was a '56 Chevy 2 door bought for $80 that I shared with my step mom. She ended up driving it for 5 years as a work car. My first car that was all mine was a '62 Fairlane Sports Coupe bought from the original owner when it was 9 years old. She cried when I drove it away. It was a 260 w/ a Fordamatic. I did all of the mods that I could afford such as dual exhaust from JC Whitney, a brand new Holley 500 (for $32.50, no shit!) and some 3.50 gears swapped from a 6 cylinder manual Fairlane. I also added the "important stuff" such shackles and el cheapo gray spoke mags, which were $17.95 a piece brand new back then. Oh gosh, and how could I forget the all-important "Flex-Fan?" I also removed the front bumper, needless weight you know. The Chevy featured a cheesy chrome air cleaner and oil breather cap, an $8 (at Bargain City!) Thrush muffler and JC Whitney baby moons that rusted within a year.
my first was a 65 mustang that my folks bought for me on my 15 birthday. it needed body work and an engine rebuild .that car kept me and my dad in the garage for over a year,he taught me every thing i know now and now im doing the same with my boy. he and i are redoing my 36 chevy pick up which now belongs to him. hopefully he will do the same for his son . thats what its all about , isnt it? mike
Dark blue 1974 Buick LaSabre 4-door hard top. Paid $137.50 for it when I was 14 in the mid-80's. Quite a boat it was...
'73 camaro is all i could afford ($900) in 1987, 2nd car was the '60 elco in '94....still have that (sadly in the same body condition).
I Had $1000 bucks to spend that I had saved over 2 years. I bought this '79 Cougar for $950 bucks. Was a great car 'til I wrecked it a few months later and incurred a hefty lawsuit. Welcome to the 'real world' : If those wheels look familiar, they should. They are on the "Lincury Project" now as rollers. My insurance Co. settled out of court. Don't assume someone coming through an intersection on a red light is at fault if you are trying to turn left.
Still have it since april of 1968. Have been trough alot together and it hasn't been my daily driver for many years now. Stricktly pleasure. 1952 Ford F1
a light green 1968 dodge charger i bought off my high school teacher for 800 bucks..clean fun and drove the shit out of it..318 auto..i tradded it some years later for a 66 elcamino..with a 396 backed up with a muncie 4 speed..wooo hoo that thin flew..ahhh memories
1956 Ford Crown Vic, 292 V8, two toned... Coral and White. Got it in 62 when I turned 16. Worked as a pin setter (no automation back then)in a bowling alley for two years to earn the money needed ($550). Saw one just like it a year ago at a local show and talked with the guy for a while, not the same car, but could have been a twin.
A 1974 Ford torino 4 door in late 80s An undrepowered piece of junk and was calf shit brown but cost about 600. I only drove it a couple years but it is still down in the woods stripped, so I still have it.
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