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CU Medallion [65368]
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What was your first vehicle? I posted something along these
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lines awhile back. I actually had THREE "first" vehicles.
The FIRST first one was a 1953 Ford Country Squire Station Wagon that my dad bought for $25 (Really!), tossed me the keys, and said "Take this thing around the field roads, and learn to drive." I was not quite 12 years old at the time. "Three on the tree", and an old Y-Block 272 cubic inch V-8.
The first car I actually had licensed for the road was a 1955 Chevy 210 2-door post coupe that I pulled out of our car junkyard, transplanted a 1957 vintage 265 cubic inch V-8 into, and cobbled back together enough to drive to high school. Painted it Ford "Grabber Green". My older sister, who was a teacher at our high school at the time, dubbed it "The Green Bomb".
The first car that I actually BOUGHT brand new, was a throwaway piece of junk, a 1981 Ford Fairmont, that came with the same four cylinder engine that Pintos had. It could barely get out of its own way, and when I attempted to trade it in just three years later, the same Ford dealership I bought it from new, informed me that the book value was less than $100. It actually took another ownership or two, but I can without any shadow of a doubt now tell you, I will never own another Ford product, not if I have to pay for it.
How about you all, any good first car or truck stories?
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1968 Pontiac Firebird convertible***
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CU Medallion [65368]
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Is it true what they say, that the two greatest days in a
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convertible owner's life are the day you bought it, and the day you sold it?
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Re: Is it true what they say, that the two greatest days in a
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Oh heck no. I drove a 66 Mustang convertible in high school, purchased an 88 Mustang convertible after college and kept it for nearly 30 years. I sold it and got a Miata, which I drove to work today. We are talking cars, not boats!😁
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Re: Is it true what they say, that the two greatest days in a
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1975, when I got my license, my car was a 1957 Thunderbird. I raced it every weekend I still have it. I have had many, many Mustangs as that is what I still restore to this day.
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I'm not a "rag top man" by any stretch...
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Apr 21, 2023, 12:24 PM
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but that was a pretty cool car for a 16 year old to drive. I only drove it a year or two before my dad took it and got me something else, so he could fully restore it.
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Re: I'm not a "rag top man" by any stretch...
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Kind of like a sunroof. May not use them very often, but sure nice to have when you want them.
I always like cruising during cooler summer evenings with the top down. Got one of these in storage.. 'bout time to get her out and cleaned up 🙂
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I did not...
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Apr 21, 2023, 2:12 PM
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The athletic director at my high school had a strict short hair policy for male student athletes.
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Freshman [-95]
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Funny they could enforce stuff like that back then.***
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Ah, a Crusherman Special!
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Re: What was your first vehicle? I posted something along these
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A beautiful red tricycle that I road down the back steps of our house and broke my nose (not once but twice.) It would be another 16 years before I traded the tricycle in for a 1968 Chevelle.
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CU Medallion [65368]
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I always thought the 68 Chevelle was butt ugly, compared to
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the much better looking (IMO) 1969 refinements. Amazing how much difference just basically changing the grille and tail lights could make in the looks of a car.
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Re: What was your first vehicle? I posted something along these
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1984 Toyota Tacoma and I still kick myself for selling it
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CU Medallion [65368]
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I certainly do the same about that 55 Chevy. Every time I
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look up a value on them on Classic Auto Trader, or other website. You can't even touch a bucket of rust that resembles a 55 Chevy 2 door these days for less than $15-20,000.
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Re: I certainly do the same about that 55 Chevy. Every time I
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I know and I sold for $3800 with a broken front Axle about 10 years ago. I wasn’t even asking that much for it but had a guy from the mountain area in NC want it and said he being me the cash if I held it for him. Only imagine what it would be worth now but I just miss the truck had sone of my best memories in it.
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Re: What was your first vehicle? I posted something along these
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1978 Datsun 210 hatchback... And I was very glad to have it. Got me from party A to party B until someone rear ended me the summer before my senior year in HS... Loved that beater,
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Legend [17573]
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1949 Chevrolet Two-Door Sedan
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Grandmother died in 1969. Dad fixed up and I received in 1977 on 16th birthday. It survived my junior and senior years of high school and my freshman year at Clemson. Great memories.
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CU Medallion [65368]
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There was more metal in that thing than in three modern
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Apr 21, 2023, 11:57 AM
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cars, I would bet.
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Metal? They used to build cars with that stuff?***
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Legend [17573]
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'49 Chevy - Absolutely one robust vehicle
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True story you reminded me of ... 11th grader. 1977. Just turned 16. Drove two sisters (8th & 9th grade) and 10th grade hippie to school. Three cars deep at red light. Light turned green behind me. VW Bug and another junker accelerated hard from light behind me. They could not stop. I kept my foot on the brake. They both hit me hard. One behind the other. Bam. Then another push. Bam. Both cars were completely compressed to their broken front windshields. My '49 Chevy had not one dent. Not even a scratch on the bumper. They really built them strong in those days.
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Re: What was your first vehicle? I posted something along these
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1972 Trans Am. Was in rough shape when I got it but got pretty good with fiberglass. Wish I still had it.
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Re: What was your first vehicle? I posted something along these
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1970 Mercury Cougar - gold with black interior and black vinyl top. 351 Cleveland 3 speed automatic. My dad and I had a hard time getting the brake lights and sequencing taillights to work properly and now they have a kit you can install for that. I should have appreciated those days more. Most of the time I was a runner back to the tool box to get another tool.
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CU Medallion [65368]
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Cougars are all but forgotten these days. They were
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basically Mustangs with fancier sheet metal and interiors. (Just as the Mustang was basically a Falcon with different sheetmetal and fancier interiors.)
I kinda sorta always liked the 1970 type body style Cougars, they were sleek machines.
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Re: 1989 Mazda Protege ---
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But I drove it like it was a Lotus 😄
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CU Medallion [65368]
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AHA! Our first real plastic throwaway car on the list.
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Butt, by then, that's pretty much all there was to buy.
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Re: What was your first vehicle? I posted something along these
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87 s-10 blazer with 8 in shackle lifts in the back only. 5sp manual and the stupid carbbed 2.8l v6.
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CU Medallion [65368]
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Chevy sold about a gazillion of those S-10s. That was the
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ultimate street sleeper swap once upon a time, stuffing a high power small block V-8 into one of those things, and decimating the competition.
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1970 Opel GT
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Poor mans Vet on account I was a poor man
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What a beast!***
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Re: 1970 Opel GT
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I loved the retractable headlights on that car.
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Re: What was your first vehicle? I posted something along these
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First car I spent my own money to buy was a 1980 Chevy Monza.(used) $485 because it was missing a gas cap. Drove it over 30,000 miles in three years traveling from SC to MA many a time. I really hated that car but it was all mine.
"green reeper" rest in peace.
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CU Medallion [65368]
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Butt, requiring minds want to know, did you ever buy a
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Apr 21, 2023, 2:29 PM
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gas cap for it?
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Re: Butt, requiring minds want to know, did you ever buy a
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Put a rag in it farm truck style.
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Re: What was your first vehicle? I posted something along these
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A 1976 AMC Pacer....the fishbowl. I should get an attorney. Or y'all should do a GoFundMe for me
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CU Medallion [65368]
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Hey, it WAS the first "WIDE" small car. At least that is
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what their ads said at the time. I also seem to remember, the passenger side door was longer than the driver's side, or vice versa, to allow easier access to the back seat area?
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Wouldn't mind finding one of those today.
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Literally wider than than the average vehicle.
Or maybe a Gremlin?
What were automanufacturers thinking back then? The cars of the future? Lol, drinking too much scotch around the design tables.
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Re: What was your first vehicle? I posted something along these
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1974 Camaro metallic blue with black vinyl top with Cragar mags 12 wide in the rear, 7 in the front with air shocks in the rear pumped up..lol replaced the 350 with a built 350 with headers and wide dual exhaust.
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Noice!***
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Re: I owned a '77 Camaro for awhile, same body style. Mine had
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Had a 76 Camaro LT my senior year in high school. The 305 was pretty weak but it was still a fun car. Was passed onto my little brother when I went to Clemson. I bought a 69 Rally Sport with a 327. Had it rebuilt. No comparison in performance.
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a 1987 Beretta. Not a good car. Ended up trading for a
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1990 red convertible LeBaron. Loved that car. Wish I still had it.
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'72, 4-dr Green Nova. $600.
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I was the first kid in the 'hood with a drivers license. Good thing it had 4 doors. We called it the "Nova-caine", for obvious reasons.
Drank, smoked, slept-in, listened to lots of great music, and got laid in that vehicle. Be cool to still have it, minus the smell.
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CU Medallion [65368]
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My wife's Great Aunt had a 74 Nova that my Father-in-Law
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inherited when the old spinster died. It was over ten years old then, and had less than 25,000 miles on it, and looked like brand new inside and out. Only problem was, it had two too many doors, and was the absolutely bone cheapest model they had. It did not even have a radio, the latest model car I have ever seen that still had a radio delete plate in the dash.
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It was originally my uncle's car. My Dad bought it from him
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and gave it to my older brother. He drove it for about a year before buying an MG, whereupon my 16 year-old self got his first car: 1965 Buick Electra 225 Converible.
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Re: It was originally my uncle's car. My Dad bought it from him
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That was one fantastic vehicle! Had a '73 Duce - loved that car.
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Oh yeah, THAT is not a pic of MY car. I did a Google search
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for that make and model, found one that was exactly like the one I had.
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85' Mercury Capri 5.0
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Still have it.
Now it's got a .030 over 351w, solid lift cam, 750 Holley, Dart heads, forged internals and C4 transmission.
Anybody wanna race?
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I assume it only gets driven a quarter mile at a time these
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Gas burns the same. Just costs more.***
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Re: What was your first vehicle? I posted something along these
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A 1976 Pontiac Grand Prix SJ.
Bought it in 1976 and I still have that car.
Runs great.
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Re: What was your first vehicle? I posted something along these
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1954 Chevy Belair, three on the column shifter. Exterior color was three shades of blue
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1971 pos ford pea green galaxy. Boat !
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Gas was .84 a gallon.
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Got an earl scheib? paint job forest green
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For $79.99 and dad still complained about the cost. 🤦🏻♂️
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I rolled an 83 Honda Accord, playing workout tapes by Fonda
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But Fonda ain't got a motor on the back of her Honda…
And you know (or should know) the rest of the story.
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Re: I rolled an 83 Honda Accord, playing workout tapes by Fonda
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+1 for being able to tie Baby Got Back into your ride! Oh, and #### on Fonda!
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Re: What was your first vehicle? I posted something along these
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1967 Chevelle SS!
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1974 Porsche 914 in Clemson orange!
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Basically a 2 seat, mid-engine VW with a pop off roof that stored in the trunk… looked a lot like a Matchbox car. Ton of fun to drive in HS, but it had to go before the move to TigerTown.
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Loved the 914 and Karmann Ghia***
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I was 13 with permit, which required a licensed co-driver
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Dad got me yellow Studebaker convertible which I would not go over 35 and backfired. He got it for me so I could run his service station, while he went to grad school. I drove it without a companion, and got my license at age 14
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Re: I was 13 with permit ...1951 yellow Studebaker convet.
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This was 1957
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Re: What was your first vehicle? I posted something along these
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1984 Pontiac Fiero and I’m still alive to type this.
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Re: What was your first vehicle? I posted something along these
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Apr 21, 2023, 3:37 PM
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1970 blue Camaro
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1974 Ford Pinto - was crummy - but my Ferrari
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Apr 21, 2023, 3:51 PM
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Got me to and fro - and a few times some something something in the hatch back. At 18 - any spot would do.
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Re: 1974 Ford Pinto - was crummy - but my Ferrari
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Apr 26, 2023, 6:08 AM
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I had a 1972 orange and white ford pinto that I got from my high school girlfriends dad. That thing was awesome, but my son said, dad, there is no awesome pinto.
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Re: What was your first vehicle? I posted something along these
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Apr 21, 2023, 4:05 PM
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'67 Chevy Impala, bought for $200 in 1977, Transmission was a mess, the car bucked every time the automatic gears shifted. Ran out of gas often and remember pushing the car to the gas station during the late '70s oil embargo. Remember odd/even license plate days to get gas? Long lines and a long push to the pump.
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Re: What was your first vehicle? I posted something along these
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Apr 21, 2023, 4:13 PM
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Like I mentioned in your previous post (Mount Trashmore of cars) my first car was a 1964 Ford Fairlane with the 289. My 2nd car was a tank, a 1968 Buick Electra 225 with enough room inside to throw a party. The next car I got was a 1972 Orange VW Beetle which I kept until 1983 and wish I still had it.
I bought my first new vehicle (for myself) in 1983. It was a Chevy C10 Pickup. I drove it all over the country, from SC to FL, to California, to Massachusetts, to IL and everywhere in between. It served me well for almost 13 years until I sold it.
I'm with you on the 1980+ Fords 76er. Never had any luck with them. I had a couple used Ford cars but never kept them long. I leased a Ford F250 to haul material when I was building a house. The property was divided by a small creek with the house on one side and pasture in the other side. Even though it was 4WD, it got stuck in the 6 inch deep, 10 ft wide creek during the dry season. A friend with a beat up old 1978 Chevy 4X4 had to pull me out. I sold the Ford before the lease was up and bought a Chevy Silverado and a Chevy is the only pickup I have owned since.
I've had my current Chevy truck 7 years and had no problems. And believe me, it gets a work out being a farm truck.
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Re: What was your first vehicle? I posted something along these
May 3, 2023, 10:51 PM
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My dad wouldn't drive anything but a Chevy Silverado. He absolutely hated Fords.
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Re: What was your first vehicle? I posted something along these
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Apr 21, 2023, 5:24 PM
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1972 Olds Cutlass Supreme Convertible Man I wish I still had it
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CU Medallion [65368]
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Somebody has probably made a 4-4-2 clone out of it by now.
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Apr 21, 2023, 5:34 PM
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1976 Chevy Impala. It was about 40 feet long and
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Apr 21, 2023, 8:41 PM
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had fender skirts. First car I bought was a 1987 Chevy S10 4x4 5-speed.
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1991 Plymouth Voyager, and that was in ‘96
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Re: What was your first vehicle? I posted something along these
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Apr 21, 2023, 10:35 PM
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My father bought me a used '63 Ford Galaxy 2-door coupe in 1974 for $300 from the original owner. He still had the sticker from when it was new and it stickered for $2995 I believe. It had the 390 Thunderbird high-performance engine with Police Interceptor package, Holley 4 bbl and Hurst 4 speed shifter in the floor. I called it the tank as it felt like it was that heavy, but if you punched it, it was like a rocket ship (at least to a 16 yr old). Back then, people would come up to me and offer me $500 for it. I always said no. I wish that I still had that car.
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Re: What was your first vehicle? I posted something along these
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Apr 21, 2023, 10:49 PM
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1972 Chevy Nova, completely restored, got it in 1988. It was a thunderbolt, but my parents took it away, because all it had was lap seatbelts.
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The original Datsun off the boat
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complete with rusted out floor boards covered by plywood that were great for dumping beer cans
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Big block Dodge … bought it at an auction at the Mason Lodge
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Apr 22, 2023, 1:09 AM
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It had “Johnson County Sheriff” painted on the side so we shot a coat of primer then we looked inside.
Me and my uncle tore the engine down, I’ll never forget that rumbling sound.
… at least that’s what I recall.
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Re: What was your first vehicle? I posted something along these
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Apr 22, 2023, 2:20 AM
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First new car right after I graduated in '92
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You Hasselhoff you!
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Apr 22, 2023, 9:20 AM
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Re: What was your first vehicle? I posted something along these
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Apr 22, 2023, 7:25 AM
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74 Mercury Capri. Also was the first car I did a 180 in. Although I hadn't meant to do said 180 that time.
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Re: What was your first vehicle? I posted something along these
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Apr 22, 2023, 9:34 AM
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1978 VW Rabbit Champagne Edition. That car had severe water damage from leaking at the lower edge of the front windshield. Replaced the electrical system 3 times, which cost me more than the car. I ended up burning up the motor because I was stupid and replaced it with a Honda Civic. Drove the Honda past 250,000 miles until some Bozo pulling a U-haul made a right hand turn, from the left hand lane, in the rain with no turn signal. Totaled my Honda on the U-haul. Not one scratch on the Bozo’s truck.
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Re: What was your first vehicle? I posted something along these
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Apr 22, 2023, 10:09 AM
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1960 Chevy 2-door hard top. The thing was a tank and had fins like the Batmobile. Front & back seats were large playgrounds where many a date night ended in ecstasy. Great car but used a quart of oil at every fuel stop.
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Re: What was your first vehicle? I posted something along these
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Apr 22, 2023, 3:39 PM
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I had a 1967 Camaro convertible that I drove while a student at Clemson (1990-1993). My Roomate was friends with Ricky Jones (basketball). One night I drove to the “The Zoo” and broke my rule on drinking. My roommates were drunk so they couldn’t get my car back to our apartment but Ricky Jones and Dale Davis were hanging with us and Cliff had them on a non-alcohol diet. I agreed for them to drive me and the car home. There’s a lot of blur to my recollection but I distinctly remember the top being down, Ricky driving with Dale in the passenger seat (don’t know how they fit) and me in the back seat parading by TDs, etc. and people hooting and hollering.
Next morning I woke up in my bed and my Camaro was parked outside safe and sound.
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Re: What was your first vehicle? I posted something along these
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Apr 22, 2023, 3:53 PM
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Sweet little 1966 Mustang. I loved that car and might or might not have outrun a male pursuer once or twice.
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Re: What was your first vehicle? I posted something along these
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Apr 22, 2023, 4:00 PM
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1973 Ford Maverick.
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Re: What was your first vehicle? I posted something along these
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Apr 22, 2023, 5:05 PM
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1978 silver Pontiac Trans Am. Got it brand new when I was 14. Had started driving when I was 8 years old. 😳 Drove it all through high school and college. Got a 1985 black BMW 318i when I graduated.
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BMW: The Ultimate Money Pit Machine!
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Apr 23, 2023, 11:38 AM
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My older and younger brothers both owned one at various times. They both swore they would never own another.
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Re: What was your first vehicle? I posted something along these
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Apr 22, 2023, 5:14 PM
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1982 four door chevette my grandma refused to drive.
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Your Grandma was smart.
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Re: What was your first vehicle? I posted something along these
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Apr 23, 2023, 1:51 PM
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1979 Chevette. My dad chose the car, made the down payment and co-signed the loan for it. My first car and loan. I called it my She Vette. Her name was Melba. Lol
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Re: What was your first vehicle? I posted something along these
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Apr 23, 2023, 2:21 PM
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76er® You have to give Ford Motor Company another shot sir! That was a long long time ago and the big 3 in the U.S. all had their issues during that period.
Which helped pave the way for the "invasion" because they had become(all of them not just Ford) too comfortable and seemed to have the mindset; "where else will they go"!
F-150 #1 for nearly 50 years before being dethrowned.
I say all that joking really because to answer the original question: My first vehicle was a 1988 Ford Tempo.
Got me where I wanted to go and was fairly good on gas. I never had an issue with it; went into the Marine Corps and my brother dogged it while I was overseas! That's another story.
Good question 76er!
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72 Pontiac Grand Prix. Pretty good car, but was black inside & out...
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Apr 23, 2023, 2:35 PM
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with no AC!
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I have two
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lol. my first car was similar to yours. it was a 1980 something dodge ram that my dad let me drive around the farm to learn how to drive stick. and then I bought a little ford escape when I went to college, still have it to this day. Always said im not gonna get a new car till that one breaks down lol.
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Re: What was your first vehicle? I posted something along these
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Apr 23, 2023, 3:42 PM
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1968 chevelle SS 396
It was fabulous. But I never could figure out why the rear tires went bald so quickly.
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Re: What was your first vehicle? I posted something along these
May 4, 2023, 4:58 AM
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Wow!
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Re: What was your first vehicle? I posted something along these
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Apr 25, 2023, 2:57 PM
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1966 TR4A,BRG.best transmission ever.lucky i'm still alive after some of the mindless things i did in that car.
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Re: What was your first vehicle? I posted something along these
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Apr 26, 2023, 5:51 AM
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1969 Gulfstream Aqua Ford Fairlane
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Orange Blooded [2337]
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69 Chevrolet pickup with a V6 and three on the tree
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Vinyl bench seat and no air conditioning. Perfect for a teenager. It was indestructible till Hugo came along and dropped a few pine trees 🌳 on it.
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Re: What was your first vehicle? I posted something along these
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Apr 26, 2023, 1:08 PM
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78 firebird! The car was actually in the movie Heaven can wait.
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Re: What was your first vehicle? I posted something along these
May 3, 2023, 11:52 PM
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66 Rambler. It was a hand me down. All four children drove at one time. Ugly aqua. But dependable
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Re: What was your first vehicle? I posted something along these
May 4, 2023, 4:08 AM
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'62 Chevy 2 with three on the column. Did Ok until the oil pump went out and then bought a 289'65 Mustang.
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Re: What was your first vehicle? I posted something along these
May 4, 2023, 4:53 AM
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I had a a corvette during while in school at CU. It looked good, but after a couple years, it was junk.
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Orange Blooded [3032]
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1962 Ford Falcon, straight six, three on the tree***
May 4, 2023, 12:41 PM
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Re: What was your first vehicle? I posted something along these
May 4, 2023, 12:54 PM
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Mine was a yellow ‘69 Ford Fairlane. Best part abou it was the bench seat so I could drive with my Sweetie beside me and make out at Red lights. Now she’s my wife of 46 years.
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Re: What was your first vehicle? I posted something along these
May 4, 2023, 5:16 PM
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1970 custom cab f100 sky blue three on the tree skrait six
sharp right turn, sweetheart would slide right up to you
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