What Was Your First Car?

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ajsco said:
A Lada? Dear god that's tragic!
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Why tragic ? I escaped from the cops with that, when I turned into forestal road - Cop's Skoda Felicia lost there left wheel !!! And second - as all USSR industrial products: May not so economic and "High-Tech," but very resistent...
 
Can't drive. Too autistic.
 
1993 buick century. i loved that thing
 
My first car was a 1971 Volkswagen Beetle.
 
My first car was either my 1926 Ford Model T or my parents 1993 suburban and I really Wish I kept the burb. it was the first new car my parents bought 3/4 ton with the 350. It eventually became a work truck for my dad with the carpet removed and by the end it wouldn't go into fourth. if it had the diesel there would have been no way in hell I would have sold it! (GM needs to make a 3/4 ton burb again and with the duramax and Alison tranny!)
 
Experiment626 said:
My first car was either my 1926 Ford Model T
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A model T? Family rebuild project, or just something you guys had / inherited? Do you still have it?
 
Mattew said:
A model T? Family rebuild project, or just something you guys had / inherited? Do you still have it?
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We bought it around the time I turned 16. I still have it but I want to sell it since it just sits around and have someone who would appreciate it drive it and use it.
 
Experiment626 said:
We bought it around the time I turned 16. I still have it but I want to sell it since it just sits around and have someone who would appreciate it drive it and use it.
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That's really cool. It confused for for a minute, when you said a models T was your first car. I was like, "Dang! How old is Experiment626?!?" But then I saw the other comment about your parents 1993 suburban.
 
Mattew said:
That's really cool. It confused for for a minute, when you said a models T was your first car. I was like, "Dang! How old is Experiment626?!?" But then I saw the other comment about your parents 1993 suburban.
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Im not that old!:lol:it is a fun car though although I wish I didn't sell the burb.
 
I can't say much about the Model T. That'd be a cool first car. But I think it'd be more of a show car, than a daily driver. Definitely something you wouldn't want most kids to have.

My dream car / truck would be considered an antique. I'd really love to have a '69 or '70 fastback Mustang. I'd also really like to have either an early 50's model Ford truck or a 40's International Pick-up. But alas, those would cost a good chunk of change.

I can't complain too much. I've had some pretty good cars & trucks over the years. Doubt I'll ever get my dream car / truck. I'd have to win the lottery or something like that to be able to afford that kind of toy.

I worked at a car dealership for a few years. I remember a guy coming in with his 15 year old son, to order his first car, straight from the factory. Whatever the son wanted, he got. He ended up choosing a fully loaded Dodge Challenger SRT8 392, with a 6.4L Hemi. New, this was like a $60k car...for a soon to be 16 year old...remember what 16 year old drivers are like?...yeah... The kid turn 16 right before the car arrived. Luckily both the mom & dad wised up before the kid got the car. The parents hadn't researched what the son was getting. When they realized they'd bought a 16 year old a supped up muscle car, they decided that the son was going to get a different car as a daily driver, & would only be allowed to drive the muscle car, after he'd been driving a few years. The car basically became the mom's.
 
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Mattew said:
I can't say much about the Model T. That'd be a cool first car. But I think it'd be more of a show car, than a daily driver. Definitely something you wouldn't want most kids to have.

My dream car / truck would be considered an antique. I'd really love to have a '69 or '70 fastback Mustang. I'd also really like to have either an early 50's model Ford truck or a 40's International Pick-up. But alas, those would cost a good chunk of change.

I can't complain too much. I've had some pretty good cars & trucks over the years. Doubt I'll ever get my dream car / truck. I'd have to win the lottery or something like that to be able to afford that kind of toy.

I worked at a car dealership for a few years. I remember a guy coming in with his 15 year old son, to order his first car, straight from the factory. Whatever the son wanted, he got. He ended up choosing a fully loaded Dodge Challenger SRT8 392, with a 6.4L Hemi. New, this was like a $60k car...for a soon to be 16 year old...remember what 16 year old drivers are like?...yeah... The kid turn 16 right before the car arrived. Luckily both the mom & dad wised up before the kid got the car. The parents hadn't researched what the son was getting. When they realized they'd bought a 16 year old a supped up muscle car, they decided that the son was going to get a different car as a daily driver, & would only be allowed to drive the muscle car, after he'd been driving a few years. The car basically became the mom's.
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The '69 Mustang would be the one to have. It had that sort of fish tail swooping rear roof line, and a very big, powerful engine. I used to race against them. They were awesome.
 
dogboy said:
The '69 Mustang would be the one to have. It had that sort of fish tail swooping rear roof line, and a very big, powerful engine. I used to race against them. They were awesome.
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...sooo jealous...yeah I've always wanted one. I just love the body style on them. That was right during the height of the muscle cars. They started to get a bit odd looking in the early - mid 70's. (No offense if you love the body style of the 70's mustangs. Just not my cup of tea). I'm not even sure why I like the body style so much. I've only seen them at car shows, & at a friends house...his dad has a '69 Mach 1 *drools*.
 
That's pretty much what it was,I took it to car shows,my non profit during events and I'd drive it one in a while but it has a bad wheel wobble that I spent $800 on parts to replace the wheel bearings to no avail (king pins I bet) My dream car seems to change daily. I love the willys wagon the truck,The Jeep FC,the early suburbans(till the 50s) the 40s-50s GM panel trucks and the only one I own is the postal Jeep but it's in parts and might never get finished. Reading your story makes me ponder though. Did people know that what the were buying now would become so sought after decades after production? and What were that kid's parents thinking!? at least his mom got one hell of a car!
 
A 1991 Audi Quattro Coupe 20V. It had a 2.3L inline 5 cylinder, transversely-mounted and mated to 5-speed manual transmission. Put 80k miles on it in just under 8 months. Blew the head gasket during a 7000 RPM uphill redline pull. LOL; fogged out some poor girls who I was passing at the right (wrong?) time. It had more oil leaks than a colander has holes. I drove it at 110mph for around 40 minutes, only to find that when I stopped, I had no oil in the engine AND an empty radiator! I'm still not sure how that thing lasted as long as it did. I finally had to get rid of it when the syncros when belly-up; the syncro in 2nd gear stopped holding under acceleration, and the syncro in 3rd gear stopped holding under deceleration. I got a measly $280 for it... not worth it. It was in near-perfect cosmetic and structural condition, and now it's probably part of multiple washing machines. :'( I miss it so much.
 
Experiment626 said:
That's pretty much what it was,I took it to car shows,my non profit during events and I'd drive it one in a while but it has a bad wheel wobble that I spent $800 on parts to replace the wheel bearings to no avail (king pins I bet) My dream car seems to change daily. I love the willys wagon the truck,The Jeep FC,the early suburbans(till the 50s) the 40s-50s GM panel trucks and the only one I own is the postal Jeep but it's in parts and might never get finished. Reading your story makes me ponder though. Did people know that what the were buying now would become so sought after decades after production? and What were that kid's parents thinking!? at least his mom got one hell of a car!
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I'm not sure they knew back then, how much those cars would be cherished in the future. The prices of most of the muscle cars seemed to crash during the 70's with the fuel shortage. Then when the early 80's hit, I bet you could get one of those 60's cars for dirt cheap. (Note: I'm not actually sure about the price fluctuations. I wasn't alive. But I'm guessing they follow a similar trend of today. Where a car that's 10-15 years old are mostly trashed out & aren't very expensive. Some that old have been taken care of tho. )

They weren't thinking. They were well off financially. Basically told the kid to order whatever he wanted & they'd pay for it. They researched it after the fact. Dad realized they'd bought a car for a 16 year old that could do 180 mph. But luckily they came to their senses. I think the kid still got a very nice car as a first one. If I'm remembering right it was a BMW that was only a few years old. He would eventually get the Challenger. But he had to prive he was a good / safe driver & wasn't going to wreck the car. He was only allowed to drive it with his mother sitting in the passenger seat.
 
'73 Chevy Nova. Pain the ass when I had it. I wish I had it now!
 
Mattew said:
I'm not sure they knew back then, how much those cars would be cherished in the future. The prices of most of the muscle cars seemed to crash during the 70's with the fuel shortage. Then when the early 80's hit, I bet you could get one of those 60's cars for dirt cheap. (Note: I'm not actually sure about the price fluctuations. I wasn't alive. But I'm guessing they follow a similar trend of today. Where a car that's 10-15 years old are mostly trashed out & aren't very expensive. Some that old have been taken care of tho. )

They weren't thinking. They were well off financially. Basically told the kid to order whatever he wanted & they'd pay for it. They researched it after the fact. Dad realized they'd bought a car for a 16 year old that could do 180 mph. But luckily they came to their senses. I think the kid still got a very nice car as a first one. If I'm remembering right it was a BMW that was only a few years old. He would eventually get the Challenger. But he had to prive he was a good / safe driver & wasn't going to wreck the car. He was only allowed to drive it with his mother sitting in the passenger seat.
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That's about it, too. The trend in the early 1980s was downsizing and fuel economy. Everyone was still feeling the effects of the fuel crises. Technology was rapidly progressing, and everyone was touting how high-tech their cars were. Suddenly, big carbureted lumbering gas-guzzling cars from the '60s and '70s were seen as dinosaurs. It didn't help that 1970s quality control on mainstream autos was weak at best and there had been high-profile incidents that called their safety into question (Ford Pinto and allegations that Ford cars slipped from Park into Reverse amongst them).

So muscle cars, along with the rest of their '60s and '70s brethren, were anachronistic at best. No one wanted them. For instance, Mr. Aurkarm started driving in 1985. His parents gave him a 1978 Ford Thunderbird Town Landau (the highest most-loaded trim) as his first car while they were riding around in an Escort and a Ranger. When he moved to [big city], he got rid of it almost immediately because it was hard to park, took a ton of gas, and was starting to have mechanical problems.

And yet, he wishes like anything he could have that car now! That's honestly part of how we came to have a '77 Thunderbird.
 
For me a 1996 Ford Mustang
 
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