What was your first CAR?

[hemi71x]

1965 Chevy Impala. 283 Automatic.

 

[FlamesAreWicked]

68 Dart 270.. this is how it was when I sold it.. struggled to get 4500 for it in the early 2000s. Originally it was white with a green vinyl top. Had it painted and in retrospect, should have repainted it white. Like my current 68 Dart, originally had a 318/904/7.25 axle. When I sold it I had a 360 in it with a Mopar purple 268/272 cam in it, edelbrock intake, 8.25 from a Dart Sport, and a 600 Holley I think?

Funny enough, the 904 lost 2nd gear as well. The current car didn’t have it from day one. At the time I didn’t know much about cars and the potential problems of an improperly adjusted kick down linkage. I hoped to 4spd swap that one, slowly piled parts from parts cars and a junk yard. Had an OD833 from a yard and pulled the pedals and linkage from car covered in weeds. Never came to be, had to sell it after owning it about 8-9 years. I’ve often wondered what happened to it. Sold it on eBay to a guy in east Texas.

 

[Dartsun]

My first car was a 1969 Dart Custom I got in 1999 for 225$ still have it sitting on side of house.

 

[Unconventional]

'66 Ranchero. 275 horse 289 with 4 speed. Ordered that way from MoFoCo by Dad.
With the help of Crower, Edelbrock and Hooker a night at the illicit street activities without a full fuel tank
was just a waste of rear tire rubber

 

[Dan the man]

My first car was a 1962 4 door impala with a 283 and a power glide. My dad paid $250.00 for it.

 

[DieWilde13]

1981 VW Derby with 55cui and crazy 40 HP! Paid 250DM for it. Thats around 150$ back in the days

 

[BrianT]

1970 Duster 318 3 spd that I bought from my parents. The car had Fentons on it when they bought it, but i talked them into the RWL tires and they put dual exhaust on for my 16th birthday. It's a crappy picture but it's all I have left of it 47 years later.

 

[Vaanth]

My first car was was a 1970 Valiant Duster, purchased in fall of 1975. It was originally a 318 with 904 transmission, and a 7.25" 2.76:1 rear axle. It had the original Y3 "Yellow Gold" paint and dark green interior with bench seat column shift and a rubber floor mat. It had 1964 Barracuda wheel covers and long through-hole chrome lug nuts on 14" x 5.5" wheels. It also had dual exhaust and was jacked up with leaf spring shackles when I got it.

I modified it some:
- 1968 318 with a 1973 340 intake and Thermo-Quad plus a 1969 Road Runner air cleaner.
- Blackjack headers with 2.25" dual exhaust and Cherry Bomb glass pack mufflers.
- Junkyard Mopar electronic ignition.
- Its 1970 A904 automatic transmission rebuilt with an ATP kit and Trans-Go shift kit.
- 1972 Duster 8-3/4" rear axle with 3.23:1 non-SureGrip.
- Driveshaft from 1971 Demon with 318/904/8-3/4.
- Stock 10" front drum brakes, 10" x 1.75" rear drum brakes.
- Stock rear leaf springs with Sears helper springs.
- Mr. Gasket traction bars.
- Sears heavy duty shocks.
- G70-14 Jetzon Revenger tires.
- Dixco tachometer and GNJ under dash gauge kit.
- Stock AM radio with under dash Motorola FM/8-track and Sparkomatic power booster plus two rear 6x9 Sparkomatic speakers.

~1978:

 

[Lift&Move]

Turquoise 68 Mustang Fastback, 289 2Bbl, C4
Paid $250 for it from a lady that knew nothing about cars, only that it stopped working one day.
Installed a new battery and a starter solenoid and car ran perfect!
Drove it to California and back to Texas 3 or 4 times.
Totaled it out a few years later in what was the only wreck to date that has ever been my fault.

 

[rowinafour]

Mine was a 1963 Impala 4 door that my uncle Howard had gave me. 283-power glide. Destroyed two cars when it’s brakes failed. As we pulled up to my friends garage, pushed brake pedal to floor as we ran into back of his car that he had up on jack stands, running. Needless to say, pushed that car into back of garage wall, fans into radiators, crushing both front ends. Total mess. The rear brake line some how got pinched when I had added coil spacers to jack it up. With single line master cylinder, no pressure suddenly. Luckily my friend was not standing in front of his car at that moment.

 

[Cuda Al]

My first car was the "kids" car a 1955 Chevy 150. Original 235 six 3 speed (modified to a floor shifter). Taught myself to drive manual in it.
It was a 26 year old car at the time, a few year later I got the Fastback from my grandfather which was the first car I owned.

Alan

 

[rklein383]

My first car, 71 340 four speed Cuda, 1980. My high school buddy went to look at it, along with me and another buddy. We all drove it. I fell in love with it. Had a terrible rear main seal leak, didn't bother me. I called the seller and told him I would buy the car if my buddy didn't. My friend passed on it. I called him the next day and said, guess what I bought? Hey I gave him first chance, he didn't mind.

 

[tom999w]

If you're counting first cars that didn't run, then for me it would be a 1968 Chevy Caprice. My mother bought a new Thunderbird so gave the Caprice to me in 1983 when I was 13. Then not long after that, my brother froze and cracked the block in his 1974 Nova, so he gave that to me when I was 14. I tried working on them to get them going, but as a kid with no job and no money, that didn't go too far. Then in high school in 1986 my buddy sold me his 1979 Toyota Corolla Deluxe for $50 and a car radio I had. It was a real piece o' junk, with no brakes (not even brake shoes, you had to pull up the E brake handle to stop). But it did get me to and from school/work for about a year until I saved up and bought a 1969 Firebird.

 

[missing linc]

67 Charger, LA 318, dual exhaust with glasspacks and a whole lot of bondo. Sold it a couple weeks before I turned 16 and bought a 68 Fairlane 500 2dr coupe, 289 2 bbl C4. Loved that car, but beat it to death, got t-boned by a drunk driver on a Sunday afternoon, still miss it.

 

[1969reddart]

1968 Camaro. Bought it in 1985 when I turned 16 from an airmen that had to relocate - $1300. Car was from Illinois so it had rust issues. Originally an off white color, had it painted Porsche Red thinking the body shop would fix the rust issues. (Dummy me) They didn’t. Rust came back a year later and I lost interest in the car. Wrecked it and ended up selling it back to the same airmen when I left the area 1 1/2 years later.

1st pic - high school auto shop
2nd pic - a friends house (Ford guy)

 

[tom999w]

1981 VW Derby with 55cui and crazy 40 HP! Paid 250DM for it. Thats around 150$ back in the days

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That would not be a good name for that car in the U.S.

 

[DartGT55]

My first car was 65 Chevy ll that had a 327 with 2 - 4barrel hollys that was set up for drag racing the thing is I was only 14 years old my dad said I was crazy for buying it and how was I going to get to the track well 2 older good friends with licenses and pick up truck towed it there it went thur tech I lied about my age you had to be 16 in 1969 the car made 2 passes in the 11 second range sold it 4 week later but I had a blast

 

[mbaird]

70 Charger SE , 383 Magnum , 727, AC , HD suspension , Power discs , Magnum 500s, tic toc tac , 6 way seat , 3.23 , Tow pkg EW1 with green leather . and more . It would pass my house every week when I was about 10 and I said Im going to own that car some day . Sold it 10 yrs ago .
It’s next to my Barracuda in pic.

 

[Yote]

‘72 Demon, 318, floor 3 speed, with bucket seats. The county destroyed it. Found another (in my avatar) 340, 4 speed,bench seat. Same year & color ,( but 340,4 speed ,bench)in 2015 and couldn’t say NO.
Thought that I paid too much for it (on e-fly, buy it now). When I got it home, over next year, I realized I did. Put half as much into it as I originally paid.
Glad I did though, I love that car.
Yote

 

[44070dart]

'60 Chevy Impala 348 3x2's 3 speed. Same color as this, and as clean. I got hit on a snow covered side street, when some clown pulled out of his driveway, as I was going by. Sent me into tree, end of Impala. Two years of fun, with it gone in a couple of seconds. I'd do another.

 

[mayhem]

1973 Dodge Challenger identical to this one:

 

[PatrickM]

2001 Dakota. My grandfather bought it in 2002. I inherited it in 2012. Swapped a 360 in a few years ago. Needs bodywork and paint.

 

[Unconventional]

2001 Dakota. My grandfather bought it in 2002. I inherited it in 2012. Swapped a 360 in a few years ago. Needs bodywork and paint.View attachment 1716455011View attachment 1716455012

360 Dakota That should be fun

 

[66fs]

64 Dodge 4 door Polara 500, Poly 318 2 barrel carb, 727 Push Button Automatic Trans. Like this, only mine was dark turquoise. Loved that car, but sold it when I got my 64 Barracuda with 273, 2 barrel and 4 speed.

 

[Duster360LA]

1970 Challenger with a 3-speed floor shifter. Insurance and my dad nixed getting a V8, but within two years I bought a friend's small block and dropped it and a bigger rear end in. Planned to find a 4-speed for it, but got married and sold the car.