Your first mopar...?

[justcuz]

1976 Dodge Aspen SE

 

[nodemon]

16th b*day present from my parents in 1984 was this B5 72 Demon. A few months later I drove past a 340 Duster that had the twin scoops. I went up to the house that it was parked in front of and knocked on the door. Some lady answered the door and said it was her boyfriends car and he wasn't home. I told her I'd like to buy the hood, she said no. Then I explained that I was only interested in buying the scoops. She said that would "probably" be ok. I gave her $20 for them and promptly removed them. I don't recall seeing anything on the news about a domestic violence occurrence, but I'm sure her boyfriend lost his temper when he found out.
Pic of installation of the scoops. My buddy, also 16, had a full beard. Guess who never had a problem getting beer...lol
Then the same car painted PlumCrazy a few years later. Had that car 21 years.
And finally my Hemi Orange Demon that I bought 3 years ago after searching for years trying to find my first one.
Hoping to drive the Jack-O-Demon for the first time soon...

 

[azaustin]

1965 Dart GoGo, 4-speed. My senior year (1966-67) of high school car. Wish I still had it. Trying to build one. Would have bought one, but they’re hard to find 58 years later. The picture on my avatar is the only one I have. The other picture is the one I’m working on.

 

[str12-340]

Some details on the tank, please... what years?

 

[-Boosted-]

My first was a 69 Roadrunner that I bought in 1982 with 41000 miles on the clock from my sister’s boyfriend. It was a 4 spd, 383 car that ran 14 0’s with a slipping clutch. No pics, only memories.

 

[Tanker]

Some details on the tank, please... what years?

The tank is an M60A1. This picture was taken in late 1982 during a major field exercise. We lost our tank commander due to a head injury(he was hit by a tree branch as I drove past it) and while he was away getting medical attention the engine blew. We spent the rest of that exercise waiting for our new pack, which arrived just in time for us to install it and make the trip back to the motor pool at Hood at the end of the exercise.

 

[Dana67Dart]

My first Mopar (well it was my dad's but I was 4 when he bought it new)

Is my 67 Dart Convertible.
Dad washing his first and only new car cir 1969. Mom was driving when the left quarter and bumper got tagged by a semi

 

[273]

Was building a 68 Dart GT in high school, but got stolen, 1st driveable Mopar an 87 Omni
1st on the road car at 16 a 85 Chevette, I always thought my 1st cars were old clunkers bought for less than a $1000 but I now realize got these cars in 89 and 92, wish you could buy a 4-5 year old car for under a grand these days. 1st decent Mopar Driver an 80 2 Door Caravelle didn't realize it was somewhat rare (being a 2 Door) until years after I scraped it. Got for $200 cause the owner couldn't get it running, pick up coil in the distributor was lose, old owner wasn't happiest when I drove it out of their driveway 1st on the road A Body 72 Duster next 65 valiant 4 door drove 8 years daily and now the 68 Valiant I own now. I've owned probably 60 + cars mainly from mid 70-80's only 1/2 ever seen the road most were mopars, A 60 bug was the oldest owned and my 2013 Dodge RT Avenger my newest.

 

[niceolddart]

My first was the 71 Road Runner in front of my 74 Duster 360. I bought it in 1981. I was a basic 383 column shift auto. car, but was what I could afford at $1000 bucks. I almost bought a 70 GTX, 440 4 speed Super Trak Pack car from the original owner first, but I couldn't swing the $1500 he was firm on. The GTX was probably WAY too much car for me at the time, as I was only 20, & I might have killed myself & others in it, but the Road Runner was perfect. Good burn-out car too. I have been a Mopar owner ever since.

 

[BrianT]

This is my first car. 1971 Duster 318 3-spd on the floor. We called it the Ruster. It was my mom's car and I bought it from my parents. It had Fenton mags on it before they bought it and I talked them into dual exhaust for my 16th birthday present. It wasn't the nicest car in the school parking lot but it was mine. Sorry for the crappy picture but it's a scan from a Polaroid (remember those?).

 

[66Valiant528]

1970 Dodge Coronet 440 318/904 10 inch drums 8.75 purchased in 1979 for 500 bucks. Didnt run or stop. Got a manual and drove her for years. Totaled on a freak snowy Thanksgiving day. Pulled the now nitrous 360/727 and put it in a 71 Dart. A series of A bodies and then a 68 Roadrunner with a 440-6 727 which I still own. But not my first.

 

[A56]

This is my first Mopar. I didn’t own it, but I was assigned to it as a driver. It was the first vehicle of any kind that I was licensed to drive and it was the tank I was assigned to until I got out of the service. In this photo it’s broken down in the field waiting for a new pack to arrive.

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Thank you for your service.

 

[cudamike13]

My first Mopar was a 1949 Plymouth I bought from my bro-in-law in 1965 while I was on leave from Navy. I paid him $10.00 and that was probably too much. It used more oil than gas.
It lasted me two weeks. Broke down on hwy near Fort Ord. Never took a pic. I used to get "reclaimed" motor oil for ten cents a qt!

 

[66fyssh]

My first car was a 1972 Duster, 318, auto on column, bench seat. Red with a yellowish stripe, aluminum slots all around with M50's on back. I was 16 years old in 1979.

Bought at the original Manheim Auto Auction. A family friend had a used car lot and my dad would drive cars there and back for him.

Dad kept shaking his head until he won the car for $440. Wish I had a picture.

 

[rmchrgr]

In early 1997 I bought a yellow '67 Belvedere II with a warmed over 273. I got it for $1,800 I think? Seems like a lot now but it was a pretty clean car by today's standards and it ran OK. I parked it on the street in Queens, NY where I lived at the time. I drove it everywhere in all sorts of weather as it was my daily driver.

The 273 had an LD4B with a Holley carb, headers and electronic ignition. Column shift, bench seat with Silver Special interior. Still had the Certicard too. Someone before me had super stocker aspirations with the Plymouth decal on the quarters.

 

[71340]

Mine was a 1971 340 duster, EV2 orange with the back and grey deluxe interior, tuff wheel, and factory tach. I screwed it up by pro-streeting it.

 

[FISHYPETE]

66 Formula S back in 1975, still have it

 

[66340SEDAN]

My first car and still have it! 1974 Satellite Sebring Plus, paid $1600 for it, original 318 car but I swapped in a 69 340 in 1994, 727 with 3500 stall and an 8 3/4 rear with 3.91 gears…she hails the mail pretty good for a B-body with a 340! I also added a RR hood and had it painted to match about the same time…car is still wearing the 1980’s paint! My son is almost 13 and just loves this car so I’m hoping it will stay in the family for many years to come!

 

[66340SEDAN]

66 Formula S back in 1975, still have it

Here it’s is for ya

 

[66340SEDAN]

66 Formula S back in 1975, still have it

Here are some early pictures of it

 

[FISHYPETE]

The green one was my dad’s car, I used it for my drivers license on my 16th birthday

 

[Demonx2]

My first car was my 69 Charger. It had been a little old ladies car (!) and she gave it to her nephew who didn't want it and sold it to me. I got it in high school in 1978. 32k miles at the time. But it had been a grocery-getter and still proudly wears all of its door dings from those parking lot battles. I still have it - 49k miles now. Used to race it and got it to run mid-12's with a mild 440. All 4200+ pounds of it!

Parked it a week before our first child was born in 1993. Literally came home from winning the "Heavy" bracket at Detroit Dragway and parked it. And it hasn't been started since!! But it's time is coming soon and will live its days as a cruiser.

Here it is getting drug out of our garage in Michigan after all those years to move to Florida (we moved last fall). (Can anyone say "barn find!")

Here it is in its new home - well, at least before all the clutter and "good" stuff got moved into the new shop!

 

[toplscuda]

My first. Bought it for $650 in 83. Only had it about 6 months before it met a fire hydrant and lost.

 

[dano]

No pics off hand but mine was a 1966 Coronet 500 with a 440 and 727 back in the early 90's. My dad still has it, has resorted a lot of it. Just rebuilt the 440 and swapped in a 4 speed.

 

[66fs]

My First car was a 1964 Dodge Polara 500, 361 with a 4 speed manual transmission, red exterior with black interior including bucket seats. It had a factory tach in the console which was a not so smart place to put one. I was 18 years old. It was a fun car to drive.

My first Mopar that I bought was a 64 Polara 500 with a Poly 318 2 barrel and a pushbutton 727. What a great car. Drove that car all over the country. The kickdown always satisfied. Sold it when I got the 64 Barracuda, 273, 4 speed.