Paul54
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'67 chevy pickup. loved that truck. drove it for years 
first car...
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'67 Chevell Supersport handed down from my older brother when I was about 16. I had absolutely no business driving it in the first place, and it was 'mine' for about 2 weeks, then Dad took it to town one day. He was pulling out from the vet's office and a car popped around a blind curve by the port of entry to the west. He was too far out to stop and wait, so he goosed it, and it did a 180. I was never allowed to drive it again, and it was sold a month or so later. I then inherited a Pontiac Catalina, and drove it for years. To this day I have never owned a new vehicle. The closest I've come is my now defunct Chevrolet Cavalier - it was a year old and only had about 5,000 miles on it when I bought it back in 1989. One of these days I'm going to have a new car, maybe a small pickup or Blazer just to see what it's like! :lol: :lol:
Tommy Ruyle
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I had a '73 Opel GT. Looked just like a "baby vette". Sure was fun, but not as fast.
Victoria
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My first car (that was really mine - not the farm truck) was a gold Dodge Colt that I got when I started college. I don't know what year it was but it sure wasn't new. It had great gas mileage but then it started getting gutless (OK, Colts are always gutless, more gutless is probably more appropriate). I lived where there was a huge hill and I would have to drive the shoulder because I would literally be doing 20 kms by the top. My sister drove it one day, burst out laughing and had pity on me giving me her old car. It was a boat, much more expensive in gas and oil. That one got to the point I couldn't turn it off or it was a crap shoot if it would start again. :lol:
Cow_Town
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1987 Chevrolet 3/4 ton with a 454 and Granny 4-speed. When I had to put the new motor in her , the front end would raise up from all the low-end torque. Straight pipes made her sound like a chopper taking off. Won many a red light race in her, I still dream about driving that truck.
chrisy
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My Dad bought me a ford Escort, for my first car which I ran into the ground, then he bought me a little Vauxhall Nova I loved that little car it was so nippy. Don't suppose you have either over there.????
GMN
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chrisy":3i0zijtq said:
Ford escorts were very popular in the US, I think they still might make them? Not sure.
Gail
aplusmnt
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1968 Camaro, Worked the Summer I turned 15 for the whole summer to make the $850.00 to buy it. Spent the next year stripping it down to bare metal and prepping it for paint, the whole car had spider cracks in the paint.
For my 16th birthday my parents paid to have it painted after I did all the prep work stripping it. Silver with black racing stripes and black vinyl roof, 327 with 4 in the floor.
Man I miss that car!
For my 16th birthday my parents paid to have it painted after I did all the prep work stripping it. Silver with black racing stripes and black vinyl roof, 327 with 4 in the floor.
Man I miss that car!
Tod Dague
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Mine was a 80 something Chevy 3/4 ton with AM/FM radio, and A/C. Bought and paid for by me. ;-)
flaboy?
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I forget what year it was but it was a Rambler Metropolitan. Anyone remember them?
I had a job offer on a ranch as a "do it all" guy at 16. I needed a way to get there but my folks had no money so I worked for a guy digging a ditch for him all weekend and he gave me the car for the work. It did not run and hadn't for several years. I got it on Sunday afternoon and had it running Monday afternoon.
I drove it back and forth to work all summer and then to school (how embarrassing ) for another year.
I had a job offer on a ranch as a "do it all" guy at 16. I needed a way to get there but my folks had no money so I worked for a guy digging a ditch for him all weekend and he gave me the car for the work. It did not run and hadn't for several years. I got it on Sunday afternoon and had it running Monday afternoon.
I drove it back and forth to work all summer and then to school (how embarrassing
) for another year.memanpa
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1948 Buick, straight 8 and 3 speed on the column, neat old car, this was in 1955, and i used it to drive back and forth to school on a school permit, was only supposed to drive it to school and then park but some how always managed find its way to the confectionery
i saw that about the flathead as well but just considered the source
i saw that about the flathead as well but just considered the source
Bullbuyer
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1972 Ford maverick - 2dr (the sporty edition) and bucket seats.
First, last and only Ford product!
First, last and only Ford product!
sidney411
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89' Jeep Cherokee. I rolled it a$$ over teakettle about 6mts after I got it. Then I got a 90' F-150.
MikeC":1vsj738i said:
Woops, my bad...
My boyfriend at the time told me it was a slant 6...maybe it wasn't even that. Never bothered to question him. I just know that car was the best. It didn't jump off the line, but in the straight away it would go.I remember sitting at the Dairy Queen and everyone was racking off their engines...a big rumbling noise. Somebody said, "Hey Alice, rack it off!? Now that was embarrassing...while everyone else's when varoom, varoom, varoom, mine when wheee, wheee, wheee.
Alice
Ryder
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Took me a minute to get Armstrong Steering to compute. :hat:J. T.":3ab5rj0f said:
Alice":rmzncd2x said:MikeC":rmzncd2x said:
Woops, my bad...
I remember sitting at the Dairy Queen and everyone was racking off their engines...a big rumbling noise. Somebody said, "Hey Alice, rack it off!? Now that was embarrassing...while everyone else's when varoom, varoom, varoom, mine when wheee, wheee, wheee.
Alice
Pontiac had a pretty neat overhead cam in the 60s in their LeMans, some came with 4bbls. That might have been what was in your car.
First car was a 67 GTO, bought with calf money. After about 6 months of driving it at 7 mpg, wised up and bought an old F150 with a 300 six in it. Should have skipped the car altogether.
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