First Car

10 November 2017 | Army Air Corps

[Army Air Corps]

Calling All Freeper Gearheads!

Let's talk about first cars! What was you first vehicle? What did you like most about the car? What drove you nuts? Do you wish that you still had it?

[Army Air Corps]

1938 Buick Special...

Man, that's a whole lotta iron! You could just about live in that car. I dig the engine swap.

[howlinhound]

My first car was a 1967 Isuzu Bellet. I pushed it farther than I drove it.

[Army Air Corps]

They did not have room to keep it around for 2 years, so I said good bye and I cried—a lot. ;(

Sadly, this is not an uncommon story. Perhaps we should form a support group. ;)

[Army Air Corps]

A few years ago, I read an article in Hot Rod magazine where some fella shoehorned a short block V-8 into one. He did have to beef-up the chassis, though. :D

[Army Air Corps]

Not much better than the license-built Hillman Manx that it was meant to replace.

[HandyDandy]

1968 Buick Electra 225 Limited. 430 with a 4 barrel. Loaded. Power everything. AKA “the deuce and a quarter”. Had it airborne once. Still take it out for a spin some nights in my dreams.

[Freedom56v2]

LOL~I’m in!

[phormer phrog phlyer]

Mine was a 74 Saab 99LE, kind of quirky, but I really liked it.. This was before GM destroyed SAAB.

[Oztrich Boy]

Mine was a Mk2, similar to this one

No not the Jag, the Morris Minor Mk2

[Churchillspirit]

Thought this was going to be a story about “The Beast”.

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

When I was a kid working in a filling station my boss had one of those. I loved driving it. Like doin 70 miles an hour on your sofa.

[TexasTransplant]

1959 Chevy 4 door w no back seat, 235 6 cyl w 3 on the tree and it cost $50..
Previous owner was a house painter and he mixed paint on the flat fins so there was lots of spilled paint that gave it character.
Ran like a sewing machine and I drove it everywhere.
I really loved that car, lots of memories

[exit82]

It was 1972. First car was a 2-door 1964 Olds Dynamic 88, in copper:

Had a 330 cubic inch, automatic, that was very quick on acceleration.

Was my older brother's car. Got it up to 110,000 miles and then sold it back to him.

[umgud]

Open the back door and step into a cavern.

[Army Air Corps]

You had me goin’ for a minute.

[TexasTransplant]

*** “1961 white Pontiac Catalina” ***

My second car was a black ‘61 Catalina ... way too much power for a 16 year old on bald bias ply tires ... it was a beautiful car, wish I still had it, those puppies are rare now.

[gymbeau]

1963 MGB. Would only jump start, but was light enough to do such, and I lived on a small incline, so I could get it running when it was dry.

[Army Air Corps]

There is a fella out here who participates in car shows with his wife, who owns a Morris Minor.

[sargon]

My first car was a 1970 Chevelle, which in 1980 I bought for—wait for it—$550!

When I left for Georgia Tech in 1983, I sold it for—wait for it—$750!

[Army Air Corps]

I tip my cap to you for turning a profit on that critter!