.....;Posted on 05/31/2014 7:27:43 AM PDT by virgil283
My first car was a Belair, four door with the big six. It might have been rusty but I waxed and polished it just the same......
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1964 Studebaker. Bought in 1970. Traded it in for a 1971 Mustang.
You lucky guy! I loved ‘61 Pontiac Catalinas...I fantasized about having one with the 348-horse 389 and 4 speed. They were fast! I had a car magazine with a road test of one. I read and re-read it a dozen times. I still think they are one of the coolest looking cars ever. (The 2-door hardtop, that is)
I think mine was the same. Teal and white 1956. It had 1,200 miles on it and I paid $500 for it in 1967.
HAHAHA….you still own one????
That was the car we had when we were little. We called it our batman car. Living large, man.
But, 5 years later, my favorite. It was even the same color as Diana Riggs...:^) -
A rusty 1951 Plymouth Cranbrook.
1955 Oldsmobile NinetyEight. For as large as that boat was she could haul the mail so to speak. Rocket Olds V8. Blew it and the slush box out and replaced it with a Chev 350/350 set up. This was in the mid 80’s.
Retired it when I couldn’t source replacement suspension and drivetrain parts.
Then it was a 1963 Buick Riviera. Power everything. Cruise control worked as well as the A/C. 401 nailhead with a 2 speed slushbox. Went through 3 engines before I had to retire it when I joined the uncle sams misguided children.
I’d give a lot to have that Buick right now.
Beautiful!
Wish I had been able to keep it, but since it was a Canal Zone car, shipping it stateside was too costly. Besides, it was a rust bucket...but it was mine.
If it was in good condition, you literally would. Rivieras have become very collectible, from the first model year right through to the controversial and exuberantly styled "boat tail" Rivieras of the early '70s. Well, with one exception, the 1970 model is still not very loved by collectors. Maybe the styling was a little off that year with the fender skirts and the chrome swoop down the side. The rest of them, though, are increasing in value and the first generation, especially the first year and the last year with the stacked hidden headlights, have really taken off.
I’ve always liked those, they felt fast whether they actually were or not, and handled like they were on rails. VW engine so maintenance wasn’t ungodly expensive.
Several friends had them, I recall an issue with the shifter cable fraying and breaking frequently enough that owners kept a spare and learned how to change it out themselves. But, I don’t recall the ignition being a problem in damp weather. Maybe that was unique to your car?
They looked best in silver or black, imho, ‘73 or before with the chrome bumpers, and the optional Fuchs alloy wheels.
My first car was a little green Saturn. They had such a great green, it was almost as good as the Cadillac bottle-glass green (whatever they called it, someone told me my car was “english racing green” but who knows?)
I didn’t learn to drive until I was 38, lived in the city my whole life.
But I loved that car.
One of the best thing hubby ever said to me was: you love your car like a guy loves his car.
“My grandmother gave it to me. It had power everything.”
Thank you grandma!
My grandmother, after years of black, somethings, chevys I suppose, got a Nova. I think all 5 of her daughter’s children drove it. It really held up.
I had to pay for my own car and I had worked two years part time by the time I was 16 and got my drivers license. I spent $300.00 for a blue 1959 Renault that was already old...lol
“Desert Only.”
LOL, you are right, that’s pretty arrogant!
My little saturn that I loved was just a 4 cylinder job, and it had this thing on the console that said “power” or “power mode” or something like that.
We decided it was a switch with a light.
‘53 Buick Super 2d hardtop. Paid cash. Nice car;state of the art for American cars at the time.
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