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CAPTAINZING2000 · 01-28-2005, 07:29 AM

I'm sure this has been done b 4. Everyone remembers their 1st car.

In 73 I got my first sled a 69 Plymouth Fury. It had a 318 in it. This car was stock from the git go. had manual steering, manual brakes, and no radio.
I slapped an 8 track tape player in it. This was back when, a car was a footblall field in length. i could fit 6 people in it comfortably.

My favorite story, i had a car load of girls with me. i was driving along got a flat tire. The girls wanted to prove they could change the tire. I'm standing watching the girls change my tire. A schol bus drives by and sees what's going on.

next day at school, I'm getting razzed to no end because girls were changing my tire. hey!!! I was busy smokin a joint man. LMAO. I never knew if, the girls loved me for me or, cause I always scored the best bud.

Time2Surrender · 01-28-2005, 07:34 AM

Ah yes.High School in the 70's.I was lucky,I had girlfriends with cars before i was old enough to drive.Musta been the buds.My first car was a 70 Maverick in 78.The first night I had it I took my buddies cruisin and we went to see "Up in Smoke" at the drive-in.

larrynboys · 01-29-2005, 09:11 AM

Time2Surrender · 01-29-2005, 09:14 AM

Dude! That was your first car? Cool! Thats sharp!

larrynboys · 01-29-2005, 09:16 AM

Mine was actually burgendy with white interior, Had a 390 with a 4 speed ,335 HP , mine had the round emblem in the front and the gt wheels, I would love to have that car now!!

Time2Surrender · 01-29-2005, 09:28 AM

I would love to have it too.

Time2Surrender · 01-29-2005, 09:40 AM

My first car was a Faded Green1970 Maverick with a black and white checker board vinyl top.(which I quickly painted back) This one is actually a 72 Grabber.Mine wasnt a Grabber and had a six-banger.

Time2Surrender · 01-29-2005, 09:42 AM

Time2Surrender · 01-29-2005, 09:44 AM

mikee · 01-29-2005, 05:43 PM

72Gremlin X 304v8 and a 4th speed transmission and a 5th under the seat.

Dan · 01-29-2005, 05:48 PM

73 beetle.
Mine was bondo red though

Doug · 01-29-2005, 05:54 PM

'67 Galaxie 500

390 2bbl, Slapstick. Had a Volkswagen radio mounted under the glove box. Dunno why exactly, couldn't reach it from the driver seat, car was too wide.

My first car was one of these, got it at age 15. Mine was several different shades of green though. And rust. And dents.

Doug · 01-29-2005, 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by larrynboys

I looked at one of these last year, and gave it serious consideration. In the end though my wallet was not as serious as I. :tongue2:

Gooch · 01-29-2005, 11:14 PM

Before I turned 16 and had my license I picked up a 63' Renault Dauphine with a cracked block. Put some solder seal through the radiator and stopped the leaks enough to learn to drive it around the lot and the long driveway we had.

nutz · 02-03-2005, 04:04 PM

holy scmoly you guys still have your first car.
I have this thing about progress of keeping a car in one piece.

A chevy luv mini pick up lifted. Rolled it of course, during my senior
year in high school

best · 02-03-2005, 09:17 PM

1973....66 Dodge 100 pick up. Slant 6 3 speed on the column. Hole in the floor. Was good for dropping cans out of on the highway if ever stopped. Was good for dropping cans out to empty the cab as well *LOL*
139,000 and a head gasket blew. Bought it for $300. $75 for a head gasket plus the tow...sold to the wrecker Co. for payment of the tow
1976...$100 for the 67 Chevy Impala... So on to car #2 and bike #1... Honda 125 on off road.

Ahhh the days when gas was 48 cents and 50 cents would get me a round trip to school and then some riding at night.

Grimnar · 02-03-2005, 11:23 PM

Mine was a Chevy station wagon that I got when my dad died. I put over 200,000 miles on it.

shadowrider · 02-14-2005, 12:26 PM

58 Chey Impala rag top Robin Egg Blue with white leature seats - senior in high school - instant lust car!!! Sure wish that I still had that tank!

shadowrider · 02-14-2005, 12:27 PM

Oooops - need to learn to spell...that should be Chevy not Chey!!! sigh...damn, I got old quick!

CAPTAINZING2000 · 02-24-2005, 07:46 AM

They got the rag tops out on MSN

http://autos.msn.com/advice/article....LP%20Passenger

check out the caddie rag top. $75.000 Damn that's some serious money to let your hair blow in the wind

http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.js...=&cardist=1617

PICTURE OF MY PYLMOUTH FURY

http://imagehost.vendio.com/bin/view...vc028f_001.jpg

PICTURE OF WHAT MY CAMARO LOOKS LIKE

1Marty · 02-26-2005, 10:27 PM

My 1st car:

78 Plymouth Volare slant 6, 4 door, yellow, AM radio (at first).

03-12-2005, 10:40 AM

My dad helped me by a '69' Nove SS. we rebuilt the 350 and dressed it all up pretty. This thing could fly. But at 16 years old my dad quickly realized this was way to much car for me to learn in. Maybe it was the horrific crash in my high school parking lot while trying to pull off a tire blazing figure "8" that was the final straw for him. He made me sell it and I got a 280 "Z". This thing wasn't as fast but I didn't have to slow down for the corners like in the nova. LOL (boy am I old!!!)
Mike ( Now driving a work van and a honda accord with a booster seat in the back)

Time2Surrender · 03-12-2005, 11:14 AM

69 Nova.Cool.By the way,Ashville is a nice place.I painted the Target store there about 16 yrs ago.

Time2Surrender · 12-29-2006, 09:24 PM

This almost 2 year old thread came up in a NASCAR google search? How and why is beyond me. Bump.

501 · 12-30-2006, 05:14 AM

I bought my first car when I was 14. It was a 67 malibu with the old Powerglide transmission and a 327. My uncle gave me a deal $350.00! Two of my cousin had went through and it was a little beat up and only got 8 mpg. Oh well, I loved it.

01-28-2005, 07:29 AM	#1 (permalink)
CAPTAINZING2000 Psalm 118:24 Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: ILLINOIS Posts: 9,445 Blog Entries: 1	1st Car I'm sure this has been done b 4. Everyone remembers their 1st car. In 73 I got my first sled a 69 Plymouth Fury. It had a 318 in it. This car was stock from the git go. had manual steering, manual brakes, and no radio. I slapped an 8 track tape player in it. This was back when, a car was a footblall field in length. i could fit 6 people in it comfortably. My favorite story, i had a car load of girls with me. i was driving along got a flat tire. The girls wanted to prove they could change the tire. I'm standing watching the girls change my tire. A schol bus drives by and sees what's going on. next day at school, I'm getting razzed to no end because girls were changing my tire. hey!!! I was busy smokin a joint man. LMAO. I never knew if, the girls loved me for me or, cause I always scored the best bud. __________________ LIFE IS GOD'S GIFT TO YOU WHAT YOU DO WITH YOUR LIFE IS YOUR GIFT TO GOD J - Jesus first O - Others next Y - Yourself last John 14:6

01-29-2005, 09:42 AM	#8 (permalink)
Time2Surrender Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Washington State Posts: 7,263 Blog Entries: 7	Now this one wouldnt have been so bad.

01-29-2005, 09:44 AM	#9 (permalink)
Time2Surrender Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Washington State Posts: 7,263 Blog Entries: 7	Maverick's Anonymous

02-03-2005, 04:04 PM	#15 (permalink)
nutz doing the inside job Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: planet happy Posts: 542	holy scmoly you guys still have your first car. I have this thing about progress of keeping a car in one piece. A chevy luv mini pick up lifted. Rolled it of course, during my senior year in high school __________________ practice, practice, practice What had been the source of devastation became the seed of a new me.

02-03-2005, 09:17 PM	#16 (permalink)
best Don't get undies in a bunch Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: South Shore MA Posts: 7,166	1973....66 Dodge 100 pick up. Slant 6 3 speed on the column. Hole in the floor. Was good for dropping cans out of on the highway if ever stopped. Was good for dropping cans out to empty the cab as well LOL 139,000 and a head gasket blew. Bought it for $300. $75 for a head gasket plus the tow...sold to the wrecker Co. for payment of the tow 1976...$100 for the 67 Chevy Impala... So on to car #2 and bike #1... Honda 125 on off road. Ahhh the days when gas was 48 cents and 50 cents would get me a round trip to school and then some riding at night. __________________ * I asked God to spare me pain. God said "No", Suffering draws you apart from worldly cares and brings you closer to me. Recovery Related Acronym B. E. S. T. = Been Enjoying Sobriety Today?

01-28-2005, 07:34 AM	#2 (permalink)
Time2Surrender Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Washington State Posts: 7,263 Blog Entries: 7	Ah yes.High School in the 70's.I was lucky,I had girlfriends with cars before i was old enough to drive.Musta been the buds.My first car was a 70 Maverick in 78.The first night I had it I took my buddies cruisin and we went to see "Up in Smoke" at the drive-in.

01-29-2005, 09:11 AM	#3 (permalink)
larrynboys FORGIVEN!! Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Gaston Oregon Posts: 202

01-29-2005, 09:14 AM	#4 (permalink)
Time2Surrender Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Washington State Posts: 7,263 Blog Entries: 7	Dude! That was your first car? Cool! Thats sharp!

01-29-2005, 09:16 AM	#5 (permalink)
larrynboys FORGIVEN!! Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Gaston Oregon Posts: 202	Mine was actually burgendy with white interior, Had a 390 with a 4 speed ,335 HP , mine had the round emblem in the front and the gt wheels, I would love to have that car now!!

01-29-2005, 09:28 AM	#6 (permalink)
Time2Surrender Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Washington State Posts: 7,263 Blog Entries: 7	I would love to have it too.

01-29-2005, 09:40 AM	#7 (permalink)
Time2Surrender Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Washington State Posts: 7,263 Blog Entries: 7	My first car was a Faded Green1970 Maverick with a black and white checker board vinyl top.(which I quickly painted back) This one is actually a 72 Grabber.Mine wasnt a Grabber and had a six-banger.

01-29-2005, 05:43 PM	#10 (permalink)
mikee new life Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: cypress tx Posts: 247	72Gremlin X 304v8 and a 4th speed transmission and a 5th under the seat.

01-29-2005, 05:48 PM	#11 (permalink)
Dan Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 8,710	73 beetle. Mine was bondo red though

01-29-2005, 05:54 PM	#12 (permalink)
Doug Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: S.E. Mich. Posts: 1,442	'67 Galaxie 500 390 2bbl, Slapstick. Had a Volkswagen radio mounted under the glove box. Dunno why exactly, couldn't reach it from the driver seat, car was too wide. My first car was one of these, got it at age 15. Mine was several different shades of green though. And rust. And dents.

01-29-2005, 11:14 PM	#14 (permalink)
Gooch Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: out there... Posts: 2,654	Before I turned 16 and had my license I picked up a 63' Renault Dauphine with a cracked block. Put some solder seal through the radiator and stopped the leaks enough to learn to drive it around the lot and the long driveway we had.

02-03-2005, 11:23 PM	#17 (permalink)
Grimnar I bite. Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: USA Posts: 498	Mine was a Chevy station wagon that I got when my dad died. I put over 200,000 miles on it.

02-14-2005, 12:26 PM	#18 (permalink)
shadowrider Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Richmond, VA Posts: 8	58 Chey Impala rag top Robin Egg Blue with white leature seats - senior in high school - instant lust car!!! Sure wish that I still had that tank! __________________ Shadowrider

02-14-2005, 12:27 PM	#19 (permalink)
shadowrider Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Richmond, VA Posts: 8	Oooops - need to learn to spell...that should be Chevy not Chey!!! sigh...damn, I got old quick! __________________ Shadowrider

02-24-2005, 07:46 AM	#20 (permalink)
CAPTAINZING2000 Psalm 118:24 Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: ILLINOIS Posts: 9,445 Blog Entries: 1	Addtion They got the rag tops out on MSN http://autos.msn.com/advice/article....LP%20Passenger check out the caddie rag top. $75.000 Damn that's some serious money to let your hair blow in the wind http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.js...=&cardist=1617 PICTURE OF MY PYLMOUTH FURY http://imagehost.vendio.com/bin/view...vc028f_001.jpg PICTURE OF WHAT MY CAMARO LOOKS LIKE __________________ LIFE IS GOD'S GIFT TO YOU WHAT YOU DO WITH YOUR LIFE IS YOUR GIFT TO GOD J - Jesus first O - Others next Y - Yourself last John 14:6 Last edited by CAPTAINZING2000; 02-24-2005 at 09:05 PM.

02-26-2005, 10:27 PM	#21 (permalink)
1Marty Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: God's Grace Posts: 689	My 1st car: 78 Plymouth Volare slant 6, 4 door, yellow, AM radio (at first). __________________ Marty

03-12-2005, 10:40 AM	#22 (permalink)
UeyNC Guest Posts: n/a	My dad helped me by a '69' Nove SS. we rebuilt the 350 and dressed it all up pretty. This thing could fly. But at 16 years old my dad quickly realized this was way to much car for me to learn in. Maybe it was the horrific crash in my high school parking lot while trying to pull off a tire blazing figure "8" that was the final straw for him. He made me sell it and I got a 280 "Z". This thing wasn't as fast but I didn't have to slow down for the corners like in the nova. LOL (boy am I old!!!) Mike ( Now driving a work van and a honda accord with a booster seat in the back)

03-12-2005, 11:14 AM	#23 (permalink)
Time2Surrender Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Washington State Posts: 7,263 Blog Entries: 7	69 Nova.Cool.By the way,Ashville is a nice place.I painted the Target store there about 16 yrs ago.

12-29-2006, 09:24 PM	#24 (permalink)
Time2Surrender Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Washington State Posts: 7,263 Blog Entries: 7	This almost 2 year old thread came up in a NASCAR google search? How and why is beyond me. Bump.

12-30-2006, 05:14 AM	#25 (permalink)
501 Save the Pars Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: the South Posts: 64	I bought my first car when I was 14. It was a 67 malibu with the old Powerglide transmission and a 327. My uncle gave me a deal $350.00! Two of my cousin had went through and it was a little beat up and only got 8 mpg. Oh well, I loved it.

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