Your first car

[Gaer]

What was the first vehicle you ever owned? Do you remember what you paid for it? Did you buy it yourself?

 

[CinnamonSugar]

It was a ‘67 Mustang with an air scoop (?) on the hood and a spoiler. No don’t have pics. Wish I did

 

[hollydolly]

Yep, I was 21, my first car was a grey 850cc mini, which my brother bought for me...

 

[Don M.]

My first car was a 1956 Ford Fairlane....I think I paid about $1200 for it in 1958. My old Dad told me that I could buy any kind of car I wanted....so long as I had the money. So, I cut grass and shoveled snow starting about age 12, and by the time I hit 16, I had the money.

 

[win231]

My first car was the worst piece of crap British Leyland Motors ever made: Austin America.
It overheated while waiting at red lights & stop signs, then the transmission went out at 15,000 miles. We successfully sued & the judge made them give me the whole $1,800.00 back.

 

[Gaer]

Mine was a 40 Ford Coupe. i saved up for it myself, out of babysitting money. $100. stickshift. In the winter, I had to coast or have someone push it to get it started. hahaha! I usually had a car full of girlfriends to push it though!

 

[MarciKS]

Chevy Citation. Husband bought it for me to drive. That thing made more racket. LOL! I think he paid like $1000 for it.

 

[Pecos]

My first was a worn our 53 Chevy for which I paid $50.

The guy I bought it from sold it to "Seaman Pecos" on the condition that I spend another $75 on parts and that he and I would make necessary repairs. That guy was my boss, Chief Mauer, and over my career I worked for him three more times. Years later when I first got commissioned as a Warrant Officer, he was there to give me my first salute. He was a Master Chief at that point, and it was quite an honor for me.

I drove that car for a year before selling it for $50, ... and LOL I didn't even have to help the next guy work on it.

 

[Nathan]

First car: 1957 Olds 88(what-a-tank!) paid $50 for it. It ran, needed tires & brakes. It had some mysterious problem with the engine that make it idle rough, I think a garage mechanic told me it was a worn camshaft. Sold it to a used car lot for $30 the night before I enlisted in the Army.

 

[Pecos]

Yep, I was 21, my first car was a grey 850cc mini, which my brother bought for me...

I had one of those when I was stationed in Southern Spain. It was a fun car. Later on I got the 1000cc version which was even more fun. One of the guys on base had a 1250cc Mini, but I could never talk him into parting with it.
I have driven one of the new mini's made by BMW, but it just did not have the "Magic."

 

[Lewkat]

My first car was some rattle trap of a Hudson circa: 1930 something that my dad picked up from a friend for 15 dollars in 1949. It was a built like a tank and had a tar roof that leaked. Shift on the floor and a gas gauge that did not work. My friends and I had a great time in that old heap and I ran it into the ground. Could not have a car as a freshman in college, so it was a good thing I got it out of my system during that summer.

 

[Pink Biz]

1974 baby blue VW Super Beetle. My parents paid for it and they begged me not to get a brand new vehicle, but I insisted and they caved. I adored that car!

 

[Aunt Bea]

I purchased a very unreliable 1970 Ford Torino in 1975 for $500.00 cash in a private sale from an estate.

It sounds pretty cheap but I think that the original sticker price was around $3,000.00.

 

[macgeek]

1973 Mercury Montego 4 door.... green. Mom's old car she gave to me. V8, gas guzzler. Land boat I called it. sort of looks like this one:

 

[jujube]

1955 Dodge station wagon. It was my senior year in high school and I needed a car to drive my younger sisters around to various after-school activities as my mother had returned to work full-time. My dad bought it from a neighbor for $100. It had a huge engine in it and guzzled gas; gas was only 25 cents a gallon, though.

 

[Manatee]

32 Dodge for the princely sum of $20. Ran it a while and then junked it.

Second was a 38 Ford convertible with a rumble seat for a whopping $100.

 

[Ken N Tx]

1955 Ford Crown Victoria..
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[hollydolly]

1974 baby blue VW Super Beetle. My parents paid for it and they begged me not to get a brand new vehicle, but I insisted and they caved. I adored that car!

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That was my second car..in white

 

[Keesha]

A 1978 Suzuki 400 which I drove halfway across Canada i

 

[hollydolly]

My first car was the worst piece of crap British Leyland Motors ever made: Austin America.
It overheated while waiting at red lights & stop signs, then the transmission went out at 15,000 miles. We successfully sued & the judge made them give me the whole $1,800.00 back.

We had the same car just after I got married the first time at 21 ! Here in the uk it was called the Austin Morris 1100.. it was a dreadful piece of junk... ours was red, that was it's only redeeming feature ...

 

[Ronni]

Yellow and white Ford Anglia stick shift. I don’t know the year of the car but I bought it in1968 and it was quite used. I think I paid $470 for it. Id been saving for a year. I bought it 3 months before I actually got my license which I did on my birthday first thing. I couldn’t WAIT drive and be independent!!

 

[Pappy]

My first car was a 1937 Buick Special two door, straight 8 engine oil hog. My Dad was giving this car and he gave it to me for my birthday. I spent all winter waxing, cleaning and painting white sidewalls on it. Didn’t have my license yet until spring.

 

[Mr. Ed]

Mine had white seats

 

[Gary O']

What was the first vehicle you ever owned?

'54 Chevy 2 door post
in line six
Three on the tree



Drove it to the ground

Do you remember what you paid for it?

$300 hard earned cash

Did you buy it yourself?

Yes, at 15

 

[Gary O']

Mine was a 40 Ford Coupe.

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