My First Car Let's see yours

Oh those cars are beauties...


My first car was a tiny 800cc second hand Mini identical to this one, which my brother bought me when I was 21

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OK this is not a photo of my car, but it's the same model and year (1930 Buick). It was four years older than I was when I bought it for $30 at age sixteen. It ran fine, I painted it kelly green which didn't improve it's resale value. I don't understand how my parents put up with me? My car had the distinction of being pulled out of a muddy pasture by an elephant, I was working for a traveling circus at the time.

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Here's the second car that I have owned. Oh Boy---Getting around on the hills of San Francisco in this three speed French machine was a real chore. I managed however to put 90,000 miles on it before selling it for 50 gallons of gas.

1959 Renault Dauphine
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OK, I confess, this is not a photo of my actual car, but it was my dream car back in high school. I know if I actually owned this car my life would have turned out completely different. (Ford Mustang - mid 60s or so)

By the way, nice cars everyone. Good taste.

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Did anyone not have this car? Pontiac Chiefton, 1953. The then husband and I + cat and MIL drove across Canada in this baby, but ours was less shiny.

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Josiah said:
OK this is not a photo of my car, but it's the same model and year (1930 Buick). It was four years older than I was when I bought it for $30 at age sixteen. It ran fine, I painted it kelly green which didn't improve it's resale value. I don't understand how my parents put up with me? My car had the distinction of being pulled out of a muddy pasture by an elephant, I was working for a traveling circus at the time.

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Josiah, you seem to have had a very colorful past. That car looks like something from Bonnie & Clyde. LOL
 
First car was a 1965 Pontiac Lemans that we bought just before we got married in 1970.

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Then in 1972 we bought a red Ford Mustang - loved that car!! What power!

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car lasted about 20 miles after it was giving to me,owner just wanted it moved.I was 15.
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First car was a 1950 Oldsmobile Rocket 88 as in the picture, but not as nice. The best part of the car was the center horn ring and the suicide knob.

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A lot of vintage cars have been restored and can be seen at shows across the country. Some have been restored to their natural state when they first came off of the assembly line and some have been restored to reflect the owner's imagination. I go to about 15-20 car shows yearly. Here are a few pictures of a 1954 Chevrolet Bel Air, which when new sold for about $1900.00. Today, restored and the way it sits, would sell for about $40,000-60,000.00. (Take note of the Corvette motor.)

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Yes we go to car shows every other year here in the UK..and there's hundreds of restored British and American cars...I have dozens of photos on my computer of them all
 
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Yes we go to car shows every other year here in the UK..and there's hundreds of restored British and American cars...I have dozens of photos on my computer of them all
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We used to go to the Detroit auto show when we still visited at xmas. I love vintage American cars but I've always found those tiny European convertibles to be soooo charming.

You would enjoy a place we often go when we visit Michigan - now called the Henry Ford it is a huge complex of Greenfield Village and the Henry Ford Museum. Tons of vintage cars and you can go for a ride in a model T.

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