Your first car

[Fyrefox]

I had a 1968 Chevy Corvair, the car demonized by lawyer and consumer advocate Ralph Nader in his book, Unsafe at Any Speed. I bought the car myself in 1971 with $1,000 scraped together from summer jobs. My mother was so worried about the car's safety concerns that she nagged me into selling it after only a year. Called the "American Volkswagon," the car had its air-cooled engine in the rear. Mine was yellow like the one pictured, and you always love your first car...

 

[ronaldj]

brand new 1971 Chevy Nova.......that i owned, for the three years before that i drove my dad's 68 pickup to school. i think i paid 25 or 27 hundred for it. drove it for nine years. by than drafted married and two kids had a van.

 

[Aunt Bea]

I had a 1968 Chevy Corvair, the car demonized by lawyer and consumer advocate Ralph Nader in his book, Unsafe at Any Speed. I bought the car myself in 1971 with $1,000 scraped together from summer jobs. My mother was so worried about the car's safety concerns that she nagged me into selling it after only a year. Called the "American Volkswagon," the car had its air-cooled engine in the rear. Mine was yellow like the one pictured, and you always love your first car...

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A friend of mine had one with the push-button gear selector on the dash.

 

[squatting dog]

First car was a '62 Dodge Dart, probably the second ugliest car ever made behind the Edsel. It cost $500 and my parents loaned me the money. It turned out to be a very dependable vehicle.

Certainly was ugly, but, they made a great race car and were definitely reliable.

 

[MarciKS]

I had a 1968 Chevy Corvair, the car demonized by lawyer and consumer advocate Ralph Nader in his book, Unsafe at Any Speed. I bought the car myself in 1971 with $1,000 scraped together from summer jobs. My mother was so worried about the car's safety concerns that she nagged me into selling it after only a year. Called the "American Volkswagon," the car had its air-cooled engine in the rear. Mine was yellow like the one pictured, and you always love your first car...

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My dad had a Corvair years ago. Not sure what the year was.

 

[peramangkelder]

Fiat Bambino just like this one in late 60s early 70s

 

[bowmore]

1953 Chevy. My parents drove me out to my first job in Columbus, Ohio. They left the car with me (bless them) and flew home. I subsequently drove to the west coast. When I got a job offer overseas, I drove the car back to New york and sold it.

 

[macgeek]

1955 Ford Crown Victoria..
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my mom had an 87 crown vic, looked nothing like this.

 

[Pam]

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Fiat Bambino just like this one in late 60s early 70s

Me too. A white one. Got mine in 1968.

 

[win231]

Shove a 406 chevy eng and a 9" ford rearend, paint it mopar green and then, you've got yourself a set of wheels.

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And a windshield you can't see out of.

 

[fuzzybuddy]

I was living in NYC. A car in the city is a hassle and a half, so I didn't have one. My mom called and gave me my younger brother's car- a Plymouth Rebel. I don't know what happened. I supposed my parents co signed for the car, and my brother, a teenager, didn't keep up the payments. Something like that. But heck, free is free. I never got to ask my brother to explain the bullet hole.

 

[deesierra]

Certainly was ugly, but, they made a great race car and were definitely reliable.

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Hey! Maybe that's my old Dodge!! . That olive green is a definite improvement over the pink-ish beige that mine was. Gawd what a hideous color that was! But the push button tranny was unique and fun, as was the oval shaped steering wheel.