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debm55

(25,164 posts) Wed Mar 22, 2023, 08:30 PM Mar 2023

What was your first car? Mine was a 1965 Chevy Impala -aqua blue and 9 years old. It was a tank for [View all]

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friends and gasoline. Four door, automatic. It was a gift from my parents for graduation. My second car was a Pinto--it sucked. I could walk up hill then that car could drive up hill. No comparing the two. Started driving it when I was 15 years old.

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What was your first car? Mine was a 1965 Chevy Impala -aqua blue and 9 years old. It was a tank for [View all] debm55 Mar 2023 OP

1958 white Triumph TR-3. Enter stage left Mar 2023 #1

My brother wrecked mine by driving through a field, while he was drunk with his friends. debm55 Mar 2023 #3

Bummer Enter stage left Mar 2023 #5

TR's were always broke. But, damn they were fun to drive. Lochloosa Mar 2023 #12

You are soooooo right... Enter stage left Mar 2023 #23

I had a 1957... Codifer Mar 2023 #31

20 degrees colder...LOL... Enter stage left Mar 2023 #36

1965 VW Bug Scottie Mom Mar 2023 #44

1956 Buick station wagon. Peach and white. Walleye Mar 2023 #2

Yes mine was a tank for gas, but when you are looking for change on the floor to buy gas it wasn't debm55 Mar 2023 #6

Been there, done that Walleye Mar 2023 #10

When I started driving, gas was 15.9 cents per gallon. Arkansas Granny Mar 2023 #13

Yes! Yes! RobinA Mar 2023 #60

1971 VW Super Beetle. grumpyduck Mar 2023 #4

Mine was a 1960 Ford Falcon. patphil Mar 2023 #7

... Faux pas Mar 2023 #8

67 Delta 88. Same thing. Tank I miss her. Lochloosa Mar 2023 #9

1956 Dodge Coronet. The gear shift came out of the dashboard instead of being on the column Arkansas Granny Mar 2023 #11

Nice. Bet you still wish you had it. 😳 Lochloosa Mar 2023 #14

Wow nice car. Is that your car? Going into Los Vegas, they had a strip mail with all these odd debm55 Mar 2023 #17

No, mine was two-tone gray. Chrome everywhere. Arkansas Granny Mar 2023 #35

I had the same car, 4 door 1965 blue Impala, 283. The lead sled. dem4decades Mar 2023 #15

Wow, It drove like a tank didn't it? Loved that car. However, had to sit on a pillow so I could see debm55 Mar 2023 #19

Belts but not shoulder straps. I can remember having 4 friends with me. dem4decades Mar 2023 #46

This message was self-deleted by its author dem4decades Mar 2023 #56

67 Chevy Biscayne, Government surplus from my high school.. $75. Nt Baked Potato Mar 2023 #16

58 Chevy Biscayne that I bought for $25. multigraincracker Mar 2023 #24

Mine had a gutless 283, but man it was a car, you know what I mean. Lols nt Baked Potato Mar 2023 #39

1983 Toyota 4x4 truck happybird Mar 2023 #18

1957 4-door Ford Fair Lane with 8-ball manual gearshift knob, Thunderbird Silent Type Mar 2023 #20

1967 Plymouth Fury 4 door hardtop, metallic blue wnylib Mar 2023 #21

'67 Chevelle Lefta Dissenter Mar 2023 #22

1966 Ford Mustang kimbutgar Mar 2023 #25

1952 Chevy BelAir 4 door sedan, powder blue... Wounded Bear Mar 2023 #26

1962 Ford Fairlane Convertible montanacowboy Mar 2023 #27

1966 Dodge Coronet 440 dclarston13 Mar 2023 #28

Now that was a hella car. Ferrets are Cool Mar 2023 #49

1968 VW bug CountAllVotes Mar 2023 #29

I also had a 65 Chevy Impala CanonRay Mar 2023 #30

5-Speed Peugeot built like a tank MOMFUDSKI Mar 2023 #32

1962 Mercury Monterey MuseRider Mar 2023 #33

63 bug. turquoise. mopinko Mar 2023 #34

Your Pinto must have had the four-banger in it ironflange Mar 2023 #37

Maybe it was the Colt. It was the last one in the series-Mustang, Pinto, Colt. It was so slow. I debm55 Mar 2023 #38

The Colt was a Dodge ironflange Mar 2023 #63

I am pretty sure it was a Colt--very slow. On flat ground it was okay. We have alot ot hills around debm55 Mar 2023 #65

1956 DeSoto Fireflight UpInArms Mar 2023 #40

Mine was the '57 FireFlight Conjuay Mar 2023 #86

1967 Toyota Corolla with a stick shift. Ocelot II Mar 2023 #41

1967 Sunbeam ALPINE Chakaconcarne Mar 2023 #42

Pinto markie Mar 2023 #43

Used '68 (?) Chevy Bel Air... 2naSalit Mar 2023 #45

1957 Plymouth Savoy central scrutinizer Mar 2023 #47

1965 Biscayne Ferrets are Cool Mar 2023 #48

Photo, not mine...only for reference. LudwigPastorius Mar 2023 #50

72 VW Bus WestMichRad Mar 2023 #51

1970 Opel GT... GReedDiamond Mar 2023 #52

My family had two Opel GTs, both 1970 models Auggie Mar 2023 #71

I liked that car a lot... GReedDiamond Mar 2023 #74

'57 Ford Fairlane Club Coupe. Mr.Bill Mar 2023 #53

A powder blue, semi-automatic Volkswagen bug. Laffy Kat Mar 2023 #54

1976 Plymouth Gran Fury Buckeye_Democrat Mar 2023 #55

I bought my first car at 13. Saved my allowance and spent $20.00 Emile Mar 2023 #57

Brand new 1968 Lime Green Ford Mustang!! Loved that car!! Fla Dem Mar 2023 #58

Nice car debm55 Mar 2023 #59

Powder Blue RobinA Mar 2023 #61

My husband had a Duster when we met. We called it the Flintstone Mobile because it had a large hole debm55 Mar 2023 #62

1973 Ford Pinto ProfessorGAC Mar 2023 #64

You're not going to believe this. LuckyCharms Mar 2023 #66

Hi Lucky, It was very hard to steer. Steering wheel felt very heavy. It was automatic, as I was a debm55 Mar 2023 #69

Hi Deb. I drove that car right into the ground until it LuckyCharms Mar 2023 #70

Lucky, the steering wheel--took my driver's test on that car when I turned 16. I took it in debm55 Mar 2023 #72

A black '98 Nissan Sentra sakabatou Mar 2023 #67

I had a 1965 Malibu SS convertible when I was in the Navy. Emile Mar 2023 #68

I can't even remember the make of the 1962 car I started with Generic Brad Mar 2023 #73

1973 Toyota Corolla, with a stick shift, black vinyl interior... 3catwoman3 Mar 2023 #75

3catwoman3, would they add an AC for you? I had a car that I needed for a new job. Bought the first debm55 Mar 2023 #76

Growing up in New York, I mistaken thought all of Texas was flat, brown... 3catwoman3 Mar 2023 #77

Yes the humidity in a non AC can be terrible debm55 Mar 2023 #79

1976 Chevrolet Caprice Classic. roamer65 Mar 2023 #78

1954 Tan Ford moonscape Mar 2023 #80

1970 Ford Torino convertible nuxvomica Mar 2023 #81

I tell people I married my wife for her 69 Grand Torino fast back. Emile Mar 2023 #82

63 chevy bellair onethatcares Mar 2023 #83

A 1961 Chevy Corvair DFW Mar 2023 #84

Blue 1966 Dodge Dart Wicked Blue Mar 2023 #85

1971 Plymouth Duster which I inherited from my mother who got a new car every 10 years... Rhiannon12866 Mar 2023 #87

My husband had one when we met. Was it Taz in a dust cloud? debm55 Mar 2023 #93

I loved that car. Here it is: Rhiannon12866 Mar 2023 #94

1958 Buick Special - emerald green with white vinyl roof. four door, automatic csziggy Mar 2023 #88

A used Chevy Chevette (can't remember the year)... Mad_Dem_X Mar 2023 #89

Did anyone here the bare essentals car? Don't know who made it. Had to be in the early 1980's. It debm55 Mar 2023 #90

1972 Fiat 128 SL Cadfael Mar 2023 #91

My first car was a motorcycle jmowreader Mar 2023 #92

My boyfriend at the time had a Yamaha. That was in 1974. He would go around the curves and it debm55 Mar 2023 #96

1956 Nash Metropolitan, aqua and white. sinkingfeeling Mar 2023 #95