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Sun Oct-03-04 03:55 PM
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What was the first car you owned? |
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My first car was a used 1979 Chevy Monza. The car was junk! No power brakes, No power steering, just no power! However, i fondly remember the days of driving up to "Inspiration Point." ;)
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Sun Oct-03-04 03:56 PM
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Sun Oct-03-04 04:16 PM
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If I knew how easy engine work was, I'd still have it.
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Sun Oct-03-04 04:39 PM
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31. Nice. Did it have a Hemi? |
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Sun Oct-03-04 04:56 PM
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Sun Oct-03-04 05:32 PM
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41. That is what makes them such desirable cars, i.e. go really fast. |
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Sun Oct-03-04 03:56 PM
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2. 1976 red Chevy Camero with a 350 |
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gawd, I still miss that car!!!!!!!!!! (don't miss the lousy mpg tho)
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Sun Oct-03-04 03:56 PM
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Sun Oct-03-04 03:57 PM
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4. 67 dodge satelite convertable |
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Sun Oct-03-04 03:57 PM
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5. '81 Aries K, light green |
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Good riddance. At various times, all of the door handles broke off, even though it wasn't very old. At one point, I could only get in through the rear passenger door.
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Sun Oct-03-04 03:58 PM
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4 door,white, red interior. Ahh the memories.
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Sun Oct-03-04 03:58 PM
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I think 7 to make 4. A 1964, 2 61s, a 57 Estate wagon, 2 57 Sedans and a 58 Sedan
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Sun Oct-03-04 03:58 PM
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Man, that car had great acceleration. However, the electrical system had more shorts than a Fruit of the Loom factory outlet store.
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Sun Oct-03-04 03:58 PM
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Don't laugh, it was a great first car. I loved it. 15 years later I still own a Fiat Spider.
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Sun Oct-03-04 03:59 PM
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The quintessential hippy van, bought in 77.
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Sun Oct-03-04 04:01 PM
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11. 1953 VW Bug, named Butch... |
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Sun Oct-03-04 04:01 PM
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12. 1985 nissan sentra, NEW for $6700 including a/c & tt&l |
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basic, but a fun car to drive. lasted 10 years, even raced it once (autocross).
you can't get CRAP these days for that kind of money....
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Sun Oct-03-04 04:02 PM
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13. Never have owned one, never will |
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But a friend owned a car--a huge ancient Ford sedan of some description--in high school that she and I and a third friend road around together in. It was so old that its yellow had faded to a weird fluorescent color.
We called it "The Tank." We were furious when we returned from our first semester of college to discover that her sister had destroyed it. (She failed to get the brake shoes replaced when they started squealing. My friend was going to drive them somewhere in the car, and when she applied the brakes at the end of the driveway and got a grinding noise, she looked at her sister in horror, and she said, "Oh, no, that's OK. The brakes always make that sound.")
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Sun Oct-03-04 04:02 PM
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A reliable white 4-door that served me well for a decade+, countless treks on I-10 from Miami to Los Angeles and back in college and early post-collegiate. In 160,000+ miles I remember one replaced radiator, same with the alternator, and a couple of new rotors.
That performance married me to Nissan/Infiniti cars, including my current '95 G20.
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Sun Oct-03-04 04:04 PM
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15. My first car was a truck |
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When I was 17 my Dad gave me his 1960 Ford F-100 pickup. Manual Steering. Ford 292 V-8, 3 speed on the column. I did some body work on it, then Gray Primered it. Put in a new transmission, chrome bumpers, 1967 Grand Prix bench seat, roll & tuck black velour door panels and ceiling, new carpeting and a stereo.
Drove it for two years then sold it and bought a guitar and my first car:
A 1965 Impala Super Sport. Restored this one completely, drove it for 5 years before it got totalled by a drunk teen-ager in a stolen car.
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Sun Oct-03-04 04:06 PM
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16. 1978 Plymouth Horizon |
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It was pretty bad. Not exactly glamourous, but so be it.
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Sun Oct-03-04 04:11 PM
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4 door, 3 speed. 223 C.I. 6 cyl. Paid $125.00 for it in 1968. Wish I still had it.
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Sun Oct-03-04 04:11 PM
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18. 1984 Kawasaki 454 LTD |
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Paid 50 bucks for that rat bike in 1988 and when it broke down on me, I left it on the curb. My first car was a 1990 Geo Metro!
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Sun Oct-03-04 04:12 PM
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Sun Oct-03-04 04:14 PM
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20. 1984 Oldsmobile Omega |
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it was slate blue w/ blue interior. Quite nice for a recent college grad. :-)
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Sun Oct-03-04 04:17 PM
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with suicide doors, that never ran, it just sat in the driveway looking cool, I traded a stero for it. Later I got a 1968 Chrysler 300 that I drove into the ground.
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Sun Oct-03-04 04:18 PM
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23. 1969 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham |
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My big black Cadillac. It was laid out though.
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Sun Oct-03-04 04:19 PM
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I did all the maintenance on it myself....I loved that car.
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Sun Oct-03-04 04:20 PM
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Sun Oct-03-04 04:22 PM
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26. '56 Chevy Bel-Aire, White over Green---"Classy" |
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Sun Oct-03-04 04:30 PM
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27. 1985 Ford Mustang...totalled it 2 days after getting my DL |
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Sun Oct-03-04 04:32 PM
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In the classic puke mauve and white color combination.
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Sun Oct-03-04 04:34 PM
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It was great, I bought it just after the guy had put a new engine in it, the body was solid and the four by four was working great... loved that truck
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Sun Oct-03-04 04:36 PM
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Edited on Sun Oct-03-04 04:36 PM by Carson
I turned 16 in '90 and my Dad bought me the T'bird. It was huge by today's standards. The front end looked a mile long--although, that hood probably saved my life when I wrecked it in 1992.
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Sun Oct-03-04 04:44 PM
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32. my dad had one of those |
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Sun Oct-03-04 04:50 PM
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33. 73 Ford Pinto wagon.............. |
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third-hand, no less. It lasted 5 years, then blew a gasket or some such, and the engine needed replacing according to my mechanic. I said "Oh no it doesn't, it needs to be traded in". It was a great little car while it ran. Could drive circles around the big boys on 4WD roads and in deep snowdrifts it just floated up over the snow and never got bogged down!
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Sun Oct-03-04 04:52 PM
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Held up pretty well for a cheap car. Originally a pale yellow but after getting in a wreck I had it repainted to "Corvett Yellow." Looked pretty good. Second car was a '79 light green Chevy Monza. What a piece of junk!! Had a pretty powerful engine but everything else was always going kaput. I did drive it from Tampa to Colorado Springs and back in '8l. Ran good except the AC went out in Dallas on the return trip - in July.
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Sun Oct-03-04 05:12 PM
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Purple, bought it from my brother for $500 in 74.
Too bad it has such a bad (and undeserved) rep these days, because mine was reliable, comfortable, could haul a lot of crap for a little hatchback, and was fun to drive. Its appearance actually closely resembled the 80s Honda Civics, but for some reason it was always dismissed as being unattractive.
I took it cross-country from San Diego to Florida in 75, and because it was rather low-slung and heavy, I managed to cruise through the dust storms in the desert without any fear of getting blown off the side of the road. Ended up selling it for $750, so I'm left with fond memories of it.
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Sun Oct-03-04 05:12 PM
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37. 1963 Corvair and I liked it very much Thank you Mr. Nader |
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Sun Oct-03-04 05:15 PM
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38. 1962 Chevy Impala Convertible |
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Two doors, power windows....and manual steering. I think it's still running somewhere in the mid-hudson valley.
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Sun Oct-03-04 05:24 PM
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Piece of crap but fun to drive and good in the snow.
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Sun Oct-03-04 05:27 PM
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big ol black and white tank!
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