What's The First Car You Ever Owned?

[CO Liberal]

A question that's asked on DU from time to time.

My first car was a 1958 Hillman Minx, like the one shown below. I paid $80 for it in 1970. The photo shows the original paint colors on my car - a previous owner painted the body bright red with a brush, and kept the roof white.

[benburch]

1. 1966 Chevy Impala, Turquoise

With the small V8 and the two-speed powerglide transmission.

[JuniorPlankton]

3. Honda Civic DX

Brand new, lasted less than two months :(

[XNASA]

8. A 67 Impala, Blue

Small V8 and a 3-on-the-tree.

[terrya]

Mine was a 1974 Chevrolet Vega.

Blue, until it started immediately rusting after I got it. Then it was two toned.

A hideous car. I remember the aluminum engine...the damned thing was good only for city driving. God help you if you took it on the highway.

[CO Liberal]

21. I Had a '73 Vega

Ex-wife #1 got custody of it and the kids when we separated. her idea of maintenance was adding oil when the "OIL" light came on. The car was dead within a year....

[lapislzi]

31. I had one too!

Also my first car. I put a front end quarter panel on that thing all by myself. Used to pull into the gas station and say "fill it up with oil and check the gas, please!" I still have a soft spot for that car.

[TX-RAT]

2. 66 caprice classic SS 396

120,000 miles, burned 3 quarts oil every 500 miles. Looked like an insect fogger going down the road.

[MsConduct]

4. 66 Ford Mustang-I was too cool! LOL n/t

[NewJeffCT]

5. '85 Mazda GLC

As you know, GLC stood for Great Little Car. Not very sexy, but it was reliable. I bought it used from my cousin in 1989. Learned to drive standard my senior year of college with it.

[Cary]

6. 1967 Dodge Polara

Kind of like this one but gold. 383 with a 4 barrel. Whoosh.

[sniffa]

7. 1980 pontiac 6000

i was it's 2nd owner - i got it 1999 w/ 50k miLes.

[Worst Username Ever]

9. 1984 Olds Cutlas Cruiser

[Ganja Ninja]

10. 1968 Volkswagen Beetle.

I bought it used and drove it about 50,000 miles.

[Wickerman]

11. 66 malibu

It looked a whole lot like this one, but without the nice wheels. Was supposed to have a 327 but we replaced it with a 350 when it burnt up. That was a fun car for a stupid High Schooler in the Midwest in the 70's.

[CottonBear]

20. 1976 Camaro

It was a metallic red with white pinstripes down the sides and the little wing on the trunk lid. Black and red interior. HUGE Chevy V-8 engine. Topped out at about 140 MPH. Used up so much gas (leaded, of course), that you could actually watch the gas gauge move toward empty. That car was so damn cool. God, I loved it.

[kick-ass-bob]

12. 1973 Dodge Dart.

(all white, unlike this photo) parents owned, I drove.




Or a Plymouth Horizon, but all brown (mine outright)

[Ann Arbor Dem]

58. Mine was a '73 Dodge Dart too!!

I LOVED the slant six engine.

[CO Liberal]

63. A Slant Six & A Tourque-Flite Transmission

One of the most reliable drive trains Chrysler ever developed. My '70 Barracuda had a Slant Six & a Tourque-Flite, and it was still going strong when I had to junk it in 1983 - the body was rotting out after 13 NJ winters (complete with rock salt on the roads).

[BigMcLargehuge]

13. 1980 AMC Concord DL

like this one only brown with stock rims/tires

[redqueen]

14. '85 Mustang GT - convertible

Not a good year for that car, but still really fun to drive. I miss it.

[tsakshaug]

15. 73 chevy half ton pickup

Had a wooden bed.
brown and (mainly) rust
got it in '78 got rid of it in '85
replaced it with a renault

[salinen]

16. A 1966 CJ5

Basic Army type. I added jerry cans, big wheels, roll bar, and a tow hitch. Looked bad ass. So loud you couldn't talk to the passenger.

[mastein]

17. 91 Chevy Cavalier

[serryjw]

18. 2 hand-me-downs

Falcon & Corvair...both in the 60's...but can't remember what year. The falcon used more oil than gas! The Corvair's engine fell out the back once.

In 1970 My father was tired of all the mechanic bills and bought me a new 1970 Toy Corolla. It was the first year they came in with an automatic, in 3 colors....white,bottle green and urine yellow! I wanted the green but could not find one in greater LA in automatic....so I settle for white.

[flvegan]

19. 1985 Mustang LX

Totalled it on day 2 of having my license (not my fault).

[Richardo]

22. 1968 Mercury Cougar RX-7

Loved it!

(Photos for illustration only. Mine was gold with a black top.)

[miss_kitty]

23. OMFG!

Mine was a HILLMAN MINX ESTATE WAGON! 1958, Red over white, 1500 cc engine-$50 in 73. My BF and I went on to buy 6 more (7 to make 4) A 64 (1700 cc) 2 61s (1600 cc) the wagon, and 3 sedans, all '57-58 vintage.

SUWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET!

[CO Liberal]

25. Wow - ANOTHER HILLMAN OWNER!!!!

Several guys at my high school had Hillmans - sedans like mine, one convertible, and a few Hillman Huskys (shortened versions of the Minx - sort of the forerunner for the AMC Gremlin).


Source: http://mclellansautomotive.com/

[miss_kitty]

29. My Boyfriend had a glasspack put on the wagon

:)

[gpandas]

24. '60 ford fairlane

[tcfrogs]

26. 77 Buick Regal

Ugly mint green.

[On the Road]

27. White 1967 Rambler American

for $300. Only had 28,000 miles on it. Took care of me well, but I didn't take good care of it.

[TheDebbieDee]

28. 1978 Chevy Chevette.........................

POS. Got it used in 1984. Broke down every payday.

[madrchsod]

30. 1958 simca aronde

4 door sedan. 25-30 miles to the gallon-33cents a gallon.those were the days

[dancing kali]

32. 1970 VW Beetle

No heat, no defrost, a shimmy in the steering wheel at crusing speed (around 50mph - learned years later that the wheels need to be balanced to 0 exactly to keep this from happening), with the 'Idiots Book' I could work on it myself, in the winter with chains and studded tires I could drive anywhere....I want my bug back!!!

[arwalden]

33. 1976 Pontiac Safari Station Wagon

It looked a lot like this...

[pagerbear]

47. My mom had one of those when I was a kid!

74 Catalina Safari. I would have probalby inherited it if my dad hadn't wrecked it (ice on a highway ramp)

[patcox2]

34. 1972 Ford Grand Torino Super Sport

With a four speed, dual exhaust, and a 351 Cleveland Cobra Jet (330 horsepower).

[VOX]

35. A beige 1966 Mercedes-Benz 250S Sedan...

Bought it used in 1975 from a doctor (a shrink, I later found out), for $4,000 even - the cost of a new Chevy back then.

Although it was a Benz, it was far from a luxury car -- crank windows, wing-wings(!), no A/C, "Mercedes leather" (aka vinyl) seats, a six-cylinder engine that could hardly pull the car, and a pretty noisy driver's compartment.

I drove this car for nearly 13 years. It was safe, ran very reliably, and, back then, there were still some independent mechanics who could maintain the thing for a reasonable price.

In my mind, I can stil "feel" the steering wheel of this old Benz, and also "feel" the ridges on the ignition key, if I think about it.

Great first car! :thumbsup:

[gollygee]

36. '79 Chevy Malibu

It was a nice car. But it didn't have air conditioning. That was when it was a huge luxury to have air conditioning LOL.

[Lady Effingbroke]

37. A Mustang.......

II!!!!

[CO Liberal]

42. I Had One Like That, Only Red w/a White Top

With black upholstery. It had a 302 V8, and really hauled ass.

[Lady Effingbroke]

46. It most ass-uredly did!

Hell, the front clip/engine compartment was about half the length of the car. Mine had the 302 also, and that was a lotta motor for that car (especially for a 16 year old kid). I remember that when the thing broke down (which it did on a regular basis), it was a pain to work on, because that 302 motor was really jammed into the engine compartment.

My car was a 75 Mustang II, 302 auto, baby blue hard top with dark blue interior (vinyl, of course), no AC (in Texas)...and an 8 Track!!!

[CO Liberal]

49. About That V8...

We took the Mustang to R&S Auto for a tune-up once - it never seemed to work right after that. So a few months later, we took it to Sears. The service manager asked me if I knew there were two different types of spark plugs in my car. It seems that the mechanic at R&S had too much trouble getting to the back two plugs on the passenger side of the engine, and didn't bother changing them.

It ran much better once all eight spark plugs matched...

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

38. 1993 Ford Taurus

[Dees]

39. 1966 Chevelle SS

When I got out of the service in June of 1966 I ordered a silver, black vinyl top, 396 c.i. (350 hp) posi Chevelle. As I remember it was around $3700. Two years later the times had changed me and I traded for a VW Bus. Flower power and such.

[Love Bug]

40. '66 Plymouth Valiant w/ a slant-6 engine

It's true--you never forget your first car.

[guitar man]

41. 1968 rambler american

Mine was gold with primer spots here and there. 6 cyl and a "3 on the tree". Lost my virginity in that old car. :)

[kermujin]

43. 1982 ford escort ...

standard. red. 'clifford the big red car.'
:)

[tjwash]

44. 1963 Corvair

*sniff* I miss that old beater...

[pagerbear]

45. 75 Chevy Vega. Orange.

With a 3-speed stick. (In those days 4-on-the-floor was sporty!)

[flamingyouth]

48. 1980 Peugeot 505 diesel sedan

I loved that car. I think we paid about $1000 for it in 1985. I had almost 200,000 miles on it before I sold it.

Yours is very, very cool, btw.

[DemWitch]

50. Junker was number 1.

Very first car was a 64 Ford Galaxie I paid 45 bucks for. Looked just like this but in much, much worse condition. Everything leaked. Then after a year saved up and bought...



1970 Chevy Malibu SS. 350 4 barrel, auto, buckets, boulevard SCREAMER... nothing could touch it... hit the gas, light 'em up and I was gone. Looked just like this except mine had white interior.

[the Princess]

51. Oh you had to ask this question............

I still miss my first car. A 1975 Chevy Nova with a V6 and it hauled ass. It was the same color as the one in the pic - but it had a white hard top. *sigh* I miss her.

[CO Liberal]

52. Your First Car Looked Nicer Than My First Car

Yours:



mine:

[the Princess]

53. Well you're old - people had less money in the olden days!! LMAO

[CO Liberal]

55. I Love You Too, Honey

:-)

[the Princess]

57. LMAO - you made me snort! LOL I love you too snookums...

[yellowcanine]

54. '64 Mercury Comet 2D Hardtop w/289 4V and 4-speed, I rocked!

[baldguy]

56. 1973 Pinto wagon

Like this, but without the cool paint job:



Believe it or not, this was NOT the worst piece of shit car I ever had. The was a 1980 Plymouth Horizon:

[DrZeeLit]

59. Boyfriend had Hilman...

...but I lost my virginity in a Rambler.

tsk tsk

[CO Liberal]

62. Did It Have Reclining Seats?

Many AMC cars did....

[DrZeeLit]

60. But my first car... Red Dodge Dart...

... pushbutton transmission. Cool or what?

[CO Liberal]

61. My Kid Sister Had a '62 Dodge Dart

With the pushbutton trans - like the one in this picture, only white with a blue interior. She used to say that the car looked like it had been designed by committee - the day after the company Christmas Party....

[DrZeeLit]

72. Wow! It's my car! Too cool! Thanks for the memory! n/t

[CO Liberal]

73. You're Welcome

It's amazing what you can find through Google.

[SmileyBoy]

64. 1993 Nissan Sentra.

I bought it from my dad for $2000. It died on me last winter. I have a much better car now.

[politicat]

65. 76 Buick Skyhawk

Great little car. 25-30 MPG with a V6 so it could get out of its own way, easier to work on than later cars and clean emissions. Mine was red, too, just like the picture above. (They were only available in red, white and blue that year. I've never seen a blue one, as it happens.)

Bought it in 89 for under $15.00 (yes, the decimal is in the right place) and restored it as a bonding project with my father. Failed miserably, but the car came through. (When we bought it, it had no engine. Or Transmission. And the Steering wheel and the alternator were in the hatch.)

Drove it from 1992 until 2000, when I couldn't get parts for it anymore and had to junk it.

There are times when I miss my Buick.

Pcat

[GOPisEvil]

66. I'll answer for Awsie Dooger and myself. 1980 Datsun 210.

Both of our first cars were 1980 Datsun 210s.

[Dzimbowicz]

67. A 1957 VW

[CO Liberal]

69. I Learned to Drive in a '56 VW

When my father bought it, it was grey. He painted it electric blue. When it became my older sister's car, he repainted it yellow - several years before VW offered yellow as a stock color.

[Dzimbowicz]

70. Mine was that sky-blue color

but later on I bought a yellow 1971 Super Beetle. It was all I could afford and I thought yellow was too much for me. So I never waxed it, left in the sun and faded it to a really cool sand color.

[bearfan454]

68. 72 Dodge Polara

The timing chain kept blowing in the wintertime.

[RetroLounge]

71. 1965 Impala Super Sport, black on black

I actually had a 1960 Ford F-100 first, but you asked about cars...

Looked like this, with a 327 instead of the 396



RL

[charlyvi]

74. 1978 Pontiac Firebird....

Back when they were LONG--the hood went on forever. Nautilus Blue with White leather interior. I looked FINE!!