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What was the *First Car* you ever had?
Vanity | July 17th, 2008 | Raineygoodyear

Posted on 07/17/2008 1:06:26 PM PDT by Raineygoodyear

And do you remember what you paid for gas at that time?

My first car was a 1972 Pontiac Parisienne my dad gave to me in 1975, I have no idea how much I paid for gas but I do remember driving it for weeks without having to stop and put gas in it..


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To: devolve

[MG Midget] That’s the one I liked.

This thread offers the opportunity for so many quips, maybe I’m the only woman here, lol.


161 posted on 07/17/2008 2:45:40 PM PDT by potlatch (MICHELLE OBAMA - The gift that just keeps on giving....!)
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To: Raineygoodyear

1962 Ford Falcon. Gas could be found on occasion for .27/gallon if you could find a couple of stations in a gas war. Most likely, you’d find it for .32-.34/gallon.

Sigh.


162 posted on 07/17/2008 2:46:19 PM PDT by Darnright
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To: Raineygoodyear
LOL

My radio was run to an amp and I had two big cabinet speakers in the back seat that I took from my parents old stereo. If I had ever got into a wreck they would have flown into the front seat and killed me.

163 posted on 07/17/2008 2:47:21 PM PDT by txroadkill (Liberals believe that the only oppressed people in Cuba are the terrorist in GitMo)
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To: potlatch

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Polar moment of inertia

A racecar wants it’s weight in the center - not front or rear

But that is a “twitchy” car on the street

Balanced weight at each end tends to be safest on street vehicles

The 4WD Porsche breaks that rule

My cars were actually experimental and constantly improved -

Great demos for customers - with a fat wallet anything can be done


164 posted on 07/17/2008 2:48:51 PM PDT by devolve (- "Pot had helped, and booze; maybe a little blow when you could afford it." Barack Hussein Obama)
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To: Raineygoodyear
1965 mint green Chevy Biscayne with a bad transmission. I paid one dollar for it from a friend.
 
 A couple of years later I sold it to another  friend for one dollar. He kept it a couple of years as well.
 
 
It looked like this one.
 

165 posted on 07/17/2008 2:49:45 PM PDT by Radix (Think it is bad now? Wait until you have to press "2" for English!)
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To: Raineygoodyear

1970 Pontiac LeMans sport


166 posted on 07/17/2008 2:49:50 PM PDT by chalkfarmer
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To: Raineygoodyear

1974 VW, went well in snow and always started

167 posted on 07/17/2008 2:50:33 PM PDT by bmwcyle (If God wanted us to be Socialist, Karl Marx would have been born in America.)
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To: potlatch

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LOL!

You should see all the woman racing on the SPEED Channel

All with Hot Wheels - embarrassing the men


168 posted on 07/17/2008 2:53:29 PM PDT by devolve (- "Pot had helped, and booze; maybe a little blow when you could afford it." Barack Hussein Obama)
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To: CaptainK

‘78 Datsun B210 wasn’t my first car (which was a 1956 Volkswagen) but it was the best car I ever owned. Quality fit and finish were superb but especially during the late Surly Seventies. Forty miles to the gallon with the aftermarket A/C on (better than factory). No repairs whatsoever.

Why did I sell it? Oh - got married, bought a grey market Mercedes 450SE for the two of us.


169 posted on 07/17/2008 2:54:05 PM PDT by elcid1970 (My cartridges are dipped in pig grease.)
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To: Raineygoodyear

The car I learned to drive. It had a 350 ci engine and was very fast. My mother didn't drive much so I had it every night.

170 posted on 07/17/2008 2:55:38 PM PDT by bmwcyle (If God wanted us to be Socialist, Karl Marx would have been born in America.)
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To: Raineygoodyear
Sixty-three Rambler Classic four door. The front bench seat split and lowered back to form an almost queen-sized bed with the back seat. Great for surf trips and other leisure activities.

It had uni-body construction which came in handy that time we went air-borne and landed in a ditch. We let it sit for five minutes, pushed it up and out, cranked it up and got back on the road....

171 posted on 07/17/2008 2:55:48 PM PDT by wtc911 ("How you gonna get back down that hill?")
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To: devolve

[Polar moment of inertia]
Don’t mention that to AlBore!!

A ‘twitchy’ car?

Your cars were experimental anddd constantly improved. I know!

You are the car expert, I just have to tease.


172 posted on 07/17/2008 2:55:57 PM PDT by potlatch (MICHELLE OBAMA - The gift that just keeps on giving....!)
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To: Radix

LOL.. I think the reason they went for a dollar is cause they leaked so much oil! just like in the pic you postd!

I think we were all relieved when we finally got rid of those cars who left those Massive in the driveway Oil Stains! Ha


173 posted on 07/17/2008 2:56:09 PM PDT by Raineygoodyear (AKA Crimmy)
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To: Raineygoodyear

1975 Ford Ranchero GT complete with 400 cubic inches of detroit power underhood and gas was cheap! This was in 1994


174 posted on 07/17/2008 2:57:09 PM PDT by Married with Children
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To: Raineygoodyear
Here you go: 1958 Fiat Multipla bought in 1961 for $300.00. Image Hosted by MyFiero.com
175 posted on 07/17/2008 3:00:16 PM PDT by TexasRedeye (Eschew obfuscation)
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To: Raineygoodyear
My "first car" (not in ownership but exclusive use) was a 1973 Plymouth Sport Suburban station wagon. Sweet metallic gold paint and vinyl woodgrain. I drove it from age 14 to 16.

At 16, I bought my first car- a 17 year old 1966 Ford Mustang for $750. It had been repainted and had some Bondo. However, what it really needed was new floor pans because your feet would get wet if it rained...
176 posted on 07/17/2008 3:03:40 PM PDT by philled ("I prefer messy democracy to the stability of tyrants." -- Howar Ziad, Iraqi Ambassador to Canada)
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To: Raineygoodyear

My first car was my mother’s ‘72, mustard-colored Maverick. Gas was about .75 in ‘78. I nearly fainted when she admitted that while car shopping, she also considered buying the ‘72 Mustang Mach 1! But nooooo, she chose the “practical” Maverick.


177 posted on 07/17/2008 3:06:08 PM PDT by rabidralph
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To: TexasRedeye
Although I learned to drive in a '77 Ford LTD wagon, the first car I could truly call, "mine" was a 1980 Chevy Citation. It was a 5-speed, and all my cars have been standards up until last summer....


178 posted on 07/17/2008 3:09:54 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: Raineygoodyear; Cyber Liberty
My first car in 1968 was a 1960 Volvo, pictured here in the middle.

It was my older sister's car. She had rolled it on Laguna Canyon Road in Laguna Beach, CA, but the insurance company said it was still intact.

I bought it from her for $100. My dad had it painted brown for me to match my hair color. Earl Scheib did the paint job, which was lovely.

Unfortunately, the H stick shift was kind of busted. You could use it, but you had to know what gear you were in, and then manually jam the stick shift into the right gear. Didn't always get it right, but it always worked. After driving it for a couple of months, the driver's front door kind of fell off. It was in place and replaceable with a clothes hanger; thereafter, I just climbed in through the window. But it was still a beaut. My biggest problem with that car was when you were going uphill and there was a red signal at the top of the hill. There was always the worry that the stick shift would fall out, and you didn't know if you put it into first gear after taking your left foot off the brake. There was always hysteria in my car, be it good or bad. Funny thing is when I wanted a blue bug, I took the Volvo down to the bug dealership. I was ready to take $25 for the danged beautiful thing. The Volkswagon dealership people were dealing for the car. It was like an auction. The owner of the dealership got the car, and I got a 1993 Volkswagon bug with a 5000 mile warranty thrown in for nothing. The owner of the Volks place wanted the Volvo engine for his boat. Sheesh. The 1993 oh so cute Bug, blew its engine at 4800 miles. True. Got a reused engine, and drove that car for about five years even after it kind of died in the snow in Aspen. Snow storm came in, and covered that little sweetheart for six months. Battery fixed, and sold that car to someone who wanted to make a dune buggy out of it. I again sold it for more than I paid for it. I have a whole lot of auto stories, but it would take a book to write it all. Just one other. Years later I bought a brand new 1980 Mercedes 240D. A year later the diesel fuel managed to grow mushrooms in my tank. Okay. I'm done. None of my cars were used in the way Cyber wanted his car used. They were for transportation and not fornication. Oh, forgot. Gasoline was the same price as a pack of cigarettes. $.25 a gallon and $.25 a pack.

179 posted on 07/17/2008 3:10:26 PM PDT by Slip18
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Forgot to use HTML in the ending. Sorry.


180 posted on 07/17/2008 3:12:37 PM PDT by Slip18
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