Posted on 08/10/2008 5:57:25 PM PDT by Number57
Was talking to a friend about old cars & old times today (for me, that means the early 80s, when I got my license). I've had a LOT of cars. Most clunkers, as I was usually broke, but a few gems. I've had better cars, and I've had worse. But here's my 1st & fav picks.
My very first car, purchased in 1980 for the Princely sum of $150, was a true tank: the 1969 Chrysler Town & Country station wagon. Weighing in at an impressive 3,700 lbs (IIRC), it had a wheezing 383 CI, after-market manual choke sticking out of the dash, and some very nice wood-like vinyl stuck to the sides.
Mine was blue. It was Rad. I loved it. It lasted 3 weeks.
My favorite car (out of the 50+ I've owned over the years) might surprise some of you. It was a tough choice, but I settled on an odd little 4-door I owned from 1985 to 1986. I think it is my favorite because it was such an unusual car to see in Michigan (never seen another since), and because it was such a tough little bugger. It was even stabbed by a drug-crazed hippy once. How many people can say that about their car? True story. The Fiat Mirafiori 131S (mine was this exact color)..
I was SHOCKED to learn that my parents never owned a car until they were married. That blows me away. Their first car was a 1952 Mercury Monterey.
My mom's favorite ever was her 1955 Ford Fairlane Victoria (crown vic, I guess). Hers was Red/White:
Dad's fav was a 1964 Corvair, which had been built for drag racing, then de-tuned for the street. The original HP was 140 for that engine, after tweaking for the strip he estimates it was over 300 HP. After de-tuning it was about 240. Still a LOT of power for a car of that size.
He owned a number of Corvairs over the years, and this is the only one he doesn't have a picture of... he sold it not long after buying it because of the 70s gas crunch, when premium gas (the engine required it) hit a jaw-dropping .60 cents a gallon.
Here's a similar car:
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The windshield was cracked
and the old foam seats
were erupting beige boils
in the fissures of the seams
where the mildew grew
but the drive shaft was fine
from what I could see
through the hole in the floor.
Oh I loved my crusty old Vega.
Her rear end wobbled like a hoochy-coochy dancer
but it didn't bother me
cause I couldn't see
cause the Vega didn't have no
rear-view mirror.
I dont remeber the year of the car, but it was an opal. It looked like a mini corvette at the time. (but ran like a scooter)
64 Pontiac Le Mans convertible, 389, early muncie 4-speed with posi. :)
I got married in 1977 and my in-laws gave us a 68 Dodge Charger, green with black vinyl top, for a wedding gift. That was my first car. I was 22.
The most comfortable car while waiting for the tow truck.
i’d never thought about this car until i started dating
a young woman in my class in ‘67 with one, and then i had to have one like hers...’63 vw bug, used.
My first was a 1989 Chevrolet Cavalier Z24 with the Getrag 5 speed stick. I learned to drive a stick by driving it home from the dealer lot.
Now that’s funny..
First car 1953 MG TD
Current car 2005 Audi A6 Quattro
My first car was a nondescript white ‘84 Accord. Probably the coolest car was the ‘86 Mercedes 560SL I sold just before I had my daughter, but my favorite was a little red ‘93 Mazda MX3. Zippy as all get-out, and I could make it all the way from Boston to Exeter, NH with the “out of gas” light on...LOL!
59 Chevy Impala 348 4 speed, posi. I think it was the first production car with 1 hp per ci.
3 cars
1961 Ford Falcon....it was unbreakable!
1967 VW Bug with flared fenders, wide tires, and a racing tran. I could fix it with a clostheshanger!
Current - Jaguar, S Type, it was my dream car.
My first was a pontiac Volare’ station wagon, a ‘78, I think. It was two-tone: White and bondo. My Dad used to call it “the Klingon Cruiser.”
Cars were fun then, weren’t they. I learned to drive on a 61 Olds 98 with a 425 caddy engine. What a ride. :)
I have an Audi A6 Quattro too. Love it!
That brings back memories of the Volare commercial with Ricardo Montalban.
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