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1 posted on 08/10/2008 5:57:26 PM PDT by Number57
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Mazda Protege. As close to perfection as possible. :)


2 posted on 08/10/2008 6:02:38 PM PDT by libh8er
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First car was a 1967 Dodge Coronet. It was trashed. My sister ran the heck out of it and sold it to me for $50. My dad and I got it running working on it in the drive.

Since then I’ve owned a lot of cars, most of them just utilitarian vehicles.

Favorite car, is a tie. A 1972 Camaro I had when I was 19, and the 1987 Corvette I currently own.


3 posted on 08/10/2008 6:02:55 PM PDT by brownsfan (Algore makes P.T. Barnum look like a piker.)
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67 powder blue Barracuda convertible great car however it was a 6 cylinder.


4 posted on 08/10/2008 6:03:34 PM PDT by since1868 (Keep Amerca American!!!!)
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First Car - 1967 Nova 2-Door with a 327 and a Powerglide transmission. Favorite car was car #2, a 1966 Nova SS with 327 and Muncie 4-Speed. I was in my Don Johnson and perm faze at the time and, sadly, won’t be posting pictures.


5 posted on 08/10/2008 6:06:02 PM PDT by IYAS9YAS
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1966 Chevelle SS396 HiPO. Going places fast -— LOL


7 posted on 08/10/2008 6:06:44 PM PDT by Tarpon (Ignorance, the most expensive commodity produced by mankind.)
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First car was a Sunbeam Alpine. My favorite car was my Fiat 124. I had to give it up because it was not to California emission specs and I was moving thither [It was a bad trade]. 2nd best is my Jag X-type. Very very close 3rd was an Alpha 164. All of them are great cars.


8 posted on 08/10/2008 6:07:16 PM PDT by AndyJackson
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FIRST CAR:

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1978 FORD GRANADA

10 posted on 08/10/2008 6:10:07 PM PDT by SilvieWaldorfMD (Airlines can take their $15-per-checked-bag surcharge and shove it!)
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1972 red Olds Cutlass S. Sold it and the engine blew in Spain on the guy who cheated me. I think the engine may have been a victim of using gasohol at the time.
11 posted on 08/10/2008 6:11:06 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult (The man who said "there's no such thing as a stupid question" has never talked to Helen Thomas.)
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My first car was a 55 Ford Fairlane with a 272 and a two barrel. It had a 4.11 rear end and an overdrive. Despite the small V8 it ran pretty well probably partly due to that low geared rear end.

My favorite by far was a 65 Olds Delta 88. It had a 425, 360 HP engine which I am sure was very conservatively rated as it would fly. It also had positraction which always made a noise but never tore up. My Father bought it new, then my brother had it then me. It was still running great when I sold it with over 200,000 miles.

One thing I recall was how it would effortlessly cruise the interstate at 85 and when you floored it, despite it being a family sedan, it would literally roar and set you back in the seat. What a great refined and comfortable, yet powerful car.

13 posted on 08/10/2008 6:11:29 PM PDT by yarddog
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I have an early 90s toyota. It is presently on its last furlong in the great race of life I supsect.

If I could have any car it would be another toyota (but newer :) )

or a honda.

I’ve always kinda wanted a mustang though


15 posted on 08/10/2008 6:11:42 PM PDT by modest proposal (Congress (n). Place where you can be supported in comfort by the state to talk stupid)
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First TR4
Favorite 74 Alfa GTV


19 posted on 08/10/2008 6:13:30 PM PDT by battlecry
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It’s been Lamborghinis all the way. Don’t care much for the Ferraris, and told my daddy so!


20 posted on 08/10/2008 6:13:43 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Are you ready to pray for Teddy?)
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I had me
a '73 Vega
all rusty-crusty bronze
with big white patches where the scabs fell off
and the leathery
vinyl
sunburnt skin on the roof peeled back
and flapped all free
when I really let 'er rip
down I-63.

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.

21 posted on 08/10/2008 6:15:28 PM PDT by A_perfect_lady
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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)


22 posted on 08/10/2008 6:15:43 PM PDT by claymax ("Remember upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all." Alexander the Great)
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64 Pontiac Le Mans convertible, 389, early muncie 4-speed with posi. :)


23 posted on 08/10/2008 6:16:03 PM PDT by DJ MacWoW ("Make yourself sheep, and the wolves will eat you" Benjamin Franklin)
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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.


24 posted on 08/10/2008 6:16:14 PM PDT by FrdmLvr
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British Leyland Austin 1800.

The most comfortable car while waiting for the tow truck.

25 posted on 08/10/2008 6:16:26 PM PDT by MrsEmmaPeel
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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.


26 posted on 08/10/2008 6:16:38 PM PDT by ken21 (people die and you never hear from them again.)
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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.


27 posted on 08/10/2008 6:18:53 PM PDT by Petronski (The God of Life will condemn the Chinese government. Laogai means GULAG.)
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first car was a 62 Chevy ex-police black and white, 67 and 94 Z/28's that were tooo much fun and a couple other cars and jeeps, but believe it or not my favorite is my current car: G6-GTP

29 posted on 08/10/2008 6:19:59 PM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist - CTHULHU/NYARLATHOTEP'08 = Nothing LESS!!!)
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