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What was your first car?

Posted on 05/31/2014 7:27:43 AM PDT by virgil283

My first car was a Belair, four door with the big six. It might have been rusty but I waxed and polished it just the same......

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To: elcid1970

My VW wasn’t brand new...and to tell you the truth I cant remember what Year...I bought it..

It was the 6o’s! ....Prior to My coming to my senses.. I hasten to add.

It had an oval rear window that I remember well.


121 posted on 05/31/2014 8:56:56 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill)
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To: virgil283

69 Camaro. Bought it from my sister. Changed the oil that day which had the look and consistency of coal tar. Then as I was doing my own tune up to save money I set fire to the engine compartment using too much GumOut. I had to replace most of the wiring and some of the hoses. Very expensive first day


122 posted on 05/31/2014 8:57:37 AM PDT by Cyman (We have to pass it to see what's in it= definition of stool sample)
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To: virgil283

My first was not as grand as yours. I had a 1974 Datsun B210 ... ugly Datsun orange that faded on a weekly basis in this hot Texas sun.


123 posted on 05/31/2014 8:58:37 AM PDT by al_c (Obama's standing in the world has fallen so much that Kenya now claims he was born in America.)
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To: virgil283

“71 VW beetle.


124 posted on 05/31/2014 8:59:02 AM PDT by Shery (in APO Land)
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To: AnAmericanAbroad

One care I have NOT seen in my neighborhood.

It looks like t could have been photographed anywhere around here though

just the car for those whos neighbors weren’t impressed with the jaguars or the Teslas...


125 posted on 05/31/2014 8:59:05 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill)
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To: tomkat

Lucas also made refrigerators. It’s why Brits drink warm beer.


126 posted on 05/31/2014 9:00:12 AM PDT by loungitude (The truth hurts.)
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To: virgil283

A 1963 Studebaker Gran Tourismo, It was a hard top coupe, Avanti powered with the Power Shift transmission and Twin Traction and flew like a bat out of hell. I had a lot of fun with it in high school.


127 posted on 05/31/2014 9:01:41 AM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: Fightin Whitey
Dude, you left yourself nothing to work up to!

Yeah, I lucked out. I had a Vespa scooter that I proceeded to wipe-out on when making a left turn at an intersection (hit some loose gravel). I only ended up with some nasty raspberries, but it freaked out my Dad, and he went out and bought me the Chevy. Thanks, Dad!

128 posted on 05/31/2014 9:01:54 AM PDT by JPG (Yes We Can morphs into Make It Hurt.)
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To: virgil283

Green 1936 Plymouth after WW II. It has a weakness for blown head gaskets but it took me for my first rides.


129 posted on 05/31/2014 9:04:26 AM PDT by ex-snook (God forgives and forgets.)
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To: virgil283

A bright yellow, 1972 AMC Gremlin with a 304-V8 and 3-speed manual. I bought it from my brother who had bought it new and made some high performance engine modifications. He ran it at a drag strip where, as I recall, it did the 1/4 mile in under 14.1 @ 100 mph. Not impressive by today’s standards but at the time it was a quick car. And being a much-maligned Gremlin, caught many people off guard.

I almost bought a 401 and 4-speed for it but never did. The AMC engine blocks were all the same size so any of them would fit right in.


130 posted on 05/31/2014 9:05:12 AM PDT by Oliver Boliver Butt
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To: freedomfiter2

I bought a wrecked 65’ Mustang that was smashed in the rear end and paid $400. I found a 66’ Mustang that was wrecked in the front end and paid $90 for it. Leonard Smith in Temple, Oklahoma, put the two good ends together and painted it for $500. I drove it for four years. So it was a 65’-66’.


131 posted on 05/31/2014 9:06:52 AM PDT by vetvetdoug
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To: virgil283

57 Pontiac Star Chief. 347 4 barrel, 4 speed automatic, and the radio had a “wonder bar”.


132 posted on 05/31/2014 9:09:33 AM PDT by Slump Tester (What if I'm pregnant Teddy? Errr-ahh -Calm down Mary Jo, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it)
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To: JPG
Thanks Dad!

No kidding.

Shielding you with love instead of punishment---I had a dad like that myself.

133 posted on 05/31/2014 9:10:40 AM PDT by Fightin Whitey
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To: virgil283
Girl not included.
134 posted on 05/31/2014 9:11:03 AM PDT by Ouchthatonehurt ("When you're going through hell, keep going." - Sir Winston Churchill)
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To: virgil283

In late 1964 I got a 1953 MG TD.


135 posted on 05/31/2014 9:11:43 AM PDT by truth_seeker
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To: mabarker1
'56 Plymouth Savoy station wagon. Flathead 6, 3 on the tree, bald tires. That thing had torque! Could burn tire the length of parent,s driveway ..when they weren't home.

Next was a '59 Buick Invicta station wagon with a Super Wildcat(?) HUGE v8 and fins on the front. Whne you hit 60mph the front fins started flapping.

Next was a brand new '67 Mustang convertible with the California option. Pretty cool but only a 2bbl until I ....ummm...fixed it.

136 posted on 05/31/2014 9:13:50 AM PDT by prisoner6 (Register COMMIES not GUNS!)
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To: virgil283

I bought, repaired and sold several vw bugs prior to actually being old enough to drive (that freaked a few people out) but the one I started driving was a 73 Chevrolet pickup. It had been garage kept but still had significant rust in spite of being 4 years old. That was on the TX gulf coast.


137 posted on 05/31/2014 9:15:44 AM PDT by Clay Moore (I Like My Guns Like Obama Likes His Voters: Undocumented)
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To: virgil283
1980 Ford Fiesta. I put 40K miles on it the first year and never had a lick of trouble. Great little car that lasted eight years.


138 posted on 05/31/2014 9:16:45 AM PDT by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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To: MeshugeMikey

On Volkswagens the one piece oval rear window was on the 1953 through 1957 models. Before that it was a two piece oval going back to the Nazi KdF-Wagen. In 1958 the rear window was widened to a rectangle shape & stayed mostly the same until the last Beetle with U.S. specs which was the 1977 model. They were assembled in Mexico & Brazil for years after that but that’s stopped, too.


139 posted on 05/31/2014 9:19:26 AM PDT by elcid1970 ("In the modern world, Muslims are living fossils.")
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To: virgil283
1970 Buick Electra 225 (a "deuce and a quarter").

I was the only white guy living on "South-side" Richmond, VA who owned one at the time. Got the thumbs up from "the Brothers" in their "pro-Keds" and the "Pike dwellers" upa nd down the strip ("Petersburg Pike, aka US Rt 1, that is).

Mine was identical to this you tube video except that it had the black vinyl interior.

1970 Buick Electra

Bought it in Greenville, SC for $1025 in January, 1977 with 68,400 miles on it. Died in my driveway in Stamford, CT in 1990 with 205,000 on it. By that time the valve seats were gone and it was drinking 3 quarts of 20/50 every 200 miles!

It was a sweet ride for sure!

FReegards!

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140 posted on 05/31/2014 9:19:52 AM PDT by Agamemnon (Darwinism is the glue that holds liberalism together)
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