.....;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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79 Trans Am Bandit model with the Olds 403 engine, and I’m sooo sorry that I sold that car now!
I thought they continued on until 1979. The Super Beetle Convertible did, at least. My neighbors have one.
Because it meant freedom and independence!
Mine was a bright red Convertible
The frame for the top...made of wood as I was to discover after leaving it open in the rain once too often. It warped and refused to close easily for the duration
Swivel bucket seats, after-market fog lights, 400 4 bbl, wide racing stripes down the middle, racing rims, wooden steering wheel... I was 16 and bought it for $1600 with my paper route money. Pure love.
Some college friends from FL had one very similar to that, a 4 dr hardtop Electra. We drove it on the beach at Daytona during Spring Break. Some jerk in a Jeep intentionally stopped in front of us crossing the dune line and we buried it up to the fender skirts in loose sand trying to get it out. Had to be towed out. Great, fun car, though. Massive, tons of room, 8 college kids in it was not a problem.
My Dad bought me a used red 1969 VW Bug for $500. I drove it for 8 years and put about 100,000 miles on it. We had to replace the accelerator cable twice but had very few other problems with it.
1968 got stationed at the vacation resort of Ft. Huachuca AZ after being released from a 3 month hospital stay at Ft. Bliss TX. Bought a 1955 VW bug at a car lot in downtown Sierra Vista. I think the motor was rated 38hp. It had the swing-up turn signal arms in the door posts. It lasted me the rest of my tour till I got discharged in 1970.
My first car... a pedal car...when I was 4. Oh wait, my first real car? A 70 Opel GT (a Vette look alike that my parents bought brand new. I got it in 77, when my sister needed a new car.
Better than this!
I probably really don’t want to know the answer to this question, but, is that really the gasoline filler cap in the door???
1967 Triumph 2000 Sedan. Same engine as the GT-6 sports coup. Four speed with hydraulic clutch, first gear you only needed on steep driveways.
Bought it for $150.00 with the engine in a crate with collapsed pistons. My father helped me rebuild the engine, and putting that car back together was a wonderful experience for a 16 year old kid.
The car itself had too many problems to keep for long. Sitting with the brake hydraulics dry for too long wrecked the master cylinder and I was too cheap to buy a replacement. And on top of that, it turns out the car had been exposed to salt spray during shipment, and fighting body rust was a constant battle.
After two years I sold it to a local airman for $500.00 and made a down payment on a 1980 Honda Civic Hatchback.
Last year we helped my 14 year old buy a 1997 Ford Ranger which needed a lot of work. So far he and I have replaced the timing belt, water pump, serpentine belt and thermostat.
Nothing better for a young person than learning how cars work and how to take care of them. My 12 year old daughter is already starting to think about what kind of project car she wants me to help her with in a couple of years.
1976 Porche 914 in sun yellow. Basically a glorified go-cart. A fun car to drive... in sunny climes. However if it rained for more than 2 days the ignition system would short out and it would refuse to start!
You poor schmoe. I came back from Vietnam in 1972 where I could have bought the new Toyota Celica, for a low taxfree PX price, recommended by Car & Driver.
Instead I listened to the propaganda about buying American & bought a Vega instead. Oil burner from the getgo. Then I read about the mutinous `workers’ at the Lordstown plant where Vegas were made & which day of the week was worst in terms of quality.
In 1977 I did the only engine rebuild of my life when I assembled a Vega engine with a sleeved block. Didn’t stop the oil burning, that turned out to be a design flaw in the valve seats. Got rid of it in 1978.
Learned everything I know about repairing cars with that Vega.
I had a white Dodge Dart in the late 70’s, the family car, passed down to me. Not quite sure the year. I hit a mailbox my first outing alone.
The first car I ever bought was a 1975 Volvo 164E. That was a real looker. Very rounded and European styling. Loved the way it looked. I miss it.
Bought a Kia Amanti years ago, which is it’s reincarnation. Very lovely car—kind of looks like an old style Mercedes. My sister (a non car person) recognized it as the Volvo’s similar twin.
The first car I ever wanted was a 1975 Toyota Landcruiser in fire engine red. Whenever I see one in the Tucson area, I take it’s picture. Still fantasize about it, but I’ve test driven several, but I can’t handle not having power steering and better shocks.
My husband says one day he’ll buy me one just to go down the road to the local grocery store.
‘65 Chevy Biscayne. It was a tank. By time I retired it, not a thing on it worked right. It’s also one of the reasons I’ll never own another Chevy.
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
I loved looking at the Gremlins in the school parking lot. The 70’s had very imaginative cars.
Don’t even get me started on the 70’s vans! Whoopee!
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