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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: justlurking

Sweet! Mine was a ‘69 Karmann Ghia, only yellow.


61 posted on 05/31/2014 7:55:13 AM PDT by Twotone (Marte Et Clypeo)
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To: virgil283

BelAire by Old 97’s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbEFFGN2fxQ

My first car was a ‘68 Toyota Corolla, about 15 years old.

It didn’t last long. Brakes went out on a mountain road. Had to stop and fill the radiator on certain hills. It was a piece of junk. I didn’t care much and didn’t think about or worry I was ripped off. I had better things to do. I gave it to a friend finally when it broke down. He and hs Dad towed it away and fixed it.

Back then Datsun was better than Toyota.

First car I drove regularly was a ‘73 Pontiac Grand Safari wagon. That was a great car with a huge engine and incredible turning radius.

GM cars were the best ever until the late 70’s/80’s.

Now I wouldn’t buy an American car unless it was free. Toyota now makes the best cars.


62 posted on 05/31/2014 7:55:28 AM PDT by ifinnegan
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To: Twotone

1970 Chrysler Newport. We called it the Tuna Boat.


63 posted on 05/31/2014 7:56:21 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz ("Heck of a reset there, Hillary")
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To: virgil283

‘63 Ford Econoline, 163 cid 6, 3 on the tree, funky faded red rattletrap. Had the engine cover between the seats so she sat 3. If you missed the garbage can, your empty [beer] can would eventually find its way to one of the rusted-through rear corners and fell out. Hey, at least bottles were verboten!


64 posted on 05/31/2014 7:57:21 AM PDT by W. (Obama's "presidency" has been nothing but a form of welfare for his family, friends and supporters.)
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To: x1stcav

No telling what was going on in the back of the ‘butcher shop’.


65 posted on 05/31/2014 7:57:30 AM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: virgil283

1948 Dodge Pilot House B-1-B half-ton pickup, armor yellow.


66 posted on 05/31/2014 7:57:37 AM PDT by Misterioso (Every major horror of history was committed in the name of an altruistic motive. - Ayn Rand)
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To: virgil283
1971 Pontiac Le mans - Very similar to this one. 350 - 4 barrel 3 speed automatic. It would go Faasstttt!!!


67 posted on 05/31/2014 7:58:14 AM PDT by Islander7 (There is no septic system so vile, so filthy, the left won't drink from to further their agenda)
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To: virgil283

It was a ‘73 Toyota Corolla with so much metal fatigue that if I went above 55 on the freeway with the windows down the roof became concave and hit whoever rode in the passenger seat on the head.

That was one worn out clunker.


68 posted on 05/31/2014 7:59:12 AM PDT by MrEdd (Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
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To: virgil283
Mine was a '73 Plymouth Satelite.

Looked like this


69 posted on 05/31/2014 8:00:16 AM PDT by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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To: mountn man
I was working a full time and walking a good 2 miles back and forth to work each way when I bought my first car. But I bought it before I got my driver’s license (I had a learner’s permit) so I had to walk by it, parked in front of the house for a whole week before my dad could take me to the DMV to take my driving test and get my license. Boy that felt like the longest week of my life.

A week after I got my license, I drove from Maryland up to New Jersey to spend a week at my uncle’s beach house on LBI. ; )

70 posted on 05/31/2014 8:00:36 AM PDT by MD Expat in PA
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To: AnAmericanAbroad
Thanks AA

My sister had a yellow Pinto. The sun shattered the drivers window. Big brother that I am I said 'no problem' I'll fix it. A window from the salvage yard went in easily.....but forgot to vacuum out the shards so every time you slammed the door it would go cruchssssh.

71 posted on 05/31/2014 8:00:50 AM PDT by virgil283 (GOD loves you...'He's not mad....He's not even in a bad mood'...)
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To: C. Edmund Wright
I AM NOT MAKING THIS UP - Love it!


72 posted on 05/31/2014 8:01:39 AM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: mountn man
I remember the day I got my license. It was an overcast slightly rainy day. About one or two hours after I got my license, I drove myself to work. Man, I felt HUGE.

Almost EXACTLY how I remember the day getting my license. To drive to work after school was one of the greatest feelings I had as a teenager.

Oh -- 65 Ford pickup step-side. Robin's egg blue. Four on the floor 4X4 . I should have never sold it (sniff)

73 posted on 05/31/2014 8:01:57 AM PDT by builder (I don't want a piece of someone else's pie)
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To: RegulatorCountry

It was a good car; ran it till the wheels fell off. I learned a lot about taking care of a car - my dad taught me all that, which is good to now.

Granted, with a lot of most modern new cars, you need an advanced degree from MIT.


74 posted on 05/31/2014 8:04:16 AM PDT by AnAmericanAbroad (It's all bread and circuses for the future prey of the Morlocks.)
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To: virgil283
1971 Jeep Commando:


75 posted on 05/31/2014 8:04:19 AM PDT by FlJoePa ("Success without honor is an unseasoned dish; it will satisfy your hunger, but it won't taste good")
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To: AnAmericanAbroad

Did the wing nut on the air filter housing work loose at highway speeds? That happened several times on my Mustang II 4 cylinder engine. It would get a little louder for a few seconds, then “zing” followed by various metallic noises. Kept spare wing nuts in the glovebox, lol. That actually was a decent little engine as far as reliability, hard to kill it as long as the oil was changed and not allowed to get low. Slow and sort of rough, though.


76 posted on 05/31/2014 8:08:05 AM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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1967 VW Squareback i bought in 1979. I have never taken such good care of any car since.


77 posted on 05/31/2014 8:11:20 AM PDT by Rio (Proud resident of the State of Jefferson)
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To: virgil283

1978 Honda Civic


78 posted on 05/31/2014 8:12:19 AM PDT by GSWarrior
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To: W.
.....bet you had one of these in it !;
79 posted on 05/31/2014 8:14:30 AM PDT by virgil283 (GOD loves you...'He's not mad....He's not even in a bad mood'...)
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To: virgil283

A Peugeot 404. *hangs head in shame*


80 posted on 05/31/2014 8:14:43 AM PDT by null and void (Disarm Hollywood! No Guns for Box Office!)
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