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Bureau of Silly Threads Presents: My First Car
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washernoob
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My first car?
Nothing too special. I suppose to the appliance nuts that we are this is the ideal vehicle! 1997 Ford Expedition XLT.
Nothing too special. I suppose to the appliance nuts that we are this is the ideal vehicle! 1997 Ford Expedition XLT.
1970 Cadillac Coupe DeVille
<span style="font-size: medium;">Dads hand me down. I have pictures of it buried somewhere. I was the only guy in high school who had one LOL! Mine was Nottingham Green Firemist.</span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Dads hand me down. I have pictures of it buried somewhere. I was the only guy in high school who had one LOL! Mine was Nottingham Green Firemist.</span>
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strongenough78
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1963 Cadillac Coupe DeVille
Technically this was my first car, however it wasn't running as I was planning on restoring it. I never got around to it though and sold it. I never got to drive her. So my first running, drivable car was a 64 Sedan DeVille. I have pictures of her, if I find one I'll post it. I have a love-hate relationship with that car. Loved her, but when she would break down I'd hate her. She's been in storage for a few years now. She just refuses to be on the road. Cosmetically though, she was beautiful and all original.
Technically this was my first car, however it wasn't running as I was planning on restoring it. I never got around to it though and sold it. I never got to drive her. So my first running, drivable car was a 64 Sedan DeVille. I have pictures of her, if I find one I'll post it. I have a love-hate relationship with that car. Loved her, but when she would break down I'd hate her. She's been in storage for a few years now. She just refuses to be on the road. Cosmetically though, she was beautiful and all original.
arbilab
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Pic not needed......
......everybody knows what they look like. "My" first car was '64 Beetle in '67, light green. Though before that family got a new car and I inherited use of the '55 Ford station wagon which worked well hauling band equipment.
......everybody knows what they look like. "My" first car was '64 Beetle in '67, light green. Though before that family got a new car and I inherited use of the '55 Ford station wagon which worked well hauling band equipment.
washernoob
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But beetles were amazing! If you do have a picture post one if you can! 
My first real car was and still is a 67 beetle! The red one. The blue is my dads 66.
My first real car was and still is a 67 beetle! The red one. The blue is my dads 66.
Car of the year for 1963
Not the most exciting first car to have in high schoolbut it was a free, hand-me-down. Mine looked exactly like this but was white with a maroon roof. Way underpowered 196 cid 6 cyl. that burned more oil than gas. For many years a derivative of that engine was the 4.0 liter used in Jeeps.
Not the most exciting first car to have in high schoolbut it was a free, hand-me-down. Mine looked exactly like this but was white with a maroon roof. Way underpowered 196 cid 6 cyl. that burned more oil than gas. For many years a derivative of that engine was the 4.0 liter used in Jeeps.
washernoob
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A 196!? Wow! That engine was used in the 30s! Talk about time for an update!
1973 Vega Wagon
I owned a 1973 Vega wagon which looked and ran great when I purchased it used in 1978 but literally decomposed continuously afterward.
I installed a furry black carpet in the back. I used that Zayre-type bathroom carpet. So cooool.
It was a totally fun car to own and drive and a perfect first car.
The quality however was deplorable and it consumed two quarts of oil per week at the end (about three years later).
I owned a 1973 Vega wagon which looked and ran great when I purchased it used in 1978 but literally decomposed continuously afterward.
I installed a furry black carpet in the back. I used that Zayre-type bathroom carpet. So cooool.
It was a totally fun car to own and drive and a perfect first car.
The quality however was deplorable and it consumed two quarts of oil per week at the end (about three years later).
PaulG
I hadn't thought of Zayre in years! My bro had the pinto and vega. I had the gremlin. Oh yeah, there was the dauphine and yugo but some things are best left alone.
I hadn't thought of Zayre in years! My bro had the pinto and vega. I had the gremlin. Oh yeah, there was the dauphine and yugo but some things are best left alone.
1950 GMC 100
Surplussed by Pacific Telephone & Telegraph in 1960, which is when my dad bought it. It was mine to drive as soon as I got my license, at which time it was sporting a fairly recent coat of Bell System-issue "locker green" paint that came with the truck, and that I helped my dad apply with his Wards (of course) compressor and paint gun. That's the 40-year old paint you're looking at in the picture below. I still drive this truck regularly. It has never sat idle for very long and is basically original (do not mistake that for pristine) inside and under the hood.
Experts will say it can't be a 1950 because the bed is from 1954. Having worked for PT&T's successor and steeped in holdover Bell System culture for 17 years, my guess is that they changed out the old style beds for new ones with flat top surfaces that lent themselves to mounting a cargo box. Such trucks still had years of deterioration to write off, and retrofitting made more sense than buying new. They recycled their phones to death. Their fiscal system likely didn't encourage selling off perfectly good assets. This bed update created a gap in the area where a slightly different shaped fender met the existing running board. A metal patch was riveted in place to fill it. Easily reversible back to the original bed, but hey, look at the thing. I'll never go there.
Surplussed by Pacific Telephone & Telegraph in 1960, which is when my dad bought it. It was mine to drive as soon as I got my license, at which time it was sporting a fairly recent coat of Bell System-issue "locker green" paint that came with the truck, and that I helped my dad apply with his Wards (of course) compressor and paint gun. That's the 40-year old paint you're looking at in the picture below. I still drive this truck regularly. It has never sat idle for very long and is basically original (do not mistake that for pristine) inside and under the hood.
Experts will say it can't be a 1950 because the bed is from 1954. Having worked for PT&T's successor and steeped in holdover Bell System culture for 17 years, my guess is that they changed out the old style beds for new ones with flat top surfaces that lent themselves to mounting a cargo box. Such trucks still had years of deterioration to write off, and retrofitting made more sense than buying new. They recycled their phones to death. Their fiscal system likely didn't encourage selling off perfectly good assets. This bed update created a gap in the area where a slightly different shaped fender met the existing running board. A metal patch was riveted in place to fill it. Easily reversible back to the original bed, but hey, look at the thing. I'll never go there.
The later bed:
A white '66 Chevrolet Caprice coupe with a black vinyl roof, buckets, "woodgrain" console with "T" type gear selector mounted in it, gauges below the radio and the Chevy 327. I kept a special commercial acrylic floor finish with a metalic interlock (according to my father) on the roof and it gleamed just as black and even more shiny on the day I got rid of her than when new. The car introduced that beautiful roof line with the squared-off rear side windows. I remember when I put new tires on her with the red stripe facing out about 1970. Every fall I would have to take her in to the garage and leave her overnight so that they could reset the choke for cold weather while she was cold. I really appreciated the beauty of Constance Caprice because while she was being driven around by the dealer's wife so she would be sold as a demo, I had a red, 4 door '62 Corvair that was a bomb. She was never named, but was usually referred to as "that damn car."
It is amazing how much cars have improved. My 78 Monte Carlo, known as Grace as in Princess Grace, was so much better than the 72 Plymouth Grand Fury coupe which should have been badged Grand Mal as in the seizure. Her name was Golda because she was a sick old woman. My precious 86 Celica lift back whose given name was La Stella Azzurra, but was known affectionately as Baby Blue, was much better than Grace, 14 years and 160K miles of service instead of 8, and the 2000 Solara is much better than the Celica, but not more loved.
It is amazing how much cars have improved. My 78 Monte Carlo, known as Grace as in Princess Grace, was so much better than the 72 Plymouth Grand Fury coupe which should have been badged Grand Mal as in the seizure. Her name was Golda because she was a sick old woman. My precious 86 Celica lift back whose given name was La Stella Azzurra, but was known affectionately as Baby Blue, was much better than Grace, 14 years and 160K miles of service instead of 8, and the 2000 Solara is much better than the Celica, but not more loved.
twintubdexter
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A 1962 Buick Electra 225 Sport Coupe (Sport?) It was the car I wanted my parents to buy when I was 12 so when I got old enough I bought one. I really wanted the 1958 Lincoln Continental "Breeze-Way Window" Coupe the neighbors across the street were selling but my dad said no. He was the Ben Cartwright "truck" type.
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My first car was this 1958 Chevy. I bought it in 1972, when it had less than 10,000 miles on it, and still had the original tires! I put these tires and wheels on it shortly after I bought it. It had a 348 engine in it, power steering, power brakes, and a clock, and an am radio. The power steering pump was attached to the rear of the generator, and was driven via the generator. I kept this car for three years, and drove it about 40,000 more miles. It was sold at the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Auction in the fall of 1975.
My first car was this 1958 Chevy. I bought it in 1972, when it had less than 10,000 miles on it, and still had the original tires! I put these tires and wheels on it shortly after I bought it. It had a 348 engine in it, power steering, power brakes, and a clock, and an am radio. The power steering pump was attached to the rear of the generator, and was driven via the generator. I kept this car for three years, and drove it about 40,000 more miles. It was sold at the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Auction in the fall of 1975.
My first car was a 1963 Plymouth Valiant four-door sedan, which my father bought me for about 50 bucks in 1976. It was white with a light-blue interior, and the exterior finish was horribly pitted. It had the push-button automatic transmission and burned oil like crazy, but it got me back and forth to college. I kept it for about a year and a half until I bought a 1968 Firebird.
Sorry, I don't have a pic.
Sorry, I don't have a pic.
xraytech
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For me it was my mothers hand me down,
I had a 1990 Buick LeSabre Custom, we bought it from a neighbor of a friend in January 1996 with about 35,000 miles, when it became mine in March 2002 it was up to about 133,000 miles. It was finished in Medium Garnet Red with a matching interior, had the polished locking wire hubcaps, and every option for 1990 except a moonroof and leather seats. When I sold it 2 1/2 years later it had somewhere around 180,000 miles and still going strong. I loved that car and wish I had another like it, I especially enjoyed the reverse opening hood, the bulletproof 3800 engine, and it was so damn heavy no amount of snow was able to stop me.
I now cant be without a Buick in my driveway, my current one being another hand me down from mother.
I had a 1990 Buick LeSabre Custom, we bought it from a neighbor of a friend in January 1996 with about 35,000 miles, when it became mine in March 2002 it was up to about 133,000 miles. It was finished in Medium Garnet Red with a matching interior, had the polished locking wire hubcaps, and every option for 1990 except a moonroof and leather seats. When I sold it 2 1/2 years later it had somewhere around 180,000 miles and still going strong. I loved that car and wish I had another like it, I especially enjoyed the reverse opening hood, the bulletproof 3800 engine, and it was so damn heavy no amount of snow was able to stop me.
I now cant be without a Buick in my driveway, my current one being another hand me down from mother.
My first was a 1972 AMC Javelin SST with the PierreCardin interior....bright red with a wide white stripe down the side.....paid $500.00 for it...lasted thru high school and one year into my first job
Second car was a 1977 AMC Hornet AMX.....
Second car was a 1977 AMC Hornet AMX.....
cfz2882
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'74 nova
bought a '74 4dr 350 nova in '85 for $200,green with black vinyl interior.
had bad brakes when i bought it,but the A/C still worked great
bought a '74 4dr 350 nova in '85 for $200,green with black vinyl interior.
had bad brakes when i bought it,but the A/C still worked great
