your Teenage lust cars...

[cfz2882]

...My first one was a metallic dark green 1954 Pontiac:found at a junkyard in the fall of 1984 with 1978 plates,thought the chrome festooned dash was really cool-especially the big round speaker grille in the center above the pushbutton tube radio Also liked "flathead" and straight eight engines-a flathead straight eight was double cool even if the design dated back to the early days of the great depression.Thought 1956 Oldsmobile hubcaps would look cool on the car.Did not get the car,but when I was last by the junkyard in 2008,it had been long ago closed up and all cars gone except the '54 poncho was still there where it was in 1984 Still like early '50s Pontiacs and might end up with one yet.
Next up was a 1982-3 Camaro z28 found on a car lot in 1985 as I was looking over a beater '57 De Soto(!) -thought the space-age dash was cool and liked the look and "sit"of the car.Way beyond my price range at the time so...
...car 3,1986, found a '69 Camaro for $500 with no engine-took a 350 out of a $200 chevy nova and that was my teenage "hot rod"

 

[askolover]

I've always wanted a 1986 Porsche 911 in white or red OR a 1986 Lamborghini Countach in white.  Now I probably wouldn't be able to get down in either of them, it's hard enough to get down into my 01 New Beetle.

 

[wayupnorth]

At 15, I had a Rambler Classic station wagon, then a 65 Galaxie with 3 on the tree, 69 Fairlane, 72 Vega and if I had the $ back then I wanted a Vette. I got it and love my Silverado. This is what I wanted and got.

 

[joelippard]

Lust!

With me it was any of the big GM front wheel drive luxury sedans.  My first car was a 1988 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale Brougham, exact colors pictured here.  I got it in 1990 when I was 17.  What I really wanted but could not yet afford at the time was a Sedan deVille or a Fleetwood.  I always loved the medium sized GM luxury boats and anything that had that wonderful GM 3800 V6 engine in it.

 

[frigilux]

My first car was a 1969 Olds Delta 88 with a 455.  Dark forest green coupe with a white vinyl roof.  (Photo shows similar model but different colors.) Stepfather sold it to me a few months before getting my license in 1975.  Kept it through college before selling to a friend in June of 1982. Great car.

 

My favorite car was a 1986 Camaro Z28.  Dark metallic red with gold ground effects (which in my opinion looked much better than the silver shown in photo #2.) Black louvers on the back window.  Spent WAY too much on the car stereo, but it sounded fantastic.  Super, super loud, but completely balanced from tweeters to subwoofers without a trace of distortion.  That car made many road trips across the country. Ah, youth.

 

 

 

 

[bradfordwhite]

When I was 15 I wanted the 1983 lincoln town car, or an Audi 4000 or 5000.  Later I wanted an 82 Lincoln Continental Mark VI sedan or a Mercury Colony Park wagon.

 

Never did I think about how these might be viewed by others and being kind of stodgy.  But when I faced the fact that they are gas hogs and maintenance pigs in the long run, I down sized.

 

But my first car was a very nice 1983 Mercury Grand Marquis LS.

 

When I can pop out that gas engine and put in an over-the-counter Tesla motor and battery I'll be back in the game.  LOL

Seriously, though, there are companies converting old gas hog vehicles into supercharged electric vehicles.   Big billies though $.

 

[bradfordwhite]

Joel

Those 88 & 89 Eldorados were good looking.  They had scaled them as a smaller version early 80s eldorado.

 

 

[rp2813]

Teenage wish list:

Datsun 240Z
Lotus Europa

Close calls:

1934 Hudson Terra plane
1960 Lincoln Continental

What I ended up with:

A '64 Galaxie 4-door sedan with C4 automatic transmission but otherwise stripped down with front bench seat and single speed wipers.

 

[superocd]

Acura RSX

Eventually got one after my first car, a 1999 Accord coupe, lost a transmission.

 

[maytagbear]

I was

boring.

I wanted a Volvo 265. I shared a 1977 Plymouth Volare 4 door with my sister. We laugh about the Plymouth now.

Lawrence/Maytagbear

 

[pulltostart]

Teenager, huh?

Well let's see.  I think for the longest time I lusted for a 1965 Galaxie 500 LTD 4-door.  Just loved the lines and massing of that body and roof.  We had a plain ol' Galaxie 500, but that wasn't nice enough.  And next in line would have been a 1966 Mercury Park Lane 4-door.  Same roof and greenhouse, just larger; but still great body!

 

However, the parents of a fellow HS classmate had a 1966 Pontiac Bonneville Brougham Vista, triple black.  Each time I saw that car pass the house it just took my breath away and turned me green with envy.  The real frustrating part of that lust was I knew that if it were me behind the wheel of that big ol' car I would look like the world's biggest goober.  Just too small to be driving a car like that.  It was an awesome sight.

 

lawrence

 

[petek]

Got my license at 16 in 1972. I had zero interest in small or medium sized cars foreign or domestic and only like full size land yachts. I lost all interest in those as well in the downsizings and fwd changeovers of 77-80. I'm still searching for a reasonably priced 71-73 boat tail Riviera or 75-76 Electra Coupe preferably, like my old 75. All the cars I've had since have been "meh" as far as the "I just love this car" feeling I had with that one. At least I still have my bike for some thrills.

 

[bradfordwhite]

"I shared a 1977 Plymouth Volare 4 door"

 

I can't share my crown of boringness, Alex.  I don't want to forfeit this game. 

 

[lordkenmore]

crown of boringness

Oh, the Volare wasn't boring. Given the state of Chrysler then, it would have had real excitement through suspense. "Will this thing get me to KMart? Or will fall apart in a million pieces in the middle of the road, first?"

 

 

[lorainfurniture]

Yikes

I guess I didn’t respect cars enough as a teenager. The only car I really really, wanted was a 2010-11 E63 AMG. 6.2L na that made 519 hp. They ruined the car in 2012 by switching to a 4.0 twin turbo.

I bought a gently used one in 2017(ish) and I can assure you there is no carbon build up anywhere in that engine.

 

[lordkenmore]

The only car I really really, wanted was a 2010-11 E63 AMG. 6.2L na that made 519 hp.

 

I do hope that car had at least enough power to get it up to speed for safe merging onto the freeway. LOL

 

I had at least a short period of dreaming of a Mercedes when I was a teenager. IIRC, I saw some ad that talked about "shrinking 500 miles of European roadway into a routine 4 hour run." Or something like that.

 

[fan-of-fans]

I'm a lot younger than many

We had a brand new 2006 Chevy Impala LS in driver's ed. I really liked it, the car reviews said it looked like a 90s car and not a 2006, but I really liked it. I always wanted one in LTZ trim.

Then a few years later a friend of mine had a 2006 or so Volvo S40. Quirky little car and I thought it was great. But I'm glad I never got one, parts were outrageous. My aunt had the V50 wagon version though and it seemed pretty reliable for a modern Volvo.

Oh, and I've also always liked trucks too. Favorite at the moment is late 2000s Chevy Silverado/GMC Sierra Crewcabs. I thought of getting one when I got my last car, but the prices were outrageous for a 8 or so year old truck with fairly high mileage. And I don't really need a truck anyway since I never tow or haul stuff. One day I might like a popup camper though for weekend trips.

 

[petek]

Hope you have better luck with that Benz.

The worst car I ever owned was my (new) 99 Mercedes C230K . The most unreliable, falling apartingest in the mostest pieces of shit on four wheels ever built. LOL

 

[petek]

Geezus it's that tired old picture again

It's the only one I have of my 75 Electra 225. THe models are my nana and my mom, taken in Stanley Park Vancouver in 1976 iirc. Being as I lived in a one bedroom apartment they stayed in the trunk.