Your first car

After the "too young" post, I really enjoyed reading about some of your first rides. Mine- it was in 1989- a 1966 F100, 390 out of a doner Merc. Hay haulin' money paid for it. P.I. intake, alum wheels, ect. First night in town I smoked a 454 Chevy P/U. Been hooked ever since. P.S.,still got the 66!!

It was 1986...

1971 Ford Capri.
2.8 V-6
4 speed, buckets 2+2
Fast little car!

Great first car!

Your looking at it! Not in its current config but same car nontheless. Had it since 16. Im 37 now

1965 Mustang 3 speed 6 banger, rusty POS. Loved that car. That was 1975.

1967 Mustang coupe. I've come full circle!

The year was 1978, I was barely 16 years old. I paid $750 for a '67 Mustang fastback with a 289 4 barrel, a T&C 4sp transmission, 8" rear, black interior, primer gray, fiberglass hood with scoop secured with four pins and no hinges. The car was beat but still solid and I spent the next 2 years transforming it bit by bit into a nice hot rod. The motor was rebuilt with a HiPo bottom end, cross ram dual 4 intake, crane cam, ported heads, hooker headers, 4.11 9" rear end, painted it a dark wine red base coat / clear coat, long before anyone did such paint jobs. I loved that car more than anything. When I was 20 I sold it to buy an engagement ring. Five years later I got divorced.

It was 1983 and the car was a 72 2dr Custom 500 with a 351C, it got traded for a 383 powered Challenger that was later (1985) traded for a 77 Datsun pickup because I couldn't afford the gas or parts anymore!

This question has been asked so many times, it's become redundant. My first (legal) car was a solid '55 Ford Fordor, 272/Ford-o-matic I bought for $125 in the summer of 1967. I added a 4 bbl intake with a teapot Holley, a cam of some sort that I bought for $5.00 from a friend, homebuilt duals with glasspacks, yanked the front bumper Gasser Style, installed a 4:11 gear from a '55 stick shift wagon,started pulling the trim and filling the holes . I had just begun to build a legit rod out of her when a drunk plowed into her ass end and destroyed her. At the time, I was inconsolable, but with the passing 41 years and well over 200 cars since, that '55 was just another ride. But I'd like another one someday.

Jan

This question has been asked so many times, it's become redundant. My first (legal) car was a solid '55 Ford Fordor, 272/Ford-o-matic I bought for $125 in the summer of 1967. I added a 4 bbl intake with a teapot Holley, a cam of some sort that I bought for $5.00 from a friend, homebuilt duals with glasspacks, yanked the front bumper Gasser Style, installed a 4:11 gear from a '55 stick shift wagon,started pulling the trim and filling the holes . I had just begun to build a legit rod out of her when a drunk plowed into her ass end and destroyed her. At the time, I was inconsolable, but with the passing 41 years and well over 200 cars since, that '55 was just another ride. But I'd like another one someday.

Jan

I'm not old like some people here... Mine was summer 1984, it was a Samoan Coral Pink 1964 Ford Thunderbird, 390 4V...
Second was in 1985 it was a 1971 Maverick 302 2V auto car