First car?

[paigeoliver]

1984 Buick Regal Turbo with pretty high mileage. It was just about worn out when I got it and it lasted less that a year.

[HaRuMaN]

1979 Chevy Nova with a 305 engine.  I still own it, actually, and it still runs.  I take her out every now and then.  It's fun to run up to the drive-in movie theater in it (has a huge bench front seat). 

[Buddabing]

Le Car - no sunroof, no heat, no A/C, no stereo.


Somehow Renault made it look appealing.

[RayB]

1986 Honda CRX (automatic, but modded to rev high). Man, I drove that thing crazy like.

Traded it in in '94 just as it was dying (burning coolant!) and got a 91 CRX which I am still driving today.

[DrewKaree]

1976 Chevy Impala.  Quart of oil a day and it was good to go.  Just electrical problems.  Required my buddy to hold my Mag Lite out the side so we could see where we were going once. 

I called him Johann, for this was a MAN car!

[chopps]

68' chrysler newport... 4dr, baby blue, 383 4brl, 21.5' long

[Zook]

my second was a 74 oldmobile delta 88 that thing was a tank and had a 455 rocket under the hood

My first car was an 83 Subaru hatchback that I rolled after having it about 6 months.   

My second car was  74 Delta 88 with the 455 rocket.  Loved that car.  Wish I still had it.  Funny how similar our stories are.....

[danny_galaga]

...before i wasnt really fond of cars just driving my ducati bike till some wanker drove in front of me and i crashed, anyway here are pics of my car....

hmmm, sounds like brokenbones. in fact i've never seen you and bones in the same room together    (insert dragnet theme here)

[danny_galaga]

Bones,

Please don't tell me it was a '69 Charger, if it is... I despise you and everything you stand for, but  I love your car, I want your car.

Tim

bones Charger would have been a Valiant Charger. Valiant were a brand owned by Chrysler. The Aussie charger



http://www.ergonomics.com.au/pages/500_about_us/charger.htm


 didn't look the same as the Dodge Charger

http://www.allpar.com/model/charger.html

. Actually i think ours looked better! They came in slant 6 and hemi models as i guess the american ones did too. however the aussie charger was slightly smaller and actually did better in racing with the six than the eight (probably a similar situation to e-type jags being better with the twim cam six than with the twleve)  and are worth a lot more nowadays.

bones, did your car have hair oil stains on the head-liner?

[danny_galaga]

enough about bones. now its about me (",)

my first car was a 1968 ford cortina mkII. bought it for $150. all it needed was a generator, a carby and a couple of tyres. I probably should have died in that car. It could just make the old 'ton'. one day i was i was doing a 100mph and a goanna walked out onto the road and like an idiot i swerved for it. instead of rolling, the car broke into a skid and spun several times down the road! the goanna kept on walking. badly shaken, i drove VERY slowly home  the things you do when you're 16...

sold it a year later for $600  and for some reason bought a triumph 2500 saloon.

[Bones]

Bones,

Please don't tell me it was a '69 Charger, if it is... I despise you and everything you stand for, but  I love your car, I want your car.

Tim

Yes, danny is right. I don't think there was an Australian Charger prior to 1971.

I also agree..... The Aussie version was much better looking, it also went harder. 14.2 seconds for a quarter mile straight out of the factory and on 35 year old rubber.

Another pic of my baby now lost in time.

[DrewKaree]

Sold it before you had time to dress it up like the General Lee, hey?

[xar256]

81 Pontiac Pheonix 6 cylinder.  Best damn car I ever owned...Engine was getting pretty bad in 2000 so I sold it to a scrapper, and bought a 2000 Sunfire...    

Shoulda dropped a new engine in it...Damn thing ran better after 300k (and got better milage) than that POS Sunfire ever did   

Xar256

[tommy]

My first car was a 1970 Buick Skylark (chevelle SS type body) 350 engine after witch i added some headers and flowmasters with a nice intake and carb... needless to say those cars were boats but can put you back in your seat like nothing ever made. Most first cars for first time drivers are crap but that baby like most other guys with a classic... wish i held on to her.

Nothing like American muscle, better than a farriari, trust me.

Imagine a 17yr in that beast, king of the world.

Now thats poetic. 

[Santoro]

1980-ish Volkswagen Rabbit - in pea soup green. 

[danny_galaga]

My first car was a 1970 Buick Skylark (chevelle SS type body) 350 engine after witch i added some headers and flowmasters with a nice intake and carb... needless to say those cars were boats but can put you back in your seat like nothing ever made. Most first cars for first time drivers are crap but that baby like most other guys with a classic... wish i held on to her.

Nothing like American muscle, better than a farriari, trust me.

Imagine a 17yr in that beast, king of the world.

Now thats poetic. 

so what was the ferrari like then?