What was your first car?

MSALLA

wingnut4772 wrote: »

1981 Fiat Spider convertible just like this one.

My cousin had one of these. It was a blast to drive.

avguytx

Year, make, model: 1980 AMC Spirit (2WD...not 4 and not the "cool" GT model)
2/4 door: 2 door hatchback
Engine: 4.2l inline 6 IIRC; 5 speed
Color: Blue
Purchase price: $2000 I think. Grandfather paid for it if I would sell my motorcycle (Yamaha SECA 900). Shoulda waited to see what I was gonna get stuck with.
Year purchased: 1982
Year sold: 1983
Pic? Not of mine but here's what they looked like. (again, mine wasn't as "cool" but it had a stereo in it!)
Lost virginity in it? Not me personally, but a couple of the opposite sex did.

I think I kept this car for about 6 months and I hated it. I sold it and bought a 66 Ford P/U and built a "hot rod" of sorts.

Lowell_M

1997 30 Anniversary Edition Camaro Z28

bert26

Year, make, model: 1972 BMW 2002
2/4 door: 2 Door
Engine: 2.0L 4 Cylinder 4 Speed Manual
Color: Dark Blue
Purchase price: $2000
Year purchased: 1987
Year sold: 1990
Pic?
Lost virginity in it? Nope

MillerLiteScott

1975 BMW 2002 ( 2002 stands for 2000 cc and 2 door ) it was actually 1996 cc
2 door
2 litre OHC 4 Weber and tii header
Dark Maroon
Paid $1900
Bought it in 1985
Tree jumped out into the middle of the yard I just happened to be driving on and I Totaled it in 1987.
Picture ( I will look for one )
Did not lose my virginity in it.

I saw one at a car show I went to this weekend.

Rivrrat

1971 Dodge Charger
2 dr
318
Root beer brown/with white vinyl top
paid 1500
bought 77
traded in 1978 on a 78 Firebird.
No, but it had a backseat the size of a bed.

schwarcw

What's interesting here is that more than a few Polkies have Ramblers or AMC vehicles as their first car. Obviously, because these pieces of junk were cheap and plenty available. I had one as my second car. Purchased it in 1971 for $400. It had a 287 V-8, fully reclinable fron seats:D , power steering and I put in an AM/FM, 8-track stereo (which was stolen). It was a great running car. Mine was black with a red interior.

daboyz

I had a '76 Cutlass Supreme,pretty cool car w/nice rims.

Mike682

Year, make, model: 1977 Chrysler Cordoba
2/4 door: 2 door
Engine: 400 cubic inch
Color: Black
Purchase price: $600
Year purchased: 1990
Year sold: Beat the crap out of it
Pic? no pic of mine but linked an image on the net
Lost virginity in it? nope, was lost long before that car

W WALDECKER

1962 Chevrolet Impala, gold 2 dr with a 283 CI small block and a 2 speed Powerglide

hearingimpared

1967 Chevy Impala, blue 2 door with black vinyl top. IIRC 327 V8.

Ricardo

schwarcw wrote: »

What's interesting here is that more than a few Polkies have Ramblers or AMC vehicles as their first car. Obviously, because these pieces of junk were cheap and plenty available. I had one as my second car. Purchased it in 1971 for $400. It had a 287 V-8, fully reclinable fron seats:D , power steering and I put in an AM/FM, 8-track stereo (which was stolen). It was a great running car. Mine was black with a red interior.

Mine also had fully reclinable front seats, using a lever that went up and down; it was like a king size bed!!!!!

DollarDave

Year, make, model: 1971 AMC Gremlin, with the "Weather eye" heater, 3 speed with a reverse that popped out of gear, vacuum windshield wipers, manual steering, no A/C, but I put in a damn fine after-market Pioneer stereo. All in all, few cars can compete with the Gremlin as being the all-time worst car.
2/4 door: 2 Door, with a hatchback
Engine: 232 straight six (these were made by Buick as AMC manufactured few motors on there own)
Color: Red with the obligatory black "racing" stripes
Purchase price: $400
Year purchased: September 1976, shortly after my 14th birthday as I could drive up north back then.
Year sold: 1977 (I have owned about 30+ cars since then)
Pics? Plenty - this thing was a local legend. The "Gremlizine".
Lost virginity in it? Kidding me? I must have had some real appeal for any self-respecting female to even get into that car. We had to wire the driver's seat so it wouldn't flop into the back seat.

hearingimpared

schwarcw wrote: »

What's interesting here is that more than a few Polkies have Ramblers or AMC vehicles as their first car. Obviously, because these pieces of junk were cheap and plenty available. I had one as my second car. Purchased it in 1971 for $400. It had a 287 V-8, fully reclinable fron seats:D , power steering and I put in an AM/FM, 8-track stereo (which was stolen). It was a great running car. Mine was black with a red interior.

I lost my virginity in the back seat of an old green Rambler!:eek:

jcaut

'74 Corvette L-82 350/auto, black in color (but originally silver)
Bought in '86 beat all to hell (actually caught on fire while we were test-driving it:eek:, but that's another story)
Paid about $2K
Worked on it for a year and first drove it in Sept. of 1987, my senior year in high school.
Drove it all through college and put about 80,000 miles on it (had 110K when I got it)
Sold it in 1999 for $4000, in much better shape than when I got it, but still a long way from being "restored".
Lost virginity in it? Not exactly, ha ha. But it DID attract girls..

I miss that car. Personally, I think the C3 shark-shape Vettes are some of the best-looking cars ever.

I'll post a picture of it if I can find one.

dragon1952

I had a '74 for a while. Cool car. Candy apple red w/ silver interior.

66chevyIISS

I still have my first car and its pretty much an attachment of me lol. (I.E. user name for everything).

Year, make, model: 1966, Chevrolet, Super Sport Nova (1 of 4600 made SS/6cyl option)
2/4 door: 2
Engine: Original was 230 straight six, now 388 stroker
Color: original blue on blue, now Yellow on Black
Purchase price: 4,000
Year purchased: 1997
Year sold: never
Lost virginity in it? amazingly, no!

It had sat in a Garage for 15 years rotting away.
Here is how it looked the day I drove it home at age 17:



This is it now 10 years later still going strong:

audiobliss

Looks nice!!

auto_pilot

Year, make, model: 1993 Pontiac Grand Prix S/E
2/4 door: 2 door
Engine: 3.1 Litre V-6
Color: Black
Purchase price: 19K (IIRC)
Year purchased: 1993
Year sold: 2005 ($50 to junkman)
Pic? Nope
Lost virginity in it? Nope

candyliquor35m

you mean this one

demaples

Year, make, model:1962 Dodge Dart
2/4 door: 4
Engine: 318 with a burnt valve so it backfired thru the carb ALOT but it would still do a smokey burnout if I got the right rear wheel spinning in the grass. Push button 3 speed torqueflite tranny.
Color: lime green
Purchase price: given to me by my aunt
Year purchased: 1970 I think
Year sold: 1972 when I bought a 70 Chevelle
Pic? That's not it but it was just like that one with a few dents. This ones for sale on lemonfree.com for $7500.
Lost virginity in it. Nope, did that in dads 65 Impala SS. Had tons of fun in the old Dodge tho. It's a wonder I'm alive. I called it "The Bomb".

ND13

1981 F-100 Custom Reg. Cab Long Bed
300 I-6
4sp manual
A/C
Burgundy
$10000...bought new
Sold in 1985...took in a 1970 Malibu on trade plus cash
Lost virginity in it? Yes