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Mine was a 1971 MG Midget that my Father and Uncle rebuilt - with a Ford Cortina engine in it. He raced for the SCCA for years with this (Modified)..then when I turned 16...I earned it..and also was the first car I learned how to drive a manual.
No picture but it was a 1953 Mercury Monterey coupe (no B pillar) w/ Mercamatic auto trans, a flatheat V8 w/ 2 barrel carb. Cream body with dark green roof. Tuck and roll leather interior in the same color combo.
5-speed Mazda B2000 SE-5 with a 2-liter inline 4 making a whopping 82 HP. Since this was the 80's, it spent much of its life with a shell on the bed and dual 15" subs.
My one and only Japanese car... 1982 Toyota Corolla hatchback I bought for $600. Stick shift, RWD, no power steering, power windows or power brakes. It was my college car... ran fine and I gave it away to another student when I graduated.
1966 Ford Mustang GT Convertible. Dark blue with a white ragtop. 289 with a borg-warner T-10 4 speed. And the only Mustang I ever saw with a split bench front seat. Also had factory rally pack gauges on the steering column and an in dash 8 track tape player, oh and front disc brakes.
I didn't have a crystal ball so I sold it for 400 bucks because I just had to have a 1970 Mustang Mach I with a 351 Cleveland Motor.
You guys are way too classy for me...1954 Chevy sedan, four door, 235 cu.in. straight six cylinder, three speed manual on column, dark faded blue, paid $35.00 for it. Got me through high school and sold it for $50.00, but I had to put a new clutch in it from racing on the street. Only mod was removing front bumper...looked cooler that way! Hey it was 1967 after-all.
purchased the car before I even had my dl, stored it for about 4 months
until I was a legal driver
drove it for about 5 months and was ready for a hardtop (winter was coming)
so I had listed it for sale
the next owner was coming to get it that evening and
it was totaled (not my fault) on the way home from work
40 years of driving and I've only owned 13 vehicles, excluding the use
of 2 company vehicles that were assigned
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40 years of driving and I've only owned 13 vehicles, excluding the use
of 2 company vehicles that were assigned
Got you beat. Driving for ca. 25 years, 2 cars. 1st was a '95 Ford Escort GT. It was peppy, had great luggage space for its size, and great for road trips as you could get a quality snooze in it. Reliable as all get out. If not for those idiotic motorized seat belts, I would probably still own it. OK, that, and non-functional AC in Texas got it on the wife's "it's gotta go" list. Donated it to charity w/ ca. 180 K on the odo. Am on car # 2, my '11 911S….T
I was ballin with this in HS. Little did I know that PO probably got rid of it for cheap to a sucker like me as the Bosch L Jetronic systems back then were pieces of garbage. Ended up keeping it for two years and putting all my summer job funds into it eventually spending more on repairs than the car itself before unloading it. Got my first feel for European handling, although the power wasn't quite there. Loved the Bucket seats/suspension/red lit instrument cluster and factory VDO gauges.
05-04-2015, 01:58 PM
What was your first car?
