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Old 12-18-2010, 04:01 PM
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Originally Posted by madball
88' Red GTA here back in 1998. Loved and hated that car. Motor seized the second day I owned it. Had non stop problems with it on a daily basis. Then I blew another new/reman motor like 1 years 4 thousand miles later. Surpised that car didn't make me a rice lover because of how big of a POS it was, but I just loved the way it looked. Then I had my fair share of Opticrap LT1 cars that should of made me throw in the towel on Fbods. Finally Now I have an LS1 car and laugh about the L98/LT1 BS I went through. Wish I still had the GTA w/an LS1/T56 combo though.
Like this best of both worlds.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tZlku5IjNc
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my first car was my 84 camaro z28 with a 4 barrel carb and the 5 speed i wanted a t top but i couldnt beat the price so i had a hard top but i loved that car here she is
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Bought a '85 Camaro Berlinetta with the 305 4 barrel when I was 16. Got a flowmaster exhaust, american racing wheels, and a nice paint job for it. I miss the 3rd gen body style for sure.
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IMO the third gen has the best looks, but the 4th+ cant beat their power train.
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My first car was a 1995 Pontiac Firebird bought for 1200 then sold for 3000 then i got a 95 Camaro bought for 600 sold for 1500 then i got a 2002 Camaro bought for 2800 sold for 3500 then i got a 91 z28 Camaro with a lt1 motor swap for 1200 then sold that and bought my car that i have now 1999 LS1 Pontiac Firebird Trans am Ws6 i love those F-bodies
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Originally Posted by 99WS6T/A
My first car was a 1995 Pontiac Firebird bought for 1200 then sold for 3000 then i got a 95 Camaro bought for 600 sold for 1500 then i got a 2002 Camaro bought for 2800 sold for 3500 then i got a 91 z28 Camaro with a lt1 motor swap for 1200 then sold that and bought my car that i have now 1999 LS1 Pontiac Firebird Trans am Ws6 i love those F-bodies
Post pics of the 91 w/ the lt1.




I drove my 76 firebird all through Highschool, had the pontiac 400, took it to the track and ran a 15.3, eventually blew the motor with nitrous, but that gave me a reason to put the 428 in there....
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I worked at a shitty job put up with a retard boss (he actually quit before i did haha) for a year to pay for my first car...it was a 93 z28 m6 was pretty good condition coming from a dumbass kid. I drove that bitch from miami back home to houston in about 17 hours straight no problems...had alot of good times in that car wish i would have kept it...I doubt its still in 1 piece
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first car that i bought for myself was my ss. first car was a 96 bonneville in high school then for my hs graduation i received a 02 monte carlo ss, which i still have as a daily driver.
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My very first car was a 78 Chevette, car never got titled, My first car i drove on a everyday basis was a 78Camaro Type Lt 250 6cyl 3 speed on the floor, primer grey, I told all the kids at school it was a 305 and the hood latch was broke lol, drove that until I bought a 88 Beretta GT 5 speed, 2.8,,, back in the good ole days
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Originally Posted by 99WS6T/A
My first car was a 1995 Pontiac Firebird bought for 1200 then sold for 3000 then i got a 95 Camaro bought for 600 sold for 1500 then i got a 2002 Camaro bought for 2800 sold for 3500 then i got a 91 z28 Camaro with a lt1 motor swap for 1200 then sold that and bought my car that i have now 1999 LS1 Pontiac Firebird Trans am Ws6 i love those F-bodies
Holy smokes what a great wheeler dealer man,
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I had been looking at f-bodys on autotrader since i was in the 7th grade but back then i wanted a c5 vette for my first car after i while i realized that was not happening so i figured out f-bodys had ls1's in them 98 and up. found one very clean on craigslist for 4900 bucks with 115k on it when i was 16 going into jr year of high school. 32 mpg hwy at 75 mph with 2.73 gears it was a great deal. i had a job, no bills, modded the hell out of it then got rammed by an asian woman running a red light. it broke my heart after investing over ten grand into it.
i did not know what to do so i bought it from insurance fixed it myself real nice and now it rides nothing like it did before, just very harsh bad shocks is the case but it had brand new kybs on it right before the wreck and it rode awesome!
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my first car was a 96 Z28. Bought it when I was 24. Then had to sell it after 1 year because it was really difficult to get insurance for it due to my age.

After driving a European car for almost 5 years, bought a 2001 Z28 last month.

Nothing feels great like driving a camaro again!
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Originally Posted by firechicken76
Like this best of both worlds.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tZlku5IjNc
Man I thought I lived in a high traffic area... how do you deal with that???
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Originally Posted by wav3form
Man I thought I lived in a high traffic area... how do you deal with that???
Just got used to it I guess.
Old 12-22-2010, 02:28 AM
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Got a Medium Quasar Blue 1994 Firebird when I was 16. Got it for 2500$, ran PERFECT. Drove it for 2 years until some douche in a riced out Celica hit me at a stop light ruined my rear end and everything from doors back and put me in the ER
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Since the title of the thread says first "Car", then, yes. My first car, which still sits in my shop, is a 1979 Firebird Formula. I bought it in 1999 with 13k miles and it now has just over 16k on the clock.

Technically, the only cars I've ever owned (aside from a couple parts cars that were never titled in my name) have been three different Firebird Formulas. I have a second 79 Formula (its under construction) and the 99 you see in my signature.

And for good measure, the first "vehicle" I purchased was a 1976 2WD Chevrolet Luv Pickup. It was a piece of crap, but it was fun beating the Hell out of it for the summer I owned it. Since then, my daily driver has always been a pickup.
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first car ever is my 01 ss. haha also the first stick shift i drove >.< and i'm 20 now. took me a bit to get started but i wanted to get into the game right haha
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My first car was a 1977 Camaro LT w/ SBC 305, which my dad purchased for me when I turned 16.
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I did! It was a primered '78 Type LT with a built '70 spec 350, TH350, and BFG white letters wrapped around Corvette Rallye wheels. I was only 15 and didn't even have my license yet and use to drive the **** out of it. I sold that car in 1996 and bought my dream car a 1979 Formula. Those were good times.
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i definately take the cake on this thread, i have had

at age 14- 97 camaro v6

at age 15-99 firebird v6

at age 16-2001 W68 v6 firebird

at age 18- 94 vert z28 camaro

at age 18- 2000 m6 z28 camaro

and i am now 19 and after getting a job as a car salesman i now own a 2002 ws6 trans am m6 and a 2000 firehawk 102 a4
ps. i paid for all these cars myself just kept trading up


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