What was your first car?!?
08-08-2009, 04:11 AM
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My first car when I was 15 was a 1996 Mustang GT. It was manual, and it was pretty nice for a 15 yr. old. I sold that a year later and got a 1998 Integra Type-R because I wanted something with speed, that was a little more practical. I kept that for a while until I sold that and got my current car.
Never been happier.
Never been happier.
08-08-2009, 08:57 AM
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after that the first car i got that i could actually drive was an '86 mustang conv v-6.
08-08-2009, 09:35 AM
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1975 Trans Am, 400/4-spd/3.08, Navy Blue/Camel but it looked like hell. Got it for free though not running but with a trunk load of new HP parts. A old man friend had it behind his house because his son who started it died during a routine surgery a few years prior to me asking for it in 1986. My step-father who is also a mechanic helped me build it with a set of Ram Air III heads, Erson cam, Edelbrock intake, 4-tube headers, and a Holley carb. I raced it at evey opportunity and cruised the NW Harris Co. area every weekend. I only lost one race and it wasn't running right that night. It ruled the Magnolia/Tomball area high school rides for about a year and a half until I dropped a valve and scattered the guts. I bought a 1969 GTO Judge from an add in the Houston paper for $1800 to replace it because the body was solid. Those were the days. I'd love to have either one of them now. Speaking of now I have the 99 Firehawk, two Thunderbird SC's, an 83 Mustang Vert, a 496 Silverado HD, and several beaters and wrecks. So I'm not bitter.
Cool post I love reading these.
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Cool post I love reading these.
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08-08-2009, 10:12 AM
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I had a 1984 Chevy lwb 3/4 ton with a 4 speed with a granny gear. It was actually in pretty good shape. The truck is in the company as a work truck now and it's beat to heck but still goin.
08-08-2009, 10:27 AM
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1988 hyundai excel Gls sedan 4 cyl 5 spd. I was a sophomore in hs 15 at the time (1994) . I thought I was the shi* too. Begged my parents for a new car got a 92 Nisan Maxima Se about 2 years later really thought I was the shi* lol, 3rd was a 1995 Z28 A4 auto in 1999 (first car bought on my own), had 42K miles raced a 98 m6 Z28 got raped and sold it to buy a new Ls1 Z didn't happen got a '99 Grand Prix Gtp coupe brand new and traded that 2 years later for my 1st Ls1 (brand new 2000 white A4 SS) sold new in Jan '01. kept that one for two years and ended up letting it go, got an 03 Dodge ram 1500 Hemi 4x4 sport quad cab and Moved up a bit in the car world since then. Oh ya I did have a 95 Ford Escort and a Suzuki sidekick and a 84 Toyota Cressida, and a 87 Ford Festiva in between as beaters too lol.
08-08-2009, 10:38 AM
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Technially a 69 Fastback.
But my first car I myself got was a 94 Camaro two years ago at 14. It needed so much work but it ran great. The clutch wouldn't ever engage so I never got to drive it. Then when I went to sell it we finally got the clutch slave thing to start working so I only got to drive it once or twice the two years I had it. One kid was test driving it and we were doing 80mph in the neighborhood, scared the **** out of me. That car was pretty fast.
My first real car was my 95 Camaro. I asked the neighbor about it and she said she would take $1000 for it. I nearly flipped and ran to get my cash, the car looked mint inside. My stepdad thought the engine was blown or something and tried to scan the computer and crap. I was like "Are you ******* stupid? Look at this car compared to the 94!" Still have it now, it gets horrible gas mileage and is really slow but it looks nice.
But my first car I myself got was a 94 Camaro two years ago at 14. It needed so much work but it ran great. The clutch wouldn't ever engage so I never got to drive it. Then when I went to sell it we finally got the clutch slave thing to start working so I only got to drive it once or twice the two years I had it. One kid was test driving it and we were doing 80mph in the neighborhood, scared the **** out of me. That car was pretty fast.
My first real car was my 95 Camaro. I asked the neighbor about it and she said she would take $1000 for it. I nearly flipped and ran to get my cash, the car looked mint inside. My stepdad thought the engine was blown or something and tried to scan the computer and crap. I was like "Are you ******* stupid? Look at this car compared to the 94!" Still have it now, it gets horrible gas mileage and is really slow but it looks nice.
08-08-2009, 10:52 AM
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First car was a 2000 Toyota Tundra v8 4x4 limited edition with 97k miles in 2006. Still have that truck and i still love it.
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08-08-2009, 02:58 PM
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My first vehicle was a 1967 Ford F100 that me and my dad rebuilt together.
Loved that truck but I had to sell it because I wanted something fast and didn't get 8 miles a gallon.
Loved that truck but I had to sell it because I wanted something fast and didn't get 8 miles a gallon.
08-08-2009, 03:17 PM
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1987 Crysler LeBaron 2dr turbo. It was a hand down to me. It was a cool car. Talking computer was funny too. All digital gauges. Fun until the turbo blew its seals. 1 qt of oil per tank of gas got old. Still sweet when it ran tho. After that I went to a 95 bird 5 speed never looked back since.
08-08-2009, 03:42 PM
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1973 chevy luv. Was a piece of crap, but taught me respect for a vehicle and the road. Only two wrecks in my life were in that truck. Damn thing shifted all 4 gears by 35mph
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08-08-2009, 05:12 PM
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Had an 89 rs w/ 2.8 t5, never got it to run.. Then a 91 rs hardtop w/ 3.1 t5... Beat the wheels off of it, and old ppl ended up totalling it in a 3 car pile up with a 85 and 79 year olds. Then a 91 hardtop rs 305 700r. Wouldn't evver die even with 7500+ nuetral drops lol then 96 z28 hardtop t56 full exhaust and cai(13.4 @ 106) now current car in sig. It's been fun going from the smallest motor almost ever put in camaros to the best now
I slowly but surely made my way to the top haha plus like that 4 of the 5 cars I've owned have been hardtop. Ttops aren't my thing.
I slowly but surely made my way to the top haha plus like that 4 of the 5 cars I've owned have been hardtop. Ttops aren't my thing.
08-08-2009, 05:24 PM
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69 camaro w/ 307 and a 3spd. Put a 355 4spd in it for highschool drove it until college. First winter back from CSU it got a LT1/T56 and still has that to this day. Car is finally back with me after college in Houston and will be getting more money thrown into it soon. Have to finish the house and then save up for parts.
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