OT off-season thread: What was your first car?

[Anthony Jet]

I think the year that you got the car would show how much of a POS it really was, I’m sure a lot of these cars seem better on here until you find out that the 88 Toyota you got was in 2001

[OilfieldJet]

2 hours ago, DoubleDown said:

1992 Ford Taurus with 90K miles on it for $3000.  Torrey made it to 110K miles before dying on me in the middle of the highway.

I think I sold this car.

[OilfieldJet]

1 hour ago, peebag said:

My brother had a Pacer, Gremlin and a Javelin.

Dude loved those AMC cars man.

You missed Matador, I drove one for years. Moved and towed it to Texas.

[56mehl56]

1979 Ford Fairmont that was my Father's - 

 

[Jet9]

'89 Toyota Tercel. Same color.

[munchmemory]

Wanted an MGB-GT.  Could only afford a used Austin America.  Think it was made of tin, with an abysmal electrical system designed by Lucas.  Also known by folks who owned British cars back then, The Prince of Darkness.

[Jimmy 2 Times]

8 hours ago, Bronx said:

1985 Cutlass Supreme.

That was my second car.  Blue.  Bought it in 1990 and sold in 1991 when I left for the army. 

 

First car was a 1979 Caprice Classic.  sh*t brown.  Got it in 1990 for $500 from the guy across the street.  My father eventually took it away from me about 6 months later and gave it to my loser older brother.  He need transportation to a job he never went to.   

 

Looked like this:

 

[Cool Hwhip]

1988 purple GT Mustang which essentially looked like this. Loved that car:

[Jet_Engine1]

1982 AMC Concord Sundancer. Dad bought it from Burt Reynolds.  Not kidding.

Looked exactly like this....

 

[BUM-KNEE]

1979 G20 3/4 ton Chevy Van.

Mine was all brown and rusted because it was used as an xray chemical transport vehicle.

Got about 8 miles to the gallon LMAO

[Jetluv58]

1973 Gremlin X with Levi’s interior, here pictured with my high school rock band. That’s me standing. 

[munchmemory]

5 minutes ago, Jetluv58 said:

1973 Gremlin X with Levi’s interior, here pictured with my high school rock band. That’s me standing. 

Jetluv, you look like Pat Travers.   Cool photo.

[Bungaman]

6 hours ago, Dcat said:

who had a pacer?

or worse, a Pacer wagon?

OMG. One of my college roommates had one - a new one his parents bought him. 1976 or so? The sedan, not the wagon.

I have never, before or since, seen so much money poured into a single vehicle with the possible exception of my attempted restoration project of a '73 Datsun 240Z (which my friends nicknamed the Snowmobile - white, like a cocaine habit, but more expensive. When I donated that to the fire department for a tax donation, I asked and they promised me to burn it and crush it - leaving the order up to them.)

[Bungaman]

1 hour ago, BUM-KNEE said:

1979 G20 3/4 ton Chevy Van.

Mine was all brown and rusted because it was used as an xray chemical transport vehicle.

Got about 8 miles to the gallon LMAO

HA! That brought back a memory. A high school buddy of mine was driving one of those (after we had all graduated) in the early '80's near Tarrytown, on a freezing night on snowy roads, when the passenger sliding door just fell off into the road as we were going down the street. No road bump, no braking, just ... fell off.

[Matt39]

My father recently bought one of these on bringatrailer for any of you old timers

 

[Bungaman]

Just now, Matt39 said:

My father recently bought one of these on bringatrailer for any of you old timers

 

I'll bet that's a nimble drive .... 

[Matt39]

59 minutes ago, Jetluv58 said:

1973 Gremlin X with Levi’s interior, here pictured with my high school rock band. That’s me standing. 

Great pic. Where abouts?

[Matt39]

Just now, Bungaman said:

I'll bet that's a nimble drive .... 

it’s an aircraft carrier 

[heymangold]

A green 1997 Ford Probe GT.  Had tan leather interior.

[RutgersJetFan]

1 hour ago, Jet_Engine1 said:

1982 AMC Concord Sundancer. Dad bought it from Burt Reynolds.  Not kidding.

Looked exactly like this....

 

[Trotter]

74 nova coupe. 350 v8. 
great car and like many of you wish I still had it. 
learned to drive in a 71 Buick estate wagon. Gold with wood grain siding. Best part was it had an 8 track when it worked

[Barry McCockinner]

I just want to know how many of you drove around in a rust box with a "rusty jones" sticker on it.

Every time those bad boys were rusted to hell.

[BUM-KNEE]

49 minutes ago, Bungaman said:

HA! That brought back a memory. A high school buddy of mine was driving one of those (after we had all graduated) in the early '80's near Tarrytown, on a freezing night on snowy roads, when the passenger sliding door just fell off into the road as we were going down the street. No road bump, no braking, just ... fell off.

Ha Mine wouldve if I didnt do some creative bodywork before getting it on the road!

I even had a urine tube in one of the rust holes in back corner so we could relieve ourselves while travelling. Ahh those were the days.

[Rangers9]

The first new car I ever bought was a black 1986 Renault Encore. It wasn't that OK so I traded it in a few years later for a Sentra. 

[HighPitch]

I love this thread. I love old cars. This was my second car. My first driveway restoration. Even painted it in my driveway. 68 cougar. At the king kullen parking lot in franklin square

[HighPitch]

2 hours ago, Jetluv58 said:

1973 Gremlin X with Levi’s interior, here pictured with my high school rock band. That’s me standing. 

Nice. Looks like 1984 what was the name of your band and what town where are you from

[JETranger 206B]

1953 Ford, two door, flat head V8, three on the tree. Couldn't kill it, and believe me I tried. 

[TuscanyTile2]

3 hours ago, Jetluv58 said:

1973 Gremlin X with Levi’s interior, here pictured with my high school rock band. That’s me standing. 

Do you have any audio from that band that you could post?

[Jet_Engine1]

33 minutes ago, HighPitch said:

I love this thread. I love old cars. This was my second car. My first driveway restoration. Even painted it in my driveway. 68 cougar. At the king kullen parking lot in franklin square

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When I got out of the Army and moved to DC in 1996, I needed a car to get around. Found a guy selling his hobby car for $400. 

 

I was 6'2 220 lbs, but man I loved that car.  1971 MG Midget, Orange...

 

[Jet Life]

2005 black Ford Escape 

[Matt39]

17 minutes ago, Jet_Engine1 said:

When I got out of the Army and moved to DC in 1996, I needed a car to get around. Found a guy selling his hobby car for $400. 

 

I was 6'2 220 lbs, but man I loved that car.  1971 MG Midget, Orange...

 

My old man still has his first car, Same model in black.

stand corrected his is a 65. It still runs

[Matt39]

Take my money

[Jet9]

3 hours ago, Jetluv58 said:

1973 Gremlin X with Levi’s interior, here pictured with my high school rock band. That’s me standing. 

Guy on the bottom left was in charge of beer purchases. 

[jetfan61]

[David Harris]

10 hours ago, DoubleDown said:

1992 Ford Taurus with 90K miles on it for $3000.  Torrey made it to 110K miles before dying on me in the middle of the highway.

Had a 93’ in sea foam green

We inherited from my grandmother and it came with a vanity license plates that said “VIP 7” ? 

Would roll up to the club in that thing- most comfortable car ever, loved that cushy fabric