The Supercar Registry - What was your first car????

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Re: What was your first car????

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Beige 55 Chevy 210 sedan...

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i knew i liked you for a reason........

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here's is my first I have an old pic somewhere and I even have some hair.
I still have the car but way less hair https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif

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My first; a '57 Bel Air Sport Coupe. All indications, originally a 245 HP 283 3 speed. I'm the second owner. Still have it, ............. buried in my garage somewhere. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ins/tongue.gif

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huh? I thought your first car was a horse since they didn't have cars back then! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/shocked.gif

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My first buy was a '78 Chevy Malibu Classic Landau Coupe with a 350 4 barrel purchased from the original owner's daughter. The owner was elderly, so the car was in good shape. It had oxidized silver paint, grey landau roof and the red custom cloth interior complete with the plastic that turned from red to purple with sun exposure. The car had super cold A/C, gauges (most of which worked, 'cept the clock of course-it was correct twice per day). The car ran pretty good for its time and sounded extra mean with the aircleaner on the 350 inverted! It was perfect for cruising with your left arm resting on the top of the heavily-padded door panel.

I bought the car for extra cheap with a rod knock, which turned out to be an errant heat riser valve - replaced the valve and the car ran like new. Deciding to pop for "cool white letter radials" from the local warehouse club turned out to be a bad idea for the winter, when the combo of a light rear end, no traction and V8 torque forced me to abandon the car at the bottom of the hill we lived on. I added a dual exhaust and the catalytic converter "disappeared" at that time. The car was a bit of a letdown compared to the other two cars I really wanted but my dad wouldn't allow me to buy: a rusty 1970 Chevelle SS454 4 speed in gold (don't remember whether it was an LS5 or LS6) and the bondo-bucket medium blue 1968 Mustang 302 hardtop coupe. Yeah, and the medium blue with white vinyl roof 1970 Buick GS455 Stage 1 in the next neighborhood was out of the question as well - boy, what a great test drive, though! I almost side-swipped an entire row of parked cars during that test drive....

I got my share of tickets and minor fender-benders in the tamer Malibu anyway. And the car laid rubber (the car had a posi, a fact I repeated to anyone willing to listen back then). While not the fastest car back then, it beat many a Maverick, Vega, Duster and Datsun B210 in street contests. And it scored a draw against my buddy's '68 Coronet 440 with a 318! Of course I added a Pioneer Supertuner and a pair of Jensen coaxial 6X9 speakers in the rear deck. My two younger brothers each ended up having their time with the car, and I eventually sold it with a seized motor, "Lawrence of Arabia" drooping headliner and a cheap voke-school repaint job in gray while my youngest brother was at Purdue. My dad wanted it gone from his front lawn and was going to have it hauled away by the local junk yard. I got $560 in the end for it, along with the countless memories of cruising in it.

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huh? I thought your first car was a horse since they didn't have cars back then! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/shocked.gif

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Damn, when will you kids learn to read? This thread asks about "Your first CAR". Yes I had a few horses, and before that I rode dinosaurs and even had a really nice, sporty Flintstone cart with square wheels. (Rounding those suckers off greatly improved the ride and handling characteristics.)
Now knock off the sarcasm, grab your pacifier and crawl back in your playpen.

Attn: Lt. Magallon. Your little boy is out of control again.

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even had a really nice, sporty Flintstone cart with square wheels.

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Hey did you ever get to try those giant ribs??? Those looked great!

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"Charles" just got trumped! How do you top a ZL-1 as your first car! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/worship.gif

could be a long shot but maybe.............

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