What was your 1st car?
 

Hate to admit it but mine was VW rabbit. Sold it to my brother and bought a '70 Barracuda back in 1978

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Mine was a 65 Chevy II Nova SS. I paid $3oo for it from the local gas station owner. Born with a 194 c. i six (replaced with a 327/300 )and a powerglide. Sold it to a friend who put a straight axle on it and used it as a drag car.

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69 Malibu 4dr HT with tilt steering and no brakes.
Brian

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1965 4 door Ford with a 352 that would haul butt. I totalled it 3 months later.
James

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In 1989 1967 Olds cutlass 2 door,330,2 speed,blue with black roof and gut.Dreamed of owning it for years,owned it for a month and cut it up.Had a 73 Camaro 5 months later ,had it ever since.

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1969 Z11 Pace Car when I was 14. Second car was a 1970 Plymouth Superbird when I was 16. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif

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https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/haha.gif ya right

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1969 Camaro SS/RS L-78. Paid $2100 for it I believe. Sold it for about $1400

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Think there was an old thread on here that was quite voluminus, what the heck let's get the party started again

1st car high school 73 Capri 1976
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...eU2/capri1.jpg



70RA III T/A black int 4spd 1978
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...ndstands77.jpg


73 RSZ28 1978
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...Picture135.jpg

All three pursued unsuccessfully by LAPD on Mulholland drive. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/naughty.gif

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My first was a 327, 300 horse 64 Impala SS hardtop. Goldwood yellow with factory black top...looked like convertible top material glued to the roof.

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ahh the humility... https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/blush.gif

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Mine was a 1960 Pontiac Parisienne four door hardtop with a big straight six and powerglide. Beautiful Copper/Bronze colour, but just a big boat to be honest.

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Hate to admit it but mine was VW rabbit. Sold it to my brother and bought a '70 Barracuda back in 1978

[/ QUOTE ] I did this almost a year ago

https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/showflat...true#Post383561

This is a great subject with alot of us this is how the addiction started!!

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1972 SS 350 4 speed Camaro.

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/m...D/scan0001.jpg

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1969 Z11 Pace Car when I was 14. Second car was a 1970 Plymouth Superbird when I was 16. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif

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https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/haha.gif ya right

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Greg...I believe he is telling the truth https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/wink.gif (am I correct Steve? https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/dunno.gif)
I remember him telling the story about when he bought the Pace Car and how his dad got him confused with his older brother (did not realize he was only 14 https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif)

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You have to admit that does not happen very often. Guess Steve got the bug way early in life https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/smile.gif OK, Steve you have to elaborate on this.

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You have to admit that does not happen very often. Guess Steve got the bug way early in life https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/smile.gif OK, Steve you have to elaborate on this.

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Oh yeah, I can definitely see why you thought he was joking https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif

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When I graduated from high school, I got a six-month old '63 Corvette coupe, 340 hp. The first clutch lasted almost until the end of summer.

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Bought it in 1987 when I was 17 and still have it.

https://www.yenko.net/photos/data/619...r_show_006.jpg

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My first car.i still own.1968 nova ss 350/295 hp ,4 speed ,12 bolt rear,matador red.Purchased the car in 1979 for $600.00 dollars.i wanted a 396/375 hp nova ;but my dad thought was alittle too much for a sixteen year old at the time;especially when he drove a 375 hp car for a test drive.well .I blew up the 295 hp motor in 1980.and in beginning of 2010;a fresh 396/375 motor will be in this nova.chris

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That's awesome that you still have your first car Jake and Chris! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/worship.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/worship.gif

Mine was a '66 Biscayne that I bought with my babysitting money ($400). I sold it 4 years later, but I still have my USA-1 plate https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/wink.gif

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Make sure you're sitting down to hear about this fine treasure. My first car was a 'Vette.

1977 Chevy Chevette - Rally 1.6

It wasn't the ordinary Chevette... it was a Rally! The Rally came with the fierce 1.6-liter 4-cylinder instead of the mundane 1.4. It had the special gauge package that even included a tachometer. Dark navy metallic blue and gold rocker panel stripes.

I had geniune imitation fuzzy sheepskin seat covers, a big ol' power booster equalizer / amp (you know... the $20 version you'd buy at a swap meet), 6 x 9 speakers in the hatchback area that were just stuck to the metal with the magnets on the back of the cones, and the coolest part of all.....

Genuine 4-lug Cragar S/S rims with white-letter tires! 50-series tires in the back and 60-series tires in the front.

Also, I quickly realized how convenient it was that the back seat folded down. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/naughty.gif

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q...ithCragers.jpg

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66 Bronco with 170 6 cylinder and 3 speed on the tree.

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Still own my first car.

http://onewaystreet.smugmug.com/Cars...84_A2rVb-O.jpg

That's my girl friend sitting in the front seat. We met one month after I bought this Chevelle, and she's been my wife for 23 years. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif

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http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w...ss/Aug0613.jpg

http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w...ss/Aug0614.jpg

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’55 Ford – bought it in ‘63 at 14 with money made from pumping gas at a Shell station after school. $1 an hour off the books!
Primed it, dropped in a 430 Lincoln and a 3 speed, buckets from a Grand Prix and ’60 Dodge taillights!

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My first was a 69 Nova I bought when I was 15. The car was just a "plain Jane" 307 car but had a 327 in it when I got it. The body/floors were rough, was nothing real pretty but all I cared about was going faster. I remember making weekly trips to Super Shops, Midwest Auto Specialties and Summit Racing in Akron spending my hard earned gas station job money on speed parts...

I added a nitrous power shot system, 411 gears in the 10 bolt rear, very good B&M shift kit in the turbo 350. Motor was mildy built with an Edelbrock Performer Cam, stock bottom half, stock compression/pistons, Edelbrock performer intake, Holley 600, Blackjack headers and Sonic Turbo Mufflers that turned down just before the rear axle.

I put the nitrous system on my senior year of High School. My buddy had a 72 Plymouth Scamp with a built 340 and nitrous. We had the fastest cars in our senior class. I remember street racing another buddy that had a 65 Mustang with a built 289/4 speed. I literally blew his doors off and remember smoking the tires and burying the tach at 8 grand with the NOS system on!! Car was really fun. I also had a big ole' Hurst Indy auto shifter sticking up out of the floor. Everyone thought the car was a 4 speed. The trans that was in that car was the best I ever had. That thing would literally slam into gear and chirp the tires between 1st and 2nd gear even if you were not "in it." https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ins/3gears.gif

I parted the car out and sold it back in 2000 and kept the motor/trans. The motor is now sitting on an engine stand in my garage. Someday I want to go through it and rebuild it and maybe put it back into a Nova..

Thats how I acquired my first love and passion for Novas!! Here are some old photos of the car...

Rich

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/j...icture2517.jpg

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/j...icture2516.jpg

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/j...icture2515.jpg

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'56 Ford. Bought it when I was 14 in '65 from the next door neighbor for $15. Running and driving. 312 T-bird motor and auto which was immediately changed to a 3-spd with a Foxcraft floor shifter.

Too weird Dog!!!! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif

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1957 Belair post with a 283 bored to 301, L79 solid cam, 2.02 fuelie heads, finned aluminum vette valve covers, holley 750 and a built aluminum glide. Marina Blue with black and silver interior. My dad and I took it apart and basically just cleaned and painted everything replacing what it needed. It was so solid though no metal work. Paid $750 for it!

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-----First car was a 37 Chebby. Man, did I screw that thing up. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/blush.gif.......Bill S

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1969 Z11 Pace Car when I was 14. Second car was a 1970 Plymouth Superbird when I was 16. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif

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https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/haha.gif ya right

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Greg...I believe he is telling the truth https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/wink.gif (am I correct Steve? https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/dunno.gif)
I remember him telling the story about when he bought the Pace Car and how his dad got him confused with his older brother (did not realize he was only 14 https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif)

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Quite right.

Here's the Z11 back in 1977. All 145 pounds of me at the time (most of that was the hairdo). I had saved every dollar I had since I was born and bought it for $2,700. One of five kids, my parents were rather frazzled and could never keep track of who was who. I thought it was kind of weird when my dad OK'd the purchase and helped sign the paperwork. When we got it home my mom says to him: "You know HE is 14 and his brother is 16!" He just looked at me with that Al Bundy, head-shaking look and walked to the living room and sat down on the couch in front of the TV. My brother ended up getting a Daytona Yellow SS396 4-speed Camaro a month later. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif

http://i599.photobucket.com/albums/t...amaro1977a.jpg

...and the shnozola of the Superbird in the high school parking lot circa 1979.

http://i599.photobucket.com/albums/t...c/Amitylot.jpg

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1969 Z/28 when I was 16 (1975). Cortez silver. Used to drive around w/open headers a lot. Sold it in 1977 for $1600 to buy a '77 Kawasaki KZ1000. Sounds crazy but they were plentiful back then - just another used car.

NJSteve - ever cruise through Calf Pasture Beach in Norwalk? Not to far from West Haven.

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54 Chevy, 210, 2 door sedan. 235, 6 cyl, 3 on the tree. Found it on a car lot in 1962 for $475 negotiated the price all the way down to $450. Learned to power shift with the column shifter, shift lever eventually end up at the 12 noon position when in second. Dad asked me one day why shifter looked so strange, played dumb. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...s/confused.gif

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1969 Z11 Pace Car when I was 14. Second car was a 1970 Plymouth Superbird when I was 16. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif

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https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/haha.gif ya right

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Greg...I believe he is telling the truth https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/wink.gif (am I correct Steve? https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/dunno.gif)
I remember him telling the story about when he bought the Pace Car and how his dad got him confused with his older brother (did not realize he was only 14 https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif)

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Quite right.

Here's the Z11 back in 1977. All 145 pounds of me at the time (most of that was the hairdo). I had saved every dollar I had since I was born and bought it for $2,700. One of five kids, my parents were rather frazzled and could never keep track of who was who. I thought it was kind of weird when my dad OK'd the purchase and helped sign the paperwork. When we got it home my mom says to him: "You know HE is 14 and his brother is 16!" He just looked at me with that Al Bundy, head-shaking look and walked to the living room and sat down on the couch in front of the TV. My brother ended up getting a Daytona Yellow SS396 4-speed Camaro a month later. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif

http://i599.photobucket.com/albums/t...amaro1977a.jpg

...and the shnozola of the Superbird in the high school parking lot circa 1979.

http://i599.photobucket.com/albums/t...c/Amitylot.jpg

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Never would have guessed, not only your first car being most us here our dream car, but at 14! Did you sell it to get the bird at 16? That is amazing to have those back to back, but more amazing that you did it at 14, and then 16 years of age! Sorry I doubted you but could you blame me???

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Those were just the first in my never-ending series of weird cars over the past 30 something years. I first learned how to take a car apart with that Z11. Unfortunately, I didnt learn how to put one back together til 3 or 4 cars later. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/wink.gif

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Those were just the first in my never-ending series of weird cars over the past 30 something years. I first learned how to take a car apart with that Z11. Unfortunately, I didnt learn how to put one back together til 3 or 4 cars later. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/wink.gif

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Haha... I met my dad at the door when I was 3, handful of screws... I had taken every outlet plate in the house off... Who's fault is that? The 3 yr old's or the parents?

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my first car was a 50 chevy fastback with red metalflake type interior/i was 13.my first real driver was a 1975 trans am 400 4 speed honey comb wheels /i blew the clutch the first night i had it/lol
i loved that car.
that superbird in the school lot is awsum/

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My first was a triple black 69 Chevelle SS, I bought it when I was 16. Engine must have put out well over 400hp, I was always out of gas and the rear tires went bald all the time for some reason https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ins/3gears.gif. I blew it up doing burnouts during the homecoming parade, parked it wondering how bad I hurt it. Went directly to the homecoming game, I had a great game, caused a fumble on the first play from scrimmage and we ended up blowing them out. Wasn't until the next morning that I pulled the dipstick, what a sick feeling. Didn't get it back on the road for months, rebuilt another 396 in an open garage, then had to sell it to go to college. Bought a 76 Toyota Corolla, for college what a step down. I would've killed myself in that Chevelle though so in retrospect it was the best thing that could have happened. Wish I had that car back it was a monaco orange car originally. Fond memories of that car.

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Mine was a 1973 Gremlin X with a transplanted, 360 engine from an AMX, 4 speed, primer gray, thrush mufflers, leaf spring shackles, https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/burnout.gif

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My first car was a black on black '65 Impala SS when I was only 12 years old. Cost was $50.00 and all it needed was a battery. Got suspended from Junior High School for driving my own car to school...

Purchased three more '65 Impalas before I turned 13 (white, yellow and green). Most expensive one was $75.00 because it didn't need anything. Played musical engines, tranys, interiors, etc. with them in order to learn about "Chevrolets". So much for matching numbers on those cars...

Gosh I miss the days of cheap solid classic cars.......