First Car Stories!

[njsteve]

My first car was a 69 Z11 pace car. I am one of 5 kids. I saved every penny I had since I was born. While all my friends blew their cash on minibikes, motorcycles, drugs, beer, women (not necessarily in that order) I ended up saving $2700 by my 14th birthday. My dad and I drove by a crummy little ripoff car lot and saw the car. We ended up buying it for $2700. When we got home (of course I couldn't drive as I was only 14) my mom says to dad: "You know Bernie, his brother just turned 16 not him" I guess he lost track of which kid was which at the time! I learned just about everything about cars from that car. Including: don't think it has a 350 in it just because the fender emblem says "350". It ended up having a 1964 327 under the hood. Never ran right. Had a carburetor fire one day. While I was on my third fire extinguisher trying to put out the flames, my mom walks out with a bowl of tuna salad and asks: Are you coming in for lunch soon? I grabbed the bowl and tossed the tuna salad on the fire. To my amazement it put the fire out! I never insulted my mother's cooking after that. Here's a photo of me in 1976 (age 14) Gotta love that hairdo!

[Salvatore]

Sounds like tuna helper! Good story.

[berger]

started looking for my first car at boston police auctions once a month w/ my dad I was 15, we started bidding on a 68Rs/SS ConvertW/ orig. motor, in primer, roof shredded ,
5$ first bid, had it at going twice at 350$, 1 other guy started bidding, up we both went 5$ ata time, ran out of dough at 800$, father said I can't loan you money your mother will kill us both if we bring this home, well after uncle scolded us for letting her go, we were both hooked on camaros, found my first 67 327 coupe in east bum NH out of want adds, 1000$, shot to hell, drove up in snowstorm from cape cod, found it in middle of farm field, after spraying about a can of ether in the carb, boom! cooked the hood, but she was running and we proceeded to drive her home w/ no headlights / side windows/ or seats, we used milk cartons,crazy but true, restored her in 4 months, scoured every bone yard in new england for parts w/ pops, found my 67 yenko for 500$ out of the wantads too 11yrs ago.

[MrsBillyBobcat]

GREAT stories guys!!! Keep 'em coming!

Hey Steve (njsteve)...By any chance is this your Camaro in this pic? (see attachment)

Rita

[Bill Pritchard]

Rita, you are going to be Grounded for Life if you keep this stuff up

[Salvatore]

Hey Rita, By any chance is that you leaning on Steve's camaro?

[njsteve]

That's not my car but it is me in the photo. As you can see I spent all the money after I sold that darned 71 hemicuda convertible and put it all into plastic surgery. Boy was it ever worth it! - NJSteve or is it NJStephanie?