What was your 1st car?

[Igosplut]

Most have fond memory's of their first car....Not me. The first car I ever had registered was this R-code 64 Ford Galaxie. Mostly all stock drivetrain-wise, 427,4 speed. What I really wanted was 66 Nova SS (or at least ANY Chevy)not this Ford. But it was 300.00$ (in 77) so I bought it hoping I could get a Nova down the road. I hated this thing, too big, and seemed slow (nobody would help me with it either). Ended blowing it up all over the highway two months later.....

[TimG]

Not a very good picture, but this is 1977 at the house I lived in at University of Wisconsin. Note the sign hanging from the front porch "Try our Waterbed", we borrowed the sign from a hotel.

[BlueSS454]

I still have my first car, a 1986 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme. Originally equipped with a 307/4BBL, THM200 trans, and a 2.14 open ended 7.5" 10 bolt. I used it as a daily driver for 10 years logging over 100,000 miles on it in addition to the original 65,000 it had when I got it. It has been through quite a few changes over the years also. It is on it's 3rd engine, 7th transmission, 3rd rear. Currently it has a pretty healthy 1969 LT1 350 that I built with headers and a true dual exhaust system, a 2004R OD trans from a Monte Carlo, and a 3.73 8.5" posi from a wrecked 87 442. I also upgraded the rear suspension with Hotchkis pieces as well as added the much larger 442 sway bars. I removed ALL of the computer controlled when I installed the 350 in it. I repainted it in 2005 from the original white to a gray/silver combo as well as installed a pair of factory power bucket seats I found in a junkyard.

Here it is in 1998 after I changed the wheels...



and right after I painted it...



I took it off the road 4.5 years ago when it would no longer pass NJ State inspection. Now that it is over 25 years old, I don't have to worry about that anymore. I need to drag it in the shop and do some work on it to make it road worthy again. I love this car and I really miss driving it.

[6pakdave]

Here in mine.
Circa 1983. Its a GM-Holden 69 HT Monaro. Orig fitted with a 350,p-glide & 10 bolt, Aust.only had small blocks in all our production cars. I fitted a 396.TH400 4.11 narrowed 9" combo ,it ran mid 12s as a daily driver on 14x10 USRacing 'slots' with 265/50 T/As.
Should have kept it, they are selling for AU$70-100K now. Was a great car that was raced hard every Fri/Sat nite until I sold it after 6yrs.



...and my 1st American car, my 70 SS396 I bought in 89 and swapped the BB running gear into. Still have it today!. SS396 TH400 3.7s P/W,P/S,tilt build sheet. RHD




cheers Dave

[Xplantdad]

Cool cars Dave!

[sixtynine]

mine was a 65 FALCON my dad bought for me in `87... 289 4V, 3 spd auto. Sold it a year later- my buddy just bought it off the guy I sold it to this year..

now has 302 with B303 hyd roller, 3.55s and 3in exh.

[ZAPPER68]

1953 Ford Sedan Delivery....paid $25 for it when I was 15. I 'forgot' to tell my Dad I bought a car and when it ended up in the back yard he was a slightly more than perturbed.

[Xplantdad]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: ZAPPER68</div><div class="ubbcode-body">1953 Ford Sedan Delivery....paid $25 for it when I was 15. I 'forgot' to tell my Dad I bought a car and when it ended up in the back yard he was a slightly more than perturbed. </div></div>


That's cool!

[bashton]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: WILMASBOYL78</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I just talked to Tibor and Cumby....they were too embarrassed to get involved with this thread, so I offered to help &lt;img src=&quot;https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...grin.gif&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;

Tibor's first ride was a Model A Ford....bought it from the original owner &lt;img src=&quot;https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...eyes.gif&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;

Cumby had a Model T....he bought it from the father of the guy Tibor got the Model A from &lt;img src=&quot;https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...wink.gif&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;

They said they would post some photos for you guys to see...can't wait &lt;img src=&quot;https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag.../eek.gif&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;

wilma &lt;img src=&quot;https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...eers.gif&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt; </div></div>

That is too funny! Especially knowing it is true... [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/haha.gif[/img]

Bashton
MCACN Managing Member

[notstock71]

Here is my 71 Nova. I got it 2 weeks before my 16th birthday. It was a 29,000 1 owner car with a 307 and a Powerglide. This is October 1991.







And here it is again, 2 years later. This is the summer before my senior year in high school, July 1993. Other than the color changes and change to a black interior the car is still stock




Here it is mid 2000's. The 307 was replaced with a 406 and the Powerglide was swapped for a TH-350. The original 3.08 gears were replaced with 4:10's. The body, paint and interior are still holding up pretty good










And here is where it still sits today. This is a 2009 LY6 6.0 backed by a 4L80.