First Vehicle

[Fordguy77]

I believe we might have done this at one time, but what was your first vehicle?
Mine was a 1972 Plymouth Fury 2. It was my great grandpas first brand new car. It has a gutless 318 and has been rebuilt once and the body currently resides with 443,xxx, The roll overs are documented in my grandpas service book i have for it.

[Rob]

1968 Ford Cortina in high school. It sometimes ran.

[Brad]

I don't have any pictures in digital format but here is what I had only dark brown.

1976 Lancia Beta Coupe

http://www.classiccarsforsale.co.uk/dbimages/0660080001243318271.jpg
No doubt James May and Jeremy Clarkson poking fun at this one! They drove one across the sahara or something like that.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2202/2542715326_deb120a37d.jpg

[Patrolman]

Mine was a 1972 Plymouth Fury 2.


Basically the same car, but it was a Dodge Coronet wagon with 318 and TF727. Big POS. No pics handy, but it was a boat.

[Brody]

Mine was a 55 Buick Sedan. Didn't look anything like this pictures as it was a rust bucket. I painted it battle ship gray and paid $200 for it. I left it by the side of the road when it finally quit.

[Chris]

I think this is the 3rd time we've had this thread:
http://www.frontrange4x4.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3603
http://www.frontrange4x4.com/forums/showthread.php?6918

I found that out by looking for a pic of my first car.

1940 Chrysler, like Pete this pic is nicer version of what I bought for $35.00 or so....

http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums/dd495/cxstafford/pics/3ba5fb15.png

[Rusty]

1987 Reliant K wagon which when bought smelled of wet dog (previous owner used to take dog to mississippi to fish with). Sister drove it for a year and then handed down to me. After owning for a year, I turned it into a project/learning vehicle where I learned how to and installed a 2 pump hydraulic setup, 14 inch triple gold wire wheels, 4 15 inch subwoofers. The thing was obviously rediculous even by the "lowrider" scene standards and probably worse by some of your guys standards. I look back and laugh about it now but at the time it was the coolest thing in the world to me, just wish I had a pic still.

[Aaron]

79 El Camino. Looked a lot like this one...

http://www.elcaminopictures.net/images/1979-el-camino-black.jpg

[Mporter]

1988 Toyota Landcruiser......hrm :cool:

[Brody]

I think this is the 3rd time we've had this thread:

Or fourth. It may have been on the forum before it crashed, too. At least I think it was.

And Matt, you don't count...you are still on your first car/rig...Be lucky it is so nice...

And mine may not have been a 55. Too long and too many rigs ago to really remember anything other than it was an old POS Buick Sedan somewhere between a 1949 and 1955...I do remember the battleship gray paint job and the fact that I stenciled "USS Holocaust" on the side in white... I bought it the summer I turned 16 just before getting my driver's license and moving out of the house..

[Fordguy77]

Thats what i thought, i did a search for it through our search engine, and i was unable to turn up any threads in regards to it. So i figured i would start a new one, then chris found the old ones? oh well.

[Chris]

The search function kindof sucks Chris, I'm just more familiar with ways to find stuff than most everybody else.

[Brody]

The search function kindof sucks Chris

Yeah, it really, really does...

[Chris]

I get the best results using Google to search Front Range for best results.

[Fordguy77]

Glad to know the sucking in regards to my search was not entire my fault! :lmao:

[Mporter]

And Matt, you don't count...you are still on your first car/rig...Be lucky it is so nice...

Yeah that's true. Gotta love getting a nice capable rig out of a grocery getter when you turn 16

[Pathrat]

I had a 76 Mercury Cougar. I should be quite used to, as Rob puts it, 40 acres of hood.
What I didn't add in the last threat was that I had the car picked out for me by my mom and a friend of a friend who was some top dog in a dealership. It cost $300. It was cheap because the previous owner committed suicide in it. She did not tell me that immediately upon giving it to me. I missed that car once I traded it in for a POS Mercury Lynx gutless wondermobile that required use of the emergency lane to go up hills.

[Chris]

What I didn't add in the last threat was that...

Enough of the threats! :eek:

[Pathrat]

I will send my Mercury Minions after all who seek to hasten my downfall!!!! Or suggest I go snow-wheeling! :boxing:

[Rob]

Up for some mud boggin', Steph? :D

[Cr33p3r]

Well my first car did not run it had a seized block and it was a '67 Nova 4 door, my first truck was a '57 F-100 Custom cab that looked like it was pulled out of a swamp and dad & I completely rebuilt the whole truck (the 57 I have now is built similar to the first one). My first running car was a rare '69 Mercury Comet Sport Coupe.

[94ToyBear]

i got my Dart when i was 15 (now 24). it had a slant 6 with a rod blown out the side hit the stater and cracked the trany bell housing. got it for 300 bucks. built a nice 360 for it 8 3/4 diff in the rear. changed the k frame to the v8 style. whole ne wireing harness from pain less. only got to drive it for a small while couldnt afford it. hope hext year i can !

[Metalhed]

1964 Ford Galaxie 500 Station Wagon
230CI inline 6 cylinder, 3 speed on the tree
no pics

[Aaron]

i got my Dart when i was 15 (now 24). it had a slant 6 with a rod blown out the side hit the stater and cracked the trany bell housing. got it for 300 bucks. built a nice 360 for it 8 3/4 diff in the rear. changed the k frame to the v8 style. whole ne wireing harness from pain less. only got to drive it for a small while couldnt afford it. hope hext year i can !

Very cool car! However, are you aware of the fact that it is bright purple? :what:

[Mporter]

Very cool car! However, are you aware of the fact that it is bright purple? :what:

It's for the ladies

[Brody]

What's wrong with purple?

You have what amounts to a classic car, you can paint it any color you want and it is going to look good. I would stick to the purple....

[DKDunn04]

Mine seems pretty boring compared to most of you. 1991 Honda Prelude Si
http://www.harleyc.com/prelude/myLude/imgs/myCar.jpg

[Roostercruiser]

heres my first car a little after i bought it from Golden Cemetary. i just bought wheels and primered it and bought the center chrome piece for the grill. truck was faded out red with hippie flowers on in and all bias ply tires.
http://i881.photobucket.com/albums/ac11/cowboyjarman/54%20chevy%20and%20tots%20run/image-2.jpg
http://i881.photobucket.com/albums/ac11/cowboyjarman/54%20chevy%20and%20tots%20run/image-5.jpg

then i started rodeoing and parked it in a field for a while and it fell aparthttp://i881.photobucket.com/albums/ac11/cowboyjarman/54%20chevy%20and%20tots%20run/image.jpg

then the rebuild began
http://i881.photobucket.com/albums/ac11/cowboyjarman/54%20chevy%20and%20tots%20run/image-1.jpg

every body panel (grill,hood,bed,running boards) was replaced. 12 volt painless wiring installed, electric wipers installed, new interior.

http://i881.photobucket.com/albums/ac11/cowboyjarman/54%20chevy%20and%20tots%20run/IMGA0537.jpg
http://i881.photobucket.com/albums/ac11/cowboyjarman/54%20chevy%20and%20tots%20run/IMGA0534.jpg
http://i881.photobucket.com/albums/ac11/cowboyjarman/54%20chevy%20and%20tots%20run/IMGA0523.jpg
http://i881.photobucket.com/albums/ac11/cowboyjarman/54%20chevy%20and%20tots%20run/IMGA0514.jpg
http://i881.photobucket.com/albums/ac11/cowboyjarman/54%20chevy%20and%20tots%20run/IMGA0511.jpg
http://i881.photobucket.com/albums/ac11/cowboyjarman/54%20chevy%20and%20tots%20run/IMGA0498.jpg
http://i881.photobucket.com/albums/ac11/cowboyjarman/54%20chevy%20and%20tots%20run/IMGA0497.jpg
http://i881.photobucket.com/albums/ac11/cowboyjarman/54%20chevy%20and%20tots%20run/IMGA0670.jpg

[Roostercruiser]

i really miss my 54 chevy

http://i881.photobucket.com/albums/ac11/cowboyjarman/54%20chevy%20and%20tots%20run/IMGA0604.jpg

http://i881.photobucket.com/albums/ac11/cowboyjarman/54%20chevy%20and%20tots%20run/IMGA0602.jpg
http://i881.photobucket.com/albums/ac11/cowboyjarman/54%20chevy%20and%20tots%20run/IMGA0541.jpg
http://i881.photobucket.com/albums/ac11/cowboyjarman/54%20chevy%20and%20tots%20run/IMGA0509.jpg

[94ToyBear]

red is red black is black pink is pink and mine is purple.... just a color and i don't mind the stange looks girls think my car is pretty and they dont mind being in a pretty car !

[94ToyBear]

Pete as you may know plum crazy purple was a hot thing back in the 70's... and still is ! haha thanks pete ! im pretty sure im gona keep it purple kinda dont fell like driving in a primer dart kinda hil billy if you know what i mean

[Brad]

It's not strange if it is a period correct color! :thumb:

[Roostercruiser]

purple cars like a cuda with black hood and black stripes r way kewl. nothing wrong with purple. my 54 was gonna be dark purple

[Pathrat]

red is red black is black pink is pink and mine is purple.... just a color and i don't mind the stange looks girls think my car is pretty and they dont mind being in a pretty car !

I really like purple, and I am a girl. :)

[Pathrat]

Up for some mud boggin', Steph? :D

Why yes Rob, that would be swell! (assuming the mud is not in solid freezy form and this is a trick question ;) )

[Rob]

assuming the mud is not in solid freezy form and this is a trick question

(damn)

[Speedwagon]

I had a 1981 Toyota Corolla-Tercel, in white. It had a whopping 62hp NEW, and it was 15 years old when I got it. It slowed down going up hill around Chicago if I had 3 people in the car. My first motorcycle(also a 1981) had more hp than my first car did.

Like this, but in white:
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TsdjySqKQlI/S36k4ClS-KI/AAAAAAAACZk/umcradocThk/s400/1981+Toyota+Tercel+Sedan.+-+3.jpg

[Red Rhino]

My first car was a 72 VW beetle with a modified 1838 motor, In the 80's it would smoke Ford 5.0 Mustangs and Chevy V8 Camaros. I made a guy in high school with a new 1984 V8 camaro (that his daddy just bought for him) cry because my 72 was faster in a race to 100 MPH. The bug would do 117 mph in 4 th gear, now that was a thrill ride. I looked just like this one:

[Fordguy77]

I love the old bugs, they are very easy to make stupid fast!

[MelloYello]

My first was an 1976 Honda Hatchback. There are no pics to prove it. Thank goodness.

[Chris]

Bryan's VW brought this to mind. It wasn't my first car but it was the first new car I bought off the showroom floor in 1971 or thereabouts. It wasn't fast but it sure was cool, I made numerous cross-country tours is this thing including my first visit to Colorado when I didn't think it would have enough power to get me across Loveland Pass. After making it I did adjust the carb for altitude! :erm:

http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums/dd495/cxstafford/pics/4fd15cd8.png

As a point of reference it cost $2100.00 dollars. :smokin:

[Red Rhino]

My dad did the same in the early 70's. He bought one in California with the rare AC option and we moved to Colorado. In 1974 we hit a Bull Elk in it by Grand Junction, the front trunk absorbed the hit so all 4 of us did not hurt. The car was NOT totaled like most cars of today would have been. I miss the old Bugs!