What was your first Vehicle?

[ScottyB]

The first vehicle I was allowed to drive was my dad's '71 F100 Ranger. I'm not sure what the transmission was but I know that the whole thing really needed some help. It had a 360 in it but when I took it to the school shop and did a compression check there was one hole at 120, one at 100 and they all went down hill from there. The target number was 140. I wasn't getting into too much trouble with that truck. Oh, it had one dead hole and one we couldn't get the plug out of. Thank God for .95/gallon gas.

My first car went to the opposite extreme. A '90 Geo Metro. I had that from '89 until '98 when I pronounced it dead. I wish I had known how to work on cars then (not that I do now). I know it had a fried main harness. It also had three bearings going out. One was a wheel bearing, one was the throwout bearing (I think), and the other I had no clue on. It had 140k on it and other than a new exhaust (I literally blew the original out after about 6 years) and one set of tires everything else was original. It wasn't the most comfortable car in the world but that thing got 55 MPG all day long and I got as high as 75 MPG.

That was traded in for my current daily driver, a '97 2.4 L Ford Ranger.

I picked up M&M from an older neighbor lady who had to get rid of it for SSI purposes. This has some utility for me but it is more of a throwback to my early driving days. I miss those older trucks that just exude power. I don't need the power. I don't need to go fast. But it is nice to have the power or just blow some kid's rice burner away. You get into this and you know it is a truck. There is no question. It isn't one of these new things that rides like a car with a box on the back.

Sorry, end of rant.

 

[jake wells]

1968 chevy c10 50th anniversary longbed 307 2bbl powerglide 2spd wish i didn't sell it it would hang with my buddys c10 shortbed with a mild 355 and th400.

 

[J Knight]

65 Ford F100, my grandpa gave it to my in '84.

 

[marks86]

86 k10 with a two inch lift

still got it

 

[suburble]

1940 Pontiac Torpedo 8 Sport Coupe. Bought when I was 14 with money from mowing lawns, odd jobs, and later modded with money working at a gas station.

I never actually drove it. The first thing I did when I got it home was tear off the front fenders and pull the motor. I spent a lot of my time and money in high school trying to finish it for senior year, but wasn't quite able to do it.

As best I can remember:
-Front clip and motor an rear end from a '75 Trans Am I bought from a junkyard. It turned out to be one of the 857 TAs built with a 455 that year.
-Seats from the TA, carpet kit from someplace I found in Hemmings
-4-core radiator from Be-Cool if I remember correctly
-Painless wiring harness for street rods, conversion to 12-volt system
-B&M megashifter, TH400
-a whole bunch of fabrication (I farmed out the welding for the Front Clip)

And then, it sat in my parents garage for 15 years.

And then they moved, and now it's in storage in Florida (I'm in AZ).

And I am hopefully going to use this 'Burb that I just bought to tow it back out here sometime in the next few months.


The car I learned to drive on was an '85 Chevy "airport limo" extended van with a 350 and TH350. I had it up on 2 wheels more than a few times. It finally grenaded the transmission from one too many neutral drop burnouts.

Or if it's my Dad reading this, "I have no idea what happened, it just made a bang and stopped moving!"

-Josh

 

[Boone83K10]

My first car is a 1966 Mercury Comet. In HS, it was white. Then I had it painted blue. I put a 302 w/ C4 automatic in place of the 6 cylinder. I ran the dog doodoo out of it! After HS, it sat at my parents while I was away at college. After college it needed a full restoration.. so here it is now. 429 w/ C6, 3in exhaust, xpipe, 8.8 rear w/ 373 gears, bucket seats, extremely rare dash tach, rare clock insert, cyclone hood and air ride suspension.

 

[towjoe]

My first car was a 1968 4dr green Impala with a 307 my mom gave me, my first car I bought was a 1970 Catalina green station wagon with a 400 Pontiac. A guy my dad knew dropped it off in my dad's driveway since he didn't know what to do with it. I gave my dad a $100 for it since it was kool. My first legal on the road ride was a 1974 C20 pickup with a 454 the next door neighbor sold me for $500. It had 58k original miles and was like new. I run it around for 2 years before the engine blew up. By then I had a 1970 F350 wrecker with a Hubbard bed and about 20-30 cars and trucks

 

[J Knight]

My first car is a 1966 Mercury Comet. In HS, it was white. Then I had it painted blue. I put a 302 w/ C4 automatic in place of the 6 cylinder. I ran the dog doodoo out of it! After HS, it sat at my parents while I was away at college. After college it needed a full restoration.. so here it is now. 429 w/ C6, 3in exhaust, xpipe, 8.8 rear w/ 373 gears, bucket seats, extremely rare dash tach, rare clock insert, cyclone hood and air ride suspension.

Beautiful car!
I love the dog dish caps on it.

 

[bucket]

My first car was a 1968 4dr green Impala with a 307 my mom gave me

Well that's cool. My first was a '69 4dr green Impala, with a 327. Still have it too.

 

[jux]

two:

'88 s10 with the "iron duke" 2.5 4 banger.

and a '96 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham with the LT1 and 4.11's...

FUN

After them, one that is post worthy (to me) is my 88 AMC Eagle 4x4 wagon. White with woody panels, 22,000 miles all original, garage kept. Loved all of these vehicles, wish I had them back.

 

[Boone83K10]

Beautiful car!
I love the dog dish caps on it.

thanks, went for the grandma/grocery getter look that will blow your doors off.

 

[HAZZARDJOHN]

My first vehicle was a 1988 Ford Ranger 4x2 ext cab 2.9l with a 5spd. I loved that truck and if I could find another clean one I would have it today. I know this is a chevy site, but I love all cars. I know this isn’t traditionally cool, but I still loved it. I put explorer wheels on it, white letter tires, I learned to polish on this truck. I’d put the topper that came with it on for a weekend and go camping with my friends. It got over 20 mpg when gas was under a dollar a gallon. Lots of great memories.

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A year later I bought my first car on financing and it was a 1992 Buick Roadmaster with a 350 TBI. It had 40K miles and was owned by a 90 year old man before me. My friends made fun of me when I pulled up in it when it still had single exhaust and spoke hubcaps. Within a month I put chrome wheels, white letter tires, true duals with glasspacks (I know I was young), and I had a typical 90’s “BUICK” logo on top of the windshield. I loved this car and it I would kill to have it back (sadly I sold it to a friend who totaled it a month later)

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~HJ

 

[Rough Country]

1981 ford f-150 2wd long wheel base with a 351 windsor

 

[Graystone]

1990 Ford Ranger XLT 4x4 reg cab short box 2.9 auto. Old guy and I repaired all the rust and repainted the whole thing.

 

[Drewthedew2013]

1995 Buick Roadmaster with the LT-1, got into a lot of trouble with that car, then the rust on the frame took over and the frame collapsed, it died too early at 130000 miles. I Loved the car, I hope to buy another some day