Capt Rich Fla Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 First car I ever owned was a 78 Jeep CJ5. Spent a few thousand more dollars than what it was worth, but oh well. Learn by doing. Ahh, a fellow JEEP lover. I had a CJ5, Wrangler, and an 81 CJ7 that I completely redid. Frame off restoration. I painted it 81 corvette yellow and had 38' ground hawgs on it. That thing was a show stopper. I drove it to Haynes Jeep in Richmond to get something for it and every employee in the place came outside. Then I grew up and learned to appreciate not having it snow inside the vehicle as much as it was outside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt Rich Fla Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 1966 Ford Galaxie 500.Best car evar! Could fit about 12 people for a day of skipping school and going swimming at Difficult Run. Broke 200k miles until it went out of commission when my sister wrapped it around a tree. Oh, that poor tree. Did it survive. My buddy had one of those. We called her the tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elessar78 Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 Selling my first car tomorrow . . . 2003 Honda Accord LX It's a 2-door. It's got about 161K miles on it. I bought it when I was in my twenties brand new (most likely never buying another new car ever again). Now I'm mid 30s with a kid and another on the way and the 2-doors just won't cut it (we already bought a minivan)—never thought when I bought it that I'd be in this stage of my life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinsmarydu Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 Oh, that poor tree. Did it survive. My buddy had one of those. We called her the tank. Had a buddy named Eddie, whose dad had a green Galaxy 500, or whatever that tank was. No joke, like the previous post, we could fit about 11-12 of us in it and run around "town". The late 70s-early 80s were the best. Even when we got in trouble, it was just extra chores. Knock 'em out, show your "ability to look toward your future", and you're back on the phone in no time flat. (cuz believe it or not, the phone was all we had then. seriously.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 a POS 1981 chevette ~Bang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadySkinsFan Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 1967 Dodge Coronet 500 convertible. 383 4 barrel carb Positraction rear, TorqueFlite auto transmission. It was bronze metallic with black top and interior. I paid $1500 for it in 1969. Here's one in red. http://www.affordableclassicsinc.com/ClassicsPgs/1967_dodge_coronet_500_convertib.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mel25 Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 Mine was a 1994 buick lesabre. If money was no object, I would literally find my old car (not just a 94 lesabre, but my car specifically), and fix it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Going Commando Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 1982 or 83 Grey Toyota Tercel technically. It died soon after I started driving it so I barely got to know it. Then it was a blue 1991 Toyota Camry. This was back when they had those awful automatic shoulder strap safety belts in the front seats. Well, the driver's side one didn't work. So I spent, what? two years driving around with that thing obviously broken and hoping no policeman was paying attention to me. It also had a bad belt somewhere under the hood and that thing squealed like a banshee. I lived in fear of breakdowns but other than that, it was great. I was blessedly unconcerned with my utter shabbiness in High School. Now that I've moved to an actual city and am not such a hayseed, I'd be embarrassed to drive a hoopdee like that around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prosperity Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 My first car was a 94 Chevy Corsica ] got me through a couple years of college then it crapped out and died on me, but I got more than my money's worth, especially considering how badly I treated it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88Comrade2000 Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 A dark blue 1991 Ford Escort Hatchback. Looked alot like this one. Actually, was living in the D.C. area when I had this. Since then, I have had 6 more cars with my 7th Current Car- 2012 Black Hyundai Sedan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinC Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 Mini 1275 GT. In black (with contrast orange rust streaks). Paid around £300 at a local auction and drove the wheels off it - almost literally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elkabong82 Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 1990 Ford Crown Victoria... thing was a boat and the designated road trip car for me and my friends in high school http://www.flickr.com/photos/southerncalifornian/3224977740/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselPwr44 Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 1978 Ford Granada. 302 V8. That thing was a tank! Hit deer at 45 and 60 mph and not one scratch on the car...just a little hair and slobber. They don't make 'em that tough anymore.....lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrypticVillain Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 1994 Mercury Grand Marquis... If you want to know what happened to it..... http://www.extremeskins.com/showthread.php?348780-Has-Anybody-Car-Been-Stolen-Before Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Excuses Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 Got it when I was 16(?) and it was a Hyundai Accent from like 2001 I think. A few months after I got it, the accelerator went dysfunctional and the car would pick up speed by itself. I would have to drive by monitoring the break pedal more than the accelerator. Didn't tell my parents because I didn't want it taken away and to end up without one. Looking back in hindsight, it was a really moronic thing to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renaissance Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 Bare bones 4-door turquoise pontiac sunfire until I totaled it after about 3 months. Then I upgraded (there was nowhere to go but up from that one) to a white cavalier z-24. When my nephew totaled that one, I got a chevy cobalt. So 3 cars, each slightly better than the other, but all pretty much exactly the same for all intents and purposes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LD0506 Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 '73 Toronado.......... carried a Honda in the trunk for a spare Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boysetsfire Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elessar78 Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 Got it when I was 16(?) and it was a Hyundai Accent from like 2001 I think. A few months after I got it, the accelerator went dysfunctional and the car would pick up speed by itself. I would have to drive by monitoring the break pedal more than the accelerator. Didn't tell my parents because I didn't want it taken away and to end up without one. Looking back in hindsight, it was a really moronic thing to do. Your accelerator wasn't sticking. http://jacquesclouseau.free.fr/uploaded_images/Christine_ZL72139-719543.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abdcskins Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 1996 Jeep Cherokee Classic. Drove it cross country three times. A little heavy but a good car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twa Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 68 Camaro RS.....with a trailer hitch to pull my ski boat all on my own dime at 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chew Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 1993 puke green Geo Prizm. Got a job as soon as I legally could (15 years, 9 months) @ Armand's Pizza and paid for the entire thing myself. :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoggLife Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 78 Cutlass Supreme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chew Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 78 Cutlass Supreme. pimp TWA's 68 RS ain't too shabby, either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDoyler23 Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 88 Ford Escort. It had the coldest AC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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