Jump to content
When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.
  • Current Donation Goals

What Was The First Car You Owned?


TwoTone

Recommended Posts

1951 Chevy Pickup, purchased in 1972. It was old way back then. It was a US Forest Service retiree, forest green, with a low-low-low granny gear. I paid $300, and it burned 40 weight non detergent oil real bad. I had to park it on a hill to jump start it in the morning as the cold oil was too heavy for the starter. One really cold AM I ended up stalled at the bottom of my jump-start hill until the local police gave me a push with their cop car. I finally killed the transmission in early spring jump-starting it while being manually pushed after work by two co-workers. End of vehicle. Gas cost .29 9/10 per gallon, and you got a one penny discount with a fill up of a pick up.

post-241-1168647466_thumb.jpg

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Fiat x19. It only ran when it wanted to. It looked but great but, talk about people unanimous in there advice, not one person said i should buy it.

Isn't that the one you need to pull the engine out to change the spark plugs?

My first car? I don't know. I'll tell you if I ever buy one. :D

Link to comment
Share on other sites

1981 Olds Cutlass Supreme, V6. Emerald Green exterior, mint green cloth interior. Wire wheels. The A/c and heat didn't work, but I didn't give a crap. My biggest day was getting rid of the white walls and getting a set of BF Goodrich Sport ATs with the raised white lettering. I thought I was the coolest thing since Mendudo!

Link to comment
Share on other sites

My very first car was a 1950 Desoto.

Ahhh....such warm and steamy memories :wub:

181993-7001.jpg

Those post-war babies (along with the Dodges and Chryslers) were built like tanks. Weighed tons. They could run right over a Ford or Chevy and you wouldn't even notice.

Fluid Drive (still) rules.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

My first was a '75 Volvo 164E-4 speed manual with overdrive, black leather and electric windows. It was pretty quick for a heavy, safe car. Loved it. Good thing it was well built, I ended up rolling it-my friends started calling me the "Volvo crash dummy". Looked just like this one, except mine had metallic rust color paint.

182534-6816.jpg

pic borrowed from www.164club.org

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
×
×
  • Create New...
Please Sign In or Sign Up