What was your first car???
4th Gear Member
Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 1,879
From: Orlando
RE: What was your first car???
What was it? 1996 Explorer XLT
How did you get it? Mom bought F-150 so I got the Explorer
Cost? Cant remember, it was bought in 98, I got it in 02
Color? Dark green
How old were you? 17
Have pics?
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I have my grandpas first car (1963 Falcon vert) that I bring to car shows all the time, and I constantly get older people (50+) coming up to me and thanking me over and over bringing it down because a Falcon was their first car and mine brings back sooo many memories for them (I have herd dozens of them!). They look so freakin happy that it makes me happy too. I am going to try sooo hard to keep this Explorer because I dont really want to lose my first car. I am already super attached to it, and I only had it 1 year before I bought my two stangs and had the Falcon handed down to me.[8D]
How did you get it? Mom bought F-150 so I got the Explorer
Cost? Cant remember, it was bought in 98, I got it in 02
Color? Dark green
How old were you? 17
Have pics?
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I have my grandpas first car (1963 Falcon vert) that I bring to car shows all the time, and I constantly get older people (50+) coming up to me and thanking me over and over bringing it down because a Falcon was their first car and mine brings back sooo many memories for them (I have herd dozens of them!). They look so freakin happy that it makes me happy too. I am going to try sooo hard to keep this Explorer because I dont really want to lose my first car. I am already super attached to it, and I only had it 1 year before I bought my two stangs and had the Falcon handed down to me.[8D]
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Joined: Jul 2006
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RE: What was your first car???
What was it?
How did you get it?
Cost?
Color?
How old were you?
Have pics?
The car I have now is my first car.
1994 Mustang Gt
I bought it, cold hard cash baby!
It was about $ 7500 US ( I'm from Canada, and while that sounds like a lot up here that was a very,very good deal, the usual is like 8500-9000 US)
Its white
I was 16 when i got it
Only my display picture there.
How did you get it?
Cost?
Color?
How old were you?
Have pics?
The car I have now is my first car.
1994 Mustang Gt
I bought it, cold hard cash baby!
It was about $ 7500 US ( I'm from Canada, and while that sounds like a lot up here that was a very,very good deal, the usual is like 8500-9000 US)
Its white
I was 16 when i got it
Only my display picture there.
4th Gear Member
Joined: Nov 2005
Posts: 1,097
From: Appleton, Wisconsin
RE: What was your first car???
1992 Chevy S10
Blue with some nice rusty spots
$800 Bucks paid in cash from mowing yards, bought when I was 15 from my grandpa, repainted it black and fixed the rust, body work, sold for $4,200 and bought a 1998 Mustang 3.8 V6 In Black for 5,800, once I paided that off I got a 94'
cobra, for 9,000, can ya guess what color that is!?
Blue with some nice rusty spots
$800 Bucks paid in cash from mowing yards, bought when I was 15 from my grandpa, repainted it black and fixed the rust, body work, sold for $4,200 and bought a 1998 Mustang 3.8 V6 In Black for 5,800, once I paided that off I got a 94'
cobra, for 9,000, can ya guess what color that is!?
5th Gear Member
Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 2,596
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RE: What was your first car???
My first car,
1974 Mercury Comet
Baby Blue
250 in-line six
Mint condition.
Bought from a retired school teacher who purchased it new.
Got a loan for 700.00, my dad had to co-sign.
I was 17 at the time, 34 now.
No pics.
1974 Mercury Comet
Baby Blue
250 in-line six
Mint condition.
Bought from a retired school teacher who purchased it new.
Got a loan for 700.00, my dad had to co-sign.
I was 17 at the time, 34 now.
No pics.
4th Gear Member
Joined: Apr 2006
Posts: 1,541
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RE: What was your first car???
1988 buick park avenue
Daddy bought it I maintained it and payed for everything else
Got it when I was 17(24 now)
Blue
$1000, rode like a couch, A/C like an Ice box. Wish I could have her back. She would be so fly now that I actually make a couple of bucks.
Daddy bought it I maintained it and payed for everything else
Got it when I was 17(24 now)
Blue
$1000, rode like a couch, A/C like an Ice box. Wish I could have her back. She would be so fly now that I actually make a couple of bucks.
1st Gear Member
Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 119
RE: What was your first car???
1966 ford f-100. i worked at a pizza place for 2 years and saved up. it cost $1,000 and was painted with red house paint!, but it started right up and drove ok. the guy said it had a 351 clevland, but when i got it home i looked at the right left side head and it said "352" i didnt even know they made a 352. turns out it was a big block 352 and soon after driving it for a while everything started breaking. i re-wire the entire truck with a "painless" (haha) kit, rebuilt the motor, all new accessories, did bodywork and primered it, new chrome wheels and tires. it had a granny low 4-speed in it. i miss that truck!
3rd Gear Member
Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 721
From: Texas
RE: What was your first car???
1976 Chevy Camaro
Bright fire engine red
400 sb engine (that thing was a torque monster)
Bought it for $1800 when I was 17, sold it when I was 24. Im 26 now.
Wish i still had it [
] It was pushing 400 RWHP when I sold it
Bright fire engine red
400 sb engine (that thing was a torque monster)
Bought it for $1800 when I was 17, sold it when I was 24. Im 26 now.
Wish i still had it [
] It was pushing 400 RWHP when I sold it
Joined: Aug 2006
Posts: 22
From: Monrovia, Ca.
RE: What was your first car???
My first car: 1967 Dark Moss Green 289 Fastback owned for 30 years... just sold it for $14,000 (you guys are a bunch of youngsters).
Bought it myself with my hard earned cash when I was 17.
When I was a kid, my next door neighbor bought a '65 red coupe 289 and his friend had a '66 purple fastback, that's how I got the bug.
A couple of years later my best friend and I were making crank phone calls (in high school) asking dumb questions like does the horn work and does the car have brakes?! We saw this classified ad for a green '67 Mustang for sale at $1100. We made an appointment to see the car. The owner worked for Ford and he was the second title holder. The car was solid and beautiful. I made an offer for $925 and he accepted! I made a lot of great memories in that car. After thirty years of time together we parted ways a couple of months ago. It's kinda sad but I had my time with her
. She was getting old and tired but still ran like a champ. One head gasket in thirty years of driving, can you imagine!? I always wanted to restore her to better-than-new but you've all heard the excuses... not enough time or money and no where to store her.
A few months ago, some guy knocks on my door and asks to purchase my baby (I constantly got notes on my car and bangs on the door). I had been considering to let her go but had no idea of the value. So we talked for a few days and I gave him my purchase amount and we agreed on the $14,000.
I figure that I can now enjoy a new car with all the technology and amenities and make it my own with some slight mods. I have a Black 2007 California Special on order! Might put a Shelby front end on it. Can't wait! Should be here in four or five weeks.
Bought it myself with my hard earned cash when I was 17.
When I was a kid, my next door neighbor bought a '65 red coupe 289 and his friend had a '66 purple fastback, that's how I got the bug.
A couple of years later my best friend and I were making crank phone calls (in high school) asking dumb questions like does the horn work and does the car have brakes?! We saw this classified ad for a green '67 Mustang for sale at $1100. We made an appointment to see the car. The owner worked for Ford and he was the second title holder. The car was solid and beautiful. I made an offer for $925 and he accepted! I made a lot of great memories in that car. After thirty years of time together we parted ways a couple of months ago. It's kinda sad but I had my time with her
. She was getting old and tired but still ran like a champ. One head gasket in thirty years of driving, can you imagine!? I always wanted to restore her to better-than-new but you've all heard the excuses... not enough time or money and no where to store her. A few months ago, some guy knocks on my door and asks to purchase my baby (I constantly got notes on my car and bangs on the door). I had been considering to let her go but had no idea of the value. So we talked for a few days and I gave him my purchase amount and we agreed on the $14,000.
I figure that I can now enjoy a new car with all the technology and amenities and make it my own with some slight mods. I have a Black 2007 California Special on order! Might put a Shelby front end on it. Can't wait! Should be here in four or five weeks.