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For those who drive, what was your first vehicle?

midlife aspie

midlife aspie

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I thought this light-hearted topic might be interesting and fun to share.
My first car was a 1982 Ford Escort. It was $800 and my parents paid half. I had to foot the entire insurance bill though, and that was $1500 for a year of liability coverage.
 
My first vehicle was a 1998 Honda Passport 4x4...it had only 100k miles on it, and was really clean! That sucker cost me 3500$, and I tested for my driver's license in that baby. Loved that thing, was incredibly fun to drive, and I would fold down the back seats and sleep in it when I needed a nap. That SUV was my first taste of freedom and I loved it. Problem is, it had an electrical issue, and we could never find out why the check engine light was perpetually on....and the 4x4 quit working soon after I got it. I owned it for about a year, but only drove it for a few months before I was given my current vehicle, an '07 ford F-150.
 
A 1974 MG Midget. Had a lot of fun with that car. But mine was teal in color. :)

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'66 Mustang. I was there when my dad bought it in '67. Became my first car in '77, and I haven't driven it since '84.
Someday I will drive it again after a full restoration which is half done.

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My first vehicle was a 2010 Ford ranger with a 4.0 liter V6, 4x4, automatic transmission. I bought it when I was 15 from a very generous old man, sold it to me for a fraction of what it was worth.

Then when at 16 I inherented my 1994 Chevy K2500 pick truck so I could pull the camper I live in around when I need to.The Chevy has a 10.3 liter force inducted V8, it's also 4x4 and has automatic transmission.

I still have both trucks. They are like my 2nd and 3rd girlfriends.:p:D
 
That's a beatiful car. It's neat that it has stayed in your family. If I every have children I think it would be cool if they had my trucks, especially the Chevy. If I were to pass down the Chevy K25 to the next generation after me, that would be their great grandfathers truck.

Destination Unknown said:
'66 Mustang. I was there when my dad bought it in '67. Became my first car in '77, and I haven't driven it since '84.
Someday I will drive it again after a full restoration which is half done.

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Nitro said:
This is the only surviving picture of the '68 289 4 speed ragtop I built in highschool
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I could use that engine. I left my original out in the weather for too many years before I decided that maybe I should rebuild it.
I got another mustang from the credit union that became my kids first car. A '98 POS 6 cly. My user name on the mustang forum was Rustang 98.
 
I try not to buy into brand loyalty. I'm just a guy that just want's his vehicle to work right, not give him too much trouble and be able to get him to work on time. Is that too much to ask? Well Yes, yes it is.:rolleyes:



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I'm a GM guy :D
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A 1953 Pontiac Chief. I got it in 1960 when I was 14. It did not run, but I worked on until it did. After that I gave up my walking paper route and got a much bigger, better paying motor route.
 
Why did it not run? And what did you do to fix it? The Rayner is intrigued.:)


clg114 said:
A 1953 Pontiac Chief. I got it in 1960 when I was 14. It did not run, but I worked on until it did. After that I gave up my walking paper route and got a much bigger, better paying motor route.
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Nitro said:
I'm a GM guy :D
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I always got what ever I could get cheap when it was time to get another one. Didn't matter what it was. That included many repo cars and trucks, and vehicles that friends were selling. The most I ever gave for a vehicle was $5500 about 10 years ago for the 2000 extended cab S-10 that I drive now. I might go for something a little more spendy with the next vehicle.
 
I have tons of GM parts because I went that route when I was street racing. Ford performance parts were always more expensive than GM and the parts interchangeability was crazy weak with Henry's stuff. I got soured on them pretty quick.
My quickest car in the stable was a '68 Formula S Barracuda 383 4 gear with a 4.88 Dana 60 rear.Owned it two years and had a chance to double my money on it so I let it go.
My fastest was no doubt my warmed up '72 455 SD T400 auto 3.08 12 bolt posi rear Lemans ragtop with the GTO package.
The coolest one I owned was a '69 Camaro Pacecar with a generic 350 LT-1 build 4 spd 3.73 12 bolt posi
https://www.aspiescentral.com/media/my-1969-chevy-camaro.5130/
 
clg114 said:
A 1953 Pontiac Chief. I got it in 1960 when I was 14. It did not run, but I worked on until it did. After that I gave up my walking paper route and got a much bigger, better paying motor route.
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I owned a '40 Tin Indian coupe ;)
 
Rayner said:
Why did it not run? And what did you do to fix it? The Rayner is intrigued.:)
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That was a long time ago and I have worked a lot of machines since then. If I remember right it just needed a battery and tune up. I bought a used 6 volt battery, plugs, points, condenser, rotor and distributer cap. You have to remember, I was only 14 at the time and did not have any help, so this was a fairly large project for me. My parents wanted me to do this on my own. After I got it running and got plates for it, they told me that I could not drive it without insurance. That was something that I did not expect. However they helped me out and added it to their insurance. Once I started driving it, I found that it would not charge very well and wanted to overheat because the fan belt was loose. I could not tighten it because the adjusting tab on the generator was broken off. This was a inline 8 cylinder engine, so it was possible wedge a 2x4 between the generator and the block to tighten the fan belt. This worked so well that I never did get another generator. I just had to smack the 2x4 every so often to keep the belt tight.
 
Most of the kids coming out of tech schools probably don't know how to set a dwell angle or even use a meter for it.
Spark plugs were mandatory every 10,000 miles with a reset of the points at 5,000 :p
 
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