What was your 1st car?

[Jordo]

Originally Posted by imalabil

1972 VW Super Beetle that my dad bought new in Amsterdam and shipped back to the States after about 9 months in Europe. I sold it in '83 for $12 less than he paid in '72.
Good old inflation will do that...
Bill

I wish I was in Amsterdam right now!

[tomcat]

1967 Mustang my dad and I restored mostly ourselves. Totalled in wreck while I was off at college freshman year.

Scott

[Weasel]

My first was a 1969 F250 with 360ci FE series big block, C6 trans and dana 60 rear end w/410 gears. 3/4 ton truck, standard cab w/8' bed. Guess my parents figured If I was ever going to wreck my first vehicle I should be able to drive away with a scratch and screw the other guy!

Oh yeah, and thanks to the 4 wheel drum brakes literally coming apart (friction material came loose from shoes while driving!) I did wreck it... and I had little damage to the bumper cosmetically while the car I hit got totaled and rolled between two other cars causing major body damage to them both! (she got a shiny new chrome bumper and all new brakes after that one!

[stalklee]

E53 X5.... seriously...

[Mike V]

I bought my first car in 1989 when I was 17 years old... a bright yellow 1977 VW Rabbit.

[joeboch348]

SUPER beetle lol hitler's car

[joeboch348]

stalklee,
are you a supporter of Kim Jong-il ?

[Thunder22]

1974 VW Super Beetle. It had a rusted out floor, sticky accelerator pedal and pumped exhaust gas into the car via the rusted out heat pipes. But it was a manual and I learned to row the gears on it, I loved that car. It was a gift from my uncle in 1982 when I got my license.

[Z3inSC]

Mine was a 1961 MGA...It was my Dad's first car. He gave it to me as an early high school graduation gift when I was a junior since he was going to be on a 1.5yr deployment for the Navy.
Wish I still had the car now. It was totaled after a very large Pontiac hit me on the left and forced the front of the car into the asphault about 2 inches deep and 2 ft long....sending me and a bud to the hospital.

It was definitely a beautiful car! It was replaced by a Triumph TR250; an odd car but fun!

[Isambard]

Originally Posted by joeboch348

this is a fun thread. i love those funny looking old euro cars some of you drove.

Not only were they funny looking they were also funny to drive! We may not have won the world over with our powerful, throbbing, earth-shattering 4-pots but I'm damn sure we won it in the comfort stakes!! Every car I've had that were made before the 90's always seemed to drive like a couch-sooooo comfortable. No speed, no brakes, but you didnt care because you were so laid back in your mobile couch!

Originally Posted by CT_X5_Joe

Isambard, my father still has his 1962 TR3b. He used to drive it all over San Diego back in the day (he just celebrated his 62nd birthday on 1/11/11) as he was in the Navy.

Yep, very classic british sports car. Very nice. I just read the specs and it says that it was 'limited' to 115mph due to its gearing, but would go faster if it was one with overdrive. Quite fast for a 1962 car, especially seeing as it'd feel like you were in a roller skate!