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What was your 1st car? [View all] mysteryowl Oct 2020 OP
1964 Ford Galaxy 500 Ohiya Oct 2020 #1
Ford Galaxy Rincewind Oct 2020 #101
1962 Galaxy 500 XL BluesRunTheGame Oct 2020 #128
'73 Dodge Charger Skittles Oct 2020 #2
I had that one...not quite sure of the year. LeftInTX Oct 2020 #127
1969 vw bug cobalt blue Cicada Oct 2020 #3
Orange 1973 VW Super Beetle. rsdsharp Oct 2020 #57
Mine was a red '74 ironflange Oct 2020 #95
Clementine? Harker Oct 2020 #116
1970 Ford Torino njhoneybadger Oct 2020 #4
68 ford Torino black rusted $60 questionseverything Oct 2020 #31
1964 Rambler two door hardtop. It was a mistake. n/t rzemanfl Oct 2020 #5
My dad had a 1962 Rambler station wagon. ProudMNDemocrat Oct 2020 #14
my Rambler had 4 doors. peacebuzzard Oct 2020 #92
1966 Ford Galaxie ProudMNDemocrat Oct 2020 #6
That was my next car after the Rambler above. n/t rzemanfl Oct 2020 #9
65 Mustang.... dhill926 Oct 2020 #7
Same here! Ponietz Oct 2020 #11
Lucky you! Freedomofspeech Oct 2020 #12
Second-hand Dodge Dart Tanuki Oct 2020 #8
1966 Corvair... Freedomofspeech Oct 2020 #10
me too dweller Oct 2020 #77
My car was a two tone kind of turquoise blue hard top. Freedomofspeech Oct 2020 #82
lol dweller Oct 2020 #91
No kidding... Freedomofspeech Oct 2020 #102
A dodge indigoth Oct 2020 #13
1967 Plymouth Fury gopiscrap Oct 2020 #15
What a deal! mysteryowl Oct 2020 #17
I was 18 at the time. By the time I got rid of it for 50.00 it had no brakes and wipers didn't work gopiscrap Oct 2020 #19
Like I said, what a deal! mysteryowl Oct 2020 #27
My first car was a 1967 Plymouth Fury VIP wnylib Oct 2020 #121
'57 Chevy Belair. BarbaRosa Oct 2020 #16
My grandfather had one of those, black, red interior, hardtop. Great car. Walleye Oct 2020 #20
That's the best one on this OP. My second car was a '57 Belair convertible. brush Oct 2020 #52
1956 Buick Century station wagon, peach-colored Walleye Oct 2020 #18
1956 Dodge Coronet. Two tone gray, 4 doors. Push button transmission. Arkansas Granny Oct 2020 #21
My ex-boyfriend's old Beetle. femmedem Oct 2020 #22
Good for you mysteryowl Oct 2020 #30
72 Chevelle SouthernIrish Oct 2020 #23
I would too. Niagara Oct 2020 #111
'74 Chevy Nova 50 Shades Of Blue Oct 2020 #24
Mixed memories, but the good ones outweigh it all mysteryowl Oct 2020 #32
Very true! 50 Shades Of Blue Oct 2020 #41
'73 Super Beetle. MontanaMama Oct 2020 #25
'65 VW Bug TruckFump Oct 2020 #26
1957 Ford Fairlane - hardtop convertible - automatic..manual choke...turquoise..paid asiliveandbreathe Oct 2020 #28
A 1975 Alfa Romeo Alfetta Sedan. OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2020 #29
1969 Toyota Corolla. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2020 #33
most my cars have been Toyota Corolla's mysteryowl Oct 2020 #48
I had a Corolla station wagon. I drove that all over the Western U.S.A. hunter Oct 2020 #114
1978 Chevy Chevette that I bought used in 1984! NewDayOranges Oct 2020 #34
69 camaro. Ugly green. Owner wanted $400, I talked her up to $500 soothsayer Oct 2020 #35
Ha mysteryowl Oct 2020 #49
Holes in the floorboards that surprised passengers when I drove through puddles soothsayer Oct 2020 #55
Ha mysteryowl Oct 2020 #65
Rambler redstateblues Oct 2020 #36
A blue Pontiac Sunbird! FM123 Oct 2020 #37
72 Nova. paid 1500 in 77. 15k miles. Literally owned by wife who only used it for errands. bullimiami Oct 2020 #38
1966 Chevelle 396 Super Sport Submariner Oct 2020 #39
That was a real muscle car. Must've been fast in the quarter. brush Oct 2020 #60
It would bury the speedometer at 120 mph, and float the valves at 130 mph Submariner Oct 2020 #76
Those were the days. A buddy of mine had '64 GTO he loaded up with solid... brush Oct 2020 #80
MG Midget RainCaster Oct 2020 #40
1980 Chevy Citation Delarage Oct 2020 #42
1969 Ford XL. Ugly 1974 graduation from college gift. LakeArenal Oct 2020 #43
59 Triumph TR3 OneBlueDotBama Oct 2020 #44
That's the one with the diagonal cut doors you could step over to get in? brush Oct 2020 #61
That would be the one.... OneBlueDotBama Oct 2020 #68
Had several (and also a herald) flotsam Oct 2020 #98
Why do Brits drink warm beer OneBlueDotBama Oct 2020 #104
1936 Studebaker 4 door TheCowsCameHome Oct 2020 #45
1966 Dodge Dart Wicked Blue Oct 2020 #46
I had a '65, that car was a TANK! LOL. I and pnwest Oct 2020 #59
That's went cars were made of thicker guage steel than now. brush Oct 2020 #64
It sure was, I remember being amazed at how pnwest Oct 2020 #66
I had a '75 Dodge Dart with a slant six. It ran forever with no engine... brush Oct 2020 #69
Yes, slant sixes would run forever. yonder Oct 2020 #89
'66 Chevelle Lefta Dissenter Oct 2020 #47
Ha! mysteryowl Oct 2020 #50
Mine was a Pinto, don't remember it's year. Paid $700 pnwest Oct 2020 #51
"72 Duster that I bought in '79 consider_this Oct 2020 #53
No, you don't say. Don't diss the Duster! mysteryowl Oct 2020 #79
mine just broke down all the time. consider_this Oct 2020 #81
'52 Plymouth Cranbrook, 3 on the tree, wing windows all around, 50 bucks. I made a flatboat box NBachers Oct 2020 #54
Just a cautious FYI..... royable Oct 2020 #56
Curious, I did not make that association. mysteryowl Oct 2020 #62
Dammit, FoxNewsSucks Oct 2020 #72
52 FORD flathead V8 stick on the column in 1966 (always got me there) rickford66 Oct 2020 #58
1951 Chevy 4 door 6 cyl stock black paint * Tikki Oct 2020 #63
1960 Chevy Impala Convertible Totally Tunsie Oct 2020 #67
Beautiful! mysteryowl Oct 2020 #70
Wish I still had it today! Totally Tunsie Oct 2020 #88
Sweet ride. Was it a 283 ci engine? brush Oct 2020 #74
Ummm, I dunno. Totally Tunsie Oct 2020 #86
'67 Delta 88. You could put six people in the trunk. Lochloosa Oct 2020 #71
1954 Ford. Tan. The color moonscape Oct 2020 #73
1957 Nash Metropolitan. Turquoise and white. sinkingfeeling Oct 2020 #75
1977 Pontiac Firebird FoxNewsSucks Oct 2020 #78
1972 Dodge with a 400 cubic inch engine. bottomofthehill Oct 2020 #83
1991 Mazda 323, blue IcyPeas Oct 2020 #84
56' Ford Crown Victoria Sunliner. Wellstone ruled Oct 2020 #85
I learned to drive in a Ford Country Squire station wagon TexasBushwhacker Oct 2020 #87
In college I had a Rambler. with an 8 track tape player peacebuzzard Oct 2020 #90
Several motorcycles were my first car but the first CarCar yonder Oct 2020 #93
This message was self-deleted by its author jayfish Oct 2020 #94
A classic alabhaois Oct 2020 #96
Nice! mysteryowl Oct 2020 #106
The only problem with it was... alabhaois Oct 2020 #109
Well, certainly soured the fun. mysteryowl Oct 2020 #119
1990 Maruti 800 GummyBearsRYummy Oct 2020 #97
63 VW for my 15th birthday flotsam Oct 2020 #99
I inherited my mother's 1971 Plymouth Duster - and I loved it! Rhiannon12866 Oct 2020 #100
I don't remember my Plymouth Duster looking like this. mysteryowl Oct 2020 #103
Actually, this one is 1970, my mother's was 1971 Rhiannon12866 Oct 2020 #124
OMG, I just looked up Duster cars and they are selling for $38,000!! mysteryowl Oct 2020 #105
Yikes! I wish I could tell my mother! Rhiannon12866 Oct 2020 #125
'72 Chevy Vega blaze Oct 2020 #107
'67 Chevy Impala, standard shift, "three on the tree"... LuckyCharms Oct 2020 #108
Due to security reasons, I will list my favorite owned car. Niagara Oct 2020 #110
1968 Ford Mustang, Lime Gold, brand new. Cost about $2,800. Fla Dem Oct 2020 #112
1946 chevy panel truck, paid $10.00 for it. It was 1972, I was 17 yrs old. Hotler Oct 2020 #113
1968 Pontiac Firebird 400. Harker Oct 2020 #115
Beige 1970 4 door Pontiac Catalina benld74 Oct 2020 #117
1965 Corvair lillypaddle Oct 2020 #118
1973 Ford Pinto Throckmorton Oct 2020 #120
A 1952 Korean War Surplus Willys Army Jeep. Wolf Frankula Oct 2020 #122
Dodge Colt, an 81 or something BainsBane Oct 2020 #123
Pea green North Shore Chicago Oct 2020 #126
1963 Cadillac, quite used, one uncle, gave it to another uncle, that one sold it to me. $25.00 Stuart G Oct 2020 #129
1958 Buick Special four door sedan csziggy Oct 2020 #130
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