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LIPH wrote:Before I say what my first car was you have to remember I got my driver's license in 1929. I had a 1923 Ford Model T. It was the family car but my father got a company car so the beast was passed to me.

There. Fixed it for ya.

Thanks, I thought it looked a little off after I typed it.

LIPH wrote:Thanks, I thought it looked a little off after I typed it.

You're old!

1964 Corvair Spyder, black, red interior, $400.

iuparrothead wrote:

LIPH wrote:Thanks, I thought it looked a little off after I typed it.

You're old!

Let's go easy on the old folks, we might bust something laughing.

A 1974 Austin Marina.....orange, with a black vinyl roof.
It was a POS, but served me well for about three years....

larry's first car...

I bought a 1950 Ford F-150 for $300...by the time I was done it looked pretty close to this one...

You don't know how mad I am that I traded that in. Imagine how much it would be worth today?

Oh, quit trying to sound old, man!
My parents bought me a brand new '67 Valiant when I graduated
from high school, since I was going to have to drive all the way
across town to go to college. My minimalist father made sure it
had no frills except an automatic transmission (girls apparently
aren't bright enough to shift gears and use a clutch). That meant
no radio or A/C! It looked like this only in medium metallic blue.
I really wanted yellow, since that was the trendy color, but...

Crazy Navy Flyer wrote:

iuparrothead wrote:

LIPH wrote:Thanks, I thought it looked a little off after I typed it.

You're old!

Let's go easy on the old folks, we might bust something laughing.

no kidding..... us over 40s must watch ourselves

1985 F-100 CUSTOM

I drove a 1958 Mirris Minor 1000 convertable. Would run all week at 50 but don't ask for any more.
I still have it garaged. The 948cc engin is rebuilt and runs like champ but I need to rebuild the tranny.
If any of you who are know how to import a photo, she is dark blue with grey top and interior.
John

J.LeP wrote:I drove a 1958 Mirris Minor 1000 convertable. Would run all week at 50 but don't ask for any more.
I still have it garaged. The 948cc engin is rebuilt and runs like champ but I need to rebuild the tranny.
If any of you who are know how to import a photo, she is dark blue with grey top and interior.
John

Something like this?

Desdamona wrote:Oh, quit trying to sound old, man!
My parents bought me a brand new '67 Valiant when I graduated
from high school, since I was going to have to drive all the way
across town to go to college. My minimalist father made sure it
had no frills except an automatic transmission (girls apparently
aren't bright enough to shift gears and use a clutch). That meant
no radio or A/C! It looked like this only in medium metallic blue.
I really wanted yellow, since that was the trendy color, but...

Des,

I had the same car only mine was a '68 and my mom had had it already for 3 years. I had a radio, but crank windows were the air conditioning. Mine was sort of an olive green with black vinyl upholstery. Tell me THAT wasn't hot in the summer time! Whew!
You just could not kill this car . . . the slant 6 motor took plenty of punishment for sure. I drove this car until 1975. Last I heard, it went out in a blaze of glory as the cops chased some hippie types back to their commune in search of . . . shhhhhhhhhhh! Marijuana!!!!!!

My first and only car was a 1996 Ford Probe.

I had a dark brown 1984 Buick Skylark. Did 0-60 in 18.2 seconds.

was driving the family car till . .1968 . .

bought myself a used VW Bug . . lime green . . and " decorated " the entire inside with " flower " stickers. . .

true story . .

remember . . it WAS the 60's. . .! !

hey. . you had to be there . . .

My first car was a 1977 Plymouth Gran Fury, powder blue with a white Vinyl top, powder blue interior with shag carpeting. There was a huge CB radio antenna on the back. It was a Sunday car for an older couple down the Jersey shore who moved into a care facility and sold it for peanuts - $100.

Nicknames: The Blue Bomber, The Blue Whale (only for one person)

Sadly the Bomber died an untimely death. I was driving my sister to a friend's house. I was the second car back at a light and when it came time for me to make my left-hand turn, some non-English speaking dork female slammed into me with a Nissan Sentra, and then told me that her passenger was pregnant. Perhaps she shouldn't have been speeding (60+ in a 35 zone) with a 6 month pregnant woman in the car.

Desdamona wrote:

J.LeP wrote:I drove a 1958 Mirris Minor 1000 convertable. Would run all week at 50 but don't ask for any more.
I still have it garaged. The 948cc engin is rebuilt and runs like champ but I need to rebuild the tranny.
If any of you who are know how to import a photo, she is dark blue with grey top and interior.
John

Something like this?

THANKS, Des! Thats the right year, to make the tourer, convertable, the top was cut off and the canvas frame attached.
John