carnuck Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 Not mine, but very similar. Loved the '57 Chev styling. Then you would have loved my first car. I had a situation no 16 year-old should have: My neighbor worked at Sig Erson Cams and buily sprint car motors for fun. I'm lucky to have survived owning a 13 second, 4000 pound car with drum brakes. That's a '72 El Camino 12 bolt with 4.56's and a lincoln locker you're looking at. And I bet you would love to have it back ;) Sure wish I had the wisdom back when I was a young pup as I do now and would have kept that old mustang I had :D I'd like to go back and b*@$£ slap my ex for selling off all my old Mopars and Chevs (cheapest one would be worth @$6K now and the hemi convertible would be worth about $80K. She sold them for a case of beer apiece!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ifixit8 Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 I bet most of you haven't heard of my first car. it was an 1984 plymouth turismo. i got it for free from my grandpa. had a sweet sound system that hit a 138db. then i bought my first new car after i knew that the turismo was about to blow up which was a 2000 pontiac grand am gt 4dr. that was a decent car till about the 4th yr i had it. stupid thing was in the shop probably 10 times. best sports car so far is my 04 Hyundai Tiburon, which i bought with only 230 miles on the clock . currently for the winter my 88 mj is great. I have had a few other vehicles like an 99 xj that had a gremlin, and a 94 s-10 blazer 4-dr. hear the turismo is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiffy Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 First Car? '28 Ford Model A Coupe $25 (yes I'm old, bought it in 1954 14 years old.) Second? '29 Ford Model A Coupe. Nice body, bad engine. Swapped the '28 engine into the '29. Third? '48 Willys Jeepster. Nice car. My first Jeep, have also had a '44 GPW and the present MJ. My other passion is Lotuses. I have a '60 Elite, a '79 Esprit and a '91 Elan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiffy Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 Also had a '72 Jeep Commando, also a very nice Jeep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeephack Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 First car--1959 ford custom. 292 V-8, 3 speed on the column. That thing was a tank!! Car I wish that I still had the most---1970 MachI Mustang. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejndssn Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 My 1st, 2nd & 3rd where the mercury capri's 73, 2.0 and two 74 with 2.8 they were great & fun to drive's :brows: which i would love to have another 74 w/v6 and the spare time to restore it. if i can find some old photo's I'll have to scan them in BTW some nice looking machine's in this thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a1awind Posted December 9, 2007 Author Share Posted December 9, 2007 girsm....that 91 is gorgeous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GirsMJ86 Posted December 9, 2007 Share Posted December 9, 2007 girsm....that 91 is gorgeous Thanks. The grille has been completed since that pic. Found some brand new chrome 91 style headlight doors and fixed it so it looked better. Had to mod it all to work with that 86 grille. Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKB3 Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 1st car was a truck, a hand me down, 1971 F100 ford truck with 302 & 3 on the tree 1st car I bought myself a 1978 Chevy Malibu 1st new car I bought was a 1994 Chevy cavilier(My parents wouldn`t let my buy a Jeep at that time :mad: ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deziped Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 Hey IFIXIT8. My wife bought one of those Ply T's (79 I think) brand new. 1st weekend she had it we went to Oregon coast & it rained like hell. Footwells all filled with with water as the factory didnt get the seal around the windshield proper. She took it back with the water still in it & got her money back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ifixit8 Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 Hey IFIXIT8. My wife bought one of those Ply T's (79 I think) brand new. 1st weekend she had it we went to Oregon coast & it rained like hell. Footwells all filled with with water as the factory didnt get the seal around the windshield proper. She took it back with the water still in it & got her money back. Nice, i was lucky then, mine was great for the 34k miles that I put on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bansheemanche Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 Mine was a 93 S-10 with a 2.8 V6 5 speed. I did alot of little crap to it and kept it clean but I didnt know much about cars then so I sold it as it was slow and being 2wd, sucked in the winter. I would have kept it knowing what I know now by lowering it and droping in a 350. I sold it to a kid and he trashed it, I saw it 2 years later and happend to have my camera on me, kind of made me sad. I then got a 76 chevy K-10 pickup that I learned my love for bodywork hince why I am in tech school now for it. Then got a 78 C-20 with a built up 350 in it. After that I got a 2000 crown vic police interceptor, had that for awhile and sold that for my manche as I wanted a 5 speed. I also have my 90 Crown vic wagon that I redid in school and it currently getting ready for the 5.0 to be built up and to be bagged which you can see in my avatar. After I get all that done the manche gets lifted. Here my first truck was when I had it. Here it is a couple of years later after that kid screwed it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperWade2 Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 Not that you asked for pics...but I've only owned 7 or so, and here is a photo collage of all of them (only the pics in #4-#7 are mine)... #1) 1978 Buick Regal...231 V6 - Most Oxidized Silver Paint you could ever see - Kinda like this, just silver and crappier... Purchased for $1200 with allowance money when I was 15 (1989ish). Rode like a floating couch! #2) 1985 Nissan Pulsar - A pretty "fem" ride... But the stereo would blast out the wnidows (when it wasn't being stolen about 5 times)- Kinda like this, just baby blue.. uggg #3) 1989 Pontiac Grand Am - Purchased from my folks when I blew the clutch in the Pulsar - Just like this (again, not my Pic) #4) 1997 Pontiac Grand Prix - My First REAL new car, and wish I still had it! An actual pic of my ride when it was new... Traded this in on #6 and only got $4K... didn't have a spot to keep a 3rd car at the time. :cry: #5) 1999 Jeep Wrangler TJ Sport - Was actually my Wifes 1st New vehicle after we got married (Bought new in Jan of 1999) It's no longer "hers"...Here's how it looks now after a few "minor" modifications... #6) 2003 Chevy Tahoe - Needed to have a "family" car with the kids on the way (were born early 2005). Will make a nice "Tow-Rig" for my TJ on longer outings! #7) 1989 Jeep Comanche Pioneer - Purchased last Saturday I still have #5-#7... all 100% paid for and plan on keeping for a good long while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beaterjeep Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 I don't think I've contributed to this thread yet, so here goes. My first car was when I was 14, it was a '56 caddy that I bought for $50. It's sole purpose was to be used in a demo derby. Did quite well too. The first car I bought for road use was when I was 14 as well. It was an '84 Dodge Shelby Charger; 2.2L turbo 5 spd. I could smoke the tires into 3rd gear with that thing. Because of that fact, it made me some good money on bets. :brows: I've "owned" too many cars and trucks to count throughout my derbying days. And if some of you remember, I also used to race dirt track with a '93 Ford Escort wagon (R.I.P.) that got totaled, and landed me in the hospital for a good deal of time. Now, I'm just sticking to my MJ's and loving every minute of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJ'87 Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 June 2006 January 2007 February 2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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