First cars

[theman440]

1964 Dodge 330 2-door. Poly/727. beige with fawn interior, full wheel covers, radio delete, rubber floor mats. Eventually converted it to 383 4-speed, '65 8 3/4, widened steel wheels (rear) painted wheels body color w/button caps. A fun sleeper -

 

[mpgmike]

'71 Fury 360. Swapped an engine in my grandma's car & this was my payment. I was 17 at the time.

 

[Rubberduck]

I feel ashamed.
My first car was a 1976 Opel Kadett, 1 liter engine 50 hp.

 

[Triplegreen500]

First car driven? 85 Olds Cutlass Supreme "bro-ham". Not mine, but damn near identical:

Same color, same landau top. Mine (dad's) was console/buckets, gauges, 3.8 "ping-o-matic" V6, open rear. I slid it into plenty of curbs and finally the rims were so trashed I ponied up for a set of factory alloys like these (a pretty rare option, but I scored a takeoff set from my local dealer)

As for MY first car...I still have it. Purchased brand new from Templeton Dodge/Olds in Tysons Corner VA, got a hell of a deal on it because nobody in DC wanted a manual transmission:

1991 Dodge Daytona C/S competition package (RPO AGS), one of 150 built, one of 26 in my color combo.

My second car? Here it is back in the day:

'72 Satellite Custom station wagon, factory 318/904/8.75 SG with 3.23 gears. Bought it from a bowling alley owner for $500, sophomore year of college. Ran, drove, put a TON of miles on it hauling everyone around in school. We drove it from MD to Key West, FL, for multiple spring break trips. Wiped the factory cam, put in a 340 cam and dropped on a used 4bbl intake with an old Edelbrock carb for a little more power. Eventually I pulled the 318/904 and installed a Mopar 360/380 crate motor with a 6AL and 650CFM Edelbrock manual-choke carb; and a reverse/manual 727 with a 2400 stall converter. She ran consistent low 13s on street tires and pump gas. Full interior, 3,000W stereo, wipers, lights, all steel. It has Mopar SS/D leaf springs, air shocks, and a 3 row 26" radiator. Factory power discs, power steering, a/c delete. Still have the car, with a standard LA 360 and "normal" 727 at the moment but I have a G3 Hemi that I'm "going to" install (it's been sitting next to the car in the garage for about 11 years now...). I have a brand new factory fuel tank (HARD to find a wagon tank!!!!) that I should put in the car and at least get it driving again with the 360...maybe this winter.

Yes...that's a '71 Sebring in the background that I scored for $800. Another 318/904 car, that one had factory air and was just a drive-around toy car for a while. It was rusty and didn't have a straight panel on it; I sold it to a friend for like $500 when she got booted from her folks' house and needed wheels.

 

[demonram]

1st car was a truck. A 74 GMC 3/4 ton 250 6 cyl three on the tree. Light green with 37,000 miles on it in 1976, paid $2000.00 for it. Within 2 months I bought a 350 from a friend of mine and swapped it, bought a floor shifter, popped it in, bought a pair of mustang high back bucket seats, headers, intake, carb. I made the mounting brackets for the seats out of 1/4” x2” flat stock and made a full center console, everything looked like it grew there. I do know why Chevy lost the truck sales lead. Within a year after buying it it started to rust. I traded a friend of my dads, who was a body man work, to repair and repaint it. Had a white top added and bought the factory trim that divided it. Got hit hard in the left front by an idiot who ran a light. Got it fixed, it was never right. Traded it on a new big block D150 4 months after graduating high school. So that was my first Mopar, with over 30 to follow.

 

[black64]

55 Ford Fairlane 3 on the tree 272 yblock.

 

[Hikin Mike]

1972 Nova 250 w/Poweglide.

 

[mr. b]

my first car was a 63 impala ss 409 4speed paid 250.for it in 75 blew the 409 up put a 327 in it then sold it and bought a 68 road runner and hooked ever since

 

[Dibbons]

First car I drove: parents new (special order) '71 Road Runner Bahama Yellow 383 Auto with spoiler package, fresh air, and canopy vinyl roof.

First car I purchased circa 1973: '65 Plymouth Valiant four-door 273 Auto which I paid $125.00. Fixed it up as a bracket racer (with a four speed); see first two photos. In 1980 sold it to the Renteria Brothers.

The last photo is how the Valiant looks today.

 

[Richard Davis]

1975 Alfa Romeo Alfetta 1.8 Our rock quarry (swimming hole) Bad Aibling Germany ~'82-'83

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OK, this is probably the last car that I would expect to be anyone's first car. Nice that your first car was a HEMI. The first car that I financed (made payments on) was a '76 Alfetta 2.0 (USA). It had 17K miles on it when I bought it in 1978. My nephew still owns it.

 

[69Bee]

OK, this is probably the last car that I would expect to be anyone's first car. The first car that I financed (made payments on) was a '76 Alfetta 2.0 (USA). It had 17K miles on it when I bought it in 1978. My nephew still owns it.

My dad gave me this one because he got a new/used '79 Alfetta 2.0 from the dealer in Bad Aibling Germany.

 

[64BEL]

First car? First Mopar? Daily driver in HS and after? Here's mine, which was all of the above for me.