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I have been meaning ask a question to all of you, but I am really busy reading and responding as well as I can to your posts, and then I forget.

Do you remember your first car? I was born 1952, and my first car was a 1952 VW Beetle. I love that car. IT had kilometer speedo, an 36 hp. I had purchase a fire extinguisher that looked like a can of shaving cream for about a dollar, for just in case.

Wouldn,t you know, but had fuel line leak, and I looked in my mirror and could see flames. I thought "O" know! But I remember I had a fire extinguisher. The fire was out of control, and just barely opened the engine hood, and sprayed under the hood. To my amazement the fire went out, and I opened the hood, and spayed it some more just to be sure the fire was out. I tightened the fuel fitting with tools I always carried, and fired it up (pun intended), and drove home.

A little bit of wiring replacement, some sanding and spray paint on the hood and she was as as before. I am glad I was an Eagle Scout and was prepared.

At least I did one thing right🙂

Leutrelle 7 May 27
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1967 Pontiac Tempest.
Not the one in the picture, but exactly like it.

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My first car was a Mercury Capri when the Capri looked the new version of the Mustang which no one liked. It was blue, and that is about all I remember about it.

I had a Capri, it lasted about two years. Once my son—2 at the time—pulled the steering wheel cover off when I ran inside Hardee’s for three minutes. I came out and he was standing in the drivers seat, screaming at the sparks flying out of the wires. I started home anyway, having no other choice...after a mile the horn started blowing continuously. The dirty looks and flying birds I got, lol! My dad had to run by and disconnect the horn.

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Oh yes, it was a 1966 Olsmobile F-85 that I bought with my own money at the age of 16.

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My first was a 1969 Ford Falcon Futura Sport Coupe. Not a bad little ride.
[goo.gl]

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197-something red Datsun station wagon. It had an 8-track tape player, which made me one of the cool kids, lol.

ikr! I had wall-to-wall carpet and mag wheels, too! '66 Dodge Sportsman van, paneled windows in back and a multi-color paint scheme--silver & blue.

@Skeezwazzle A love machine! ?

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My first car was a 1977 Ford Ltd., mint green - got 8 mpg. Was an awesome car.

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My first car was a 1977 Ford Ltd., mint green - got 8 mpg. Was an awesome car.

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1977 VW Rabbit made in Germany (with the round headlights) ?

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63 Ford Falcon. Cost me $35

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'69 GTO.
red, black interior, black convertible top
4 speed manual

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1974 Opel Kadett C in white. Cute and very fast little car. Sold it after a couple of years because I couldn't afford to fix it.... And bought a radio-controlled toy car with the money. Whyyyy?!

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A 1984 Mazda 626.

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I’ve had a bunch of really cool interesting cars but the first purchased with my own money was a 76 Chevy Chevette piece of crap for $600. I think dam near every other car I ever had was cooler except for the piece of crap I’m currently exploring the limits of patience with.

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1965 Buick Special. Had a fairly uncommon 300 V8.

Prior to my post on this I was driving a car my Dad purchased... 58 Buick Special, cheers?

@ArdentAtheist My first car was a ‘55 Buick Special. After I spun out on ice and totaled it my grandfather sold me his ‘56. It was the same all white, most of my friends didn’t know I upgraded my ride.

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1970 VW bug. By that point, the horsepower was up around 42. Had to scrape frost off of the inside of the windshield in the winter. AM radio though baby!

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I had a used postal Jeep with right hand drive. I brought it for $800 and sold it for $1,000.

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Native New Yorker, been here my whole life. Never had a car, never learned to drive.

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Still saving up for a car,.

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'68 P. O. S. Camaro in '78. 3 months later a '70 Suburban with 129,000 miles on it. My Dad & I drove it another 120,000, replacing or rebuilding many starters, solinoids and alternators outside, especially when it was below 40°F, windy, dark and raining (uphill both ways). My favorite was number 3, the '70 Mach 1 Mustang in '80.

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A tatty Ford Escort Estate in 1986

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66 mustang. 650.00 in 1970. Cheap little car.

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1973.... it was a 1966 International Scout pickup truck, sort of a short bed four-wheel drive version of the original Jeep-like SUV. I put big Armstrong off-road tires on it, a winch, off-road lights and painted it bright canary yellow! I probably had $1,000 in it by the time I was done. It was a piece of crap, but it sure was distinctive in the lot at Venice High School. I was a sophomore and not many people had their own cars then!

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The first car I bought myself was a 1986 Chevy convertible. Loved it and took it cross country with me to SoCal

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My first car (in 1980) was a 1968 Beetle. My father sold shortly thereafter and it was replaced by a 1973 Super Beetle.

Ohub Level 7 May 28, 2018
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1969 Plymouth Belvedere three on the tree! Love that car but the brakes kept going out so we had to get rid of it LOL I guess safety was An issue!

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