what was your first car?

[Le Pirate]

Sorry, even with the last pic, there is no way to make a Tracker cool...

It's like trying to make a Suzuki Suicide look cool....

very true...like pops said, "you get what you get! no complaining!

it was hard to pick up chicks in that little thing, but I'll be damned if you coulding haul ass on some trails with it

[KnightofNi]

very true...like pops said, "you get what you get! no complaining!

it was hard to pick up chicks in that little thing, but I'll be damned if you coulding haul ass on some trails with it before you rolled it

FYP

[lauramonster]

1972 Plymouth Roadrunner  (my bad - it was a '72, not '82!!)
posi rear - ate through rear tires (60's) every 6 months!!
Copper paint with gold metal flake and the white stripes and rr decals
white interior
bucket seats
automatic
daily diet of camaros & fords.  raced eveywhere and anywhere!!

dad generously provided a Vega for sis & I to drive.  orange station wagon w/ paneling.  need I say more?  i saved EVERY penny til I had the $1000 for the car (then she was stuck with the POS ).

God she was a wet dream.  She drank gas like a drunk, more money at every inspection, and I was THE hottest chick in town!!

[DCXCV]

'85 4x4 solid axle Toyota pick-up.  Last year of the solid front axle, first year of the feul injected 4 cylinder = awesome.
Free from my dad except it needed a rebuilt engine, tranny new water pump and radiator and the bed had basketball-sized rust holes so I flat-bedded it.

Like the pic, but black and with a flat bed.  I think my front push bar was a bit bigger, too, since I took it off an F-150.

[Bick]

When I first started driving, Mom's car was passed down to me.

A 1976 300D:


First car titled to me, HS graduation, I was given a McLaren:

[MendoDave]

Also I learned to do a double-clutch downshift into a non-synchro first gear on that car (if you don't know what that means, don't worry- you don't need to know it anymore.)

Everyone needs to know how to do that.

[red baron]

1982 Plymouth Roadrunner
posi rear - ate through rear tires (60's) every 6 months!!
Copper paint with gold metal flake and the white stripes and rr decals
white interior
bucket seats
automatic
daily diet of camaros & fords.  raced eveywhere and anywhere!!

dad generously provided a Vega for sis & I to drive.  orange station wagon w/ paneling.  need I say more?  i saved EVERY penny til I had the $1000 for the car (then she was stuck with the POS ).

God she was a wet dream.  She drank gas like a drunk, more money at every inspection, and I was THE hottest chick in town!!

That is not an 82 Road runner.

[ducpainter]

That is not an 82 Road runner.

I'm giving her a typo...

it's a '72.

[Drunken Monkey]

I just want to go on record saying I hate all of you who had way cool "first cars" while I was stuck with that French POS 

[cloudseeker]

I just want to go on record saying I hate all of you who had way cool "first cars" while I was stuck with that French POS 

+1.  Shall we battle for the "bigget POS French 1st car" title?

[Popeye the Sailor]

+1.  Shall we battle for the "bigget POS French 1st car" title?

No point. No matter who wins, ya'll still lost.

[lethe]

I had one of those diesel Peugeots at one point too except I disliked it enough that I only used it as a "woods" car. It didn't last long but it did survive multiple instances of at least 4 feet of air under between the tires and the surface of whatever was passing for a road at that moment. I forget what my exact count is but I've owned somewhere around 30 or so vehicles over the years. I should compile a list.

[ZLTFUL]

My first car is also my forum namesake.

"ZLTFUL" (Zeelightful)
1980 Chevrolet Camaro Z-28
Brown with gold vinyl
When I got it the "stock" 305 was really weak but the car was in immaculate condition.
So after the stocker scattered at ~110 on the interstate on the way to work one day (still drove it the 11 miles home on 5 cylinders as the rest of the rods were sticking out of various parts of the oil pan and block...in fact, when I got it home and after it had cooled down, my brother reached into te oil pan through a hole in the block and pulled out chunks of piston...), I decided that it was time for more muscle and having worked since I was 14 (was 17 when the engine finally let go) and being the son of a car dealer, I had alot of money burninga hole in my pocket.

So, after shopping the local stock car scene and heading down to a few of the swap meets associated with the Knoxville Natonals and hoping to find a cheap engine, I finally settled on working part time for a performance boat mechanic and swapping my work in exchange for parts and shop use.

The end result was a 500hp 475ft/lb 406 small block bolted to a HEAVILY modified T400 and a GM 12 bolt with full posi 4.11s.
Once we were done, I took our neighbor and my dad's good friend (a sheriff's deputy) for a ride. We turned on to the entrance ramp of the interstate and he says, "Let's see what she's got." At which point I planted my foot to the floor and ripped the 2 front passenger seat mounting bolts out of the floor. he whole time, Rick is giggling like a 5 year old girl.

We got back to the house and Rick informed me that if he caught me drag racing he was going to throw the book at me.

Best run on slicks at HPT was 10.12@132mph. Won countless street races (until the old guys with bootomless pocketbooks and their big blocked and tube chassised "street" cars started showing up). And Rick held true to his word when he yanked my license for drag racing and speeding (138 in a 35). He offered to keep my car warm for me durig the year I couldn't drive it.

Instead, I joined the Army and sold it to a guy who is still drag racing it in 90% the same form as it was when I owned it (now has mini tubs, a rear 4 link suspension and a Ford 9 incher and runs every weekend at Eddyville Raceway in SE Iowa.)

[MTBryan]

Oh yeah!
'65 Mustang fastback. Black with gold stripes. Souped up 289, 4 speed top loader tranny, and side pipes (until the embarrassment was too much and I got rid of them).  2nd fastest car in Grand County Colorado at the time, 2nd only to a Chevelle that SMOKED MY BUTT!

I wish I had a photo.

[KnightofNi]

what's wrong with side pipes?