what was your first car?

[Porsche Monkey]

Thats a really nice story but I have a feeling Porshaholic was looking for a Back SEAT story, not a "backstory".   

Yeah guess I got his words mixed up.  Its been happening alot lately.  Good story though.

[Popeye the Sailor]

Thats a really nice story but I have a feeling Porshaholic was looking for a Back SEAT story, not a "backstory".   

The only backseat story I had involved me getting somewhere with a girl, and at one point, she kicked off one of the inside door handles.

Right then and there, I threw her out of the car.


Priorities.

[IZ]

'66 Chevy Bel Air. 

My dad bought it for me in Tucson back in '87 for $1000.  It had approx. 70K miles.  I was the second owner.  My uncle still has it stored back in MI. 

I posted this pic a couple years back on TOB.

[cyrus buelton]

I got my Mom's 1989 Jeep Cherokee limited with about 95k miles.

It needed new shocks, so I convinced my Dad to let me put a 3inch Black Diamond lift kit on it because it was cheaper than buying new shocks, etc.

Boy, did that thing look cool.

However, it road like absolute dog shit.

The car died a few years later with about 115k miles on it, which is why I am hesitant to ever own a Jeep again.

It was replaced with a 96 Chevy Blazer which I drove through college.

[ducpainter]

My dad was a Ford dealer when I was a kid. There were all kinds of pretty neat cars around and I could use some of them...

This was the one I got to use when I got my license...

It was a hoot.



I don't buy demos...ftr   

[Howie]

My dad was a Ford dealer when I was a kid. There were all kinds of pretty neat cars around and I could use some of them...

This was the one I got to use when I got my license...

It was a hoot.



I don't buy demos...ftr   

A hoot indeed.  One of those beat my BMW

[Popeye the Sailor]

My dad was a Ford dealer when I was a kid. There were all kinds of pretty neat cars around and I could use some of them...

This was the one I got to use when I got my license...

It was a hoot.



I don't buy demos...ftr   

What is that?

[Howie]

Lotus-Cortina, proof that Colin Chapman could polish a turd with positive results.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus-Cortina

[ducpainter]

Lotus-Cortina, proof that Colin Chapman could polish a turd with positive results.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus-Cortina

It certainly was no looker...

but the motor and chassis made up for it.

The motor would spin to 8K and it would break the rear wheels loose shifting into 4th if the pavement was anything but bone dry.

[lethe]

Lotus-Cortina, proof that Colin Chapman could polish a turd with positive results.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus-Cortina

Neat. That's a car I didn't know about.

[Popeye the Sailor]

Neat. That's a car I didn't know about.

There's a guy at work who drives on in every day. Or it's exact lookalike. Always curious as to what it was.

[Bun-bun]

'79 Chevy Monza

This was the first car I ever paid for myself. Had the "Iron duke" 2.3 4-cylinder, and a 4 speed. No A/C.

First car I ever had was the '66 VW bug that my dad handed off to me in '79. He bought it new in '66. By the time I got it, the side sills had rusted off, the turn signal stalk had broken, and hung down by the wires that ran to the high beam switch, and one of the muffler tips had rusted off. I loved that car. I also abused the hell out of it. That was one great offroading, mudbogging, curb jumping, little car.

[Speedbag]

Neat. That's a car I didn't know about.

Drool. They're worth a pretty penny these days too.....

[ducpainter]

Drool. They're worth a pretty penny these days too.....

I wish I still had it...

they don't make them like that these days...

there are laws.

[lethe]

I wish I still had it...

they don't make them like that these days...

there are laws.

Laws can ruin some good fun.