Tell us about your first car!

[Mark986]

My first car was the probably the first "jelly bean"; a 1971 Toyota Celica.
Long throw four speed with the 18R engine. Tan on tan with a thin red/ black stripe on the sides. I usually kept about ten coats of carnuba on it, looked like it was encased in a 1/4" of glass. Drove the hell out of it during the college years, great fun car, really tossable. Did many a powerslide through cohttp:// rners in it.

[03box]

My first car was a 1971 Dodge Challeger R/T with a 340 c.i. engine. I paid $1600 for it in 1972 with 20,000 miles on it. It was metallic blue with black interior. Man it was quick. Wish I still had it. Muscle cars from that era are fetching a pretty penny on Barrett Jackson.

[MNBoxster]

Originally Posted by Mark986

My first car was the probably the first "jelly bean"; a 1971 Toyota Celica.
Long throw four speed with the 18R engine. Tan on tan with a thin red/ black stripe on the sides. I usually kept about ten coats of carnuba on it, looked like it was encased in a 1/4" of glass. Drove the hell out of it during the college years, great fun car, really tossable. Did many a powerslide through cohttp:// rners in it.

Hi,

I had a '77 Celica GT Coupe. I liked it alot, but it always seemed a little 'Tinney' and slightly anemic to me. While it was parked at the Curb overnight, it was totalled by a Chicago PD Cruiser rushing to a Call. I was informed by a Pizza Delivery Guy who saw it and got the Cruiser #. I waited 3 days and never heard a thing from the Cops. I reported it totalled and told the responding Officer what I had been told. He called in and told me I was wrong. I gave him the Cruiser #, Time of accident, and said I had a witness willing to testify. The next day the City Manager called and we agreed on an amount which the City paid the next day - weird huh? It had maybe 25k mi. on it, so I have no longterm experience with it...

Happy Motoring!... Jim'99