Tell us about your first car!

[denverpete]

Great Stuff!

My first car was a '50 Chevy 3 window pickup. My dad bought it for $500.00 and spent the next 5 years restoring it. Every Father's Day or other celebration we would pitch in to get another part to help finish the truck. By the time it was done it was light grey with a burgandy pin-stripe. The interior was in a burgandy hounds-tooth with a Sony tape deck and speakers in the doors. He did a fantastic job integrating everything and it really looked original. No hop-ups for this truck! It'd do about 60 MPH if you were going down hill. Of course, the air wipers were a trip. I remember constantly finding 50 year old men standing outside my truck trying to get a better view. They just don't make trucks like that any more! Wish I sill had it. I probably look for one every other month or so. Good times, Good times.

My next car was a '72 Opel GT. Fun little car, lot's of issues. And YES Brucelee, I drove that one in the snow too! My dad still has that Opel in the garage and has been tinkering with it for the last 15 years or so...