Tell us about your first car!

[edevlin]

See if this link works to a page of mine on my first car and such:

http://people2.hsc.edu/faculty-staff/edevlin/edsweb01/boxster.htm

Ed

[Grizzly]

Hey Ed,

Thanks for bumping this thread. I'd never seen it before.

My first car was a 1965 Mustang Fastback that my Dad bought for me when I was 14 years old. He paid $350.00 for it. We didn't have much money, so he sold his car to get it. He probably couldn't insure them both plus Mom's. He drove it to work during the day and I drove it at night (took the bus to school unless he was off).

In 1984 it had an electrical fire. Since then, I've been dragging it from house to house to house with me, always swearing to restore it as soon as I finish with (insert project here).

Now, I'm incredibly angry with myself because, as most of you know, I just lost my Dad. He never got to see the car restored, and I never told him how much his sacrifices over the years have meant to me.

I'm in the process of planning a ground-up restoration for the car right now. Some of the other cars may have to go in order to finance what I want to do, and to make room, but so be it. It is so much more than an old car.

[djomlas]

my first car was a 98 camaro ( i got a few more camaros after that one), i did so much to it its not even funny, to the point where it broke
i did my own t-top conversion with a sawzal ( i showed it off at the car shows, no one could believe that it was not original t-top car), nitrous, bigger rear end, corvette wheels, cam...u get the point. ran it on the track like a rat untill the frame twisted. no joke LOL, i even strenghtened the chasis. i guess it didnt like 200 shot of N20 on top of everything else.
it had to be towd off the track couse it wasnt driveable anymore.

i loved the car tho