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Ghostrider 310 · 10-31-2012, 12:40 AM

Post a picture and purchase price of the first car you ever bought with your own coin. Here's mine, a 1967 Opel Kadette, four banger 1.1 liter couldn't get out of it's own way and had nearly no heat, was a four speed though! Price? Four hundred.

sweeper · 10-31-2012, 01:57 AM

Sweet Opel Ghostrider!

1978 Datsun 280z.....its a wonder I'm still alive, way to fast for a 17yr old.

I wonder what she's doing now?

grubinski · 10-31-2012, 03:20 AM

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Originally Posted by sweeper

its a wonder I'm still alive, way to fast for a 17yr old.

Every car guy I know says that, including me ... and I only had a Datsun 510. Anything is too fast if the world is your racetrack and you hold your foot down long enough.

Ghostrider 310 · 10-31-2012, 04:05 AM

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Originally Posted by grubinski

Every car guy I know says that, including me ... and I only had a Datsun 510. Anything is too fast if the world is your racetrack and you hold your foot down long enough.

Not the Opel (stock internet photo BTW) anyhow, I'm not kidding it was dangerously slow, just awful but it got insane gas mileage.

Heiko · 10-31-2012, 04:26 AM

1982 Ford Escort, 4 door, two-tone brown with tinted windows and AM/FM cassette deck (Brand NEW out of the showroom for 5K including tax) Drove it for 7 yrs and then bought my first VW.... all uphill from there :-)

ProjectM96 · 10-31-2012, 04:51 AM

2000 Boxster. $9700

Homeboy981 · 10-31-2012, 05:43 AM

Datsun 710. Before they became Nissan and before anyone KNEW about good sound systems….I put home stereo speakers in the back seat! They took up BOTH BACK SEATS and every time I would brake hard….the speakers would hit the back of the seat!

Fortunately, the brakes were not that good. Neither was acceleration but it WAS FUN!

thom4782 · 10-31-2012, 06:17 AM

Great first car. Cost $750. Had plastic, removable windows. No heater or defroster. Made for some interesting winter driving in New England. Oh, BTW - the floor board was just that -- plywood. And the car had a positive ground. When I added a radio, the capacitors promptly blew up because I forgot to reverse polarity. One could do that back then.

tony_fury · 10-31-2012, 06:39 AM

1965 Chevy Belair 2 Dr. 327 c.i. with 2 Speed Powerglide transmission.
Shelby mags, Mickey Thomson 50's on the rear with Gabriel Hijackers..

AndyA6 · 10-31-2012, 06:36 AM

My first car! I think it was approx. $ 1,000?

SeanZ4 · 10-31-2012, 06:53 AM

First car was a '63 Ford Fairlane that my dad bought from the old lady next door for $250. Then the parents bought me an '83 Escort new for college. Then I bought the '72 Chevelle SS for $1800. This is a stock photo but mine was nearly identical. Even had the black vinyl top. It was just a 13-14 year old car back then, nothing special or collectible. I traded it in on a mazda GLC in the 80's. Sometimes when I think about it..... I still get sick to my stomach.

coolbreeze551 · 10-31-2012, 07:14 AM

1992 Ford Tempo, was $500 and got me from A to B.

Johnny Danger · 10-31-2012, 07:26 AM

I still have my first vehicle !

BYprodriver · 10-31-2012, 08:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Johnny Danger

I still have my first vehicle !

That's totally boss if it has the denim interior!

BYprodriver · 10-31-2012, 08:59 AM

1971 Firebird Formula 455ci auto $1,000 bought when I was 17. Starter solenoid was bad so the PO showed me how to jump it by sticking screwdriver between headers, hard to do at night without making lots of sparks. Drove it that way for couple months till I learned how to replace solenoid. All pic's are pre-digital so here is original brochure, my car is middle color.

Homeboy981 · 10-31-2012, 08:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Johnny Danger

I still have my first vehicle !

That IS THE REAL DANGERMOBILE!

Here is a another Gremlin…Gizmo

http://rides.hotrod.com/ride/1003467/gremlingirl/1972/amc/gremlin/

Johnny Danger · 10-31-2012, 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Homeboy981

That IS THE REAL DANGERMOBILE!

Here is a another Gremlin…Gizmo

gremlingirl

My Gremlin was the first to have machine guns mounted in the front grill, along with a switch that could spray oil and tacks out the back !

jb92563 · 11-01-2012, 06:58 AM

In 1980 I had a Renault LeCar with the opening roof.

It was actually a pretty decent car, just ugly and mine was a dark brown......ugh!

I even towed my Hobie Cat sailboat around with it during my racing years. Great, with lots of room for gear in the back.

Only 3 lug nuts holding each wheel on.

With the roof open people in the rear seat could stand up and their body from the waist up was above the roof.

Got pulled over doing that once by the fuzz.
The back seaters were high, and argued with the police that they had their seat belts on, while standing up in the back seats.
I smacked them three stooges style and told them to sit back down and shut up so the nice officer would not take them to jail.
I think he was holding back a laugh and let us go with a warning.

It happened again a year later on the highway, different back seaters this time though, and they got $90 tickets.

My first Brand new car ($13k) was a Chrysler Laser Turbo, very cool, my first Black car too.
The stlying was quite different for a car of the 85 era. I am always attracted to different as I hate having cars that look plain and boring.

Ghostrider 310 · 10-31-2012, 07:41 AM

That's pretty cool, close enough to sing Queen tunes in. Gremlin, right?

Topless · 10-31-2012, 08:05 AM

1963 Chevy II White, 192ci 6cyl, three on the tree. I drove the wheels off that thing and had lots of great memories. Bought it for $300, added a stereo and decent tires and sold it after two years for $400.