Stratafied
Dr. Stratster
1970 mercury montego, I wanted a roadrunner but my old man knew horsepower and me didn’t mix.
What was your first car?
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Stratafied
Dr. Stratster
Man , I had a string of cutlasses, great cars.The first car that I personally owned was a 1980 Oldsmobile Cutlas Supreme. Like this one...
I was nineteen when I got it.
The first vehicle I was ever licensed to drive in was a 1977 Chevy Luv stepside...
Except it was blue and I was sixteen.
the vehicle I learned to drive in when I was eight years old was a 1958 Ford F100 Stepside like this one.
circles
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Buick Skylark
knh555
Most Honored Senior Member
Sadly, I can't find a picture of it, but it looked just like this. 1978 Volkswagen Rabbit 4 spd two-door.
knh555
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A friend of mine loved telling the girls he drove a 'vette.
NobodyReally
Strat-O-Master
That's what I called mine. Lol
Butcher of Strats
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They whut?My parent bought me a 1966 Pontiac GTO at the end of my sophomore year in college. They had me go outside to get a picture with a new chess set they bought for me, and then mentioned that I was standing in front of my new car. You could have knocked me over with a feather. With 389 cu. in. engine and a 4-barrel carburetor, it had great pickup when needed (and even when it wasn't needed).
I haven't digitized my old photos yet, so here are some pics of an identical car:
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Yes, they were!! I had two. When I bought the 1980 in 1993, I really wanted a 1981. I liked the body style a lot more than the previous model year. I just couldn't find one in decent shape around here until I came across the '80. I bought it for $450 and it needed a transmission. Had everything but reverse gear when I drove it home. A junk yard owner in my birth town owed my dad a favor so he sold me a 350 turbo for $85 and I took it home and did the swap.
A couple years later I finally found an '81 and bought it for $800 from a kid that lived about 5 minutes from where I worked which was about an hour from where I lived. Drove it home and the next week I changed the engine with the 1969 Olds 350 Rocket that I built and put in the '80 then scrapped the old car the quarter panels were rusting out pretty badly).
Of all the vehicles that I have owned the one I liked the most (other than my 2 R1s) was that 1981. I stupidly traded it in on a used truck and never should have. I just saw the big pretty 4x4 and went all "PURRRRDY!" and just had to have it. Looking back it was one of the dumbest transactions I EVER made.
Butcher of Strats
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Bought a 57 Chevy Bel Air for $400 in 1975, because it came up then. I did not have a drivers license.
Drove it of course, to school and stuff.
Ran well enough but the brakes were iffy.
Clearly I lived through that?
Drove it of course, to school and stuff.
Ran well enough but the brakes were iffy.
Clearly I lived through that?
1969 Datsun 2000 Roadster, in the ugly pale yellow, just like this one:
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Dick Blackmore
Senior Stratmaster
My grandpa and I built a Volkswagen Baja out of three wrecked VW Beetles. It was yellow, tan and orange. He passed away before we could paint it and I never had the money to get it done. Actually lived in the car for several years, I was my own when I was 15 and there was not always a couch to crash on. I wish I had a picture of it. Eventually it broke down on the 435 and was impounded by the police. Daily fees made it impossible for me to get it out, it was a cool car for awhile.
Lucius Molchany
Strat-O-Master
83 Pontiac J-2000 Hatch back!
Lucius Molchany
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Butcher of Strats
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My first HO car was the Snake soon followed by the Mongoose.
Actually had both HO and Hot Wheels versions of those cars.
You actually had a life size version of that Yak though?
Johnnyg123
Strat-O-Master
One of these in red converted back into a car. Big long single side window and bench seat in the back. It was a tax dodge. Bring them in as commercials and then convert them to cars. The government closed the loophole soon after.
dspellman
Senior Stratmaster
1961 Triumph TR3, black with red interior. Took my first driving test in this one. No side windows, windshield comes off with a couple of bolts on each side. That hole in the bottom of the front grill is actually for a hand crank to start the engine if the battery is dead! Not the greatest car for an Iowa winter.
GuitsrGeorge
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A 1955 Ford sedan. Paid $25 for it. It needed tires and a muffler. I put four retreads and a used muffler on and drove it all summer until the engine blew up.
This was 1968.
This was 1968.
