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lbrown59 Join Date: Posts: 1

2006-01-31          123855

FIRST VEHICLES
What was the first car you ever owned?
What was the first car you and your spouse owned after you were married?

I bought a 1950 Chevy in 1958 when I was 17.
In 1962 I bought a 1960 Chevy Impala convertible.

My wife and I got married in 1964 .
At that time I had the 60 Chevy convertible but still owned the 50 Chevy so these were our first cars.

Both My first and second cars were the first cars of that decade I thought this was unusual and unique.
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MY FIRST CAR http://www.hubcapcafe.com/ocs/pages01/chev5003.htm
OUR FIRST CAR http://www.hubcapcafe.com/ocs/pages01/chev6003.htm
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oneace Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 1490 south central pa   Pics

2006-01-31          123866

Nothing special.

An 89 Pontiac Sunbird.

Not Married But my fiancé and my first vehicle together was an 04 F250 (now lemon lawed). Now have an 05 Taurus( free from the lemon law settlement). ....

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grinder Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 677 central Maine   Pics

2006-01-31          123867

Approx 1973, atthe age of 15 I bought a 1964 Ford Falcon conv. for $50.00. You could get in the trunk without opening the lid. You might say she was a little rusty.
My wife and bought a 1992 Suburu for our first car together. ....

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SG8NUC Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 579 g   Pics

2006-01-31          123869

My first vechile had a Red Flyer wagon front end with a modified wooden steering wheel. A high wheel baby stroller axle for the rear end. It had a 2 X 4 frame with plywood floor and was powered by a broom handle and one or two children. 2 X 4 nailed to the side was the power stick brake. Paid 50 cent in 1959 as is no warranty

1971 VW (dual point distr, expansion camber blew up went in army got married)
1959 English Ford (four cylinder running on 2 POS wife bought this so we would have a car when I returned from germany)
1970 Datsun 240z (HLS 30 excellent car should have kept it)
1976 toyota corola (baby crap yellow, it took a licking)
1977 pontiac gran am ($7000 14 years old $1000 301 pontiac eng. this is the year they put chevys in pontiacs great car)
1984 Chevy S10 (1.9 mitsi eng, developed blow by after pulling 3000 lb bass boat at 70+ for 30,000 miles no complants)
1986 plymouth (2.5 4 cylinder POS blew up at 73,000 miles)
1990 Astro van (4.3 votec pulled bass boat 40,000 miles in cruse never complained ran like a top blew up at 240,000 miles)
1995 Nissan sentra (no problem son totaled it)
1999 Nissan sentra (Loaded limited edition,runs great)
2000 KIA sportage (100,000 miles no probems great service after the sale)
Sorry if i got carried away.
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kwschumm Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 5764 NW Oregon   Pics

2006-01-31          123870

First: 1970 Opel GT
Married: 1990 Ford Ranger ....

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harvey Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 1550 Moravia, NY   Pics

2006-01-31          123872

16 in 1966 and 1966 Honda CL90, 1972 married 1966 Impala SS 327, 4spd... ....

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Peters Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 3034 Northern AL   Pics

2006-01-31          123874

I thought we did this already.

1st vehicle - 68 Mercury 250 4sp 390 camper special with west coasters - rare truck. I wish it had not rusted away.
1st Car - 65 Volvo 544 sport with B20 engine transplant - 140 mph sleeper.

First car after marrage - 80 Volvo 240 GL 5sp with sunroof. ....

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Oliver Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 210 Massachusetts

2006-01-31          123876

First car, 1966 Mustang I bought when I was a senior in high school -- teenage boy and American powered V8's might not be the best combination, but those stories are best left off this family site...

When I met my wife she had an 87 Suburban and I had an 87 Toyota -- the first car we bought as a married couple was a 96 Subaru Outback. ....

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jdcman Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 103 washington

2006-02-01          123883

Geeze,

That was a long time ago, I really had to think.

In '70 i bought my 1st vehicle, a'68 or '69 triumph 650 motorcycle. I was 18.

'71 my first Sportster. back then in order to hot rod you had to build much of your own stuff --- not much off the self at least in the small town i grew up in.

'72 i bought my first Vett, a '67 for 1300 bucks. can you believe it, they were relatively inexpensive in those days ... wish i had held on to some of that stuff.

everything after that is kind of blur --- time sure goes by fast.

those were also the days when you could get 19 tickets and still hold on to a license by attending driving school.

these days not much time to hot rod. although, unfortunately i still mange to get my share of tickets, you can only have 5 in 4 years in the state of wa.

interesting ... couldn't afford the tooling back then, but always figured out a means of making something work. today i have all the tooling and equipment, way more knowledge with no time to use it. does make one go hmm ---
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hardwood Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 3583 iowa

2006-02-01          123890

First car, 49 Hudson Commodore 6

Car when married, 61 Chevy ....

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lbrown59 Join Date: Posts: 1

2006-02-01          123899

I thought we did this already.
Peters
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Yeah somewhat similar but this thread has additional info and new replies.
Then too todays new members and visitors weren't around when that one was going around and probably missed it.

Here is a picture of a 1950 chevy just like my first car right down to the color and being a 4 door sedan.
http://chevy.tocmp.com/chevyscrapbook/files/kamp50.jpg
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drcjv. Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 334 southeastern pa   Pics

2006-02-08          124210

My first car 1965 Mustang. Wifes car when we married 1974 Corvette. ....

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RollTideRam Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 30 Hartselle, Alabama

2006-02-13          124455

1st my Father bought me a 1970 VW bus camper
1st I bought was a 1975 Nova SS
1st New was a 1987 Ford Ranger
1st my wife and I bought together was a 1993 Plymouth Duster.
I am 38 now and have had 3 VW's 2 small cars,5 small trucks, 6 fullsize trucks of which the last 3 were Dodge. I finally worked up to 2500 Diesel. Oh yeah I have a Suzuki Samurai for fun.
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brokenarrow Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 1288 Wisconsin

2006-02-13          124462

1969 chevy impala. 327, full 4 doors and a trunk large enough to fit 3 pregnant white tail deer in. ....

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AV8R Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 882 North Central Wisconsin   Pics

2006-02-14          124466

1977 Chrysler New Yorker 440" mill, leather, cloud-like ride, and even 15 mpg. (Not bad for nearly 6000# of iron.) ....

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wingwiper Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 676

2006-02-14          124471

In 1966 I bought a 59 Impala and while I was waiting to turn 16, I ripped the 283 out and shoved in 348, I and a friend would sit one the drivers side and work and two others would sit on the other wheel well. The neat thing was if you dropped something, you could see it.
It had a Voltage Regulator on the firewall if the coils were covered in a chalk like poweder, replace it for $4. It had a Generator, a Distributor. a coil, and a 4 barrel carb. It also had oil in the water and water in the oil when done. I re tore it apart sprayed black lite crap in it and never did find a crack. Put it back together and ran it for about 5000 miles and sold it for twice what I paid. $350.
I next had a 64 Falcom with a 170 Special, ran that until I went in the Marines. Came home bought a 67 Mustang in 72 and a 70 AMC Hornet SSt with a 304 in 73 and from there Dodge.
I look under the hood now, close it, go in the house pour a Brandy, go to Usedcarparts.com and hope and pray somebody has an idea what that hose is for.


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brokenarrow Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 1288 Wisconsin

2006-02-14          124519

Not my first cars but, At one time (when I was 180 I owned a 1977 Pontiac TransAM, I believe it had the 401 (give or take) White with the big RED and Black Bird on the hood! HOT HOT HOT! All I can say, BUT, (Back in the day) I couldnt afford to drive it (JUST ANYWHERE) So I used that car as my chick pick (erupper) and my trusty old Pinto (1979) was my main mode of transportation. THIS how ever was ALSO white and RED. A cool sun roof and Red interior (Just like my TA) Could you imagine if you were a LAdy that I may of hooked up with on a Friday night (late) and gave a ride home in the Trans Am (white and red) and then the next Day maybe she see's me driving a with and red pinto? LOL Bet she woulda gave up drinkin for good. Figure maybe she was dilusional or something eh? ....

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bnrhuffman Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 107 Falling Waters WV

2006-02-21          124876

My first car was a 72 Chevy Vega GT.
The first car my wife and I got together after we were married was a 99 jeep Wrangler. ....

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