First vehicle you owned

Working here in the shop cleaning and straightening up from the last several projects that made it through since harvest and moving one of my first vehicles I ever owned and wondered to the group on here what was your first vehicle. My first vehicle was a red 64 Impala SS 327 automatic power glide. Had to put it to pasture due to the frame and body rotting away making it far to expensive for a teenager to repair don’t know where it finally ended up then came the metallic blue 77 Riviera that I drove to prom, graduation, 2 years of community college then parked till 99 when it was the getaway car for our wedding and still have it today along with an 83 green and silver 3/4ton 4x4 Chevy that I restored in 2000. I just thought perhaps we needed a new topic on here cause everyone remembers the good times in their first vehicle. What can warm a guys heart more in this cold weather than reminiscing about vehicles of the past.

1966 Ford F100 352 4speed
Wish I still had it. Gave $250.00 for it
Second was a 1969 F100 390 4 speed wish I still had it
Third was a 74 F100 360 and then 390 automatic.
I’ve owned many dent side Fords since then.

1966 Chevrolet Bel Air was the first in my name, bought it from my Dad just before I got married. 1978 Nova is the one that I wish I had kept. 

First car was a 1974 Dodge Charger 318 automatic.  Next car was a 1973 Dodge Challenger with a 440 transplanted into it with a 727 automatic. I miss that one a lot.

1969 Chevelle in 1980. It stated out as a 6 cylinder power glide without power steering. It now has a 327, turbo 350 and power steering. It's sitting in the garage waiting for a summer cruise. It needs the gas gauge fixed and I would like to upgrade it to front dic brakes. It has more motor then brakes but that's what I learned to drive and always had enough room to stop. If it could talk it has a few stories. Maybe it's my guardian angel it got me this far.

Edited by DanWi - 20 hours 36 minutes ago at 8:50pm

68 Mercury Cyclone GT. 390, C6, bucket seats and console. Paid $180 for it at a police auction. Same color as the General Lee and beat nearly as hard. Learned to drive when that show was popular. Still have it.

1967 Chevelle SS , bought it with no engine. Got an 396 for an extra $100 which we put in and found locked up. Bought another big block at the junkyard and got it going
A learning experience for sure. Wish I still had it

My first was a 1961 Ford Fairlane 6 cylinder "three on the tree".

1964 VW Bug, next car was a 1955 Ford Customline four door sedan with a 272 Y-Block V8 and a Fordomatic. Wish I still had both of them.

ACinSC wrote: Coworker had a VW bug. He claimed the heater used gas!!? Seems crazy to me

If we only knew then....
A friend had a 68 Impala SS with 427. Pulled the engine in the 70s due to gas prices. Both are long gone. I knew another guy, friend of my dad. Rebuilt wrecked cars. He had Laguna S3 for sale. I liked it but didn't buy it. Told him they'd be worth a lot more in the future. Looked at me like I was crazy

Thanks codger, still sounds crazy

The first "my" car was a 1965 Olds Delta 88.  The first car titled in my name was a 1965 Pontiac Grand LeMans.

Tbone95 wrote: Parents let me drive a couple vehicles to school and around for sports and friends and such. Most frequently a 1975 Chrysler New Yorker, occasionally a 1970 Binder pickup. Both pieces of crap in their own way but I appreciated having wheels. First vehicle I bought was a1980 Ford F150, 300 six. Also kind of a piece of crap!!!