What was the first vehicle you owned?

1979 F-150, single cab (obviously) 6 cyl stick shift, 2wd. One week and four days later it was totaled in a rollover on a dirt road. Definitely a life lesson learned. The hard lessons are the ones not soon forgotten. Many after that. Never could find one i liked and kept more than a couple of years until i was in my early 40’s. 🐎

That’s easy. The first car I owned, and paid $525 for, was a 1968 Chevy Nova four door in black primer, powered by a straight six cylinder motor and automatic transmission. It needed a lot of work. Tires, brakes, and a steering wheel as the one that came with it was egg-shaped! LOL

It was nothing to write home about, but it was remarkable in that it gave me freedom and autonomy. I see one similar to this tooling around Seattle, and hope to speak to the owner some day.

1976 Chevy Monte Carlo. Bought for 600$. Silver exterior, red cloth interior, bench front seat, not a landau. Only work needed was left front quarter panel. Otherwise, it great condition. I wish I could find one again.

Michael_T

1976 Chevy Monte Carlo. Bought for 600$. Silver exterior, red cloth interior, bench front seat, not a landau. Only work needed was left front quarter panel. Otherwise, it great condition. I wish I could find one again.

I loved those cars. Lots of them were destroyed in demolition derbys or sharp curves. 🐎

A Duster, can't remember the year. It was a newer one. I was 28. I was riding motorcycles first. Can't believe I survived especially when I wrote off a bike on the highway at 19.

Technically a 1981 AMC Eagle SX4, 4 cyl 4 spd, but it was a basket case and I never got it running. My first drivable vehicle that I owned was a 85 Eagle wagon, 6 cyl auto.

1965 Chevy Corvair Monza. Pulled it out of a field, replaced the clutch, and then spent all one summer hand sanding the bad paint off and repairing holes with fiberglass and bondo. Then sent it to Maco for $99 paint job and spent another few weeks buffing the paint out so it looked decent enough for high school.

mike8675309

1965 Chevy Corvair Monza. Pulled it out of a field, replaced the clutch, and then spent all one summer hand sanding the bad paint off and repairing holes with fiberglass and bondo. Then sent it to Maco for $99 paint job and spent another few weeks buffing the paint out so it looked decent enough for high school.

Must have been before Ralph Nader became safety “woke” 🤣 🐎

Drove a few vehicles that were "my responsibility", but weren't actually mine. In other words, I paid for everything... maintenance, fuel, insurance, etc... but they weren't legally in my name.

The first vehicle that actually had my name on the title was a 1991 Mercury Tracer, the slightly fancier version of the Ford Escort.

New looking (not mine, but identical):


Last day before trading it in... 21 years and 280,000 miles later (actually mine):

1972 Ford Pinto. Go ahead, tell me I'm not a Ford guy. 😂

RagnarKon

Drove a few vehicles that were "my responsibility", but weren't actually mine. In other words, I paid for everything... maintenance, fuel, insurance, etc... but they weren't legally in my name.

The first vehicle that actually had my name on the title was a 1991 Mercury Tracer, the slightly fancier version of the Ford Escort.

New looking (not mine, but identical):


Last day before trading it in... 21 years and 280,000 miles later (actually mine):

Excellent mileage attainment!

Tricky Dick

Technically a 1981 AMC Eagle SX4, 4 cyl 4 spd, but it was a basket case and I never got it running. My first drivable vehicle that I owned was a 85 Eagle wagon, 6 cyl auto.

A car actually way ahead of its time.

77 F150 4x4. Short box. Small lift, automatic. Detroit locker. Built my first motor for it. Warmed up 400m. Raven black. Wish I still had it.

Chief Ron

Must have been before Ralph Nader became safety “woke” 🤣 🐎

Nope, well after unsafe at any speed. Photo was from around 1984 or so, maybe winter of 83. After that winter I replaced the stock 13" wheels and wire hub caps with 14" aluminum dished wheels and much bigger rubber (all purchased from a junk yard).
In 1964 Chevy redesigned the rear suspension borrowing from the Corvette of the time, switching to a trailing arm with camber compensators to eliminate the risk of the earlier suspension problems that were the subject of Nader's Unsafe at any Speed Book.

Due to the rear weight bias, it drove like a slot car.

1975 Mustang Notch Back Silver Ghia, 302. I bought if off my buddy when I was 14 for $1000. He needed the money to buy a 1966 Mustang Notch 289. it was in pretty bad shape but I fixed it up.




That is not a before and after the first pic is a parts car the second picture is the after. it was silver in color that had faded to a nice primer grey and it had the Maroon interior. when I was getting it painted the Body guy suggested I go darker since the silver was going to fade again so I had them paint it Charcoal grey. It was a fun car that taught me a lot about body work and working on motors, Sadly one day while I was at work some A-hole backed into it in the Parking lot (hit and run) and smashed the grill and pushed the radiator into the fan and bent the water pump. After all the work I had done to it for 2 years, I could not stand to do it again so I fixed the water pump and took the $2600 from insurance, and sold the car for $1350. and bought a 1985 Pontiac Grand Am 2-door. 😖

62 Dodge Lancer. 225 six, 3 on the floor, stove, no jukebox. Stove went out (Core) had to reroute the hose. $25...

1966 Dodge Charger 383-4. Red. :)

1972 Ford Mustang Fastback 351C 4 Speed manual trans, Bought it in 1983 when I was 15 (Dad did chip in some cash). Boy did I have some good times in that car, I racked up so many tickets (23pts) my junior/senior year that by the time PENDOT caught up with me I was already off to boot camp, ended up getting a CA licence when I got to my duty station. Had my dad sell the car while I was in CA, wish I wouldn't have.....

Eninty

A car actually way ahead of its time.

I was a massive AMC nerd when I was young and just thought the Eagles were the coolest thing ever. I ended up owning around 8-9 all said and done and still wish I had one. A 1st gen AMX is one of my bucket list cars too.