Slick 60's

I did a bit of thinking (I've had to many vehicles) My first was a 63 LWB uni with a I6. I was working at a coffin factory and saved $5 a week. I finally took $75 (in fives )down the street and picked up a real sweet truck. No rust, everything worked, nice green color. Drove it home and thought I'd take it out to see a buddy, but being safety minded (before safety check requirements were law) I put both feet on the brake pedal and gave it a real good stomp to make sure the brakes were good.....

Two weeks later I finally got the lines fixed and started driving. Had that truck till it blew it's guts all over the road. cracked flywheel took out the bell housing, front corner of the tranny and the rear corner of the engine.
A guy approached me a few months later and even traded me a 49 F1 with a 292 conversion even up.
Those were the days of cheap cars and long summer nights (sigh)
Dave

As much as I hate to admit it, my first daily driver was a 62 Vette. It was 10 years old when i bought it for $560.00. My father had a 62 Unibody that I drove most of the time while the Vette constantly let me down. So...long story msde short...that is why I looked for a 62 Unibody shorty when I got the urge to build something several years ago..and I do NOT want another Vette.
Chop

My first car was a 62 Skylark. Pulled the aluminum 215 out, put in a 327/BW T-10 for auto shop project. Had a blast!

Depends. My very first car I didn't own. Still don't, legally, 'cause it is still titled to the old man. '27 T me and my dad got running when I was 11. The one in my sig.

First car I Bought?
'72 Pinto. 2000 cc's of harmless fun. Had it sprung (mustang 2 springs)for the 351 I was going to put in it, so I had to raise the back too.. it looked like a 4x4 and was scary to steer. Sold it instead of dropping in the V8, to buy a new '79 Mustang.

A 1969 Mercury Murader X100 ( I think that's how it's spelled)
My dad bought it new and I got it when I graduated high school.
Had a 429 4V in it. Not much of a chick magnet but it had a Big Block

!967 jeep CJ-5 as you might expect. 4x4, 4 cylinder, wirh 4:27 gears and short tires. 45mph cruising and 55 topped out. This was a 16th birthday present, but I had a 46 CJ-2A since 13 for the dear lease. Thanks, Lyman.

1964 ford galaxie convert. red on red with white top 352 4v glass packs loved gas. my favoret not counting my slick was a 1966 ford fairlane gta. wish i had it back.

Lonnie

my very first car was a 1960 comet four door dark green 6 cyl auto trans and a am radio had it for about two years had alot of road party's in that old girl

Mine was a 70' Ford Truck F-100 302. since then I've had another 70,69,78,2-66's,65,05, and my 62', I guess I like Ford trucks.
Charlie

A 7 year old at the time 73 F100 LWB, custom, ex farm pickup with a 390/auto. Lots of good times in that old truck.

Lets see...

First vehicle ever driven: F100 in my sig, age 6

First vehicle that was mine, 1979 Mustang (worst POS that I ever owned, Johnny Canuck, what happened to your's?) Turbocharged 4 cyl. Blew the engine 2x in 30k miles.

First vehicle titled to in my name: 1985 Mercury Cougar, traded the Mustang for it. Most trustworthy vehicle I ever owned (it NEVER let me down).

Now... alas, the 65 sits in my garage and no other FoMoCo product graces my property.

First car I drove is parents 89 dodge daytona which they gave to me this summer cause its almost to the point of retiring. My 1960 f-100 is first vehicle that i bought and paid insurance on.

Tim

cdherman wrote: First vehicle that was mine, 1979 Mustang (worst POS that I ever owned, Johnny Canuck, what happened to your's?) Turbocharged 4 cyl. Blew the engine 2x in 30k miles

CD I was just 20 when I ordered mine from the factory. Took 4 months to come and I owned it for 5 more before it was totalled. Mine I ordered as a Cobra TRX with a 4 spd and a 302, never got to discover how good/bad a car it was because it had 8000 kilometers on the dial when it was killed. I loved the way it went and handled though. The last new car I ever owned.

However, with the insurance money I bought it's identical twin, a 79 Capri RS TRX 302 4 speed. Both looked similar to this, with a fake hood scoop. That car was a POS, I could not run it more than 100 miles without something else going wrong. I also (later) had a '79 Ford 4x4 shorty with a 351M that other than the Capri was the worst vehicle I have ever owned bar none, but they are #1 AND #2 on the botttom of the barrel. '79 was a BAD year for Fords.

JC

63 mg midgit. side curtains, positve ground, no second gear and all... great ride! wish i still had it.

first car i drove i did not own either, Dad's 68 fairlane 500 , 289 auto. color was aquamarine.thing i remember was the COLD light.Dad always bitching about letting it warm up till the light went out.wish i could find another, only seen a few since then.that was the year they were starting the torino.lots of people get the fastbacks, torinos and fairlanes of that year confused.i would give up a couple slicks for one if i could find it .

first car i bought was not the one i wanted. really had my mind made up on a nice 59 fairlane.Mom put the kibosh on that so i bought a low mileage 72 maverick.let a buddy of mine who just got his license drive it & he wrecked it. 2 weeks later i bought a 70 olds cutlass with a 455 and 3 speed slapstick auto.burned a couple sets of tires off it, then got rid of it for a 69 mercury marquis with a 390.
my favorite car was a 64 fairlane 500 2 door with 260.black with red interior.it is one of the reasons i bought my first slick because the interior was the same red with the all metal dash.

First car was a 1965 Galaxie 500 4 door sedan with a 289, bought new by my family in 65. My mom drove it, then my dad, then my sister and then me. Great car and at 10 years old with approx. 85,000 miles on it when someone turned in front of me and totaled it. Next was a 1971 Maverick 6 cyl, 3 speed. Also a great car. Yes, Fords 90% of the time.

My first one was a 64 plymouth valiant slant 6 and a push button auto trans. It had about 50% paint on it and it used to stick in 1st gear every morning.
I would take off in it run it up to 50mph punch the neutral button turn off the key turn it back on and punch drive and it would be good to go the rest of the day.
I drove the wheels off that one

The strangest one i had was a 62 rambler 4 door. i cut the rear half of the roof, rear seat area and trunk lid assy off of it. It looked like a car from the side and i could fit 3 dirt bikes in it. I called it the ramchero.
I drove the wheels off it also

First car was a 1969 Opel Rekord, got it in -79, great car, used it a lot. But after a couple of years it was badly eaten by rust and it was parted out in the early 80s.