it was one of these, just like it but that one's nicer....3 on the tree and a sticky gas pedal. I was 13, it was 5:44 PM and I got to drive from China Basin to Fort Mason. It was pretty terrifying being the first time I drove anything other than a dirt bike and a Green Machine.

69 Impala SS427 390HP auto on the column. bench seat. 2 something gears

Im a bit younger then some of you, but my first car I drove as a kid was a 70s Grand Prix. I remember the doors being huge and had a hard time shutting them.

Drivers Ed was a 1990 Pontiac Sunbird and my first car that I got when I was 15 is my 1988 Olds Cutlass Supreme and I still have it to this day 16 years later.

The first stick that I learned to drive was my younger brothers 2.2 Turbo dodge K-car, that thing was a blast.

When I was 14 I used to roll my dads 74 superbeetle commuter car out of the driveway in the middle of the night and go cruising.

I had watched my dad shift the car and I rode motorcycles (a fact unknown by my parents at the time) and figured that was all the training I needed. :lmao:

So the first time I did it there I was for 10 min struggling with the shifter until I figured out only reverse required some downward pressure on the shifter.

I guess I didn't pay close enough attention after all.:bang: By the time I cut the motor and coasted back into the driveway I had the shifting down.

1974 Fiat X19 :)

I learned on my dad's 1966 Chevrolet C-10 Truck (4 speed) when I was 13. The driver's learning car in HS was a 1985 Chevy Citation (4-door). Has to be on the top 5 list for GM's ugliest car.

I'm probably the oldest member to post in this thread.

I learned in a 51 Desoto flat head 6 with the semi auto gear box. The 1-2 shift was manual, but the 2-3 shifted just by lifting off the gas pedal and it would clunk into high.

My first car was a 54 Ford 4-door with the 239 V8 and 3-speed stick. I put a floor shifter in it. The levers wouldn't clear the floor so the pattern was upside down. When cruising, I made sure people saw me push the shifter forward for first gear so it looked like I had a 4-speed. :confused59:

I spent the weekend in JDH.... when my buddy "borrowed" his dads 289 Mustang -- and I "borrowed" my parents '63 Buick so we could drag race.... Funny -- the judge suspended my license for one year -- but since I was only 14 it really didn't matter did it?!?!?!? To this day I think the judge was dumber than a stump.

Damn "rich kids".....

I learned in my dad's 81 VW rabbit it was a 5spd 4 door, it later became one of my many vehicles.

My earliest memory is riding along with grandpa on his Farmall A and steering...

http://www.cs.fredonia.edu/szocki/pr...ages/a_big.jpg

We always had a bunch of different vehicles around, but I remember driving Dad's '75 F100 302 2bl, 4spd. I also remember learning that it didn't have a neutral/clutch safety by starting it in gear.....scared the **** of me!

I "learned" to drive at eight years old, if you can call it driving.

http://flogginyourblog.blogspot.com/...years-old.html

It was an El Camino that my father had at the time.

I learned to drive in a 1984 Chevy Conversion van. 4 shades of brown and tan velour interior. I took my drivers test in a Chevy S10 Blazer.

My first car was a 1981 Jeep CJ7. $650. My dad and I bought it one weekend when mom was traveling. Boys weekend...woohoo! So what do we do...go buy a Jeep. On the way home he says we HAVE to clean this POS up before your mother gets home. We rattle can painted it, bought some used tires and right as we were putting it all back together, I stepped right through the passenger floorboard all the way up to my knee. Flintstone style!!! Of course she pulls up within minutes of that happening and I throw the rubber floor mat in the foot well to conceal the hole. She goes in the house and we grab a piece of sheet metal, bend it up and screw it in place with self tapping screws. What a hack job looking back on it!! A few minutes later here comes mom ready for a ride in the "Heep" as it was affectionately referred to by my parents. Man I wish I still had that thing!! So many great memories.

1st Car I drove - 64 Impala
Car I learned to drive in - 72 Ford Ranchero
1st Car I drove legally - 1972 Mustang, 351 Cleveland, 4 Spd
1st Race Car - 1969 Porsche 911S

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My older brother taught me in his 240!
I will own one some day!!!

Learned to drive in a 1969 Bronco, column shift :D But, that was mostly off road... long before I was eligible for a license.

Road experience was in my 1978 Celica GT, bought with $1000 loan from my parents.. out of a junkyard :D

1979 cutlass salon fastback/88 mustang gt

I'm suspicious of all who learned to drive in vans. My awesome vehicles included the late-'80s Camry that the driver's school psychos owned (dual brakes, yeah!)--this was paid for by working with stoners in a restaurant on weekends. They'd s-canned driver's ed when I was in high school.

The license test came on my third car, a '77 Mercury Capri with a completely powerless 2.3 four-cylinder/four-speed stick. I had to buy the car (washed a lot of dishes) to really teach myself how to drive, while my brother gave me tips on using a stick. The Capri was preceded by a '79 Celica and an '80 V6 Mustang, neither of which had the stuff for DMV exposure.

These cars were not deserving of film (this experience pre-dated digital cameras).

73 Gremlin v8/3speed... Thats just embarrassing

Someday Id like to have a hunk of property large enough to justify an old Farmall or Ford 8n