64 Comet convertable. Cool car. Wish I still had it.

My Camaro. 1969 Camaro I bought for 2000 bucks when I was 14. I was so naive I still have notes where I guestimated it would only take 4 thousand to fix and I would have it on the road by 16.

And yes, this was 2001, so yes only 4000.


Tim

1970 GTO was corvette yellow with cragers a rock crusher 4 spd and a big block was so much fun my Dad and i built the car from scratch!!! great car love those goats!!!

First car I bought in HS from orig. owner.1969 Chevelle SS396/375 hp,factory alum heads,manifold,factory chrome valve covers and open element air filter,4 speed Muncie,12 bolt Posi.Green with green interior,bench seat. :thumbsup:

L89!! Wow - do you still have it?

My first car is/was my Chevelle. :yes:

That brings many cool memories...
 

AH, high school.

On the way one morning, took a new street from the bus stop...

There it was with a FOR SALE sign; 1968 Chevy2. 1 owner(lady of course), straight six, glide blue on blue (Cant remember mileage but very low and no rust. Bought it that night (800$, and father fronted the cash).

Kept it and put ALL my cash in it for 3 years (Total show car, caged, 482" th 400 and tangerined monochromatic as it was the trend then) Then realised i had accumulated a debt i couldn't pay on it (as it was mostly built on credit- Major No-no!) with my appartment, Bike(GSXR-750) and my commuter modded VW Scirocco).

Sold the bike, the car, lost my girlfriend.....And learned that you need to stick to budget if you want to see the end of your project.

Now i know! And isn't knowing half the battle!? :lol:

The guy i sold it too had a speed shop. He got it for nothin (i really cried when the flatbed towing took it away) and sold it in pieces ( i had not even ever fired the 482 and had boxes and boxes of new parts still unwrapped) and sent the body to a scrapyard as it became so stripped at a point he tought it would be better that way!!!!YES!!!Scrapyard!!! I bought the shell back from them (Paint almost intact) 2 years later (it was sitting on a rack in the end of the yard, frameless) and most of the body parts from the Speed shop owner (what was left) Got it refreshed, small blocked and at least drove it for 1 summer. Then i sold it. I wanted to prove to myself i had done this car to the end....Glad i did.

Lead.

My 69 Camaro was my first car. This easter will make 21 years. My dad paid $1900 for it. I was 14 years old. The day I turned 16 I got my license and got into a street race with a older classmate who had a 68 Camaro. Back in high school it was its original color, Frost Green. Most of the hot girls back then did not the color. It ain't easy being green! :rofl:

67 mustang . i paid 500.00 for it .
rick k :thumbsup:

89 Dodge daytona, V6,5-speed, black over silver. That thing was awsome untill I blew it up racing an acura integra. We raced once and I beat him, He wanted to go again, and I heard a slight ticking coming from the motor, and said screw it. :unibrow: So we raced again and I won again, put limped the car home. It was a fun car

First car 55 Chev 2 door. paid $200 for it at age 14. about $150 too much back then, put it together, back when you could buy decent fenders for $30-40! 327 and Vega stall convertor-the car would have to rev up to 2000 before it even would move! All my buddies got into Camaros so i sold it for $1500 and bought a Clean white '73, but that's another story.

Man I'm starting to sound like my dad-Chris

I wish I still had it and all the Musclecars I had...My buddy back then,1979, drove his Mom's car,a blue/white striped '70 SS 454 Chevelle.Not bad for 16 year old kids.

My first car was a father-son project, a 1966 Chevelle convertible. We did a body off "resto" on it. Dropped an LS-6 454 and a M-20 4-speed in it. It was red with a red and white custom interior. After it wiped a cam we put a roller in it, ran 12.03s quite often. I got two or three 12.01s on afternoon, kept trying for a 11.99 but just couldn't get it.

Sold it to buy a 1961 Impala 2dht, dropped a roller cammed, bored & stroked (482) 409 with 2-4s in it. :unibrow: Nice and fast, but I just couldn't keep the '09 together. I sold it to start my current project... 13 years ago! :willy:

Shiny Side Up!
Bill
'72 442 "Inamorata"
www.FQuick.com/ProTouring442

Finally posting pic of my first true love. This was 1982 or 83 I wish I still had this car.
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r...e/scan0012.jpg

First car was a 1970 GTO my dad and i built the car together
i ran it the first year in black primer with cragers really fun car and than painted it corvette yellow and it had a big bock pontiac with a rock crusher 4speed, now i look back cant beleive my dad let me ownand drive such a sweet car we built it from scratch, moved to columbus and drove it everyday to work down town rush hour and home every morning with very little trouble really fun car wish i still owned one

My first car was a 1965 Mustang, 289, 2bbl auto. It was that ugly green too.:_paranoid

85 Monte Carlo with a 4.3 and 50K miles when I was 15 back in 93. It was a trade in at my dad's dealership. Bought it for $1300, painted it, added some AR rims a sunroof and an SS wing and sold it in 98 for $4150...cha-ching! That was a beautiful car....maroon with a white top and spotless maroon interior.

My first "vehicle" was a 1987 Jeep Wrangler i bought when i was 16 (1991) for $7,500 because my girlfriend thought is was "cute".

First new car
 

For High School Graduation I recieved a brand new 66 GTO red/ black vinyl top, 4 speed, 390 gears... I did 4 years in a military academy upstate NY. Car was stolen 2 years later found stripped completely.. se la vie... phil.... I know "spoiled"..

Man, You guys had some nice first cars! Mine was a green 1980 chevette.:(

1974 Malibu Classic. Same color as on this brochure but mine was so rusty, rear seat passengers could look into the trunk through the package shelf (where the rear speakers used to be) and see the road going by.

http://mclellansautomotive.com/photos/B27744.jpg

My first and only car is my '70 Plymouth Barracuda that I bought in 2005.:willy:
http://home.no.net/jvike/images/3183265759_657442g.jpg

This is my car. and i still own it.
http://v3.hamarungdom.no/visbilder.php?bildeid=1182574

'65 Renault R8. I totalled it in short order when I was only 16. :(
Wish I still had it--it was a very unique car.

'94 Trans Am, LT1 T56, with an ATI procharger. :D

A 1964 GTO 389 w/tri power.

1980 Full size Chevy Blazer.

Motor caught on fire due to metal shavings in the "rebuilt" Holley I bought from Summit. I put it out with the garden hose (air cleaner off) and being the stupid 17 year old I was I cranked it and shot about a gallon of water out of the exhaust. Bent 4 rods and cracked the heads.

Rebuilt it with the help of a buddies brother-in-law. Learned all about motors, and had a stout small block that could smoke all four 33"s in 4-low. I miss that truck.

My first car was a 1965 Impala SS. It had a 350, 4spd, and a 12 bolt w/410s. I bought the car when i was 16 for $2000. This was in 1987. manual steering, manual 4 wheel drums, "WOW" You don't hear that anymore. I sold it in 1992. But I still have my 65 chevelle I bought in 1989.

My 1970 Camaro that i still have. (Julius) Bought it in the summer of '86 for $2,500. Sold it in the fall of '88 for $5,500. Then in '91 a friend saw it for sale in the guy's front yard that I sold it to... bought it back for $7,500. Didn't matter what he wanted for it, I was getting it back!!!

70 Nova 4 door. 307 powerglide and 2.?? gears. I got the hot rod bug and my first cam swap was a 550 lift into that 307, everything else bone stock. She ran good at about 110 after about 3 miles of WOT.

First vehicle that was "mine" was a 1981 2-tone brown Chevy Caprice I inherited from my grandmother. 17.9@79MPH with 4 people in it ;)

http://www.cr0aker.com/uploads/image...al/caprice.jpg

First car I purchased was a 1998 Trans Am. 6-speed, bolt-ons, 12.8@112 on bald street tires

http://www.cr0aker.com/uploads/image...am/ta_cd_2.jpg

POS '68 VW Bug. Parked it in the garage, Tore it apart. Dropped it. New interior. New VW bus tranny with hardened gears. Built the 2100cc w/ Weber 48IDA dual carbs in my room at my parents house. My friends brother did all the Body and Paint. Porsche 911 wheels. Came out sick!! We used to call it the Vag Wagon!:lol:

John

68 mustang coupe. Got it when I was 15 in '98. Still have it.

Drove my Mom's car as a junior in high school. A galaxy X cop car - 351C/4V/C6/9 in. Bench seat with column shift. Robin egg blue outside - black interrior. Awesome running car - looked stupid.....

First car I owned was as a senior (1979) - 67 Dart GT 273/4V/727 TF. Red outside with black inside - but buckets and console this time.

http://www.nastyz28.com/~patgizz/belair/barns.jpg

dad bought it for me in 1979 when my mom was pregnant, hoping she was having a boy to give the car to. i think he paid $50 and bought it out of a field, got it started and drove it home with no brakes, sitting on a milk crate. he "officially" gave it to me on my 12th birthday, in all it's sitting for over 20 years broken glass no interior crappy paint glory

Harri:

Love the Side pipes.
Tell us about the rest of the car.

Ty

This is a fun thread.

First Car was a 67 Camaro. 327 2bl. 3 on the Tree.<---only one I every saw.
I bought it from my girlfriends father at 15. It cost $500 and had 62k miles on it. 7 months later I turned 16.

2 weeks after birthday 16, I was racing a 70 Mustang 351. It was fun until we crossed through a intersection. We both got totaled by a drunk driver running a red light. Her father was REALLY pissed. The same year bought a 68 RS Camaro 327. It didn't run but only had to pay $50 for it. Drove it till 18. Sold it and bought a 69 SS Camaro for $975.00. Sold it to go to College.

Ty O'Neal

PS: I'm Jealous as hell of all you guys who still have their first car. You Suck!!;) I would sell my left one to have my '69 Camaro back.

Still got it... My 67 chevelle.. Had it almost 21 years now... Will have it back in shape and on the road the end of the year... Interesting thread...

Blessings,

:lateral:

my first was an '81 camaro berlinetta, willed to me by my grandma, got it when i was 14 (back in like '95). it only had the v6, but i drove the hell out of it. had all kinds of crazy plans for it, then i started tearing into it and realized the only unrotted metal on it was the trunk lid, the roof, and the hood, and it'd be cheaper and easier to start on something a little less rusted out. primer black paintjob, black nascar wheels, gutted interior. good stuff. wish i still had it sometimes, mostly just sentimental.:(

My first was an '88 Ex-State Caprice. That car was a blast. Till some idiot ran into the back of it :( .

The first car I bought was a 1962 Impala 4dr sedan for $300 dollars. About the only thing that was good about that car was that the body was completely solid. I ended up selling it when I found my '56, still kind of wish I could have kept it though.

David