Do you still own your first car?

[dale68z]

I still have my 68 z28. I bought it in 84. I rode motorcycles prior, so never owned a car.

I bought it for my wife (newly married) I ended up using it as my daily driver till 89. It has been in enclosed storage since 1991.

I have the protecto plate, and sales receipt from Dana. It still has it's original drivetrain. Just missing an original fan clutch. No accidents, no rust.

It currently is in pieces slowly being restored. Hopefully I will finish it this winter.

[CamaroMike]

1. Do you still own your first car? Make and model? Yes, 1978 z28

2. Backstory and what are your plans? When I was 16 my father and I drove 5 hours to the rod run in Pigeon Forge Tennessee and found a 78 z28 my buddy spotted the previous day. Im thinking about building a sema car out of it.

[214Chevy]

Nope, and don't even want it. My first car was a 1987 Pontiac Sunfire. Got it so cheap because it needed a new motor and it was bought from the next door neighbor. Bought it for $150 and put a junkyard motor in it. Even after the motor swap, it still ran like $150 car. Mainly because the junkyard motor wasn't all that. But, hey...it got me around town and I was the man being in the 9th grade and one of the few fellas who had a car and could get to and from football practice and all the weekend party's. To the young ladies though, you would have sworn it was a Rolls Royce.

[EBMC]

Yep still have it! 74 Vega I purchased at 14 (1982) with money saved from part time jobs, when everybody had or wanted a v8 Vega. I bought a wrecked v8 Vega shortly after for a parts car and with help from my Dad, transfered all the parts over and got it running at about 16. The next few years slowly transfered into a race car and ran a 10.04 best before parking it in my mid twenties to save for a house, family ect. Its been through a couple moves and still sits in my garage with over15 years of dust on it. Not sure what I'll ever do with it as I now have a 7 second Nova that fills my drag racing "itch". But I cant ever sell it at this point. Maybe dust it off and bring it back to life when I retire someday in the far distant future. I cant see myself golfing or fishing!

[OBeer-WAN-Kenobi]

Still have and drive my '59 Willys pickup. The only changes I've made are adding a V8, bigger tires and an overdrive last year. I fried the overdrive a couple of weeks ago unfortunately.

My uncle and I bought it for $250 when I was about 14 or 15 years old. Then we bought another parts truck for $100 and made one good one out of the two. It was a complete frame-off "restoration". I put that in quotes as I only had so much money to spend and it was more like a rebuild and repaint. It ended up costing me less than $3000 with the biggest expense being the actual rebuild on the engine. There were pistons with holes melted right through them.

It was done in time for my junior year in high school.

Makes you appreciate your vehicle a lot more when you've personally handled every nut and bolt that it's made from.

[GregWeld]

My first car - which is LONG GONE.... was a '56 Chevy Bel Air dr hdtp.... with a 302 (a 327 with a 283 crank). I have pictures of the white "heat painted" headers after someone told me to adjust the valves "hot" --- they just didn't tell me not to adjust them with it RUNNING.... OH.... that was a hot smokey disaster.

[214Chevy]

Originally Posted by EBMC

Yep still have it! 74 Vega I purchased at 14 (1982) with money saved from part time jobs, when everybody had or wanted a v8 Vega. I bought a wrecked v8 Vega shortly after for a parts car and with help from my Dad, transfered all the parts over and got it running at about 16. The next few years slowly transfered into a race car and ran a 10.04 best before parking it in my mid twenties to save for a house, family ect. Its been through a couple moves and still sits in my garage with over15 years of dust on it. Not sure what I'll ever do with it as I now have a 7 second Nova that fills my drag racing "itch". But I cant ever sell it at this point. Maybe dust it off and bring it back to life when I retire someday in the far distant future. I cant see myself golfing or fishing!

The old school snorkel hood, huh? Killer, as it just screams 1980-ish.

[EBMC]

Originally Posted by 214Chevelle

The old school snorkel hood, huh? Killer, as it just screams 1980-ish.

Hey that was the scoop to have back then, then again I thought my mullet looked good too!

[SlowProgress]

Purchased for $800 in 1978 my first car.

70s - After a repaint



90s - Started to clean-up but ran into problems with the body



Last Week - Finally have time and money to do it right



But I think I may be going backwards !!

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by SlowProgress

But I think I may be going backwards !!

I know you're kidding about going backwards.... but it is ONLY a hobby... And I think that is so kool that you're finally getting to make it the car of your dreams! Good for you!