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UdoKier Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 01:26 AM
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What was your FIRST EVER car?
Edited on Fri Feb-25-05 01:34 AM by UdoKier
Mine was a 1977 white Toyota Corolla station wagon with stickshift. It was pretty decent, if uncool. Then I got "the blue bomber" - a 1974 2-door Dodge Dart. It could haul ass. It also guzzled gas like a m-f-er.

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7th_Sephiroth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 01:26 AM
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1. 1981 toyota pickup
i need some money for a new car
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progmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 01:26 AM
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2. 1989 white dodge spirit
didn't look like much but it could go really really fast!
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 01:27 AM
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3. 1974 Buick Regal (2 door)
That car RAWKED. It was a rust bucket but it ran great.
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Dookus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 01:28 AM
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4. a 1990
Mustang LX convertible.

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REP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 01:28 AM
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5. 1986 Pontiac 6000LE
Just gave it up last July (see ZombyWoof's thread about his car for details). It was a gift from my brother and I had it for 10 years. I now have a 1997 Pontiac Grand Am, a gift from my Loved One.
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 01:30 AM
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6. brown '73 Dodge Charger
yes INDEED
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alittlelark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 01:30 AM
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7. 1974 VW Beetle - orange
Edited on Fri Feb-25-05 01:30 AM by alittlelark
Great little car!!
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xmas74 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 01:30 AM
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8. A rusted out 1975 Pinto
sunroof, rotted floor and all.
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Rhiannon12866 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 01:31 AM
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9. Mine was a 1971 Plymouth Duster, slant six, white, with blue interior
I inherited this 10-year-old car from my mother, shortly after I got my license. I loved that car.
:loveya:
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tuvor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 01:31 AM
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10. 1967 Ford Galaxie 500
White roof, gold/beige body. It was a land yacht.

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flaminbats Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 01:54 AM
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17. cool..one of my favorite teachers drove a car like that
I loved those things and that time! :hippie:
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Tom Kitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 01:35 AM
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11. 1974 Pontiac Firebird Esprit
blue body with a white vinyl top...even had a factory 8-track player (which did not work)...It looked nice but was a shitty car, got 12 mpg and the headers blew twice...sold it for scrap...
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fleabert Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 01:35 AM
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12. 1985 Red Chevy Sprint.
the poor girls Yugo.

I got it in 1989, used. It did have a sunroof, that was cool. and it was a stick, which I much prefer over automatic. good little car till a drunk teenager pulled out in front of me and it was totaled.
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flaminbats Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 01:37 AM
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13. a grey 1987 Nissan Sentra..
it had over 300,000 miles on it, 30 miles per gallon, and the best damned car I've driven yet!!
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BrotherBuzz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 01:42 AM
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14. 1957 Ford Country Sedan
Two tone station wagon with automatic transmission and a Thunderbird Special, four barrel, 312 cubic inch V-8 and dual exhaust system....Vrooom.
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blackcat77 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 01:45 AM
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15. 1953 Chevy BelAir
It was my grandparents old car and had just sat in their yard for 2 or 3 years before I turned 16, got my license and my ongoing begging finally wore them down. I had to work on it for a couple of months to get it running, and even then it was still a mess, with a rusted-out rear floorboard and a guesswork 3-on-the-tree transmission. I drove it for about 6 months or so until I could afford a Chevy II which was a little nicer, but still, no car I had has ever given me the thrill of that Chevy.
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Scooter24 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 01:50 AM
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16. Wow...
lol...a lot of old cars here :P

I would be flamed if I was to say what my first car was, so I'll plead the 5th.
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GaYellowDawg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 01:56 AM
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18. 1977 Toyota Corona... Luxury edition, no less!!
Of course, I didn't own it until 1987. That was a good little car. Handled well, ran forever on a tank of gas. Not a whole lot of power. I got so in tune with that car that I could shift it into neutral (even though it was an automatic) going down a mountain and when I had to shift back into drive, I could rev the engine to the appropriate rpms and put it back into drive without a hitch. But dang, passing an 18-wheeler on a 2-lane road was an exercise in terror.

I ran it out in front of a flatbed wrecker in 1992... and that was it, or so I thought - I punked the huge dent on the rear quarter panel back out with a jack and a 4x4 but it looked like crumpled tinfoil and basically thought it was done for. Of course, wouldn't you know it, I saw it 3 years later. Couldn't have been another car - had the same stickers and the same crumpled tinfoil look. Had I known it would keep running, I would have just taken it to a body shop and had it fixed/painted and it would have cost a lot less.

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Radical Activist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 01:59 AM
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19. 1977 rusted Chevy Pickup
I loved that thing.
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flaminbats Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 02:02 AM
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20. Did anyone here have a Volkswagen Rabbit as a first car?
My best friend did! man..are those things sucky or what? :puke:
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WildClarySage Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 02:02 AM
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21. '84 Datsun 200sx
mine was baby blue-

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chicagojoe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 02:02 AM
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22. 1974 Chevy Nova 2 door. 350 that I put a 4 bbl. carb onto.
Blew the doors off of Camaros and Firebirds with great regularity.
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kariatari Donating Member (300 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 02:04 AM
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23. '87 Honda Accord
Silver. It had power windows and a sunroof. Good little dependable car. It was the perfect high school car.
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Capn Sunshine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 02:06 AM
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24. '58 Porsche 1600s
I was very fortunate; we were an affluent family. This car was customized by my uncle, who was a car freak, and given to me when I was 16.
The dues: I had to drive my father to nd from LAX twice, sometimes 3 times a week. It was a fair exchange.
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Dave Reynolds Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 02:07 AM
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25. 1970 VW Bug
that had been made into a Baja Bug.
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last_texas_dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 02:09 AM
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26. 1988 Dodge Caravan
Drove it the first year and a half or so after I learned to drive (which was 1999). Held up pretty good while I drove it, especially with all the wear-and-tear I put on it in my first year of driving. However, as soon as I gave it back to my dad after getting a different car the brakes started screwing up and the A/C went out. Which I always found kind of funny, in a warped sort of way!
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frylock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 02:11 AM
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27. 1977 capri ghia
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Capn Sunshine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 02:13 AM
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29. GREAT car
I had a white one. Wanted black. I wonder where all of them went?
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frylock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 02:30 AM
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30. mine was white too..
I wish I had hung on to it. With all the money I poured into the lousy Chrysler Laser that I bought after my Capri, it could have been restored to showroom.

I hardly ever see any around either.
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madrchsod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 02:13 AM
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28. 1958 simca
nice little french car that got a million miles to the gallon. ended up owning about 6 of them.
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frylock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 02:35 AM
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32. she'll go 300 hectares on a single tank of kerosene
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CanuckAmok Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 05:07 AM
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41. "Put it in 'H'!!"
I love the Simca.

I don't care what anyone says...French cares rule.

The 2CV, the DS9/Palais, the Peugeot 504 (I had one of those)...
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DemoTex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 08:42 PM
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115. I had a Simca once. The one Chrysler marketed. Orange.
I bought it in 1973 for $500. I put almost 75,000 more miles on it before a 90 year old lady side-swiped me one day. Her insurance paid me $500. I then sold the dented Simca back to the guy I had bought it from (he ran a gas station in Atlanta and dealt in old Simcas and Volvos) for ... $500!

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auntAgonist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 02:34 AM
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31. 1969 Ford Mustang 351 Cleveland engine.
beautiful blue.
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SW FL Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 08:39 AM
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62. Same here - I paid $750 for it in 1977
Wish I still had that car, it burned oil and guzzled gas but boy was it fun to drive!
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TahitiNut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 02:48 AM
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33. 1959 Nash Rambler (with the reclining seats)
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GalleryGod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 07:27 AM
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50. Mine was the 1960 Model! Great Make Out Seats!
Just like your photo only BLACK!
:toast: Thanks for the =Flashback!
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TahitiNut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 08:22 AM
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59. Great for drive-ins and parking. ;-)
;-)
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davekriss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 03:08 AM
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34. 1969 Camarro 307 Convertible
Bought it in 1975. With my mirrored sunglasses, hair down to the small of my back, Grateful Dead, Allman Brothers, and Stones pumping from the 8-track, it was a summer of cool driving to the beach, sweet bliss parked and hanging out in the library field with the crowd each evening.

In 1976, before leaving for college, I sold it. The poor guy I sold it to came to me 3 days later saying that some kids stole it and drove it off a bridge for fun, totaling it. He thought we'd split the cost. It took about 30 seconds before I realized what he was talking about. I laughed and closed the door. Drugs were good in them days!
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 12:24 PM
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73. Nice!
My mom had a blue convertible with white stripes... I so loved that car.
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zann725 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 03:28 AM
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35. Chevy Vega (the month BEFORE it was labeled a "lemon" model)...
and discontinued by Chevy. My first lesson in pedaling a "low book value" car. My second one was a Saab...talk about worthless resale!

What can I say...I pick my cars...like my men!
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CanuckAmok Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 05:18 AM
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43. Oh, god...I have a "Saab Story"
I had a 99GL. It was only after I bought it that I learned the engine design was licensed by Saab from the Austin Marina, which is probably the worst British car ever (which is saying something).

Most problem-riddled car I ever owned. Every week, something would break. At one point I had a screwdriver parmanently jammed in the floor-mounted ignition switch, just to be able to start it. You name it, it went bad: gearbox, head gasket (twice), CV shafts every month or so, prone-to-failure muffler design which prompted the exhaust shop guy to tell me to "never come back", numerous mysterious electrical problems, and finally a spun bearing. I sold it to an Archaeologist for what it cost me to rebuild and replace the motor.

He drove it problem-free for five years.

Bastard.
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HamstersFromHell Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 03:35 AM
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36. 1969 Chevelle SS396
Would pass anything but a gas station.

6-7mpg on premium got to me during the 70's gas crunch so I sold it. I cry when I think what it'd be worth now.

Hammies!
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Hardrada Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 03:53 AM
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37. 1950 Cadillac 4-door Sedan
I got it in 1966 for 100 dollars from a local car dealer. It had been sitting on the lot for awhile. It had only 3000 miles on it and was in perfect shape. Dark green. A powerful car and utterly silent to drive. Solid thick metal and was one of the early tailfin Caddies. I miss it.
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solinvictus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 04:08 AM
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38. 1965 Volswagen Beetle..
With a powerful, road-eating 40 HP engine.
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VOX Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 04:12 AM
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39. 1966 Mercedes Benz 250S -- originally belonged to a shrink!
A friend of the family said that this university psychiatrist he knew was getting rid of his car. I needed wheels, so I checked it out and it was **beautifully** kept up w/low local miles. The Benzes of that era were much more European in design and feel -- there was **real** wood on the dash, and it didn't really feel like a luxury sedan at all. It had a loud ride and the suspension was tight, so every bump in the road was felt.

But it was a fine machine. I did much of the work on it myself, but when it was tuned by this great German mechanic I had, it purred like a big kitten. I drove it for 14 years before I made the switch to Volvo.

The weird thing is, if I think about it, I can still "feel" the old Benz's steering wheel in my hands, and the ridges of the all-metal ignition key between my thumb and forefinger.
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mordarlar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 04:25 AM
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40. A skyhawk lol cannot remember the year.
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RadicalMom Donating Member (734 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 05:14 AM
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42. 1971 Mustang Convertible! Schoolbus yellow with a white top. Handed down
from my mom. It was hot! I loved it, even with the rotten suspension they had, bangin along over the midwest potholes. It was fast, and it made even me feel cool. I had to pass it on to my little brother, and he never checked the oil. Blew a rod, running out of oil, which cracked the engine, and they got rid of it. I was so sad.:(
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mwb970 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 05:32 AM
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44. 1972 Pinto. (n/t)
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ulysses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 05:50 AM
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45. 1980 Olds Cutlass Supreme coupe
Short block V-8 - it hauled much ass. :D
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dbt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 06:25 AM
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46. Dark gold 1970 Chevelle Malibu!
350 V-8, four-barrel carburetor, auto trans, AC and an eight-track tape player!!

That car lived to go 95 miles an hour for as long as I asked her to. I was the Fastest Geek In Town until Richard Nixon killed that magnificent engine with the 55 MPH speed limit!
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B Calm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 06:27 AM
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47. 1940 Ford Coupe
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Awsi Dooger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 06:32 AM
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48. 1980 Datsun B-210
A little white 4-door that reliably chugged along I-10 from Miami to LA and back countless times. I can remember a few worn rotors, one thermostat, and a new radiator in over 160,000 miles.

Ha, these late night car threads always allow me to sneak in ahead of GOPisEvil.
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 08:27 AM
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60. Ha! THey weren't B-210's though. In 1980, they were just 210's.
Mine was orange-y, and minus the time the ignition switch died, that was one dependable little car. It just kept chugging along.

Still have your Infiniti? Mine is still rolling at 104,000 miles. :-)
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Awsi Dooger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 07:50 PM
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107. Someone is still messin' with my G20
Edited on Fri Feb-25-05 07:53 PM by Awsi Dooger
Last year it was keyed all the way from passenger front door around back to driver's side front door. I think I mentioned that on DU.

Then I got stickers put on it, bizarre ones in all different places. A bitch to remove.

Later the rear view mirrors would be pushed in toward the car. This stuff always happens late at night.

The latest: chicken bones put on top of the car in X patterns, two chicken bones forming one X. This has happened twice. Once it was seven or eight Xs, all over the sunroof. I don't know of any enemies or what the hell is going on. My friend thinks it might be due to my USC alumni license plate, and the perpetrator doesn't like the football team and/or school. Nothing like this happened until we started winning again.

Otherwise, my crimson pearl (not burgundy, like I used to say) G20 is running great but needs a few little goodies. I have been looking at eBay for a keyless remote, which I have never had for this car. Looks like $20-50. The programming info is readily available on the internet. Also I need a new antenna assembly since the antenna is stuck in up position. The motor is still trying to yank it down when the engine shuts off, but no cooperation. That is $20 on eBay. Also I need a little fuse or something which allows the blower motor to run on all 4 settings. Currently I can only use 2 and 4. That's something you fix by ducking your head under the glove compartment and replacing the defective part.

All of these are standard G20 little woes, based on internet research I've done. Also that the power windows don't exactly relish rain, when being asked to move back upward in wet conditions. It's been a bitch of a wet winter out West and I've had my window hesitate to go back up after the required post-midnight visits to fast food drive-ins.

Yeah, I should have remembered it was a standard 210 in 1980. I didn't make that mistake until these youngsters started reporting B-210 in the car memory threads.
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 09:13 PM
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117. I can hear my antenna motor and window motors straining a bit.
But, I have the remote keyless entry key fob. I hate when the battery dies. I always seem to forget the key works as well.

But, at 11 years old and 104,000 miles, it's TONS better than making those car payments.
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nytemare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 04:26 PM
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99. I had a 210 for my second car!
Mine was a 2 door, I ended up passing it on to my dad when I was in the army. He wrecked it with about 200,000 miles on it, and I think the only thing he really had a problem with was the air. That was a reliable lil bugger!
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ET Awful Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 06:47 AM
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49. A '77 Ford LTD with a V8 and a broken speedometer cable.
I'm surprised I survived and didn't wind up in jail :)
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Rowdyboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 07:36 AM
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51. 1972 candy-apple red Pinto station wagon
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miss aster Donating Member (6 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 07:54 AM
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52. I had a 1972 pinto, used at that. paid $800.00 for it.
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da_chimperor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 08:02 AM
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53. 2000 VW Beetle
Yes, yes, the NEW one. Call me an elitist or a wanna-be hippy and I'll have to get upset.
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SCDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 08:09 AM
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54. 1973 VW Karmann Ghia
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 12:25 PM
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74. Too cool...
My dad had a couple of Karmann Ghias... and one of my favorite friends from HS did as well... cute cars. :)
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arwalden Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 08:12 AM
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55. 1976 Pontiac Safari Station Wagon
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madinmaryland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 08:16 AM
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56. 1974 Chevrolet Monte Carlo
Had a 454 Cu. in. big block engine. The handled like a boat, but there was a hell of a lot of raw power under the hood. Also got about 10-12 mpg.

My friend still has the engine and transmission, but the car is long gone (cancer/rust).
I think he wants to put it into a boat, but his wife won't let him by a boat.

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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 08:17 AM
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57. 1960 Ford F-100 Pickup truck
not technically a car.

First Car = 1965 Chevy Impala Super Sport...

RL
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 12:26 PM
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75. I love those old trucks.
I want one someday.
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 01:58 PM
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89. It looked like this


RL
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 02:43 PM
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90. Sweet!
Thanks for the pic... I like all those old bulky, farmy-lookin' trucks. :)
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 03:52 PM
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96. My Dad gave it to me when I was 17
A guy (a Hillbilly, was what he was called then) drove it from Tennessee to Chicago with no back window, no seat, not much of a floor. He just put a piece of plywood down and a kitchen chair, drove and drove it there looking for a better life. My Dad's friend saw the truck in a parking lot of the local liquor store and the guy sold it to him for $5.00. He then put $45 in tuneup parts into it, and sold it to my dad for $50.00. My dad fixed it up and used it for a work truck for a few years. Then he gave it to me and I tried my hand at fixing it up.

I replaced the tranny, the rearend and the brakes and exhaust. Did some bodywork and primered the thing gray. Put in a new floor, and did the ceiling and door panels in black crushed velvet roll and tuck, new black carpet, a '68 Grand Prix split-back power bench seat, a kick ass stereo, new tinted glass from a junkyard, new chrome bumpers and huge monster tires on Chrome rims.

It was cool...

RL
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CO Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 08:20 AM
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58. A 1958 Hillman Minx


It was just like the one in the ad above, except a previous owner had painted the body red with a brush. I paid $80 for it in 1970. I drove it for a year and a half before the trans jammed in second gear one morning when my dad was using it to go to work.

I wish I still had it today....
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ProfessorGAC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 08:36 AM
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61. 1973 Pinto Runabout
Not the hatchback version. This is the one that had the most problems with blowing up when hit from behind. Also, i had Firestone 500 tires on that car. Talk about dodging a bullet.

I put 90,000 miles on it and never had a problem. I had $1200 to buy a car in mid-1973 and my dad added another $750 and bought me a new car.

I sold it with 90k on it, for $500. So, i kind of did ok with it. My cousin drove it another 40k miles before she got rid of it. We both must have been among the lucky ones who didn't get hit from behind and didn't have the tires fly apart at 60 mph.

Whew!
The Professor
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noonwitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 09:36 AM
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63. 1968 Olds Cutlass F-85
My parents bought it for $300 in 1981 to be the "kids car". It was awesome, but not good on snow and ice, because it didn't have front wheel drive. It also took leaded gas, which at the time was cheaper than unleaded. It only got about 12 mpg, but it went fast.

When we drove it, it was rusting in some spots pretty badly. But my senior year of high school, when my brother was away at college, it was all mine! It started every morning, even when it was covered in several inches of snow and my mom's new Dodge Colt parked in the garage wouldn't.
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 09:38 AM
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64. 1972 VW Camper Van - Orange
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 12:22 PM
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72. Too cool!
What, ya didn't paint flowers all over it? ;)
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 12:49 PM
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81. No but it had 2 beds and I was a senior in Highschool. Sadly no girlfriend
with which to get the most of it. :(
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Briarius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 09:54 AM
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65. 86 escort exp
2 seat hatchback, a real pos that I had to work on every weekend. It never idled, the breaks went out, and had a cracked block. It finally died when the engine seized. But for $500, I guess it wasn't too bad a deal
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UdoKier Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 11:52 AM
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66. I remember the EXP
A failed attempt to make the Escort "sporty" lol. Remember the other failed Ford experiment, the "Merkur XR4Ti"?


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Padraig18 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 11:53 AM
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67. A '91 Ford F-150 XLT
I still own it.

:)
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AllegroRondo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 12:20 PM
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68. 1976 AMC Gremlin
AMC really made some great cars
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GumboYaYa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 12:21 PM
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69. 73 Cadillac Coupe Devliile that I iherited from my graddad.
It was a clunker, but I loved it. You always felt safe in that land tank.
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 12:21 PM
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70. Silver '84 Mustang GT Convertible
Yeah it was ugly, but it was FUN!

:7
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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 12:22 PM
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71. A 1974 blue Chevrolet Vega.
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Frogtutor Donating Member (739 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 12:29 PM
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76. 1978 Chevy Camaro, in '83 when I started driving...
I was VERY lucky; it had been my mom's car, and I was the oldest so it went to me when I started driving. My brother got the 1976 Toyota Corolla, then ANOTHER, then a Toyota pickup, then ANOTHER, and so on. He had a habit of totalling cars. I drove the '78 Camaro until 1989 when I bought a new, '89 Camaro!
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NoSheep Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 12:30 PM
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77. '69 Chevy Nova
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dad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 08:31 PM
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113. -
1969 Nova
I never had one, but I love that model so much, I bought a matchbox version of it for my son!
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 12:35 PM
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78. 79' oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Brougham in old lady blue
i went through many cases of oil.
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Beware the Beast Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 12:39 PM
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79. A green 1996 Dodge Intrepid.
Still own it.
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foxy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 12:40 PM
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80. 65 ford falcon
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fit4life Donating Member (561 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 01:04 PM
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82. 1976 Chevrolet Chevette
Two-door automatic. Yippee.



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nytemare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 04:30 PM
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100. I didn't know they made them in '77!
My folks had I think an '81 that my sister got clobbered in, then they got a Chevy Citation, which had the unique distinction of being the least stolen car in the U.S. for that model year..lol.
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eyepaddle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 01:10 PM
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83. a '77 'vette
Chevette that is! Sky blue and speckled rust four on the floor, no AC and a hole in the dash board where a radio should go! That car had CHARACTER. Took twenty minutes of driving to warm up--and the fan was so weak I had drive hunched over looking through that eight inch square of frost-free windshield until it cleared. And for the record; this was after I had scraped every inch of glass on the car--just to give it time to warm up--it'd freeze on the inside as soon as I started going down the road.

If it was below zero the transmission lubricant got so gummy I had to sit with my foot on the clutch for about ten minutes unitl it warmed up enough to to put in neutral.

You know what though? Sometimes I miss that piece of shit beater!
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woofless Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 01:19 PM
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84. 1956 Ford fodor sedan.
White over grey. 3 speed 223 cu. in. 6 cylinder. Car was 12 years old and I gave a blind old man 150 1968 dollars for it. One of the top 3 vehicles I have owned. Wish I had it now.

Woof
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devilgrrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 01:30 PM
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85. 1982 Mazda GLC
*

*not my car
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all.of.me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 01:33 PM
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86. 1968 VW squareback
4 speed with fuel injection

no one told me to put oil in it (what did i know! i was 19, for christ's sake!!), so we drove it across country, got a tune up and drove it back, then it blew up one hour from home. it was red.
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NeoTraitors Donating Member (351 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 01:38 PM
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87. '71 Chevy Monte Carlo
w/ Cadilac (sliver) taillights. This was '89 and the car was a safety disaster. It had no seatbelts and the driver bucket seat was not bolted down. At keg parties I used to grab it so I always had somewhere to sit.

I don't think they would allow that POS on the road these days.
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Bonhomme Richard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 01:42 PM
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88. 65' Rambler Station Wagon............
I used to joke that the color was primer gray. Carried a 5 gallon container of oil on the floor and I could see the hiway go by at my feetand the oil lite would come on anytime I started up a hill.
I used it in college until someone stole the radiator and battery out of it. Think I got $25.00 from the junkyard.
Go figure.
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flamingyouth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 02:44 PM
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91. 1980 Peugeot 505 diesel sedan
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Blue-Jay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 02:47 PM
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92. A kickass '72 Dodge Challenger with a MFin' HEMI.
Edited on Fri Feb-25-05 02:50 PM by Blue-Jay
Shit, that car was fast.

It looked like this:

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CanuckAmok Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 05:24 PM
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103. That was your FIRST car?!
How is it you're still alive?
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seemunkee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 02:48 PM
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93. 1966 Fiat 850 coupe
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Worst Username Ever Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 02:54 PM
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94. 1984 Olds Cutlass Cruiser
Edited on Fri Feb-25-05 02:58 PM by Worst Username Ever


High school sucked.
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Acryliccalico Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 03:50 PM
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95. Red Fiat, don't remember the year.
Bought it in 86 for $600.00. Sounded like the engine was made from rubber bands and Popsicle sticks when it was running, which wasn't all the time. I couldn't get anybody that knew enough about them to get the timing right so it would quit running at stop signs and lights. It was great on gas though and (if I could have kept it running) would drive forever on a gallon. Finnaly junked it. :kick:
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WeRQ4U Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 04:00 PM
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97. 1979 Mazda RX-7
It had a moon roof and a rotary engine. It had a manual choke and it backfired a lot. I made an old lady hit the deck at a gas station once. It was loud. Good for the summer, horrid in ND winters.

It belonged to one of North Dakota's only mass murderers before me. John Huber.
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nytemare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 04:24 PM
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98. '78 Mustang -Ghia, Found on road dead
The bugger was black with a camel colored vinyl top, and it broke down all the time.

If you ran the air, it stalled. If you sat at a light or stop sign without the foot partially on the gas, it would stall.
When I made left turns, the passenger door would fly open.
It was 8 cylinders, so it moved, but after I got above 45 it moved and shook...LOL.

I just loved mustangs so I had to have one, but that steered me away from Ford for a while.

But, now I have an '02 True Blue Mustang GT with 18's, and it hasn't given me any problems.
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Ernesto Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 04:55 PM
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101. 50 Chevy coupe while in high school
The summer after graduation I put a 283" Corvette engine & 4 spd tranny in it. It was very fast & very dangerous. Got so many tickets that I decided to sell it for about a third of the $$$$$ I had in it.
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erinlough Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 05:21 PM
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102. 1973 Fiat Spider bright orange with a rag top
Edited on Fri Feb-25-05 05:21 PM by erinlough
Lest you think me rich, it cost 3800.00 brand new and my dad signed with me. He said that was the time in my life I should own a sports car. Totally surprised me because he is a very practical farmer from Michigan. I loved that car and kept it for about 5 years.
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Catchawave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 05:35 PM
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104. 1967 Mustang V-6 coupe =nt
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taught_me_patience Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 05:38 PM
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105. 1986 volvo 240dl
It been handed down from me to my sister to my cousin to another cousin and is still running.

best car i ever owned becuase it never left me stranded.


taught.
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LizW Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 05:46 PM
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106. '73 Opel Manta - robin's egg blue
It looked just like this one:

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benny05 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 07:59 PM
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108. That I got to drive all of the time?
75 Corolla...and had a sense of humor. Poncho...
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Kat45 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 08:09 PM
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109. 1967 Mustang, V8
That car could move!
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steve2470 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 08:11 PM
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110. 1971 AMC Jeep CJ-5
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DainBramaged Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 08:23 PM
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111. '59 BelAir 4 dr.
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dad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 08:23 PM
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112. 1974 Ford Gran Torino


For which I paid $600 - and got ripped off~ Turns out the previous owner never changed the oil!! I drove it sputtering into a garage. Mechanic wouldn't even come out to look at it after hearing it ...
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khashka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 08:40 PM
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114. 1972 MG
Edited on Fri Feb-25-05 08:42 PM by khashka
In mint condition. Great car.

All my other cars have been crap except for a Honda Accord I really liked but totalled.

Khash.
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cmd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 09:09 PM
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116. 1965 Corvair Corsa - turbocharged
orchid in color with a black pinstripe
four speed
I couldn't drive the thing home because I didn't have a license. The rule at our house was that you could get a license when you could afford to buy your own car. It wasn't my rule. Dad made that one.
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dobegrrrl Donating Member (190 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 10:40 PM
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118. 71 (I think) blue pinto
hatchback - and I survived
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NNadir Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 11:11 PM
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119. 69 Pontiac Tempest.
It got like 6 miles to the gallon I'd guess (though I never bothered to check it as gas was 30 cents a gallon when I started driving.)

It had a huge 350 cubic inch engine and it cruised at 100 mph which is pretty much the speed at which I drove it because I was a very retarded 17 year old male kid. I used to change the oil every three years whether it needed or not.

Now I drive a Honda accord. I wish I had a Honda Civic. I hate driving over 60 mph.
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shesemsmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 11:15 PM
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120. Mine was a 67 green mustang
in one heck of a shape. It got us where we needed to go barely it blew up in 1979 and we bought a 69 black GTO that my Hubby got killed in a month later. They believe but not sure it was a tie rod. I get sick if I pass one on the road. They are getting fewer and fewer all the time thank God
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donheld Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 11:36 PM
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121. Hot Wheels
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