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1976 Mercury Bobcat wagon
In the spring of 1982 just after I graduated from high school my dad told me I needed to get a car in order to commute to college in New Brunswick New Jersey as I was going to Rutger's. So he picked out this 1976 Mercury Bobcat wagon for me with a 4-cylinder 4-speed complete with the wood panels, but it was silver. I had no say in the matter, he wanted this car for me and I had to pay for it. I think they wanted $800 or so for it at a former Honda dealership in Old Bridge/Sayreville New Jersey on Route 9!
I drove it for a little while until someone with a 1982 Cutlass pulled out in front of me in South Amboy on an angle (he blew his stop and claims he didn't see me), my front driver's side fender hit him square on his passenger side door. Pushed my front end to the right, bent the frame and that was it! Can't say I liked the car but it got me around. I hated the next car he TOLD me to get, a 1978 Chevrolet Malibu in a putrid light blue with a 4 door and 3 speed manual, paid $1600 for it. That was the last car he ordered me to buy!
Neither of these are my actual cars.
In the spring of 1982 just after I graduated from high school my dad told me I needed to get a car in order to commute to college in New Brunswick New Jersey as I was going to Rutger's. So he picked out this 1976 Mercury Bobcat wagon for me with a 4-cylinder 4-speed complete with the wood panels, but it was silver. I had no say in the matter, he wanted this car for me and I had to pay for it. I think they wanted $800 or so for it at a former Honda dealership in Old Bridge/Sayreville New Jersey on Route 9!
I drove it for a little while until someone with a 1982 Cutlass pulled out in front of me in South Amboy on an angle (he blew his stop and claims he didn't see me), my front driver's side fender hit him square on his passenger side door. Pushed my front end to the right, bent the frame and that was it! Can't say I liked the car but it got me around. I hated the next car he TOLD me to get, a 1978 Chevrolet Malibu in a putrid light blue with a 4 door and 3 speed manual, paid $1600 for it. That was the last car he ordered me to buy!
Neither of these are my actual cars.
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SCTBIRD1173
Mark my Bird!
I don't have any scanned pictures of my first car (they are on Polariod 
) but here is a white one like my last one of the 3 I have owned. The 1989 Ford Probe GT Turbo. First year of the Probe and only year that had this styling. I owned a gray one for my first car that I paid $2950 for in 10/94. Since then I have also had a black '89 GT and a white '89 GT. I've been looking for another one for a little while now.
) but here is a white one like my last one of the 3 I have owned. The 1989 Ford Probe GT Turbo. First year of the Probe and only year that had this styling. I owned a gray one for my first car that I paid $2950 for in 10/94. Since then I have also had a black '89 GT and a white '89 GT. I've been looking for another one for a little while now.Attachments
Nice cars, keep 'em coming.
Here's my first real car. It's a horrible photo captured from a DVD converted from 8mm film.:frown:
It was a 1967 Pontiac Lemans convertible I had in the 70's. It was my first V8 engine rebuild, front end rebuild, brake work.... Check out the (headered) exhaust coming out in front of the rear wheel.
It was originally white with a black interior, but when my mom owned it, she had Earl Shieb paint it ($39.00) an ugly light blue.
I loved that car though, and about 20 years later I bought the red 66.
It's in the garage now waiting for a new frame and my time to put it in.
Here's my first real car. It's a horrible photo captured from a DVD converted from 8mm film.:frown:
It was a 1967 Pontiac Lemans convertible I had in the 70's. It was my first V8 engine rebuild, front end rebuild, brake work.... Check out the (headered) exhaust coming out in front of the rear wheel.
It was originally white with a black interior, but when my mom owned it, she had Earl Shieb paint it ($39.00) an ugly light blue.
I loved that car though, and about 20 years later I bought the red 66.
It's in the garage now waiting for a new frame and my time to put it in.
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druggles85
pendejo
My wife has a picture of me standing with a 65 Wildcat "Next best thing to owning a Riviera" - Buick
I didn't own it though.
My first car was a 1987 Plymouth Sundance, with a worn out 2.5 out of a K-car in place of the 2.2... still totally gutless... I hope the pictures aren't too big... And no, even being 16 I didn't think the flames were cool... It was a joke because the car burnt a minimum of a quart of oil a day... depending on if I drove more than 20 miles or not. lol.
p.s. that is real, it's my first roadkill.
I didn't own it though.
My first car was a 1987 Plymouth Sundance, with a worn out 2.5 out of a K-car in place of the 2.2... still totally gutless... I hope the pictures aren't too big... And no, even being 16 I didn't think the flames were cool... It was a joke because the car burnt a minimum of a quart of oil a day... depending on if I drove more than 20 miles or not. lol.
p.s. that is real, it's my first roadkill.
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Mine was a 1977 Pontiac 2 door Ventura, silver with a black landau roof, had a 301 v8. Did not have the nice rims like in the photo, but the standard hubcaps.
But kind of ironic that my first car as a little kid ran on batteries, and my last car may as well if things keep moving in that direction.
But kind of ironic that my first car as a little kid ran on batteries, and my last car may as well if things keep moving in that direction.
Last Mrk
Charter Member
1954 Ford customline. Bought this new right after I got out of High School and got my first real job in 1953. I later put a McCulloch Supercharger on it.
I bought the blower from Andy Granatelli's Speed Shop (Grancor) on Western Av & Foster in Chicago. The blower set me back $208. I installed it myself but had trouble with it not getting enough fuel and it would starve out. I took the car to Grancor and Joe Granatelli took me for a test drive in it to see how it ran and scared the living daylights out of me the way he drove it on city streets.
Ended up putting an electric fuel pump in series with the mechanical one and after that it was a real terror for it's day.
I bought the blower from Andy Granatelli's Speed Shop (Grancor) on Western Av & Foster in Chicago. The blower set me back $208. I installed it myself but had trouble with it not getting enough fuel and it would starve out. I took the car to Grancor and Joe Granatelli took me for a test drive in it to see how it ran and scared the living daylights out of me the way he drove it on city streets.
Ended up putting an electric fuel pump in series with the mechanical one and after that it was a real terror for it's day.
tixer
Lincoln Evangelist
Great cars everyone. There isn't a one of them that I wouldn't mind driving today. Driller's Wildcat, and Bill's LeMans might be speaking to me the most loudly though. My dad owned a 66 or 67 Tempest Super Sport that I kinda wish he'd kept.
I might have cracked a smile at George's Renault, too. Just wait though. I'm holding off on posting my own first car, hoping I can go through my photos to find it.
I might have cracked a smile at George's Renault, too. Just wait though. I'm holding off on posting my own first car, hoping I can go through my photos to find it.
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quandoomniflunkusmoritati
My first car was an 89 Olds Cutlass (gutless) Supreme. These are not my pictures but the first one is the same as the car I had except mine was rusty and a lemon. The second picture is an AD for the car that ran back in 1989 and if you can’t read it, it says "Take a look at the car your kid will be driving in the year 2001" Which was true because it was my mom’s car for a few years before I got it. I started driving it in 2001 before I got my licenses. She even found an old "Time" magazine with it.
I sold that car after a new transmission and a melody of other problems. I do have to give it credit for the fact that when I got it I did not know what a V8was and after I sold it I had my first tool set and the beginnings of a car guy life (and troubles)
I sold that car after a new transmission and a melody of other problems. I do have to give it credit for the fact that when I got it I did not know what a V8was and after I sold it I had my first tool set and the beginnings of a car guy life (and troubles)
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Back then when i was 18 any car you had you were the cat's meow,
now kids today think they are entitled to new cars.