My first driving car was a 1962 Renault Dauphine. It looked like a pregnant rollerskate and had a souped up riding lawnmower engine powering it. The car that I owned first was a 1989 Civic hatchback. It was so bare bones it didn't even have a cigarette lighter (or outlet for one).

 

1974 Fiat X1/9 bertone




Generic pic!!! NO THAT'S NOT ME

 

1st: 1968 Ford Galaxie 500 sedan
2nd: 1977 Triumph TR7

 

1st - Datsun RL-411
2nd - Triumph Spitfire

 

1st - Ford Pinto Station Wagon -V6 - Posi-traction

It didn't blow up when I rolled it!

 

1959 El Camino. Of course, mine was a real POS, not gorgeous like this one. I had chrome reverse wheels and the front end was lowered, but I didn't have the whitewalls. Mine was originally this color, but by the time I got it it had been painted a darker green, was faded and oxidized, and had lots of brown primer spots on it.

 

I always loved it when I drove up in my TR7 and people asked me how I liked my Fiat.

 

I've got you all beat on the crappy first car.

Mine was a 1981 Renault LeCar-$800 got me about 2 years before it threw a rod and I junked it.

What I wanted was an R5 Turbo- which is kind of what I finally have with me MCS!

 

The first car I drove was a 1988 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight. The first car I owned is the car I'll have until my MINI gets here: 2000 Oldsmobile Intrigue. Been a good car for 8 years, but it's finally time for something new.

 

1964 1/2 Mustang - painted Corvette Torch Red - Wanted to put a 350 or even a C4 Vette motor in it just to tick off the Ford guys!!!!

I can't find a pic, and that makes me sad...

 

I didn't take any pictures of my Audi. I miss it's quirky crappyness now but at the time it was just to get me to my summer job until I found a Beetle (the perfect trainer car for the hobbiest mechanic). I still own my 1972 bug.

 

My first car was a 1976 Datsun 280z

 

I learned to drive in this early 1960 Ford Falcon:



It was like a tank!

A pillbox landed on the grill at the base of the windshield, exploded, but didn't leave much of a noticeable dent!

 

1982 Trans Am. One of only two cars I've ever owned with an automatic transmission, and if I recall correctly, a whopping 145 horsepower from the carbureted 5.0-liter V-8 - my, how times have changed!

 

While in the Navy in Hawaii I bought a 39 plymouth convert with no top and leaky freeze plugs for $125.00 and also had a 1951 BSA motorcycle also. Paid #350.00 for the BSA and sold it a year and a half later for $350.00.
This was between 1952 and 1955. That was followed by 32 more cars over the years. I like to have several of those cars back now!!

 

A 1982 Toyota 2wd Pickup. 22r 4 banger,Tan w/ brown interior. My dad was so pissed cause he had to put 4 complete sets of tires on the truck in a year. My nickname was smokie. Damn that was when I was 16. Since then I have owned 30 vehicles, Im 29 now. Thanks dad for hookin me up with a ride and tires...many tires. .R.I.P

 

1984 bright red Pontiac Fiero

 

My first car was a 1963 Ford Falcon Futura, straight 6, three-speed on the column, Wimbledon White had been covered by a nausea Pepto Bismo green (if they made Pepto Bismo in green that is) not to far off from your picture.

This was 1988, and the years had not been kind to it, holes in the floorpans and springs sticking out of the upholstery. Still for senior year in high school, it provided many memories that I can laugh about and long about now.

My MINI is so much cooler, but being a young man lent the Falcon some magic and allure that even my MCSC can't muster.

 

My first car was a 1976 Tan 4-door Chevy Nova with a 305 V8...I got it free from my grandmother when I turned 15 (1997) and I had it for 6 years. At first I wasn't a big fan, but I have to admit it never left me on the side of the road and it survived some of my initial stupidity as a driver, such as driving to school after losing the radiator fan belt...a couple of bumper on bumper contacts...and the country roads of Tennessee. Plus I have to admit the front bench seat was very comfy and I loved the foot pedal bright light switch...the lack of AC and more than one speaker were a downer.

The first car I ever purchased was our 2006 MCSc!

Here is a pic...just imagine four doors...light tan...one missing hubcap on factory 15" steel wheels

 

Except the top was a light gray...

 

1969 Chevy Nova. This thing was a bombshell. It was super-duper oxidized avocado green (think teflon paint) & green velvet interior complete with **** carpet. The floor was completely rusted through & you could actually watch the road go by underneath your feet while driving. At first there wasn't a stereo, so I had a boombox on my lap. When I finally got rid of it I'd replaced the interior with an all black SS interior, full stereo, suspension, 383 stroker, glasspacks, etc. I learned to drive manual in that car with its 3-speed Hurst. Good times, but I don't ever want a car like that again.

 

Mine was a 1970 Mustang my dad let me order when I was 18. I ordered blue, but when it arrived at the dealership it was Grabber blue with a black roof. At first I was disappointed as it was so bright, but it quickly grew on me and it was a great car. I used it for my daily college commute of at least 100 miles every day. I still remember how easy it was to go 90 in that car without realizing it. It could go a lot faster, but I never wanted to hit its limit.
At 50,000 miles I was afraid it was getting too old and as one of the seats was slightly cracked I traded it for a 1975 that never lived up to the blue one. What can I say, I was 22 and dumb about cars.

The saddest thing I remember is that shortly after I traded it I saw it at a wrecking yard. Whoever bought it totaled it. It was too good of a car to end up like that.

 

First car has a 1965 Ford Fairlane... same color. Paid $250. Like your Falcon, it sure was a tank. When I look back, it was a great car. Lots of character. But, being in my teens at the time, I didn't appreciate that. Had to have something new...so next car was a 1977 Pontiac Firebird. (Wish I had kept the Fairlane!)

 

Back in 1989, my first was a 1986 Acura Integra. Not fast enough to get me in too much trouble, but sporty enough to have some fun. Parents wouldn't let me get a manual transmission until I had more time behind the wheel. It was a decent car that held up well to my abuses.

Same as this one, but I had stock wheels:

 

1966 Ford Mustang - 25a red on red - 200cid straight six with three on the floor - no synchro on first opf course. Factory Air that worked -> Was probably the slowest mustang ever made but it still looked cool. Who needs minivans?> as a teenager I regularly carried 7 folks in it (oh to be young and stupid again). hard to learn a stick on too but eventually learned to drive, shift, and drink a big gulp at the same time without use of a cupholder