What was the car you learned to drive?
 

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'76 International Scout Traveller.

Not a pic of our actual car but same color and messed up front quarter.
Dad bought this new in '76. This thing was a tank and could go just about anywhere. Hated it when I was 16 and took my test in it in '87. But I really came to love it. It could take me and about 10 of my closest friends lots of places. :eek:Wish I still had it.

Not the one we had.
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66 T Bird Convertible

If you don't count the tractors, I guess it would be my Dad's 1947 Chevy Fleetmaster.

High school driver's ed. '49 Chevy sedan, 3 on the tree, Army surplus. Still had the milspec plate riveted to the dashboard.

White 1966 Chrysler 300.

You do realize that there will be those that are going say something to the aspect that most that have posted are as old as dirt?

'64 Ford Fairlane wagon. 260 cube V-8 (like a Tiger!) with three on the tree. Yes, I did try to drag race with it. Yes, old as dirt...

'89 Toyota Pickup

1987 Ford Sierra 2.0 GL

1984 Chevette.

Not this exact one, but same year and colour-it was new.
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1975 International D200 Deluxe.

Had to look that up. Nice. Scouts brother.

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1957 Ford Fairlane

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true split bumper 350 rally sport. ok, mine didn't look quite that good..(about half bondo)

I learned how to drive an automatic on a POS '89 Toyota Camry.
I learned how to drive stick by myself on my first car: '93 Mazda Miata

1968 Ford Torino 428 Cobra Jet 4 spd

1966 Citroen DS21
Pioneer in FWD cars!!

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1983 Datsun 280ZX, my first car. Not this one, but same model and color!


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The self leveling suspension in that car was awesome!

1971 VW Beetle, 1300cc, Orange!

Learned to drive on a 5 speed, it was not a formula or GT, just a 2M4.


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1941 Dodge Weapons Carrier.
Not this one, but very similar. We still have it, maybe a restoration project someday. :)


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Nik

I learned to drive on a custom made car. I was 9 years old and we built a Mini sized car out of a Crosley for me (which was already a tiny car). It was a tiny overhead cam 4 cylinder with three speed trans and air type wheel barrow tires, diamond plate fenders and the original cable brakes! It had no real body, so was more like a mini car with no body.
1959 was a stellar year for me, as I also got a D2 Caterpillar and a Honda step through 50cc motorbike! I was one happy 9 yr old!

Learned to drive in a Plymouth Volare wagon.

Learned the basics of a manual on a 78 Rabbit:

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Really learned to drive a stick with my first car, a 73 Super Beetle:

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Ha! I had a new '73 Super Beetle. Yellow with mag wheels and a Hurst shifter. Loved that car.

I loved mine too - March of 73 - had the same front end as a Porsche. :) They changed the design in the summer of 73.

I'll get another one - but my next one will be a 65 hardtop. They were more round.

FWIW, the current Fiat 500 is about as close as you can currently get to a classic bug - with all the safety and amenities of today.

Mostly it was our family car- a 1960 Rambler wagon, with push button gears. I'd go in and out our driveway (50 yards) about 20x per day. At night the gear buttons had a nice color glow. I think Reverse was red.

I learned to "drive" on a small tractor. I learned to drift in a gokart on a dirt track. Somehow I didn't kill myself on the 60cc Yamaha dirt bike.

The first on road vehicle I learned to drive was a 1970 VW bus. The shift lever stuck up from the floor about 3 feet and your lower legs were the crumple zone.

Before learning to drive actual cars, there were these:

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1972 Yamaha 250 Trials. The first actual motored vehicle I learned how to crash, a lot, when I was 12.

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Traded the bike for something a little more stable (not really) when I was 14. 1982 Yamaha Tri-Moto 200.

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Then bought a brand new Honda 200x with my newspaper money when I was 16.

Busted my butt more than once on those three wheelers. :no:

Well if we are going pre cars. Then it was a Moped, then a dirtbike for me. Then before that a bicycle. ;)

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1968 Plymouth Satallite slant 6 with a 3 on the tree

And not even the AMX version. :sad:

Will never forget the look on the DMV Inspectors face when he came out to test me. "We're takin' this? Well... I guess - hope nobody I know actually see's me in this. Lets just get this over with pretty quick - what ya say kid?"

While not the specific car - it was identical to this one here.

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I learned in a couple of cars my Uncles' '47-'58 Chevy Dirt Track Race Car, and my '69 Austin Healey Sprite... sorry no photos.

The 1969 Austin Healey Sprite was my first car.

In 1958 we, my friend and I, started working on a 1947 Crosley sedan. We removed the body, wheels, and everything else (not that there was much to these little cars.
We had help with diamond plate fenders that were made from parts from an old fire truck. The tires/wheels are off of old air tire wheel barrows. We added an extra transmission from a old jeep three speed, so it now had two transmissions (to make it go slower, if it was needed, needless to say, we really did not use it. we built nice little bucket seating, which worked when we were nine, but by two years later, we had to make the seating larger, as we both had grown so much (the picture is during transition. hence the seats were just cushions at time of photo.)
I ended up getting twelve Crosley cars in the long run and wish I had them now!
We both became quite good drivers with this and a renault that we turned into a drag car with a BMW Isetta 300 front end, a ice boat racer frame, with the Renault on the back! (I have long ago lost pics)
Here are the only two I have:

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1940 chevy master coupe.
ISAMIN

This 2-ton capacity 1970 Jeep Gladiator J-3000, which came with a Buick 350 V-8, Timken 4-speed manual transmission (1st was a "creeper" gear, making it essentially a 3-speed in daily driving) and dual-range 4-wheel drive. I'm the shirtless hunk on the right, along with two friends, plus my mom in the back. Picture taken near Schroon Lake, NY in 1972. BTW, I actually took my driving test in this beast! https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.nor...4c6483fd2c.jpg

I first started to drive in a 1974 AMC Matador which my brother said I could keep if I could fix it. I fixed it and drove to 8th grade for a week before he took it back. Then it was a 1975 Brown Ford Pinto Hatchback. High school friend let me learn how to drive manual.

Wow!
Cool thread here!
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I especially like the Lancia Beta and Citroen Deese.

I first learned to drive in a rather sketchy homemade go-kart.

Later, dad taught me manual gearbox on a Dodge Omni 024.

Finally got the swing of things with a 1979 Honda Accord CVCC hatchback 5spd,
similar to this one:

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