Your First car?

[Mean 318]

I don't know if anyone has ever tryed this, but I think this might be kinda kool. What was your first car? Got any pics? What ever happened to it? And if you got a good story, what the hell, toss it in! 

[TheGhost]

68 Dart 270 4 door.  Slant 6, 3 speed auto on the column, bench seat car.  First car I owned entirely myself.

Sold it to a guy restoring a 67 GT ragtop, for a parts car.  I miss it.

[Mean 318]

Ok, heres mine. It is a 1970 Dodge Coronet 440 that I found when I was fifteen. It all started when I got my permit and I decided it was time to get my first car! My dad worked with a guy who collected MoPars and had a few "about twenty" projects laying around. So I had him find out if he had any 69 Super Bees/ coronets out there. Well sure enough he did have a Coronet, but it wasn't a 69. Now for some stupid reason I never really cared for 70s, but I figure what the hell.... It would be a fun time to check out the old girl. Then we decided that when my dad got off work we would go take a look. Before I could even get out the door my mom calls and tells my dad "There is no way in hell he is coming home with a car!"   So once we got out there my old man goes up to the house and knocks on the door, that was the first time I saw her, sittin in the grass..."It was love at first sight!" We wander over to the rusty blue relic and look her over. I knew at that moment that I had to have her! So not two weeks later I got my first job and started saving. about a year of haggling with the guy and we came to an agreement. When I came out to get it the weeds where up o the tops of the doors, but I didn't care. Ever since then I beat the hell out of it and now she sits dormant while I get her a fresh 500 HP 440.  here are some pics of the very first time I saw her!

[Dave22443]

Well, my first car actually wasn't a car at all, it was a pickup.  A 1970 Ford F-100 long bed with baby moons.  It was black with a white and red interior and I loved it.  

I actually bought it from my old man (who refused to "give" it to me) for $500.00.  I worked like a dog all summer cutting firewood for a contractor only to find out later that the contractor was crooked and couldn't pay me off at the end.  So my old man went and "discussed" it with him.  He came back about an hour later with my pay in hand which I immediately handed back to him to buy his truck.

Long after the truck was gone and I had moved out on my own, I found out that my dad had actually taken money out of his own pocket to pay me.  So I guess in the end, he really did give me the truck after all.

I have a lot of fond memories of that old truck. But having a pickup as you first vehicle does have a long term effect on a person.  I've almost always own some sort of truck ever since.  Only now, its a Dodge  

[azraelck]

A 1973 Dodge Dart Sport. Also sold it, before I got it running. It was a well optioned car, 8 3/4" rear, 340/4speed. Basically it originally came with every option save a torque flight. and I was a dumbass and let it go for a bill.

No pictures anymore, at least not on the computer.

This is my current pile o'rust. I don't consider it a project anymore.





This is my current daily  I was feeling unsafe in Memphis one day, and well, you know what they say. The rest is history. 

[4cruzin]

My first car bought it when I was 18 and a senior in high school 1982.  Currently sitting out in the garage waiting for a stroker motor!! 

[rare69]

well it wasn't a mopar, but i wanted one. i was fifteen, and a kid from school had a 68 gto he just bought from the origanal owner,a old lady. and i told him i wanted to buy it. he said show me the money, and i showed up the next day with the cash. i spent the next ten months painting and fixing it up, and was driving it the day i got my licence, and the day after i lost my licence for reckless driving and eluding an officer. had a 400 with his and hers hurst shifter, and plenty of poop for a sixteen yearold with a heavy right foot!

[Silver R/T]

1988 Civic 4 door, nothing too impressive

[Nacho-RT74]

My Charger ( Pics on my signature link )

[Zentelis]

1978 Buick Skylark with the small block V8 and an automatic on the column. I bought it off a friend for $500.
Damn fun little car, let me tell you..it had just enough power for an 18 year old but not quite enough to get him in trouble
I did crazy stuff in that car though..drove like a madman everywhere I went.

Then the night before my first college class, I hit some black ice and hit a solid metal gate pole cemented in the ground. I destroyed the radiator, shifted the engine, twisted the A-frame, etc..but I still drove it uphill about a mile before I found out how bad it was. They just don't make 'em like that anymore

The ironic part was I wasn't even driving crazy..I was driving safely that night because it had just rained!
I also learned that black-ice is NOT a myth. We went back down to where I wrecked a little later and you could not see the ice at all..it wasn't shiny or reflective or anything..it was nearly invisible.

[Brock Samson]

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,18271.0.html


there's about a half dozen of these first car threads..

[skip68]

Mine was a 1978 Chevy Chevette  4 on the floor, 4 under the hood, 4 door.  1 year later, car no more....

[TK73]

72 Monte Carlo / Gold-black-black / 350-350

bought it 1983, sold 1986, totaled about 1987.

[nakita7]

1970 Plymouth Belvedere Coupe (when was the last time you saw one of those?) You know the rest...yes, it was green on green, bench seat, 318 auto. Rare colour and engine combo...

[terrible one]

1976 Cadillac Eldorado convert:

[TruckDriver]

1967 Chevy Bel-Air 4door with a 283 and 2spd tranny. My grandfather gave it to me with 76,000 miles on it in 1980.

[Skyview69]

My first car was a 71 Charger SE.  I bought when I was 17.  It has a 69 440HP and an Air Grabber Hood I still have this car. Sorry. No available pics to post.  It was the baddest car in my high school...in my opinion.  I went to one of those schools where the kids parents bought them brand new cars with all the trimmings.  Thank god my parents were not like that.  It is good to work for the things you want!!

[41husk]

First car I ever bought was my 70 Challenger Convertible I still own.  I bought it back in 1982.  I inherited my wifes 1973 Ford LTD when we married in 1981.  First new car was a 1983 Omni/Charger

[ramit]

my first car was a 71 charger 500 with a 318.  This car came out of a junk yard in 1979, it was the 3rd car up on a pile of cars.  It ended up in the junk yard just because of a broken drive shaft.  My dad spotted the tailights from a parking lot across the street and told them he wanted the car and payed $300 for it.  My dad gave it to me in 1992 as an early high school graduation gift.  I sold the car 3 years ago to a guy that bought it for his kids highschool graduation gift.

[DC_1]

1969 Dodge Charger....318 car........got hit in the front end and damaged the grill, right fron tfender and twisted the frame a little. I only paid $800 for the car and put another $500 into it. Insurance gave me $1500 so I took it and it was scrapped. What a shame.....this was 1984 by the way....in the condition it was in even with the twisted frame it would probably sell on Epay for $10-15k

[BB1]

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,18271.0.html


there's about a half dozen of these first car threads..

Mines below

[crzyc68]

My dad gave me his first car, which was a 1968 Dodge Charger, /6 and 904 tranny.  I still have it today and drive it.  My dad used to pretend he was in the movie Bullit and did a little jumping in it down in Salinas, CA.  It will stay in the family.

[Manfred318]

My first car that i actually owned is my '68 Charger 318 auto. My first ever car was a '77 International Scout II 345 with a 727 auto with rallye package. Dad gave it to me when I was about 15 or so, we sold it to fund the Charger project. The pic is not of mine but the one I had was pretty much identical. 

[MichaelRW]

The year is 1966 and I just graduated from HS. Paid $500 for a white/black interior 1960 2 door Chevrolet Impala hardtop (283 automatic). Kept it about 1 year when I came across a yellow/black interior 1965 GTO convertible, 4 speed. Paid $1800 for the GTO.

[Chris G.]

Bought this in 1987 for 3K. It was a factory top banana/ green gut Charger 500. 3 days after getting the motor done (1989), I celebrated by hitting a tree and telephone poll at around 90mph. I walked away, but the car didn't  . Worst driving mistake I ever made.

[Hemidoug]

Bought this in 1987 for 3K. It was a factory top banana/ green gut Charger 500. 3 days after getting the motor done (1989), I celebrated by hitting a tree and telephone poll at around 90mph. I walked away, but the car didn't  . Worst driving mistake I ever made.

Dude.....glad you walked away.....WHO on Gods green Earth bought that Pacer? That has GOT to be the single ugliest car ever produced. Please tell me you didn't have to drive that after kissing the pole at 90!

Anyway, my first car was a 66 Plymouth Fury III 4 door HT, 383 4bbl, auto w\a 8 3/4 limited slip rear. That car was first for a LOT of things! (spent just as much time in the back seat as the front one). Anyway, I used to suprise a lot of brand x cars with that one. I'll try to dig up a picture or two later.

PS... My Dad still ownes the car. One of these days I will have to get her running again.

[FourSpeedRT]

My first car was a '68 Charger...383 four barrel,buckets,consolegold with a white(parchment?) interior. Car was 7 years old,and I bought it off a GM lot for the sum of 800 bucks. Ran 'er for about a year,and then traded 'er in on a '73 Datsun 240 Z......worst mistake I have ever made.....I still have nightmares about that.....sheesh...gettin' shivers just thinkin' about it.....

[chargerjy9]

65 Dodge Coronet 500, bought in 1970. I loved that, car sold it 2 years later to the idiot kid down the block. (he had the cash) he rolled the car 2 weeks after he got it . I was sick.

[Chris G.]

WHO on Gods green Earth bought that Pacer?

99% of the time I post that pic, all anyone wants to mention is the Pacer.  It belonged to my neighbor across the street at the time. I'm not sure, but I think the windows didn't even roll down on that Pacer?

And for the record, no alcohol was involved in the wreck. It was just sheer stupidity on my part.  

[Dave22443]

What I can't get over is how hard I had to work for my first car.  My son is only 4 years old and he already has his first car!  I tell you, it just isn't fair!  I think his daddy must be spoiling him 

[Khyron]

76 Dodge Aspen SE 


no major story, bought it for $70 when I got out of the Army.

[HITMAN 149]

in 1987 when i got my lic ....... 1971 chevelle malibu 2dr 350, $1100 (riotous bucks). i soon learned it wasn't as bad ass a car as the prior owner proclaimed it to be

[Lost Sheep]

first vehicle was a 1963 Chevy C-10 1/2 ton 2wd with a 350/4 speed and the wrong gear ratio and a 283 radiator so I couldnt drive faster than 55 without hurting the motor, or overheating. I got it for free from my dad. I then bought a more reliable car to drive around when I wanna go somewhere faster.......... a 77 Chevy Nova 4 Door......250 inline 6,1bbl,auto,Shit brown with bauge interior and I put a CD player in it....... paid 600 bux for the car with 45,000 on the clock from new. I still own them both and then bought my 68 Charger 383 2bbl,auto puke green black interior I had to piece the car back together and 7 months later i drove it to school. Later on I wanted a better truck so I bought a 70 Chevy C-10 350 auto for 100 bux and i have yet to start getting it running good and dependale yet being in college.

[TeeWJay426]

A 1970 Dodge Dart.... slant six, automatic, 4 doors, crunched left fender, for the princely sum of $225.00. Real grandma's special, but one that my Dad figured would sorta keep a 16 year old smartass out of trouble.....

[Skued]

1968 SS 396 El Camino.  Bought it when I was fourteen in 1989.  Raced it...torn it up...fixed...sold it in 1994.

Steve

[BMOTOXSTAR]

My first car was a 1984 Dodge Charger 2.2
I wish I would have kept the car. Know where I can find one that is for sale?
BMOTOXSTAR

[WM23N1G1]

My first car was my '71 Bee, in 1997. 

[Charger74]

Bought my 73 SE from my neighbor two houses down.  He was from Kuwait but had bought the Charger here.  Orginal 318 car with a/c, vinyl roof, and broken speedo.  This was my junior year of high school.  Found out a few years later from a kid that we hung out/raced with that his family had owned it orginally.  His dad a local policeman.  Currently car is sitting in storage for the winter mainly due to just buying a house and getting married.  Hope to do some more tear down and chassis work on it this next spring summer.  Here is how is currently looks.

[gnrl01]

My first car was a 1972 Ford Pinto not by choice, so I drove it on a drive at your own risk road, hit a steep bridge at 80mph and never touched the other side, needless to say bent the frame and my girlfriend hit her head on the roof and dumped me shortly after. Cool thing is the car never blew up like they said they would..oops thats only if I was rearended. The short story..trashed it, junked it bought a mopar! lol