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Posted: 7/19/2023 11:49:03 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Sold my 99 Honda Civic ex coupe to a coworker. He drove it like a race car and blew the engine in 6 months. '99 Civic was peak Civic. Those cars were damn near bulletproof. Guess your coworker found the limits.  I had a '98 and two '99s myself. In hindsight I should have kept each of them a lot longer. One of them was my wife's first car. |
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Posted: 7/19/2023 11:49:55 PM EDT
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My first car was a White/Green 1957 Chevy Handyman two door wagon that I purchased in 1968, for $150. It had a 283/3spd on the column but was missing the carb and battery. My older brothers bought me a battery and carb so I could get it running again.
Yes, I would buy it back. |
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Posted: 7/19/2023 11:51:05 PM EDT
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Lol.
1990 Ford Taurus. No. |
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Posted: 7/19/2023 11:53:07 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Maybe depending on the price but I'd have to look it over real well to see if the rust was anywhere fatal. It had huge holes in the cab. 1980 F250 4x4 with the 300 6. It was almost as good as it gets for me at that time but I don't know about now. That truck in good shape already gone through in a heartbeat. OP what's the price on your truck? That's the stuff I'm looking at around here but I'm hoping for a 4x4. Problem is they are all getting stupid with prices if they are close to clean and the only smoking deals seem to be on non running stuff which I am not wanting to do right now. 5500 Has a 460, c6 auto. Was the fastest pickup in school
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Posted: 7/19/2023 11:54:12 PM EDT
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A '58 Simca, probably not.
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Posted: 7/19/2023 11:54:44 PM EDT
[#6]
Yep.
1990 Bronco |
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Posted: 7/19/2023 11:57:13 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Heck no!!! 1977 Ford Mustang II. Wanted a 1970 Mustang Mach 1 but dad seen the v8 and said nope  Mine was a 76 Mustang II. I had it for thirty days or so until it tried to kill me with a broken sway bar end beating a hole in the brake line. I fixed those two things and got rid of it! |
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Posted: 7/20/2023 12:02:08 AM EDT
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Hell yes. 1970 Nova. Beautiful custom paint job that my girlfriends brother back into a week after I had it finished. That paid for a semester of college.
His insurance totaled it and let me keep it for salvage value. We still had the paint and my dads friend ran the auto body shop that had done the work. I pocketed $1500 out of the deal. |
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Posted: 7/20/2023 12:03:35 AM EDT
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‘73 Vega?
Fuck no! |
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Posted: 7/20/2023 12:04:39 AM EDT
[#10]
1973 mustang fastback 302, probably would fo.
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Posted: 7/20/2023 12:08:36 AM EDT
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My first car died.
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Posted: 7/20/2023 12:09:02 AM EDT
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My first car was a 72 ford LTD.
I sold it to the scrap yard so I doubt I'll see it again. I'd rather have my second car. 77 TBird. |
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Posted: 7/20/2023 12:14:03 AM EDT
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Posted: 7/20/2023 12:14:05 AM EDT
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Johnny Carson did. IIRC it was a chrysler(41)? and it was the exact car(vin)
Roy |
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Posted: 7/20/2023 12:14:10 AM EDT
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Nah, it was a red 97 Ford Escort that I wrapped around a tree trying to drift on the gravel road I lived on at the time. Apparently somebody bought it and rebuilt it after that, but I imagine it’s rusting away at a scrap yard, or has been crushed already. Doesn’t matter, wrecking that car was somehow probably the best thing that has happened to me, sounds strange I know, but it got me where I am now, and I am content with life. Call me weird, but that’s the way my brain works.
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Posted: 7/20/2023 12:14:24 AM EDT
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No, I don't think I would buy it. I would however like to see it and reminisce about the fun times I had in it. 1972 Mustang 302 2v automatic.
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Posted: 7/20/2023 12:14:30 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: 1970 Corvette LT1 350 cu in 370 hp I sold it in 1977. The guy totaled it the first night he had it.  Attached File |
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Posted: 7/20/2023 12:15:39 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Lol. 1990 Ford Taurus. No. I take it wasn't a SHO? With a 5 spd manual 
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Posted: 7/20/2023 12:16:04 AM EDT
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Absolutely! My first car looked just like this one.
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Posted: 7/20/2023 12:22:11 AM EDT
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73' Nova Custom, 350 3spd on the floor, 69' Z28 intake manifold, Rochester Quadra-Jet, Cyclone Headers, Cragar S/S. If I had the cash- hell yeah. Looked just like this one:
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Posted: 7/20/2023 12:24:07 AM EDT
[#21]
no lol.
it was a 90 honda accord. |
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Posted: 7/20/2023 12:25:15 AM EDT
[#22]
Fuck no. Mine was a '91 Ford Escort hatchback.
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Posted: 7/20/2023 12:26:23 AM EDT
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64 Chevy Malibu... Yea, I would.
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Posted: 7/20/2023 12:26:37 AM EDT
[#24]
Yes but it’s gone. Taken from me by a fucking drunk driver.
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Posted: 7/20/2023 12:29:55 AM EDT
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Mine was a 1968 Mustang convertible.
It was a complete rusted out basket case by the time I sold it. If I bought it back it would most likely be in the form of recycled steel. |
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Posted: 7/20/2023 12:34:00 AM EDT
[#26]
62 Ford Falcon? Hell no.
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Posted: 7/20/2023 12:38:26 AM EDT
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YES! My first car in HS. A 1951 Ford that looked just like this. When I sold it, it had a 53 Merc flathead V8. I would love to have it back.
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Posted: 7/20/2023 12:38:30 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/485801/Resized_Resized_20230304_090549_1__jpeg-2892013.JPG She doesn't run at the moment. But I still have her. Nice! |
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Posted: 7/20/2023 12:39:00 AM EDT
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My first car was a 1960 Dodge Phoenix ...... 383 4bbl with a push button transmission.
I was 13 years old, and I traded a guy the Honda CB-350 I used to ride around the neighborhood for it. Drove it home, and parked it in my parents driveway .....where it proceeded to leak every drop of fluid out of the engine and tranny My parents were pissed ..... About 3 weeks later, me and my dad (him driving) drove it to a junkyard ...... I got to keep the $125.00 though No ...... I don't want it back |
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Posted: 7/20/2023 12:41:59 AM EDT
[#30]
No. Probably the only vehicle I would buy was my 9th vehicle, a 2004 Tacoma.
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Posted: 7/20/2023 12:43:16 AM EDT
[#31]
 No |
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Posted: 7/20/2023 12:43:45 AM EDT
[#32]
Still have my first vehicle.
95 F150, 302. Clean, no dents, no rust, good paint, 238,xxx hard Alaska miles on it, still running strong! |
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Posted: 7/20/2023 12:48:40 AM EDT
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Hmmm. First vehicle I drove, which was given to me? If that '69 VW Van is still out there and running, no, but G-d bless whoever's driving it.
First car I bought? If that unholy Frankenstein monster of the frame of an '82 Mercury Zephyr bought at Jake's U-Pull-It and mated with enough random parts to make a functional '81/'82'/'83 Ford/Mercury Fairmont/Zephyr, complete with single headlight assembly on the driver's side and twin on the passenger side, is still somehow a working vehicle after I sold it for scrap after going off a (small) cliff while driving it.....I would absolutely buy her back. I built that dang thing with my own hands. |
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Posted: 7/20/2023 12:53:19 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: My 1st car was a Ford Pinto......so, NO  |
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Posted: 7/20/2023 12:55:00 AM EDT
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Not my first but my 5th, 8th, 9th and 11th yes.
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Posted: 7/20/2023 12:56:52 AM EDT
[#36]
1980 Monte Carlo that I spent all of my money putting Daytons and juice on. Absolutely, it was a fun car.
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Posted: 7/20/2023 12:57:05 AM EDT
[#37]
First car? fuck no. 1980 bobcat that was the biggest piece of crap on wheels, I'm hoping it was rear-ended
by the lead engineer of that POS who died in the subsequent fireball. |
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Posted: 7/20/2023 1:08:13 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: My 1st car was a Ford Pinto......so, NO LOLOLOL. Came here to post exactly this! |
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Posted: 7/20/2023 1:12:24 AM EDT
[#39]
Yeah 1991 Toyota pickup 4x4.
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Posted: 7/20/2023 1:24:18 AM EDT
[#40]
Quoted: Just found my first vehicle that I bought with my own money at 15. I delivered newspapers and cleaned horse stalls for months to pay for this pickup. Just found it on Facebook Market place. In much worse shape than I sold it 21 years ago. Door looks effed https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/185965/Screenshot_20230719_200220_Facebook_jpg-2891944.JPG Looks like the roof is caved in https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/185965/Screenshot_20230719_200238_Facebook_jpg-2891945.JPG Senior photos in 1999. Damn I was a dork. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/185965/IMG_20161124_0031_jpg-2891947.JPG Still looks pretty good if you ask me. You should get it back. And yes, I still have the truck I had in HS. Will not part with it. |
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Posted: 7/20/2023 1:27:17 AM EDT
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Fist car senior year of HS which was 1986 was 1979 Datsun 280Z 2+2 Silver over blue.
Would I buy it? No! The frame was rusted and could have broke in two. |
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Posted: 7/20/2023 2:03:47 AM EDT
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Maybe, probably would, even though it wasn’t a good car
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Posted: 7/20/2023 2:06:49 AM EDT
[#43]
Quoted: Just found my first vehicle that I bought with my own money at 15. I delivered newspapers and cleaned horse stalls for months to pay for this pickup. Just found it on Facebook Market place. In much worse shape than I sold it 21 years ago. Door looks effed https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/185965/Screenshot_20230719_200220_Facebook_jpg-2891944.JPG Looks like the roof is caved in https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/185965/Screenshot_20230719_200238_Facebook_jpg-2891945.JPG Senior photos in 1999. Damn I was a dork. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/185965/IMG_20161124_0031_jpg-2891947.JPG  I'd have burned that senior photo. As far as my vehicle, I wouldn't find mine. She's dead, Jim. Totaled and then some. RIP Trans Am. Let my mom borrow my car while hers was in the shop back in another decade and a Geeksquad van ran a stop sign doing 50 in a 35 and T-boned her. On the upside, the T/A kept my mom alive inside despite having a NASCAR-level wreck. She was a good car. |
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Posted: 7/20/2023 2:15:23 AM EDT
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My first car sure, yours? Not sure about that ha ha
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Posted: 7/20/2023 2:21:20 AM EDT
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68 cougar xr7 351 C
I bought it six months before I turned 16 and it got me started in the world of performance cars. But I don't want it back. My wife's Sorento could probably out race it. In a world of modern high performance cars, I would never be satisfied with it. I don't nostalgia much, so I would never get good use from it. It looked nice, and it had good performance for its time, but the spongy suspension, 3 speed automatic, drum brakes, and less than 300 horsepower, make for a pretty underwhelming experience |
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Posted: 7/20/2023 2:27:01 AM EDT
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I couldn't afford it! Probably 6 figures now. '65 289 HiPo Mustang, no rust.
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Posted: 7/20/2023 2:32:39 AM EDT
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I still have my first vehicle.
And no, old ass cars are not for wusses like me |
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Posted: 7/20/2023 2:43:01 AM EDT
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Not only no but heeellllll no.
 Attached FileTurbo. And still 0-60 in 22 seconds Steering had about 30 degrees of play before the wheels responded. Smelled like dead rats because there were dead rats in it.No thanks. |
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Posted: 7/20/2023 2:49:14 AM EDT
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It would be difficult to buy it back, since the crushed hulk was used in a landfill in 1986. 1968 Volvo 142S, turned it sideways at about 60 miles an hour, rolled 7 times, I survived with no injuries because A) I had my seatbelt on and B) it was a Volvo. Sold the engine for $150, the guy then used the rest of it to help fill in a ravine in his property, reportedly.
Speedometer went to 120...most optimistic speedometer I ever saw... |
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Posted: 7/20/2023 2:51:01 AM EDT
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My first car was a 1939 Ford Standard Coupe. Dad inherited it from one of his customers and he gave it to me in 1979, when I was 10 years old.
I sold it in 1994. I'd post a couple of pictures, but I can't even upload one to this outdated site. lol. I would be tempted to buy it back, but logic would kick in and it wouldn't happen. No garage space for it. |
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