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Posted: 11/20/2020 6:48:41 PM EDT
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Had a new Mustang in '67. Coupe, 289 auto, nothing special - this was the first car I owned and the first car that I had available for my use for a prolonged period. Compared to what I drive now, I would not want to depend on that car now as an every day driver. Now I have more power in a 4 cyl., AWD, ABS, 4 doors, cargo area and a ton of other great features, not to mention the tech. No, sometimes I get an itch for a 'muscle car' like all the other old men, but I really enjoy the modern vehicle. I guess if I could take a stripped Mustang body and drop it onto the chassis of my CUV, that would be pretty cool and probably nearly 1000 lbs lighter.
Whatever, I do have fond memories of raising hell in that Mustang - driving around with a girl drinking Cold Duck out of a styrofoam ice bucket stuck between the seats - driving to a gig 20 miles out of town in a snowstorm with regular rear axle and worn tires, but also with straight exhaust (my car was a same-year repo and the kid who had it sawed of the back half of the exhaust and put on a Cherry Bomb, which fell off after a few months). I guess I was too stupid to know better but the damn thing never failed to go on anything including solid ice. Imagine being a reasonable person driving slowly in 8" of falling snow on a 2-lane road, just following the ruts, and an idiot in a Mustang passes you with blue flame under the car! I treated it terribly and used 20W-50 in the engine - in Indianapolis! Unbelievably it lasted until I traded it in on a new '70 Torino. |
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Posted: 11/20/2020 6:48:53 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryMy mom had a Buick Apollo. That was the last vehicle she had. |
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Posted: 11/20/2020 6:49:56 PM EDT
[#3]
1968 Mustang convertible so yep!
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Posted: 11/20/2020 6:49:57 PM EDT
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I loved my little 2000 tacoma with the 2.4l 6 speed. Stupid light and fun, if I got stuck I could lift the rear end out of the hole and move it a hair.
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Posted: 11/20/2020 6:51:12 PM EDT
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Fun. Mint 1999 Celica GT loaded
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Posted: 11/20/2020 6:51:50 PM EDT
[#6]
69 Jeep CJ5
Yep, I'd do it. 
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Posted: 11/20/2020 6:52:45 PM EDT
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1973 Ford Gran Torino. That big ass bench seat was like driving around on a sofa
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Posted: 11/20/2020 6:53:03 PM EDT
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I had a soft top Jeep Wrangler yj lifted on 35’s the bitches in high school loved it the spoiled ass woman of today would think it’s trashy I loved it tho
Sold it to my brother he traded it for a mini van sad times |
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Posted: 11/20/2020 6:54:04 PM EDT
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I would love too. Late 80s 4x4 Ranger, manual trans. I've kind of kept an eye out for one in good condition lately.
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Posted: 11/20/2020 6:56:43 PM EDT
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I still have my first car (albeit in a highly modified form compared to when it was my dd) and another of the same model that is in stock config. I drove the green one (my first car now modified) to work 3 days in a row earlier this year and couldn't wait to park the thing. In stock config with it everything (A/C) working, it'd be ok. Now, it'd suck.
Said car:  Attached File |
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Posted: 11/20/2020 7:02:39 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: 74 Ford Maverick. In this really dark green color. Two door model. Very similar to this, with stock wheels, in fact: https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/30714/mav_JPG-1693160.JPG That should have been the 74-78 mustang, instead of the pasti-wrap wonder ford produced. |
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Posted: 11/20/2020 7:02:59 PM EDT
[#12]
1965 Galaxie 500. I'd love to own that car today.
It looked just like this one: 
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Posted: 11/20/2020 7:06:12 PM EDT
[#13]
I would drive it again. 1980 Chrysler LeBaron, came with 318 2bbl, AC, power windows, and power seats. Couple months after I bought it the AC unit ended up on the shop floor along with the smog pump and the 318 and 927 transmission. In went a 1968 340 4bbl and 727.
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Posted: 11/20/2020 7:08:24 PM EDT
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First car was a Datsun 710 wagon.
It was fun. Sucked off-road, though. Especially when I tried to cross the river. 
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Posted: 11/20/2020 7:08:26 PM EDT
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Yes. 1984 S-10 Blazer 2 door. Banger many a girls in the back of that beast. I'd pay good money to be back there again.
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Posted: 11/20/2020 7:11:04 PM EDT
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69 Mach I. 351W with a shaker hood scoop. FMX auto, nothing else. No air, no power nothing. 130,000 miles.
It would suck BAD! No a/c in Florida? But it would be worth it. Assuming I could keep it, I believe a Marti report would show that it was extremely rare. Back then, it was $900. 
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Posted: 11/20/2020 7:12:10 PM EDT
[#17]
66 Ford Galaxy 500. 4 door, 6 cylinder , two speed automatic. No power brakes, no power steering and no AC.
HELL NO |
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Posted: 11/20/2020 7:12:35 PM EDT
[#18]
I still have my first car. ‘88 Mustang LX hatchback.
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Posted: 11/20/2020 7:15:30 PM EDT
[#19]
My first car was a '63 VW Beetle. Had tons of fun in that thing, oh fer the good ol' days. Great car to learn to drive in. The heater sucked. The HS sweetheart and I got very, um, creative in it.
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Posted: 11/20/2020 7:15:49 PM EDT
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Fun in an awful way:
 Attached File1979 Subaru GL with the 4WD shifter. It made about 67 horsepower from the factory. By the time I had the car, probably not quite that good. It was a hell of a party wagon though. MANY a night we had 5 or 6 guys packed in the damn thing. It got around pretty good for being such an old car. ETA: That's not "my" car, there just to clarify. Mine had fancy hubcaps from JC Whitney and the bottom of the side (under the lower strip / bump guards) was painted matte black on mine. |
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Posted: 11/20/2020 7:16:38 PM EDT
[#21]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I still have my first car. ‘88 Mustang LX hatchback. I gotta admit....that's pretty cool. |
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Posted: 11/20/2020 7:17:04 PM EDT
[#22]
94 Taurus with the 3.8 and a bazooka tube.
I would miss xm radio but the sub would make up for alot. |
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Posted: 11/20/2020 7:19:55 PM EDT
[#23]
1990 Red Geo Prizm with A/C.
My family's first new car ever. I inherited it in about 2006. Never had any issues with it, until it threw a rod going down the highway. Probably had 200K miles 
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Posted: 11/20/2020 7:19:57 PM EDT
[#24]
1980 Oldsmobile Delta 88
The only things that worked on that car were the engine and the radio. No AC, heat, turn signals, drivers window wouldn't roll down. No rear defrost or speedometer either. Would be fun for about 10 minutes and hey at least the seats were pretty comfortable.  Looked pretty close to this, rust spots and all. |
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Posted: 11/20/2020 7:19:59 PM EDT
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1973 Chevy 2 door Caprice, puke yellow and rust, you could see through the bottoms of the doors and you had to chain them shut at night, it moved but it was hideous...NFW now..
Little did I know at the time that Chevy Caprices would become a trusted steed and office for a decade of my life, they had these cool lights and ways to talk to others of their kind and cages, yeah cages were the best part..Crown Vic's sucked in comparison.. |
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Posted: 11/20/2020 7:21:30 PM EDT
[#26]
1969 Mustang Fastback. Fun.
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Posted: 11/20/2020 7:21:48 PM EDT
[#27]
1957 Chevy Bel Air, hi performance 327, 4-speed. Yea it would be ok but not has fun has what I got now or has fast.
It was fast in it day, mid 1970s. |
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Posted: 11/20/2020 7:21:49 PM EDT
[#28]
‘84 Honda Accord LX
I’d be ok. |
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Posted: 11/20/2020 7:24:11 PM EDT
[#29]
I didn't "own" it, but I was responsible for it... an M151A2.... wish I could find one
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Posted: 11/20/2020 7:27:23 PM EDT
[#30]
Wood suck.
POS Chevette with a dead cylinder. Got about six months out of it before it was rear-ended by a station wagon. Upgraded to a 10 year-old Civic 
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Posted: 11/20/2020 7:28:28 PM EDT
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1986
The fun: my dad's 68 fastback with a 390. The awful: my 76 Mustang 2, 2.7l. The "omg make it stop": my mom's 83 Mazda GLC station wagon. |
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Posted: 11/20/2020 7:31:28 PM EDT
[#32]
Would be great. Cherry bomb muffler on a $50 CAR. No worries about rock chips and can fix it myself..
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Posted: 11/20/2020 7:36:48 PM EDT
[#33]
1973 Toyota Corolla and it had a rebuilt engine. Thing got like 45 miles to the gallon. Yea wish I still had it.
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Posted: 11/20/2020 7:47:23 PM EDT
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'73 Plymouth Barracuda - I bought it three years old with about 25,000 miles on it for $1200 in 1976.
It would be challenging to avoid the CARB while hunting down leaded gas but would turn heads and get thumbs up.  No AC, no power windows, it had power brakes and steering. I put an AM/FM/cassette deck (a Concord) and a nice amp (US Amps something like that). It would be 1200 pounds lighter than most every car on (street) race day. I used to run quarter miles in it against the big block fools back when I was a kid. The 'cuda's 340 cu.in. (5.7 liters) produced it's 340 horsepower (in 1970's ponies) really really quickly. That "little" (at the time) engine would redline in a heartbeat and I would be doing 60 mph in first gear, grab second chirping the tires on a hot day, and cross the 1/4 mile mark looking for +/- 105 mph in third. The big block guys would be left behind in my smoke off the line but with their extra 100 hp they'd pass me like I was standing still shortly after the 1/4 mile. They'd always want to run 1/2 miles and I wouldn't take them up. I wasn't stupid then. Back when gas broke $1 a gallon street racing was the best way for me to keep the cooler and gas tank filled.
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Posted: 11/20/2020 7:50:59 PM EDT
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I would love to have my 71 Monte Carlo. The 9 mpg would make it a weekend fun car though.
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Posted: 11/20/2020 7:53:48 PM EDT
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Posted: 11/20/2020 7:54:25 PM EDT
[#37]
Fun
79 jeep cj7 |
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Posted: 11/20/2020 7:56:26 PM EDT
[#38]
Quote HistoryQuoted: It would be awesome. I only got to drive it for a few months before I totaled it. :( Mine was 48 days after I spent my life savings on it.. if I found a nice one just like it, I’d snap it up in a minute. 88 mustang with the trunk no hatchback |
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Posted: 11/20/2020 7:56:45 PM EDT
[#39]
1986 Maxima, velour seats with silver face stereo, and a fire-breathing 160hp 3.0 V6 I wouldnt mind, I miss that car. |
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Posted: 11/20/2020 8:01:30 PM EDT
[#40]
Heck yeah. 4 speed manual, 8 track, Jensen Tri Axles
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Posted: 11/20/2020 8:01:54 PM EDT
[#41]
My first car I bought with my own money, fun.
V6 Camaro 5 speed. Base model. |
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Posted: 11/20/2020 8:02:29 PM EDT
[#42]
Quote HistoryQuoted: '82 corolla 2 door 5 speed. I'd have a blast driving it around town. Plus i'd have a hoot of a time trolling everyone telling them I have a hemmeh. 3T-C FTMFW! I had one as well! Only difference is, mine had a 4 speed. And a street sign for a floorboard, and no exhaust...not even a cat. Just manifold, and about 8" of pipe.
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Posted: 11/20/2020 8:03:11 PM EDT
[#43]
I wish I still had it.
67’ Ford F100 |
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Posted: 11/20/2020 8:04:48 PM EDT
[#44]
Probably too many tickets if I still had my first car. I'm glad I got the sports car thing out of my system early.
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Posted: 11/20/2020 8:05:06 PM EDT
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Posted: 11/20/2020 8:06:36 PM EDT
[#46]
1965 GTO with 389 4-Barrel and two speed auto. Other than no AC and a defroster that never worked right, not too bad at all.
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Posted: 11/20/2020 8:06:45 PM EDT
[#47]
I wouldn't mind it, but my wife would hate my '92 S10.
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Posted: 11/20/2020 8:08:29 PM EDT
[#48]
Fun. A 1980 Z28. At the time they only had 250 or 275 hp from the factory. But they were fun once you put in some engine work.
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Posted: 11/20/2020 8:10:13 PM EDT
[#49]
Quote HistoryQuoted: 65 Mustang 289 with 3 speed stick I drove a pos 68 F250 2wd, 3 on tree. |
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Posted: 11/20/2020 8:16:03 PM EDT
[#50]
I would love it, I miss that old truck. '89 Chevy Cheyenne, just like the one in the pic. Four on the floor. What a beast.
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