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First car I bought, first "real" car I considered mine, or first car I had?
First car I "had" was an 83 Aires K station wagon in Gold...with a cracked block. Barely lasted a summer. First car I considered "mine" was a 1992 Jeep Wrangler Islander in a one-off blue which I loved....and never should have sold. First car I bought was a 1998 Dodge Intrepid ES. Inbetween all those was a mid-80s Chevy Citation wagon (drove it on loan for a couple summers) and a 1991/1992? Plymouth Duster...which was ok, but felt like I was driving someone's origami project. Ditched that and got the Jeep. |
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87 Camaro Z28. With the biggest turd V8 in history under the hood 165hp and 3300lbs makes for one slow ass "muscle car." The 2.73 open rear sure didn't help either..lol
Cool first car though. I liked it and it wasn't "performance" enough for me to kill myself in it. Even after an engine swap my junior year added about 100hp to the car it still wasn't more than I could handle at 17 years old. |
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1983 Toyota Celica ST, wine red metalic (maroon) with a camel (tan) interior. It had 4 miles on it when I left the lot. |
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At 16 I had a 1950 Plymouth 3 speed on the column. It was 8 years old the floor pan and door sills were rusted out had a friend weld in new sills used 2x4's to hold up the seats. CT road salt ate it up.
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POS 1985 Merkur xR4ti Looked just like this. Was pretty fun when it was running. http://clunkbucket.com/wp-content/uploads/merkur-xr4ti-lead.jpg That's a Ford Sierra - my first car as well. But, mine was the weaker 1.6L, as opposed to your mighty XR4i Yep, Merkur, good old Ford of Germany. I paid $3k for it in 1997, my first car at 16 years old. It was in the shop about half the time I had it. Sold it a few years later for $800. Fun car but such a POS. I will occasionally see one out on the road these days and I just wonder "How the hell is that car still running?" My second car was a (used) Ford Capri, which I don't think really ever got imported into the U.S. - but was sort of like a weaker smaller Europeanized mustang. And I had moved up in the world, and so I could afford one with a V6 |
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No pictures, but it was a 1970 Chevy Nova, in line 6. I bought it off my worthless Dad for $750 in 1985. The speedometer was broken, but I know it had at least 100,000 miles on it when I bought it! No power steering, windows, brakes. No A/C, which sucks in N. Texas! It also had a 3 speed manual on the floor......
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1984 Renault Encore. Wasn't the muscle car I wanted but it had 4 wheels and got me from A to B.
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1985 Olds Toronado. It had a fantastic back seat...
Funny, there are times I wish I had that car still.
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POS 1985 Merkur xR4ti Looked just like this. Was pretty fun when it was running. http://clunkbucket.com/wp-content/uploads/merkur-xr4ti-lead.jpg That's a Ford Sierra - my first car as well. But, mine was the weaker 1.6L, as opposed to your mighty XR4i Yep, Merkur, good old Ford of Germany. I paid $3k for it in 1997, my first car at 16 years old. It was in the shop about half the time I had it. Sold it a few years later for $800. Fun car but such a POS. I will occasionally see one out on the road these days and I just wonder "How the hell is that car still running?" My second car was a (used) Ford Capri, which I don't think really ever got imported into the U.S. - but was sort of like a weaker smaller Europeanized mustang. http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=44330 And I had moved up in the world, and so I could afford one with a V6 They were sold here as Mercury Capri's |
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1982 Chevy S-10 that I ripped the suspension out of and slammed to the ground, it looked good sitting in the driveway or in the high school parking lot, but damn that thing rode like shit. LOL
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1969 Cadillac Calais.
Took it to the drive in with a girl. The front seat would tilt back into a V which was great. Until we went to leave and it was stuck that way Hard to drive with the front seat touching the bottom of the sterring wheel |
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1984 Buick Regal Limited, pretty much exactly like the one in this pic. http://i38.tinypic.com/2s6lhmc.jpg LOVE that car. |
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87' Monte Carlo SS, stolen in 1990 with less than 10k miles, found on Halstead in Chicago totally stripped.
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Post 'em up Mine - 1991 vintage. https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/550483_160704747396551_1037243256_n.jpg My first was a 94' Escort, I'm assuming yours is a four door? Or maybe not even an escort? |
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1961 Olds F-85 Cutlass 2 door sedan. 212 ci all aluminum V-8 with a Quadrapuke controlled fuel leak on top.
This was 1969 & My Sis & I each paid $50.00. The Ol' Crew Chief |
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1984 Buick Regal Limited, pretty much exactly like the one in this pic. http://i38.tinypic.com/2s6lhmc.jpg LOVE that car. I did to, still the most comfortable vehicle I've had yet. |
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POS 1985 Merkur xR4ti Looked just like this. Was pretty fun when it was running. http://clunkbucket.com/wp-content/uploads/merkur-xr4ti-lead.jpg On man that was my 2nd car but year talk about a rolling problem. |
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Started with the family car, a 4dr Buick Lesabre, then had to buy a 1980'ish 2dr Chevy Chevette hatchback. Dear Lord I hated that thing, although the back seat was great for fooling around when the seats were down. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v503/parshooter/0902dp_08_z1982_chevy_chevetteleft__zps4a4809ea.jpg Rode one of these at about the same time, an '82 Honda Shadow. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v503/parshooter/1982-honda-vf750-magna_zpscab9424e.jpg I'm trying to get my hands on one as a commuter car. I think they are a cool kind of ugly. |
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'78 CJ-7 with a 304 V8 and a 3 speed manual.
Don't believe the bullshit you hear about them. It was a gutless piece of shit. The new V-6's are way better all the way around. |
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Not the exact car I owned but same trim, color and year.....Yeah, green on green was ugly but I have a 302 Windsor..... http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_images/1/3001/2661/7501330001_large.jpg That's a Mercury Comet. The Mercury tagged version of a Ford maverick. Correct sir...The shit green interior was the crappy part of the car but I put seat and a dash cover in it so it wasn't so bad. I shocked a hell of a lot of people off the line in that car. |
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... My second car was a (used) Ford Capri, which I don't think really ever got imported into the U.S. - but was sort of like a weaker smaller Europeanized mustang. http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=44330 And I had moved up in the world, and so I could afford one with a V6 They were sold here as Mercury Capri's http://www.popularmechanics.com/cm/popularmechanics/images/mercury_07_0610-lg-65621345.jpg Really? I never knew that. Cool. I've seen the "Merkur xr4i" before in the U.S. - I have NEVER seen a Capri, so I just figure they never were sold here. Of course, I'm not sure why anyone would want to buy one, if a mustang is available. |
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http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/btm7687/Cars/My%20Cars/1995%20Toyota%20Supra%20Turbo/IMG_1092.jpg http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/btm7687/Cars/My%20Cars/1995%20Toyota%20Supra%20Turbo/photo-1.jpg I miss that car that was your first car? i hate you. |
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Quoted: Post 'em up Mine - 1991 vintage. https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/550483_160704747396551_1037243256_n.jpg that looks like a spaceship compared to my first car |
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1983 Ford Pinto. And trust me, I watched my rear view anytime I was sitting at a stoplight: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dT0J0rcJTLo
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http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/btm7687/Cars/My%20Cars/1995%20Toyota%20Supra%20Turbo/IMG_1092.jpg http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/btm7687/Cars/My%20Cars/1995%20Toyota%20Supra%20Turbo/photo-1.jpg I miss that car that was your first car? i hate you. I call it my first, but on a technicality. My dad had an old 87 Integra that I drove for 4 months before we found the Supra. I don't really call that my first car because it was never meant to be mine since it barely worked. The Supra was a combination of graciousness of my parents and my own contributions from my job. Back then, they also didn't cost nearly as much as they've been in recent years |
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http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/btm7687/Cars/My%20Cars/1995%20Toyota%20Supra%20Turbo/IMG_1092.jpg http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/btm7687/Cars/My%20Cars/1995%20Toyota%20Supra%20Turbo/photo-1.jpg I miss that car that was your first car? i hate you. I call it my first, but on a technicality. My dad had an old 87 Integra that I drove for 4 months before we found the Supra. I don't really call that my first car because it was never meant to be mine since it barely worked. The Supra was a combination of graciousness of my parents and my own contributions from my job. Back then, they also didn't cost nearly as much as they've been in recent years im going to own one one day. i'll be retirement age by then, but damn it im gonna own one. |
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