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Posted: 5/14/2020 10:24:53 AM EDT

[#1]

Ford 8N tractor - lots and lots of time on this beast
For two wheel fun a 50cc honda automatic scooter

For stick fun, 1960's Plymouth Alpine Sunbeam Fast back - I helped my dad rebuild this little car.

Now what did I take the drivers test in, it must have been the Dodge station wagon.

Posted: 5/14/2020 10:27:04 AM EDT

[#2]

NBS suburban in forest green

Posted: 5/14/2020 10:28:05 AM EDT

[#3]

68 Belair, 2 dr post, 307/PG.

Posted: 5/14/2020 10:29:19 AM EDT

[#4]

1970 Ford F100, 3 on the tree

Posted: 5/14/2020 10:31:29 AM EDT

[#5]

My dad’s 1985 GMC Sierra 1/2ton. It had the SM-465 three speed with a granny gear. That two wheel drive truck took us everywhere when hunting.

Posted: 5/14/2020 10:35:17 AM EDT

[#6]

Honestly, my first driving was simply sneaking my sisters car out in the middle of the night.

I just hopped in and hit the road.

ETA: It was a blue Torino.

Posted: 5/14/2020 10:39:19 AM EDT

[#7]

My moms 1969 mustang. 6 months learners permit, then free to hit the open road.

Made it almost a month I think before I totalled it.

Posted: 5/14/2020 10:48:06 AM EDT

[#8]

2 cars.... one was a 74 Sedan De Ville, the other was a 78 Vette. Ended up taking the driving test in the Vette....

Posted: 5/14/2020 10:54:18 AM EDT

[#9]

'69 Delta 88 built to tow an Airstream trailer. 455 4-barrel, HD everything, Posi. Dad taught me everything, passing, backing, driving on snow and ice.
By the time I turned 16 I probably had a couple hundred miles under my belt. That car never lost a drag race later on.
Driver Training was in a sky blue '73 Maverick.

Posted: 5/14/2020 10:55:49 AM EDT

[#10]

1985 Chevy Chevette

Posted: 5/14/2020 11:09:55 AM EDT

[#11]

I learned to drive on my dads pickup truck.
It was an 84 or 83 Ford F250 diesel straight shift. I was around 9 or 10. Before that he had me bush hogging on our 65 Ford 5000 turbo.

Posted: 5/14/2020 11:25:54 AM EDT

[#12]

One like the one I practiced in:

One like the one I took my test in:

Posted: 5/14/2020 11:26:50 AM EDT

[#13]

1953 Henry J. Three on the tree and a four cylinder engine.

Posted: 5/14/2020 11:41:55 AM EDT

[#14]

1967 Buick Wildcat.
350 hp,
drum brakes
bald tires

Posted: 5/14/2020 1:14:59 PM EDT

[#15]

1950 Willys Jeepster.

Posted: 5/14/2020 2:04:57 PM EDT

[#16]

Quote History

Originally Posted By JeepMan:
My dad’s 1985 GMC Sierra 1/2ton. It had the SM-465 three speed with a granny gear. That two wheel drive truck took us everywhere when hunting.

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I still have the 83 that Dad bought new. Same transmission, 2wd. I got stuck every time I went anywhere in that truck as a teenager...Damn thing would get stuck on wet grass. Has a LSD too.

Posted: 5/14/2020 2:12:39 PM EDT

[#17]

Hopefully by the next one

Posted: 5/14/2020 2:19:25 PM EDT

[#18]

70's Ford LTD

Posted: 5/14/2020 2:39:42 PM EDT

[#19]

One just like this, only shittier.

Posted: 5/14/2020 2:44:04 PM EDT

[#20]

Pontiac grand am gt:

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Posted: 5/14/2020 2:47:34 PM EDT

[#21]

I learned on one of these:

Posted: 5/14/2020 3:51:18 PM EDT

[#22]

Case tractor with hand clutch

Posted: 5/14/2020 3:54:51 PM EDT

[#23]

Pappy's 1949 Willys Jeep

Posted: 5/14/2020 4:02:58 PM EDT

[#24]

Driver's Ed.

1977 Chevy Monte Carlo, black with Landau top.

1977 Pontiac Bonneville.

Local dealers supplied the cars.

Posted: 5/14/2020 4:31:20 PM EDT

[#25]

1985 Oldsmobile Sierra, brown on brown.

Posted: 5/14/2020 4:42:02 PM EDT

[#26]

1981 VW Rabbit, 4-speed standard. Great little car.

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Posted: 5/14/2020 4:59:29 PM EDT

[#27]

1986 Lincoln Town Car

Posted: 5/14/2020 5:12:04 PM EDT

[#28]

Driver's Ed: mid-80s Dodge Omni

My parents car: 1983 Oldsmobile Firenza with 4 speed manual

Posted: 5/14/2020 5:22:23 PM EDT

[#29]

1932 Austin 7 - at age 13.
Cost me 5 Pounds - actually I borrowed this from my father, and he died 40 years later, before I managed to pay him back.

748 cc. flathead 4, 4-on-the -floor.
Top speed about 50 mph - downhill.
Still got laid a few times in the back seat.

'Cause I was the cool guy with a car, and no license - had to be 15 to get one.

Was a great car, till it fell over the second time.

ETA - Not this one, but just like it.
Note the crank handle, cause the 6 Volt battery was junk.
Gas was ~ $0.25 tho. For real gallons.

Imperial size.

Posted: 5/14/2020 5:46:58 PM EDT

[#30]

1962 Olds 98 four door hardtop, 394 cu in, slim jim turbo hydro. 1959 Chevy Biscayne four door sedan, 235 cu in ,three on the tree.

Posted: 5/14/2020 6:13:09 PM EDT

[#31]

1972 blue Chevelle SS Station Wagon.

True story.

Posted: 5/14/2020 6:15:46 PM EDT

[#32]

Pickup with three on the tree.

Posted: 5/14/2020 6:19:57 PM EDT

[#33]

1970 Plymouth Fury Station Wagon
1968 VW Beetle to learn to drive a stick

Posted: 5/14/2020 6:34:04 PM EDT

[#34]

Datsun 210

Posted: 5/14/2020 6:43:35 PM EDT

[#35]

Perfected my parallel parking in front of the house in a '72 Nova - 4 spd, manual steering.
Took my test in my sister's BF's '70 Chevelle ragtop - A/T, PS, PB. That thing parked itself.

Back in the olden days, you had to parallel park to pass.

Posted: 5/14/2020 6:46:23 PM EDT

[#36]

A 2020 Tesla

Posted: 5/14/2020 6:46:41 PM EDT

[#37]

First car I drove in 1995 or 1996 was a black 1980 Corvette with T-tops, 3k original miles on the car, with my best friend and his grandpa and I almost hit a cow (open range).

This was about 1 year before driver's ed. Drivers ed was in an early 1990's Honda Accord. My parents paid for private lessons with one of the only places left in town who still taught with manual transmissions, it was required in my family. I drove the aforementioned friend's pickup, a 1992 F150 Ford Flareside prior to getting my license.

Posted: 5/14/2020 6:53:19 PM EDT

[#38]

1968 Chevelle SS 396/375hp 4spd. I think my parents had a big insurance policy on me.

Posted: 5/14/2020 6:54:15 PM EDT

[#39]

77 Pontiac Bonneville 400 ci

Posted: 5/14/2020 6:55:19 PM EDT

[#40]

An old beater VW bug on mud covered mountain logging roads, no guard rails with a drunken uncle laughing so hard as I'm grinding gears and smoking a clutch almost killing us all.

Good times!

Posted: 5/14/2020 9:18:45 PM EDT

[#41]

1963 Chevy Impala. Four door, 6 cylinder, three on the tree. Great Grandpas car.

Posted: 5/14/2020 9:20:21 PM EDT

[#42]

1930 Model A Ford coupe

Posted: 5/14/2020 9:21:05 PM EDT

[#43]

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Posted: 5/15/2020 8:09:28 PM EDT

[#44]

I learnt on a variety of cars. The family 04 Honda Odyssey, and my dad’s Ridgeline, and then after that learnt to drive manual on my mom’s 03 BMW Z4. With as touchy a clutch as that has, I think that prepared me for most modern manuals! I also spent a lot of time driving my grandparents’ Cadillac SLS, Chevy Avalanche and 1988 Mercedes-Benz 560SL.

Posted: 5/15/2020 8:24:46 PM EDT

[#45]

A dark green 1974 Dodge Power Wagon 4x4 with the Club Cab and four on the floor. Vinyl seats and no a/c. Came with an AM radio, later installed a cassette deck.

Posted: 5/15/2020 8:31:22 PM EDT

[#46]

1966 Ford Ranch Wagon. Made from recycled battleship steel, powered by a 352 big block and four-barreled carburetor.

I found out it had surprisingly quick acceleration for a car that big.