The Ford Barn

tom1948 · 05-13-2023, 11:49 AM

I am curious as to what was your first car and how much did you pay for it? Mine was a '28 model A 4 door that a farmer had in his field and the price was right, free! I got it running and drove around my grandparents farm for a couple of years. It has returned to nature in the woods behind the barn.

RKS.PA · 05-13-2023, 12:09 PM

My first car (truck actually) was a 1936 International pickup my folk bought me for my 13th. birthday in 1956. (think they paid $25 for it.) We lived on a farm, and my dad did it in self defence because by then I'd nearly wrecked his 1930 Model A jalopy!!

Ken/Alabama · 05-13-2023, 12:17 PM

1965 Mustang. One owner original paint and upholstery with air for $400. That was in 1976.

34fordy · 05-13-2023, 12:44 PM

I bought my first in the Summer of 1962. It was a 1940 Ford Deluxe Coupe. I had worked that summer before my senior year of highschool tending for 2 plasterers and 2 clay block layers. The first $100 I was able to save paid for the car. The interior was a little rough but no rust whatsoever. I ended up selling it 6 months later so I could buy a car with a heater to keep my girlfriend warm. She dumped me a couple months later so I had neither the car nor the girl. I've never missed her but sure would like to have kept that coupe! LOL

38 coupe · 05-13-2023, 12:34 PM

$2,500 for a decent looking 52 Ford tudor with a marginal engine in 1995. I was the only person driving a flathead at my high school.

Lanny · 05-13-2023, 12:47 PM

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I got my drivers licence in 1962, then bought a black 1958 Ford
convertible for $550 from the local Ford dealer. Then I got a job
at that same local Ford dealer.
In 1965 I seen the New Ford Mustang 2+2 fastback and had to
have one. I was only making $.75 cents and hour at that time
but I ordered new '65 Burgundy fastback, 289 four speed, and
that was all the options I could afford at that time. I still own
that '65 Mustang 2+2 today.

.

old guy rich · 05-26-2023, 09:05 PM

Great story, that wouldn't happen to be the 271 HP Hi/Po would it. I grew up in a Ford dealership, would ride my bike there after junior high school every day. After high school I went to work there until I went in the military. Loved the Hi/Po's
My brother bought a new 61 Fairlane Hi Po 390/375 HP 3 speed/overdrive.

old guy rich · 05-26-2023, 09:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lanny

I got my drivers licence in 1962, then bought a black 1958 Ford
convertible for $550 from the local Ford dealer. Then I got a job
at that same local Ford dealer.
In 1965 I seen the New Ford Mustang 2+2 fastback and had to
have one. I was only making $.75 cents and hour at that time
but I ordered new '65 Burgundy fastback, 289 four speed, and
that was all the options I could afford at that time. I still own
that '65 Mustang 2+2 today.

.

Great story, that wouldn't happen to be the 271 HP Hi/Po would it. I grew up in a Ford dealership, would ride my bike there after junior high school every day. After high school I went to work there until I went in the military. Loved the Hi/Po's
My brother bought a new 61 Fairlane Hi Po 390/375 HP 3 speed/overdrive.

deuce lover · 05-13-2023, 12:53 PM

Graduated from High School in 1962 and received $150 in gifts and spent it on this 51 Merc Conv

Old Redneck · 05-13-2023, 01:28 PM

In 1956 I found a 1950 Dodge Coupe for $100. that Granny Coupe had for sale. Very nice Business Coupe. Gray in color. I split the exhaust, Skirts, Lowering blocks. Dodge Lancer Hubcaps. Stock Mufflers did sound nice. O yes a Sun Visor. I drove it all through High School. I did get a very nice set of Seat Covers for it. I went to the Junk Yard and got the Dash and Pearl Steering wheel out of a 50 Dodge Deluxe the best one for the year. I was always trying to improve the looks of the little car. In 1959 after High School I went in the Army. So I park it in the garage over my Dad'a car lot. Anyway it ended up in the Crusher by mistake they said. It was a square block laying out back behind the garage. When I came home and they showed to me I never said a word. I just walk off and went home. I never forget that little Dodge. It was good to me. I save my money to get a 1957 Plymoth Fury and paid $750 for it. I dress it up with Skirts and so on. By this time I had forgot the little Dodge. When I got out of the Army I got a Job at the Lorain Ford Assembly Plant in Lorain, Ohio. They kept on me for not driving a Ford. I found a 1930 Model A in good shape for $1200.. I drove it to work and they never said another word about it and thought that was great.That about it.

petehoovie · 05-13-2023, 01:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by deuce lover

Graduated from High School in 1962 and received $150 in gifts and spent it on this 51 Merc Conv

Ricosan · 05-13-2023, 01:11 PM

My first car was a 1929 4 door model A. It cost me $25 plus my barbell set. I was 16.
Richard

DavidG · 05-13-2023, 01:22 PM

1932 Ford Model B standard coupe, $50, 1955.

Dave/Green Bay · 05-13-2023, 01:24 PM

My first car truck was a 1953 Ford Panel truck with no brakes. Paid $50
Dave/Green Bay

alanwoodieman · 05-13-2023, 01:28 PM

57 TR3, you could not keep axles in it. Wanted out of it! I took car to a local sports car parking lot gymacona and ran wheels off of it and ended up selling to a attendee---boy was I lucky to get rid of that car!

Model51 · 05-13-2023, 01:40 PM

I was 15 year old in 1971 when purchased my first car for $50 ($350 in today's money). It was a black 1957 Volkswagen (last year for the oval window) with a seized engine and lots of rust, but it was complete. I had no money to do much with it so it mostly languished and I dreamed. Sold it decades later when I lost storage space but I'll never forget it.

ronn · 05-13-2023, 02:20 PM

In 1972 bought a 1964 ford falcon wagon. Owned by the mailman. I was delivering
newspapers and rode by it. sign said 100. I didnt have any money on me, but he sold it too me on a handshake and I picked it up on the weekend.
wish I still had it! 289 with auto trans. was super clean................. I was 12 yrs old.
Dad would sometimes drive me around in it on Sundays, so I could throw 180 newspapers! Those Sunday papers were pretty heavy. not like today.

A bones · 05-13-2023, 02:36 PM

In 64 I was handed a '53 Ford 2dr. I had been working for my StepDad for 2 years and he needed me to be available everyday ( 7 days week ).
It had the wrong motor, OHV6, but I was cool daddio.
Next 2 years saw 2 Dodges, a 49 and a $100 56-( D500 Hemi ) come and go. Then my first longterm ride, three yrs, a $100 57 210 2dr. That, with help got converted from a 235 Pglide To an overbored 283, 3 on the floor.
When I got a right deal on a $75 55 Nomad ( gutted and abused hawk-meat ex drag contender )I stripped the 57 to bring it to life. Kept that 'til 71.
Sorry to drone on and on

deuce_roadster · 05-13-2023, 02:40 PM

30 Model A 4 door Murray body and frame. $50 in 1962--I was 12. Put a 239 flathead in in it. Had it on the road legally in 1966 and drove it to Olympia High School.

Flathead Fever · 05-13-2023, 02:49 PM

In 1976 I was 15 and my dad bought me an orange 1965 Mustang fastback for $900.00. I turned it into a decent fake GT-350. In 1982 I bought a real '66 GT-350 which I still have. I have owned at least 15 early mustangs and now I have mustang burnout, so I've switched to flathead mode. I do miss building engines with valve covers with twice the horsepower for half the money.

05-13-2023, 11:49 AM	#1
tom1948 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: west palm beach florida Posts: 254	what was your first car and how much did you pay I am curious as to what was your first car and how much did you pay for it? Mine was a '28 model A 4 door that a farmer had in his field and the price was right, free! I got it running and drove around my grandparents farm for a couple of years. It has returned to nature in the woods behind the barn.

05-13-2023, 12:09 PM	#2
RKS.PA Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Oro Valley, AZ Posts: 1,241	Re: what was your first car and how much did you pay My first car (truck actually) was a 1936 International pickup my folk bought me for my 13th. birthday in 1956. (think they paid $25 for it.) We lived on a farm, and my dad did it in self defence because by then I'd nearly wrecked his 1930 Model A jalopy!!

05-13-2023, 12:17 PM	#3
Ken/Alabama Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Alabama Posts: 3,394	Re: what was your first car and how much did you pay 1965 Mustang. One owner original paint and upholstery with air for $400. That was in 1976.

05-13-2023, 12:44 PM	#4
34fordy Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Fort dodge, Iowa Posts: 1,227	Re: what was your first car and how much did you pay I bought my first in the Summer of 1962. It was a 1940 Ford Deluxe Coupe. I had worked that summer before my senior year of highschool tending for 2 plasterers and 2 clay block layers. The first $100 I was able to save paid for the car. The interior was a little rough but no rust whatsoever. I ended up selling it 6 months later so I could buy a car with a heater to keep my girlfriend warm. She dumped me a couple months later so I had neither the car nor the girl. I've never missed her but sure would like to have kept that coupe! LOL

05-13-2023, 12:34 PM	#5
38 coupe Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: South Texas Posts: 2,040	Re: what was your first car and how much did you pay $2,500 for a decent looking 52 Ford tudor with a marginal engine in 1995. I was the only person driving a flathead at my high school.

05-13-2023, 12:47 PM	#6
Lanny Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Mn Posts: 2,543	Re: what was your first car and how much did you pay Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) I got my drivers licence in 1962, then bought a black 1958 Ford convertible for $550 from the local Ford dealer. Then I got a job at that same local Ford dealer. In 1965 I seen the New Ford Mustang 2+2 fastback and had to have one. I was only making $.75 cents and hour at that time but I ordered new '65 Burgundy fastback, 289 four speed, and that was all the options I could afford at that time. I still own that '65 Mustang 2+2 today. . __________________ If mama ain't happy, ain't nobody happy. But if daddy ain't happy...RUN What I GOT DONE TODAY... I got the rear-end put in the recliner, and now I'm going to rest up & watch TV.

05-26-2023, 09:05 PM	#7
old guy rich Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Posts: 199	Re: what was your first car and how much did you pay Great story, that wouldn't happen to be the 271 HP Hi/Po would it. I grew up in a Ford dealership, would ride my bike there after junior high school every day. After high school I went to work there until I went in the military. Loved the Hi/Po's My brother bought a new 61 Fairlane Hi Po 390/375 HP 3 speed/overdrive.

05-13-2023, 01:28 PM	#10
Old Redneck Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Waynesburg,Pa. Posts: 1,966	Re: what was your first car and how much did you pay In 1956 I found a 1950 Dodge Coupe for $100. that Granny Coupe had for sale. Very nice Business Coupe. Gray in color. I split the exhaust, Skirts, Lowering blocks. Dodge Lancer Hubcaps. Stock Mufflers did sound nice. O yes a Sun Visor. I drove it all through High School. I did get a very nice set of Seat Covers for it. I went to the Junk Yard and got the Dash and Pearl Steering wheel out of a 50 Dodge Deluxe the best one for the year. I was always trying to improve the looks of the little car. In 1959 after High School I went in the Army. So I park it in the garage over my Dad'a car lot. Anyway it ended up in the Crusher by mistake they said. It was a square block laying out back behind the garage. When I came home and they showed to me I never said a word. I just walk off and went home. I never forget that little Dodge. It was good to me. I save my money to get a 1957 Plymoth Fury and paid $750 for it. I dress it up with Skirts and so on. By this time I had forgot the little Dodge. When I got out of the Army I got a Job at the Lorain Ford Assembly Plant in Lorain, Ohio. They kept on me for not driving a Ford. I found a 1930 Model A in good shape for $1200.. I drove it to work and they never said another word about it and thought that was great.That about it.

05-13-2023, 01:11 PM	#12
Ricosan Senior Member Join Date: May 2018 Location: Tallahassee Posts: 375	Re: what was your first car and how much did you pay My first car was a 1929 4 door model A. It cost me $25 plus my barbell set. I was 16. Richard

05-13-2023, 01:22 PM	#13
DavidG Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: southeastern Michigan Posts: 10,599	Re: what was your first car and how much did you pay 1932 Ford Model B standard coupe, $50, 1955. Last edited by DavidG; 05-13-2023 at 02:53 PM.

05-13-2023, 01:24 PM	#14
Dave/Green Bay Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Green Bay Posts: 403	Re: what was your first car and how much did you pay My first car truck was a 1953 Ford Panel truck with no brakes. Paid $50 Dave/Green Bay

05-13-2023, 01:28 PM	#15
alanwoodieman Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: upstate SC Posts: 3,000	Re: what was your first car and how much did you pay 57 TR3, you could not keep axles in it. Wanted out of it! I took car to a local sports car parking lot gymacona and ran wheels off of it and ended up selling to a attendee---boy was I lucky to get rid of that car!

05-13-2023, 01:40 PM	#16
Model51 Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Fairfax Station, VA Posts: 777	Re: what was your first car and how much did you pay I was 15 year old in 1971 when purchased my first car for $50 ($350 in today's money). It was a black 1957 Volkswagen (last year for the oval window) with a seized engine and lots of rust, but it was complete. I had no money to do much with it so it mostly languished and I dreamed. Sold it decades later when I lost storage space but I'll never forget it.

05-13-2023, 02:20 PM	#17
ronn Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: NNNNNNNNJJJJJJJJJJ Posts: 7,647	Re: what was your first car and how much did you pay In 1972 bought a 1964 ford falcon wagon. Owned by the mailman. I was delivering newspapers and rode by it. sign said 100. I didnt have any money on me, but he sold it too me on a handshake and I picked it up on the weekend. wish I still had it! 289 with auto trans. was super clean................. I was 12 yrs old. Dad would sometimes drive me around in it on Sundays, so I could throw 180 newspapers! Those Sunday papers were pretty heavy. not like today.

05-13-2023, 02:36 PM	#18
A bones Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: CLAYTON DE Posts: 1,350	Re: what was your first car and how much did you pay In 64 I was handed a '53 Ford 2dr. I had been working for my StepDad for 2 years and he needed me to be available everyday ( 7 days week ). It had the wrong motor, OHV6, but I was cool daddio. Next 2 years saw 2 Dodges, a 49 and a $100 56-( D500 Hemi ) come and go. Then my first longterm ride, three yrs, a $100 57 210 2dr. That, with help got converted from a 235 Pglide To an overbored 283, 3 on the floor. When I got a right deal on a $75 55 Nomad ( gutted and abused hawk-meat ex drag contender )I stripped the 57 to bring it to life. Kept that 'til 71. Sorry to drone on and on __________________ Enjoy yer day. Tom Hate can't fix what it started. Last edited by A bones; 05-13-2023 at 02:45 PM.

05-13-2023, 02:40 PM	#19
deuce_roadster Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Shelton, WA Posts: 3,971	Re: what was your first car and how much did you pay 30 Model A 4 door Murray body and frame. $50 in 1962--I was 12. Put a 239 flathead in in it. Had it on the road legally in 1966 and drove it to Olympia High School.

05-13-2023, 02:49 PM	#20
Flathead Fever Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Yucaipa, CA Posts: 1,358	Re: what was your first car and how much did you pay In 1976 I was 15 and my dad bought me an orange 1965 Mustang fastback for $900.00. I turned it into a decent fake GT-350. In 1982 I bought a real '66 GT-350 which I still have. I have owned at least 15 early mustangs and now I have mustang burnout, so I've switched to flathead mode. I do miss building engines with valve covers with twice the horsepower for half the money.