what was your first car and how much did you pay

[tom1948]

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]

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]

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

[38 coupe]

$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.

[34fordy]

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

[Lanny]

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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.



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[deuce lover]

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

[Ricosan]

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

[DavidG]

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

[Dave/Green Bay]

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

[alanwoodieman]

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!

[Old Redneck]

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]

Originally Posted by deuce lover

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

[Model51]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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.

[ford38v8]

I had the cash for my first car from a car lot, $200 for a’49 Ford ragtop. My father drove me there to pick it up, and I was embarrassed to have to borrow $26 from Dad for tax & license. Another $4 got me a spare tire. That was my first lesson in never buy a car from a car lot, and I learned that lesson twice more in my lifetime.

[highbeams]

1960 @ 13 yrs, asked my father '(Bill') who/where can we get an old car.(I had been asking since age 10+-) Hmmm, he said, Emil Schubert bought a '30 Model A sport coupe back in '30; He's gotta have it in a shed or the barn. Always used to see him drive past, but not often.
The visit.= 'Do you still have. . .' Oh, an insurance salesman stopped by just this week. Shed door was open. Sold it to him. (I couldn't believe it. Couldn't. Couldn't couldn't couldn't. This week?????
So sad was I. Back to our farm we went. But . . . on the way, he said. So'nSo on Cedar Creek Road bought a '40 half-ton pickup, new off the lot I recall he said back then, and that it was the last and only one left in late '40 or '41. Come ta think of it, haven't seen it go past our farm in years. Visit: Oh, it's in that concrete-block basement shed. (above-ground) He rolled the door open. There it was!!! Looking very sad I distinctly remember, as if it had a soul.
Fair to say, I was wide-eyed thrilled. We stood there outside the door looking at it, three pairs of eyes/no words. Outta the blue/gray skies my father blurts "Would ya' take twenty-five?" "No . . . gotta have forty." pure quotes. - (back to our farm for the forty dollars/return'g to the half-ton. Transport home by logging chain. "hmmm. No engine action. At all. Driver head off; rusted tight. Eventually= my high school transportation.

Today, still in the family per nephew /another flathead, replaced rear fenders.Thank you . . .

* The truck had been used '40-'58, hauling firewood, as a result the cab back=shattered window, many dents. Many dents. (window repair=My father used the 1915 Model T front window= touring car that his father bought in 1920 from the local Ford dealer.(The family's first car; 4 cyl pulled in the shed (?) times through the early-mid '20s per my father and my two uncles. (100% Irish, I think they were Scot Irish.

[jimTN]

31 fordor 1955, do not remember the purchase price but came off the back row of a car lot.

[cjshaker]

1st car I purchased...1969 Mustang Mach 1 for $250 (I was 15), which I still have, fully restored.
2nd was a 1958 2dr Ranch Wagon (again, for $250)...which I just sold today.

[miniceptor86]

It was 1963, I bought a 1955 Ford Victoria, 272 2V three speed with overdrive, new brakes, clutch, rust was free. $300.

[51504bat]

1966. I was 15. 1931 Ford Model A coupe Paid $95.00. Front axle assembly was in pieces and it didn't run. Pulled the body, cleaned the frame with wire brush wheels in an electric drill. Painted it Rustoleum black with a brush. Sold it for $300.00 to by a motor cycle.

[APDAVE]

In 1961 I bought a 1952 ford business coupe for $25.00 it was pretty nice had it for 2 years! Dave

[L-head]

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My first old car was a 40 Ford Standard coupe. We bought it in the fall of 1973; we were married in May of the same year. We borrowed $650; took 18 months to pay it back. We have been married 50 years and I still have the coupe. It came with all the hub caps, bumpers, and still had the original radio. It was in good enough condition that I put a battery in it and drove it home.

[cadillac512]

I was 16 in '72. Bought a '61 F100 unibody with 223/3 spd for $315. The six was tired and I couldn't afford a rebuilt Y block so I bought a rusty '57 New Yorker with 392 Hemi/ Torqueflite. You can guess the rest.




Bad news is, a year later gas went from 30c to 60c and I couldn't afford to drive it. Sold it and bought a '61 Falcon.


Wish I had 'em both now.


Terry

[rockfla]

1970 Mustang Mach I. $200 in about 1981ish. owner had lost the title for it SO that gave me a strong dealing hand.

[dad's deuce roadster]

$525 for my dad's 32 Roadster 50's hot rod. That was around 1980. He said he just wanted what he paid for it - that was in 1955.

[tubman]

The first car I had, I inherited from my mother and older brother. My dad decided we needed a second car and purchased a 1951 Ford Custom Fordor from a used car lot on Lake Street in Miinneapolis for the princely sum of $395. (They wanted $495, but my dad considered hiself the ultimate negotiator; anyone from the twin cities area will immediately recognize the significance of "Lake Street".) It lasted until about 1965, and gave surpiringly good service.

The first car I actually bought was a 1936 Ford flatback Deluxe Tudor when I was a senior in high school in 1959. I paid $100 for the car, which had 39,000 actual miles and was in excellent shape. It even had a working radio, of all things. I am embarrassed about what happened to that car, and will not proceed further.

[corvette8n]

In 1964 my dad bought a ‘50 Ford 2 door sedan flathead V8 from a co-worker for $5 bucks, It smoked pretty badly as I drove it home. I decided to change the oil and that’s when I found broken rings in the drain pan. We did a driveway rebuild, Dad borrowed a drill driven hone, bought two new pistons, rings, rod bearings, gaskets. Being a teen driver I beat that car for the next two years, when the floors became to rotted to keep, I sold it for $50, I wasn’t smart enough to keep it.

[Jack E/NJ]

My early 38 21-studder. Paid with setting doubles ~25 times at my favorite Domm's alleys 3 & 4.

[paul2748]

First car I bought from money picking tobacco and as a grocery clerk was a 49 Ford Tudor, pea soup green, about 1957. A back lot car, it served me well for about 4 years until the B pillar separated from the floor.

[Newc]

'40 Buick from an estate for $65, drove it two yrs, sold it to buy a boat. 1964 Newc

[petehoovie]

Originally Posted by rockfla

1970 Mustang Mach I. $200 in about 1981ish. owner had lost the title for it SO that gave me a strong dealing hand.

[rjlester]

My story is not as cool as the rest of you, but my first car was a 69 Beetle. It had a custom interior, and I paid a bit too much (1200). Had lots of problems with it, it was a lemon. Second car was a (don't laugh lol) mildly used 1981 Escort. Well, it ended up being my second car for many years and I sold/gave it to a buddy when it had about 450000kms on it. He drove the crap out of it for two years, it had WAY over 500k on it when he drove it to the junkyard. That car I can thank for most of my basic and advanced automotive knowledge as I did lots of mods/add-ons (factory options, better exhaust/intake/larger engine. It was VERY quick when I was done with it. Best sleeper ever haha.

The best car I bought years ago I picked up 25 years ago for super cheap. Still have it: 1968 Mercury Cyclone GT. Great car that I really should repaint. Its about a 40 footer right now lol.

I'm on this forum because I now own 2 - 54 Meteors, a four door I'm the second owner of, and a 54 Skyliner I bought a short time ago.

[TagMan]

My first car was a '56 Chevy 4-door, bought in 1962 when I was 16 for $15.00. Needed brakes & brake lines. I bought a set of tires from a junk yard for $20.00. It was painted flat black & had a 235 6 cylinder engine, 3-speed with a floor shifter that the previous owner installed.....backwards (the shift pattern was backwards). Drove the car though the rest of high school and only got rid of it to buy a better car, to impress a new girl friend, who I married ( and am still married to), 56 years ago.

[V8COOPMAN]

Originally Posted by tubman

The first car I actually bought was a 1936 Ford flatback Deluxe Tudor when I was a senior in high school in 1959. I paid $100 for the car, which had 39,000 actual miles and was in excellent shape. It even had a working radio, of all things. I am embarrassed about what happened to that car, and will not proceed further.

Oh ..... C'mon, man!

Coop

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[Daves55Sedan]

In 1972, I was 15 yrs old and bought my first car for $525.00. I tried to negotiate the price down a bit but they wouldn't budge. I coughed up the cash by breaking all my childhood piggy banks. Didn't have a driver license yet and didn't have enough money for insurance so it sat thru the winter till next spring. By that time I had enough saved for insurance, license plates and a tank of gas and had my driver license before the school year ended. The car was a '55 Ford 4-dr sedan (see avatar). Still driving it daily, although it has since been rebuilt a few times and has gone through rocker panels 3 times and rear quarters twice. Major body off frame restoration was done between '92 thru '96 and that is when I replaced all floor panels and made major repairs/replacements to inner rockers and some floor support gussets. Drove the car to work (60 mile round trip) 5 days a week for over four decades.

[nelsb01]

The year was 1969.... I was 19 and a college student who got the hand-me-down car. A 1966 Ford Custom Fordor. Purchased new by Dad in 1966 as his business car. In 1968 it moved to Mom's grocery getter when Dad purchased a new 1968 Ford Galaxie and then, for $700 dollars it became mine. Of course, it was the installment plan and when I could I paid the parents for the car. I didn't know it at the time, but they took my payments and opened a savings account for me. In the winter of 1971, while exiting a liquor store parking lot, I stopped but the car approaching from the left slid on the icy street and crashed into the drivers front fender. It was damaged, and as soon as the snow melted, I bought a used 1969 Mustang Mach 1 with 21,000 miles and finished college with a cool car. The Mustang was only $2100 and with the 1966 traded in for $400, it was a good deal.
Of course the Mach 1 is the one that I should never have sold.............

[petehoovie]

Originally Posted by nelsb01

The year was 1969.... I was 19 and a college student who got the hand-me-down car. A 1966 Ford Custom Fordor. Purchased new by Dad in 1966 as his business car. In 1968 it moved to Mom's grocery getter when Dad purchased a new 1968 Ford Galaxie and then, for $700 dollars it became mine. Of course, it was the installment plan and when I could I paid the parents for the car. I didn't know it at the time, but they took my payments and opened a savings account for me. In the winter of 1971, while exiting a liquor store parking lot, I stopped but the car approaching from the left slid on the icy street and crashed into the drivers front fender. It was damaged, and as soon as the snow melted, I bought a used 1969 Mustang Mach 1 with 21,000 miles and finished college with a cool car. The Mustang was only $2100 and with the 1966 traded in for $400, it was a good deal.
Of course the Mach 1 is the one that I should never have sold.............

[restoman]

1927 Model T coupe, $32.00 in 1951. Worked on Dad's milk route for the summer, made $35.00. My parents allowed me to buy the T at 9 years old.

[A bones]

Originally Posted by restoman

1927 Model T coupe, $32.00 in 1951. Worked on Dad's milk route for the summer, made $35.00. My parents allowed me to buy the T at 9 years old.

Winner

[HDowse]

In 1963 when I turned 16, I bought a used 57 VW bug with a lot of help from Dad. It was tan, with the oval window, no rust, for $750. I drove that car all year back and forth to school with summer tires and it never got stuck in the NE snows we used to have. I reluctantly sold it to my younger brother when I got a 63 Volvo four door with unseen (by me) rust in the fenders. But Volvos were cool back then. Or so I thought. I graduated to Fords twenty years ago and keep wanting another one…

[1934]

1936 Ford standard 4-door slant back sedan. I bought it in 1969 when I was 15 yrs. old. I Paid 400$ Everyone thought I was nuts. 29000 original miles. Sold it in 2014.

[Jim B]

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1954 Ford Customline $325.00 April 1958 I was 15

[ronn]

Good stories!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Chuck Kuntz]

In 1955 I bought a 1930 Model A Fordor with a 41 V8 installed for $95. I sold it a year later and bought a 1930 Coupe for $112.50 . I fixed it up and drove it shortly after I was 16.

[mfirth]

1950 Ford 2 door, 6 cyl overdrive. Had to rebuild the 6 a year after purchase and was mad cause Dad wouldn't let me put an available V8 in it. Well, after the rebuild, it outran some V8s and surprised a couple of 265 Power Glide Ch___s. Wish I has it today.

[mfirth]

Opps, 4got, I paid $100 for it in 1960.

[Robert/Texas]

I bought my first car, a '37 Ford Fordor Touring Sedan in 1950, two weeks before my 16th birthday. I paid $175 for the car, a lot of money back then but new and used cars were still in short supply. My father paid $100 just to jump the line to get his new Chevy. My Ford was in good condition except that it needed to have the brakes relined. I did that myself and passed my drivers exam in it on my birthday. I traded it in for a '48 Mercury two years later and traded that in for a brand new red '53 Ford convertible. This car had whitewall tires, a radio but no heater, dealer installed dual exhaust and I paid about $2020 for it.

[Gene1949]

'40 DeSoto business coup. $25 dollars 1959. Neighbor's (wreaked) 55 Desoto hemi and transmission $300. Rolling death but damn that car was fun and bad ass for it's time. Dad should have exercised some parental supervision allowing a high school sophomore to created a highspeed accident waiting to happen..

[38coop]

My first car was a 1954 Olds 88 4dr. I paid $325.00 for it. It really did belong to a little old lady who's family would no longer allow her to drive. This was in 1964.

[oldandtired]

The first car I paid for myself was a 64 Beetle with a sunroof. I bought it in 1966, the year after I graduated from High School. I quit work in January of 1972 to go to college, by which time I no longer had the Beetle but owned 14 vehicles all but one of which disappeared over the next couple of years to pay college expenses.

[Bob NH]

My first was a 1938 Chevrolet 4/door with shiny foot deep black paint for $100.00, drove it home about 2 1/2 miles with no insurance or plates,(we were only a one cop town at the time) so chances were good I would not be caught up with. I did not know at that time what "knee action" front ends were all about but found out shortly when I kept putting heavier grease in (up to GX90 weight) and it would leak out quick. We had a junked out 38 convertible with straight axle behind the garage .I pulled it out and removed all the Knee action parts and clamped it in place, a maintenance guy working on the new road through town came in after work and welded the brackets in place. Not quite the end of the story as the kink pin holes were worn big time. I had to keep pounding the lock pins in tighter to stop the shimmy ! Finally made a good trade up to a 39 Ford deluxe two dr. for $25.00. Was working on a 34 five window in mint condition with no engine at the time. Ended up trading both cars to my boss toward a 49 For convertible which I though would get more gurls , NOT ! Sure wish I had that coupe again.

[3739ford]

The year was 1974 and I was Junior in High School. Worked all summer stuffing fiberglass insulation in buildings to purchase 1946 Willys Jeep CJ2A. Ran the wheels off that jeep for 12+ years before selling it. First work vehicle was 1966 Ford Pickup truck, good ole 3 on the tree 6 cylinder.

[34fordy]

Originally Posted by Jack E/NJ

My early 38 21-studder. Paid with setting doubles ~25 times at my favorite Domm's alleys 3 & 4.

Ya know Jack that we gotta be old farts to know what yer tawkin about. LOL I remember sittin up on a little perch waitin to pull the chain to drop the rack and pick up pins. I hadn't thought about that for ages. Thanx for the memory!

[5851a]

1954 Ford coupe. $35, Too young for license and Dad would have a fit, so I stored it at a friends. Not the best neighborhood and kids broke out the windows. Sold the engine and transmission to a guy restoring a Skyliner. They rest went to salvage. It had a great interior and ran great, but rusty.

[Ray in La Mesa]

My first car was a 1930 A fordor with an amateur restoration that the folks gave me for graduation from Big Bear Lake high school, they paid $700 for it. Three months later I was backing down a hill & the brakes wouldn't hold and I hit a 3' diameter pine tree at 30 MPH. Found another body for it and in the spring of '68 I sold it to buy the 1930 A cabriolet I have now.

[GB SISSON]

My first 'car' was a BSA 441 Victor Special in 1969. My dad had moved the family from Seattle to Boston and I guess didn't think ahead to winter. My older brother let me use his beater '62 VW bus on the coldest days, but I think the BSA had a better heater. Ok, my first car was a '65 ford half ton, 240 six, three on the tree. Bought in '71 for 375.00 From the Aucoot Cove boatyard in Mattapoisett Mass. Lower 8" of the body and box were horribly rusted as it saw salt in all four seasons. I pop riveted formica scraps and galvanized sheet metal to the flat spots and fiberglassed anything else. Everything above the belt line was nice factory tan paint, everything below was tan house paint which somehow was a perfect match to the trim on our house. Sold that truck two years later to buy a '29 AA stakebed. Never looked back.

[1952henry]

1956 4wd 3/4 ton IHC, bought for $400 at the age of 15, in 1984.

[GB SISSON]

Originally Posted by 1952henry

1956 4wd 3/4 ton IHC, bought for $400 at the age of 15, in the early 1984.

So Cool...

[BlueSpark]

Turned 16 in 1974 and bought a 1959 Morris Minor 1000 for $50. No clutch, no first gear, no reverse, poor brakes, rattlecanned flat black paint, really a cherry rig Seller showed me how to get moving using the starter and shift without a clutch. Sold everything I had to try to fix it up but it was always a underpowered pile of junk.

[38bill]

In 1969 I was 17 and my mother decided to get a new car and trade in her "old" one. I immediately offered her the $700 in trade she was offered by the dealer and became the proud owner of a 1966 Chevy Impala convertible. White body, black top and interior. Boy did those seats get hot in the sun but what a fun car.

[34pickup]

My first car was in 1964. My dad bought a 56 Fairlane 2 door sedan for me and my sister to share driving to high school since back then there were no school busses in my hometown, you either walked many miles, rode with someone or drove yourself. My sister graduated first and moved off so the 56 became mine. I put a straight shift, floor shift, bucket seats in it , nosed and decked it and put Dodge spinner hubcaps on it. My dad paid $450 for it at a dealership. I couldn't talk him into the 56 Chevy convertible on the lot for $600.
The first car I bought for myself was in 1970 when I came back from overseas. I bought a 1966 Fairlane XL with the 390/ four speed. Wasn't a GT like I wanted but I soon modified it to be as good as one. Now that car I regret selling. I tried to track it back down, but to no avail.

[34fordy]

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Originally Posted by GB SISSON

So Cool...

I knew this would be a good one for you GB. It made me chuckle. I remember those as being on heck of a HEAVY DUTY work truck. A guy in a little town north of me has a later model with a V8 with a vanity license plate. I believe it is UGLI -----. I do not think a drone tank missile could stop it! LOL

[1952henry]

Bad thing about the early IHCs, up til about 62, the only available front axle was the light duty Dana 44. Actually broke mine at lower left trunnion, very little meat there. Young and dumb.

[Rudolph]

I got a 1971 triumph 2000 sedan for $400 when I was 15, thing was horrible and super rusty and full of welded patches, 27 previous owners. I didn't get far in it.

[Cleveland39]

1953 Henry J. Bought it in 1964 at an auto auction in Atlanta for $165. Willys flathead 4. I wish I still had it.

[Bored&Stroked]

1934 Ford, Four Door sedan . . . brought to me in SoCal for my 15th birthday (a surprise gift) from my favorite uncle. Had a running 59AB in it and some really janky hydraulic brakes (reworked from original ones).

Of course I took it ALL apart . . . and built my first high horsepower "race" flathead - 286 cubes. The engine block came from Kenz and Leslie in Denver. The first cam was a Weber F6. Here is a picture of me and the car - in front of Mom and Dad's house - must have been about 16 or so.

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[Krylon32]

53 Chevy Bel Air 2 dr hrdtp in 1962. $500 dollars. I've tried to find another one, light tan with a root beer top and insert. All I fine is rust buckets. I see mine everyday when I drive by this old salvage yard where it's sat since about 1966. Owner has refused my offer to buy since then and now it's to far gone for an old man like me to redo.

[petehoovie]

Originally Posted by Bored&Stroked

1934 Ford, Four Door sedan . . . brought to me in SoCal for my 15th birthday (a surprise gift) from my favorite uncle. Had a running 59AB in it and some really janky hydraulic brakes (reworked from original ones).

Of course I took it ALL apart . . . and built my first high horsepower "race" flathead - 286 cubes. The engine block came from Kenz and Leslie in Denver. The first cam was a Weber F6. Here is a picture of me and the car - in front of Mom and Dad's house - must have been about 16 or so.]

[v8fordman]

I kinda have two first cars. My dad bought a '37 Fordor Humpback Sedan in 1967. I was 8 years old and I kept telling him I wanted that car when I "grew up". He kept the car and kept his word and gave it to me after I finished college. (I did a Dearborn restoration on it) My first car that I could actually drive was a '66 Mustang convertible with a worn out 289 engine and 3 speed transmission. We installed a 289 high performance engine and that thing would smoke the tires. I now have a '66 convertible, but not that one.

[flatford8]

‘66 Dodge Polara 4dr in 1974 at 16 for $100. Drove it about 6months and traded towards a 1968 Fairlane 2Dr Hardtop 200 Cu In six. I had nothing but trouble with it and didn’t own another Ford till I bought my ‘50 about 10 yrs ago. Now I own it and two project Fords plus about a dozen or more Flathead motors.........go figure........Mark

[Kens 36]

In 1970 I went into partnership with my dad to buy a gently used 1950 Ford F-1 Pickup for $100. It needed new tires, so we paid $100 to have a set of 6-ply blackwalls installed at Montgomery Ward. It was a great work truck.

Armor All had not yet been invented.

Ken

[V8COOPMAN]

Originally Posted by Bored&Stroked

1934 Ford, Four Door sedan . . . brought to me in SoCal for my 15th birthday (a surprise gift) from my favorite uncle. Had a running 59AB in it and some really janky hydraulic brakes (reworked from original ones).

Of course I took it ALL apart . . . and built my first high horsepower "race" flathead - 286 cubes. The engine block came from Kenz and Leslie in Denver. The first cam was a Weber F6. Here is a picture of me and the car - in front of Mom and Dad's house - must have been about 16 or so.

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Well I'll be darned! So THAT was you, huh Dale? I've seen these pictures many times. Never had a clue it was someone we know so well.

Coop

[petehoovie]

Originally Posted by Kens 36

In 1970 I went into partnership with my dad to buy a gently used 1950 Ford F-1 Pickup for $100. It needed new tires, so we paid $100 to have a set of 6-ply blackwalls installed at Montgomery Ward. It was a great work truck.

Armor All had not yet been invented.

Ken

[BoxCar Tom]

My first car that I bought in 1964 was a 1932 Ford 3W coupe. Paid $575.00, was my daily driver for two years then two years in the army then 3 more years as my daily driver. When I bought it it had a dropped front axle, hydraulic brakes, 265 sbc with 3 2s, a three speed, 55 chevy rear end with parallel rear leaf springs. Still own it today.

[cjshaker]

Originally Posted by BoxCar Tom

My first car that I bought in 1964 was a 1932 Ford 3W coupe. Paid $575.00, was my daily driver for two years then two years in the army then 3 more years as my daily driver. When I bought it it had a dropped front axle, hydraulic brakes, 265 sbc with 32s, a three speed, 55 chevy rear end with parallel rear springs. Still own it today.

Not many that still own their first car, like we do. Understandable though, I was just lucky enough to get my dream car the first time around. It was in pieces when I bought it at 15 and took me till my senior year in high school to get it on the road.

[frnkeore]

My best friend was 3 years older than me. He got married young (16) and in '59, when I was 15, we made a deal for his '48 Merc, coupe, tuck & roll seats, 3/16 bored, stock engine. The price was my folks, new looking couch & chair (with their permission) BUT, I wasn't to drive it, until I got my license. Well, you know...... I got caught and my dad had it hauled off for junk He let me keep the engine and '39 trans but, that was all.

I didn't get another car until '62, when I got out of HS, went to work, the next day and bought a '57 Austin Healey, for $1300 a few months later. Wanted a '57 T-bird but, they were $2000.

[Bored&Stroked]

Originally Posted by V8COOPMAN

Well I'll be darned! So THAT was you, huh Dale? I've seen these pictures many times. Never had a clue it was someone we know so well.

Coop

Yep . . . the obsession started early! LOL

[Seth Swoboda]

My first car was a 1931 Model A Victoria, my avatar photo. It was not restored. The year was 1998 and I was 17 at the time. This was the first car I bought with my own money, $4500.

[37 truck]

My first car was a 1937 Chevrolet pickup, purchased new by my grandfather. I turned 16 in early 1967 and pulled it out of its slumber in the garage and drove the heck out of it for the next five years. Life got in the way, and I let my brother have it, still owns the truck today.

[ronn]

Ya know Jack that we gotta be old farts to know what yer tawkin about. LOL I remember sittin up on a little perch waitin to pull the chain to drop the rack and pick up pins. I hadn't thought about that for ages. Thanx for the memory!

thought I was reading "old timey" rap......... had to read Jacks reply 3x!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[tom1948]

I forgot to mention; the year was 1961 and I was 13 years old.

[flatford8]

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These stories where you guys still have the same vehicle that you bought as a kid ......are just “over the top” awesome!!!!........Mark

[Als48]

My first car was a '55 Chevy 4 dr. with a 6 and three on the tree. I bought it for $100 in '67. My brother and I along with his best friend loaded it up and left for California the next week. We put my '66 Suzuki 80 in the trunk for backup transportation. We got a few maintenance lessons on that trip, including changing out a rear axle with a junkyard part in a gravel driveway. Also Re-ringing a stovebolt 6, while lying on the ground in the back yard of a friend's gramma. The engine was smoking pretty bad by the time we drove it about 2000 miles from Kentucky to LA. and the "Smog Patrol" pulled us over and ticketed us. The 'ole girl made it there and back tho.

[topfuel724]

1st car was a 1956 Chevy 210 2dr sedan. Paid $35.00 for it in summer of 1965. Had to pull the engine and give it back to the owner. That was OK as I had a .060 over "283" on the engine stand with the L79 350HP cam in it with a 4 barrel rochester carb.

[Karl]

1967 Austin Mini I was 16 cost $750 (Dad Paid) in 1979

First car I brought with my own money was my 1967 Sunbeam Alpine in 1983 (which I still have) . I was Med student $2000 down (what the mini sold for) and financed the remaining plus the repayments until until I was finished Med school in 1986 and had an income -$6000 loan at 22.5% per annum via the bank.!

[waterboychuck]

My first car was a 1948 Buick that my dad got from free from a coworker at his work. I sold that car for $40 and bought a 29 Ford two door. I traded it for a 32 3 window coupe.

[Mike Mayer]

1937 dodge coupe paid $30.16 years old never got it running . For $75. I got a 1953 ford 2dr flat head V8 . I was snake bit At this time 61 years later I am driving a 53 ford 2dr with a flathead v8

[1942deluxe]

When I was a little kid I had a Grit newspaper route. I squandered my profits on model cars. When I was 14 in 1973 I was mowing grass in the cemetery and at the end of the summer I bought a J C Whitney toolbox and a 1946 Ford Tudor for $25.00. I'm beginning to see a pattern here. Same thing appears to be still going on only more zeros in the amount of money being spent but nicer toys.

[Jack E/NJ]

34fordy>>Ya know Jack that we gotta be old farts to know what yer tawkin about. LOL I remember sittin up on a little perch waitin to pull the chain to drop the rack and pick up pins. I hadn't thought about that for ages. Thanx for the memory!>>>




Yeah. Earned $3 setting doubles when Brunswick semi-autos hit the scene. Plus quarters & half-dollar tips rolled down the lanes. Though still sat singles on spikes for Sunday afternoon leagues at smaller halls for a $1. That was serious money for a kid back then. Paid for other things besides my 38 that's still running. 8^)

[J Franklin]

My first car was my model A in my avitar with me at around 14 in 1964. $150. I still drive it. picture facing to right was taken today 5/25

[petehoovie]

Originally Posted by J Franklin

My first car was my model A in my avitar with me at around 14 in 1964. $150. I still drive it.

[swoopNZ]

1932 SJ Duesenburg.
Just kidding.
1936 Austin Seven 25 pounds ( $20 USD ) in 1962.
Absolute junk.

[FortyNiner]

The Beast a 1965 Ford Galaxie 500 2dr with a 352 V8 auto and console gear shift purchased for $400 in 1973 using paper route and lawn mowing earnings.

[48-710]

It was on my birthday in 1963 that my dad said that we were going to pick up a Henry for my 11th birthday. What year is it dad ? '35 was the answer. Hope it's a coupe I kept saying to myself on the drive to a farm 80 miles south of us. After the 30 Australian pounds (approx $20 USD )changed hands the shed door was opened I first saw my '35 Roadster. I did paper rounds, picked fruit on school holidays, washed cars,pulled petrol at a family friends garage,worked at machine shop after school,started work at the same place in '69,anything to make a $. Drove it until 1983. Life and starting a business got in the way. Which happens . I'm in the process of a body off restoration, which is taking way to long,but it will be right when finished.

[oldspert]

A 1929 Ford Model A coupe. Paid $75 and had it trailered home. It already had juice brakes that were not hooked up. Finished it mechanically and painted it with my mom's Kirby vacuum paint gun. Done a white vinyl interior and drove it through my sophomore year. It burned to the ground summer of 61.

['36 5W]

'36 Ford 5w coupe, less engine and trans. $50. in 1960. Sold it
to my bro in '68 when I went over-seas and bought it back in '76
when OPEC had us by the short-hairs and the hobby had "tanked".

[Gary Tosel]

My first car was a 1954 Ford Custom Line that I bought in 1963 in order to go to college. First year for overhead valve design and it had a 3 speed manual transmission with overdrive.

I paid $150 for it and I had to finance it with my father to get a loan. I worked part time at a gas station to make payments while I went to college.

[Craig CT]

Hello all; I bought a 1958 Chevy Impala 2 door hard top in very good condition, in 1969. I paid $185.00 for it. It had a 283 ci and a slush box. I destroyed the slush box on purpose and converted it to a 3 speed on the floor, Craig.

[landshark]

1940 ford pickup bought it from my dad so it could stay in family i was 17, drove it to high school my senior year then blew a head gasket that summer. put in the barn in 1979, life went on got married,built house had three kids but kept buying parts for the 40. 43 years later im so glad i never got rid of it.

[petehoovie]

Originally Posted by landshark

1940 ford pickup bought it from my dad so it could stay in family i was 17, drove it to high school my senior year then blew a head gasket that summer. put in the barn in 1979, life went on got married,built house had three kids but kept buying parts for the 40. 43 years later im so glad i never got rid of it.

[Graeme / New Zealand]

1961 Hillman IIIB Minx in 1974, $400. Age 17.

GB

[petehoovie]

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Originally Posted by Graeme / New Zealand

1961 Hillman IIIB Minx in 1974, $400. Age 17.

GB

[Rudolph]

You guys in America dont know how lucky you are with those old cars as your 1st cars, I was stuck mostly with English cars witch were utter crap, terrible in every possible, boring slow and rusty, a 6 cylinder that is so week it can hardly pull its own weight

[Steve in Denver]

My first car was a Washington Blue '36 Ford 5W in 1966 in Taos NM. Drove it through high school, joined the Air Force in '68, drove it to Riverside, CA. The second picture was taken by the Mission Inn in Riverside. Got orders for Ramey AFB in Puerto Rico, sold it for $500. It is probably still in Riverside somewhere, would like to know where. Turned 70, had to have another Washington Blue '36 Ford 5W, but this one came with a rumble seat.

[petehoovie]

Originally Posted by Steve in Denver

My first car was a Washington Blue '36 Ford 5W in 1966 in Taos NM. Drove it through high school, joined the Air Force in '68, drove it to Riverside, CA. The second picture was taken by the Mission Inn in Riverside. Got orders for Ramey AFB in Puerto Rico, sold it for $500. It is probably still in Riverside somewhere, would like to know where. Turned 70, had to have another Washington Blue '36 Ford 5W, but this one came with a rumble seat.

[rustyrelic]

66 mustang 289 with 4 speed $750 in 1977

[jackson]

1939 Oldsmobile business coupe. $35 at a junkyard in 1958. Six cylinder flathead. It was a Florida car... no heater, but it did have a factory radio.. two piece. The amplifier and speaker were under the dash, mounted on the passenger firewall. It also had a column three-speed. Must have been one of the first to offer column shift.

[Mike34]

In 1974 I bought a 1964 Chevy Malibu 2-door equipped with a 283 and powerglide transmission. Paid $300. Mileage was in the mid 50k.
It was in good condition but in 1977 I was rear-ended by a new Vette. The story is that the new Vette owner and an owner of a new Camaro decided to try out each others cars. They were drag racing down the road. I was braking and began turning left into a friend's driveway when the Vette rear-ended me. I nearly T-boned the Camaro as it past by on my left. The Camaro swerved to avoid me and skidded off the road. I drove the shortened Malibu home while the Vette and Camaro were towed away. Gosh darn hot rod kids! :-)

[GB SISSON]

Originally Posted by Rudolph

You guys in America dont know how lucky you are with those old cars as your 1st cars, I was stuck mostly with English cars witch were utter crap, terrible in every possible, boring slow and rusty, a 6 cylinder that is so week it can hardly pull its own weight

Hey Rudolph... Don't candy coat it. You never even mentioned the Prince of Darkness.

[tom1948]

I thought Mr. Sisson would appreciate this, it's been on my tool box for over 30 yrs. tom

[petehoovie]

Originally Posted by tom1948

I thought Mr. Sisson would appreciate this, it's been on my tool box for over 30 yrs. tom

[34fivewindow]

My first car was a 55 Chevy Belair tudor sedan, my Father bought me when i was 15, for 225.00. At age 16 i got a job as a bag boy at a Safeway store, and at the end of summer i save enough money to buy a 1964 Corvette 327 Rochester fuel injected 375 HP engine and 4 speed, from a local wrecking yard. The car was stolen when i was 17, and has never been found.

[1936 cv sedan]

1974 Ford Gran Torino sport bought in 1983 for 3,000.00. Excellent condition never winter driven. Still have it.

[Zax40]

1962 Buick Skylark. Black, two door hardtop, 215 V8. I paid $2,000 and it was a lot of money for me at the time. I was paying the owner $100 a month for it, he offered to finance it for me.

It was a really great car and in fantastic shape. Once I graduated and started working I got a company car. Sadly I parked the Buick in my grandmother's garage were it sat untouched for 20 years. It broke my heart once I pulled it out and saw how much it had deteriorated.

[petehoovie]

Originally Posted by 1936 cv sedan

1974 Ford Gran Torino sport bought in 1983 for 3,000.00. Excellent condition never winter driven. Still have it.

[KDL]

1963 Corvair, got it for free when I was 15. Needed a transmission. Easy fix with a $100 junk yard donor car.

[Lenny Bruce]

1978 Chevy Nova with a 350 4 speed manual. Car would fly!!! Great memories buzzing around with friends! My Dad and I fixed it up together. Always special thinking about that car. Wish I had it today….She unfortunately rotted beyond repair…

[old guy rich]

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]

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.

[Lanny]

Hello there old guy rich, in '65 I was 19 years old and as I said, I was only making
$ .75 cents an hour cleaning up used cars and doing light body work and painting on them.
I would have loved to get the pony interior and would have killed to be able to get the
271 hp 289, but even at working about 50-60 hours a week, at $ .75 an hour, I couldn't
afford anything more than I was getting. I was happy as hell the day it came in and
we got it down off the transport truck.

Then, in mid '65, their body man quit and the boss liked the body work and painting I
was doing on the used cars, so he asked if I wanted to give working full time in the body
shop a try. I went straight to $3.00 an hour, that was 4 times the money I had been
making, so I was elated.

Within 3 months, I was rolling in dough and went to MPLS and bought a NEW 1966
silver pearl Corvette with 427, 4 speed. The boss 'bout crapped his pants, but he kept
me in the body shop, even gave me a $1.00 an hour raise.

I was the happy'est young guy in town, thought I'd died and went to heaven.


Within a short time, I built my own shop, and I've been lucky to have had lots
of nice cars in the last 50 years.
Knock on wood, Sorry for getting off track here guys.

[GB SISSON]

Lanny, Great story! Compared to some of my rants over the years, that's not off topic at all!

[Lanny]

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Thanks GB, I got carried away remembering the Good Ol' Days.




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[old guy rich]

Lanny, you must have been talented, that was big money back then. Another good story.

[jayvee34]

My first car was a 1932 Dodge Coupe, in 1949. I bought it from my best friend
and paid him $10.00 for it. I drove it for several months until a loud knock
developed, and sold it to another friend for junk. He paid me $5.00.

[meric42]

Mine was a 1946 Ford Popular (English four cylinder car), purchased when I was about 14 YO at a cost of $50 NZ. Learned a lot in the following years, then at 19 I bought my first V8 a '46 Super Deluxe Fordor for $600 NZ and have had many more since then.

[Mike/Franklin]

Had to get the Wayback Machine cranked up for this. Nothing up my sleeve, Presto.


1963 Ford Galaxy 500 XL 2 door with 289 and automatic.Bought in August 1969 for $375.00 and dealer (Cahill Motor Sales) in Chaplin Connecticut, threw in new plugs and points if I bought the materials. On the test drive there was a skip and dad thought for sure it was a burnt valve. Tuned it up and ran like a champ for almost four years. This car for me replaced a 1955 Dodge Royal Lancer Super Red Ram Hemi. This was a $25.00 used car in early summer of 1965 that was first the family transportation for a couple of years and then my college car from fall of 67 till the Ford came along. Now that was a great car.



Thanks ML

[tubman]

I too, had a '55 Dodge hardtop with the 270 ci Suoer Red Ram. It served me well for three years back and forth to college, and then for 5 more years in my T bucket. I got it for $10 from the town drunk, who had left it at the Legion club one snowy night and didn't feel like digging it out. I did, jumped it, and drove it home.

Great car (and engine)!

[Mike/Franklin]

Mine was a three tone, Red-White- and Black 4 door sedan.

[Ronnieroadster]

It was in 1970 I purchased a 1950 Ford F-1 Panel truck for $25.00 my plan was to put the engine in a 1948 Ford Woody that my older brother owned. The Wood on the Wagon was pretty bad so the engine change never took place. However by June of 71 I was graduating from a technical high school my daily driver was now that F-1 Panel truck.

Man I learned a lot about the Ford flathead from that truck and the story's about don't come knocking if you see the van rocking are true. Good times and memory's plus she is my wife of 40 plus years.
The truck is long gone but I still have that 8BA flathead my very first flathead.

Ronnieroadster

[Pete]

!933 Dodge coupe in 1949. Drove it for a year and sold it for $200. It went through several owners before a good friend got it and turned it into this.

[petehoovie]

Originally Posted by Pete

!933 Dodge coupe in 1949. Drove it for a year and sold it for $200. It went through several owners before a good friend got it and turned it into this.

[Sid]

Mine was a 57 Ford Fairlane 2 door with a wristpin through the cylinder. Nice body colonial white. Paid $10.00 for it and rebuilt a 58 352 in auto shop for it. Sure would like to have that one back.

[Ol' Ron]

26 Chevy, 12 bucks. ran well, had to shift with a piece of angle iron, interesting shift pattern.
Gramps
PS
The Police took it awayfrom me, got 10 bucks from the junk yard. /

[gwistrup]

My first ride was a 1969 Chevy Nova with 230,000 mies on it. 6 cylinder engine with a 3 speed standard transmission on the floor. Paid $50 for it. Drove it for six months and sold it for $75.

[Alan O'Connell]

A 1937 Chevy panel truck. I was 9 and my father and I had been looking, on the weekends, for a car that I could fool around with. I started building model antique cars from a store in Lowell, MA when I was 6. By the time I was 8 I wanted a real car. We could never find one that fit my father's budget. We would drive around and if I spotted one in a driveway or back yard, I would tell my father to stop. He would send me out to go the the front door. I'd ask if the car was for sale. The owner would usually say yes. I'd ask him how much. He would say $25 for example. I'd run back to my father and he would say, "Offer him $5." Well it never worked out until I saw a Chevy panel truck while I was on the bus to school. To make a long story a little shorter my father got it for free.

[Pech33]

My very first car was a 49 Chevy 2 Door Business Coupe (wish I still had it), Stove bolt six and a three on the tree. I bought it with my best friend when we were both 14. We paid $75 for it in 1962. His parents took the two new tires off it and paid $50 of the $75, so $25 total. We learned to drive it in the field next to my house, we turned it into a "circle track". Bald tires and mud, what fun to power-slide that car! We blew a rod by overrevving it, it just let loose, honest Dad!

My first MY car was in 1964. It was a 56 Ford 2 door Mainliner with a 272 three speed. I should have passed on that one. It had an overhead oiler with copper/brass lines that squirted oil up and under the valve covers. It was hard to adjust the flow and it left a lot of mosquito spray out the tail pipe. But the girlfriend like it!!! She could sit right next to me. Kids in these rice burners with bucket seats don't know what they are missing.

[ursus]

Originally Posted by Pech33

My very first car was a 49 Chevy 2 Door Business Coupe (wish I still had it), Stove bolt six and a three on the tree. I bought it with my best friend when we were both 14. We paid $75 for it in 1962. His parents took the two new tires off it and paid $50 of the $75, so $25 total. We learned to drive it in the field next to my house, we turned it into a "circle track". Bald tires and mud, what fun to power-slide that car! We blew a rod by overrevving it, it just let loose, honest Dad!

My first MY car was in 1964. It was a 56 Ford 2 door Mainliner with a 272 three speed. I should have passed on that one. It had an overhead oiler with copper/brass lines that squirted oil up and under the valve covers. It was hard to adjust the flow and it left a lot of mosquito spray out the tail pipe. But the girlfriend like it!!! She could sit right next to me. Kids in these rice burners with bucket seats don't know what they are missing.

My first was a 1949 Chev 2 door for $50 back in 1969 in Portland, OR. Bought it from a friend that had paid $50 for it a year earlier. Drove that thing for a couple years then sold it to another friend for $50 in Corvallis, OR.. He replaced the leaky rear main seal and put on new brakes before selling it a year later to another guy for $95. The car was last seen in 1976 in Oakland, CA., driven by grizzled old hippie. None of us could kill that damn car.

[Elmo Rodge]

1951 Country Squire purchased from Thomas Auto Wrecking in Irwindale, California for the princely sum of $40. That was in 1961 when I was 14.
Wayno

[cdan34]

My first car was a '34 Ford 5w in 1959. I've always enjoyed the 33, 34 Fords
and for $200 powered by a good running Flat with 2 twos, this was a dream
come true for a 15 yr. old.

Chuck

[oldbugger]

My 1st was a 35 5 window coupe, i was 10 and asked my Dad if i could have it. We pulled it out of the barn and i started "working" on it. Sitting behind the wheel and shifting it was a blast, to bad it didn't run. move ahead 60 years, yesterday i took it for another ride!

[Lanny]

That's a great story oldbugger, that you're still having fun with
your '35 coupe. Do you have a current picture to share ?



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[oldbugger]

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i do have pictures, but gave up trying to post them, sorry, its my avatar

[V8COOPMAN]

Originally Posted by oldbugger

i do have pictures, but gave up trying to post them, sorry, its my avatar

Hey Bugger ..... If you'll e-mail them to me, I'll post 'em for ya. My e-mail BELOW:

[email protected]


Coop

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[dean333]

55 Chevy, 2 door post car, don’t remember the model. Stovebolt six, free. A lady my mom worked with. I think her son was in the Army, 1964.

[V8COOPMAN]

Originally Posted by oldbugger

i do have pictures, but gave up trying to post them, sorry, its my avatar

Here are the pictures of the "oldbugger" '35 Coupe as promised. It surely has come a long way! Actually, a pretty darn nice old Coupe.

Coop

[Lanny]

Oldbugger, the 4 pix that you had coop post for you tell the
story of your '35 from start to finish,,, You can be proud.




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[oldbugger]

I am, its a family "jewel" just a bit afraid for its long term future. not a lot of interest in the Grand children, at this point

[oldbugger]

thanks for the kind words

[ronblaha]

1935 Ford 5W Coupe for $300 in 1969. Hauled out of barn in Salem MO. Was living in St Louis MO then and was 17 years old. Put a fan belt on it and the 59AB engine just purred. Someone had done some work on it.

[theriddler56]

In 1957 my father let me buy a 47 Ford sedan I was 11 years old. He figured I wouldn’t be hanging on the street corners and I might learn something useful in the process.

[GB SISSON]

Originally Posted by theriddler56

In 1957 my father let me buy a 47 Ford sedan I was 11 years old. He figured I wouldn’t be hanging on the street corners and I might learn something useful in the process.

Too bad more dads didn't tear a page from your book. Last time I went to Seattle there were a lot of grown adults hanging around on street corners.