Capt Worley PE
Run silent, run deep
My first car was a 1966 Beetle. It was 18 years old (as old as I was) when i started driving it in 1984.
How Old was Your First Car?
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I got a 1991 Geo Storm passed to me when I was 16 in 1995...
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Probably late 80's Kcar, Baby blue, Dodge I think. My sister and I shared it until I went away to school. When she went out of state to college, I got the car. Drove it until july/august of 2002 after I got a job and could afford a newer used car.
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1980 Bronco in 1995.
DVINNY
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1986 Chevette in 1990
(so 4 years old, but was Gold, beat down, valve lifters made more noise that a machine gun, worth about $300 at the time)
(so 4 years old, but was Gold, beat down, valve lifters made more noise that a machine gun, worth about $300 at the time)
my college roomate was a Ford guy. He used to say "the only true 'vette is a Chevette"
1st car was a '67 GTO convertible in '78. Frame rails, floors, and trunk were completely rusted out so I didn't drive it very long.
(That was a "damn, I never should have sold that car" car. I should've fixed the dang thing.)
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Ble_PE
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Had a 1988 Nissan pickup in late 1996, so it was about 8-9 years old. My dad just sold it a few months ago for a few hundred bucks, so it lasted a pretty good while in the family. I think it only had ~85k miles on it when he sold it.
Dexman PE PMP
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1987 Nissan Sentra Wagon in 1995.
Capt Worley PE
Run silent, run deep
Yeah, but back then those cars were pretty much worthless. I remember you could pick up big-block E and B body Mopars for less than a grand in the early eighties, if they weren't already rusted to death.
Capt Worley PE
Run silent, run deep
Oh, I know, I know. I sold my 69 Charger in 2000 and it is now worth about three times what I sold it for. My wife still misses that car, although I really don't.
DVINNY
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^^ Once it ORANGE ? with the stars'N'bars on the roof?
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^^^ that's what I want for my project car.
Capt Worley PE
Run silent, run deep
Nah, it was medium green with a green vinyl roof and green leather interior. I was going to do a Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry replica, but the car was too nice, so I left it original. I did have 15X7 and 15X10 aluminum slots on it, though.
MGX
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'66 Chevy pickup in '96. 30 years. One thing it taught me was how to fix cars! I was just thinking that big gas tank used to costs me $20 to fill up and how expensive that was at the time!
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