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PostPosted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 11:05 am    Post subject: First Car Driven Reply with quote

We've seen the "My other car is" and "My first car was", so how about the first car/truck you ever drove (sitting on Daddy's lap doesn't count). I'll start off.....

My Dad had a beach buggy, which was my first drive, on the beach near Atlantic Beach, NC. It was a military surplus 1945 Dodge WC-52 3/4 ton truck the military called a weapons carrier. It was the basis for the popular 50's "Power Wagon." I was 12 years old at the time in the early 70's.
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 1:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

1928 buick touring car Laughing
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 1:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

first engine powered vehicle- 1951 clark forklift

first car- 1974 impala 2 door
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 9:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

1952 Buick Super with straight 8 and no power steering. A real tank!
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 10:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

A 1990 Mercedes 300e.

Dads car.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 1:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

66 delux bus. i turned it around in the driveway at dads shop. i was about 13.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 8:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

1997 Toyota camry- automatic, 1st stick was a 1988 susuki samurai
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 12:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

2004 BMW 745i
after getting my permit, I complained that my dad wasn't letting me drive, that I knew how to and could be a good driver, so he slammed on the brakes, pulled over, and said "here, drive then!"
that car has *NO* pedal or steering feel.
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 12:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

First driven - '73 Chevy truck
First driven with a driver's license - '72 Chevy 4-door Impala (family car)
First driven that I owned - '75 Chevy Monte Carlo
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 5:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

69 baja bug. I used to drive it around the farm till my dad hit a tree in it going 45.
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 4:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

46 Ford Coupe. Lets just say I borrowed it from their driveway.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 4:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

A 70 something Dodge van. Took out a mailbox on my first attempt Laughing
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 10:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

A green 1976 Toyota Carolla that my cousin and I hack sawed the top off of and made a "convertible" out of. We drove that car all summer in the back pasture. I think back on all the razor sharp pillars we left exposed, but hey, we didn't know better.
First car I drove on pavement was a 1974 Ford Econoline van with all the shag wagon valour interior. I was so embarrassed to take it to get my license , the driving inspector thought it was funny.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 3:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

First one I drove in the driveway was my dads 1960 Ford truck,352,3 on the tree and no p/s.
First car I drove on my own was a 1949 Desoto 4 door. I used to drive it to the store from my dads shop when I was about 13-14.
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 11:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

66 bug. my first car. but i live in a family of mechanics so i drove many many cars before that. and i took my driving test in a 84 cadilAC WITH SLOOPY BRAKES AND WITH A NON FUNCTIONING SHIFTING INDICATOR. passed first time

. oops sorry for the caps
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 5:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

rumplestilskin wrote:
i took my driving test in a 84 cadilAC WITH SLOOPY BRAKES AND WITH A NON FUNCTIONING SHIFTING INDICATOR. passed first time

. oops sorry for the caps


I took my driving test (in 1975) in a 70 Buick LeSabre....5 TIMES!!!!

NC at the time required a "three point turn" and I just couldn't do it with that big Buick boat.
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 9:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

First car I drove was my first car (62 Dodge Lancer). Drove around Eastland parking lot with my dad learning to drive a stick. Boy was my dad patient!!!
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 01, 2008 9:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The first car I ever drove is the same car I am driving today. 1970 beetle. 11years old, quietly pushed it out of the driveway late at night and cruised with my buddy for a couple blocks. I know my parents weren't too happy about it but what do you expect? They were the ones who put me on their lap when I was 5 years old to steer the car! They taught me, and I loved it.
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 01, 2008 3:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I can't remember, really... it was either a 1980 Monte Carlo or an old-ass Valiant.
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 02, 2008 7:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hobbes wrote:
I can't remember, really... it was either a 1980 Monte Carlo or an old-ass Valiant.

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