What car were you driving at age 16?

casey & the cricketes · Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 9:56 pm Post subject:

i wasn't driving anything, but i was riding the shit out of a skateboard!

mrmarcdude · Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 11:22 pm Post subject:

I worried my father with my addiction to fire, and speed. So I drove a 91 geo metro. It had a whopping 1.0L inline 3 cylinder, and what I call "smurf blue" paint. I went through 3 transmissions, and burned through countless fast food trays. Good times!

peaceful warrior · Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2012 5:34 am Post subject:

1963 VW 23W deluxe bus. I spent the summer before rebuilding the engine with John Muirs Idiot guide. Paid $100 for it in 1975.
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Zack1978 · Samba Member Joined: June 07, 2006 Posts: 544 Location: NJ

Well I have had my Karmann Ghia since 1992 when I was 14 years old, but it has never been a daily driver.
So my first real daily driver was a 1977 Datsun 620 pick-up. It was rotted and I loved every minute of driving it.....even at the point when it became unsafe to be on the road.

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1972 Coupe

mark tucker · Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2012 5:58 pm Post subject:

mostly dirt bikes&also drifting mazda's&datsuns in japan in the early 70's. dam I miss those days.we were doing it before tanner & travis were even born.

Karmannut · Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2012 8:26 pm Post subject:

72 Beetle my parents bought for me to drive then my sister turned 16 a year later she got it and i bought a 66 Mustang rust bucket from a friend of my dad loved them both!! bought the Beetle from my parents when sister got married and drove it for several years till I totaled it now on my 14th VW once bitten!!!
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weasel_ugs · Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2012 10:22 pm Post subject:

First car was a 74 Nova SS, 8 months later I traded it for a 69 Baja convertible and then the addiction began. Guys at school were like " you did what????"

jmattp · Samba Member Joined: November 09, 2002 Posts: 263

16: A Dyno GT Compe BMX

17: 1990 Volkswagen Jetta

Tusk · Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2012 10:33 am Post subject:

'99 Camaro - 3.8L V6 Automatic.
I named her Stella and I still have her and she is still burning my wallet.
I just blew all my "Fix the VWs transaxle" money on a new Alternator for her.
The whore.
Razz

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1979 Bay Window - Betty - Sold
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1964 Beetle - Rita - Restoration in Progress
1971 Squareback - Joanie - Sold
1961 Beetle - Daphne - Sold

b1pig · Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2012 10:40 am Post subject:

'76 MGB and a '82 Dodge Rampage.

the MG was a rust bucket and poster child for Sir Lucas, Prince of darkness.

fishslapper · Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2012 11:03 am Post subject:

It was a 1979 toyota corolla that i paid 900 bucks for. Fully oxidized grey ! Never had to polish it at least. Manual choke ! It was awesome.....

jkallhoff · Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2012 5:45 pm Post subject:

i had a 89 ram charger with no power steering

Rallyerick · Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2012 7:22 pm Post subject: I was driving a 68 Bug

I saved up a few hundred bucks and this old guy that was a friend of my mechanic blasted on a way-cool, custom paint job. Man, what I got for $350 back then!!

kevin11 · Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 1:23 pm Post subject:

I'd trade every vw that I and my friends have and ever had to have it back.

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DeadheadSF · Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 1:36 pm Post subject:

Schwinn.
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'69 Standard Type 1 - stock, mint.

SkyDawgVW · Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 1:41 pm Post subject:

1987 White Chevrolet Celebrity.....chicks didn't dig it....lol
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1961 SWR Kombi

bluevwfan · Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2012 1:39 pm Post subject:

79 Chevy Malibu Landau. 350 small block, Cam, Heads, Headers, 350 tranny with shift kit. Only one problem, "you can't drag race on the street or you won't drive till 21" - Dad. I really loved that car. But I changed to my Manx style buggy and I'm really happy.

Manfred58sc · Samba Member Joined: October 05, 2009 Posts: 3382

1973 Plymouth Satellite 4 door 400/4V ex-state patrol pursuit car/ $200 at auction, totally worn out. Purchased w/o parental permission..they wanted me in a VW! I saw the light at 21 with my 64 11 window split....
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vanagonjr · Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2012 5:50 pm Post subject:

@17 65 Corvair Monza 110. 2 door, orange, white interior. 4 carbs - I know what a Uni-syn is.
Auto-crossed it too.
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carcass · Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2012 7:24 pm Post subject:

'60 Bug - paid $500.00 for it,it was only 6 years old-might still be driving it if some guy in a Mustang hadn't rear-ended me at about 30 mph.
It was totaled-insurance co. gave me $500,and let me keep the wreck,which I parted out for about $300,and bought a 3 year old '64 for $800 in '67.
I miss those prices (gas was 26 cents a gallon)


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