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PostPosted: Tue Apr 30, 2024 1:52 am    Post subject: Re: My first car was a.... Reply with quote

My 1st car was an Austin A30 with a Morris 1000 engine and gearbox and a real bodge job it was, reflected in it’s cost of just £11.10shillings (Before decimalisation).
2nd car was a Beatle not sure what year. Drove it around Germany and visited all countries on its boarders apart from the eastern block. Started at the 1972 German Grand Prix Nuremburg Ring.
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 09, 2024 7:46 am    Post subject: Re: My first car was a.... Reply with quote

My first car was a 72 Dodge Challenger 318, bought it in 1974 green with black vinyl top, air shocks and the price! $1,400.00
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 09, 2024 12:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Glenn wrote:
Mine was a new 1974 Beetle.

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Summer of 1974


It's currently sitting in my garage

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Summer of 2004


It’s 2024 and it’s still in his garage

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PostPosted: Mon Jan 08, 2024 11:32 pm    Post subject: Re: My first car was a.... Reply with quote

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My first car was a 1971 Toyota Corolla 2 door notch. The nickname for this body style was Peanut. Dark green, 1200cc engine, 12" wheels, 4 speed manual transmission, and not much else. Got it in late 1977.

My first VW was a 1979 Rabbit L, bought in 1982. Amazing car for the time. Quick and agile. I used to run away from much faster cars in traffic.

Prior to the Corolla, I attempted to learn to drive a standard in my Dad's 1971 Beetle. I wasn't very successful for a number of reasons, the bottom hinged pedals and the teacher being two of them. I successfully taught myself in the aforementioned Corolla.


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Thank you for that picture! Wow, the memories.

That's actually a coupe, not a sedan, or notchback like I had as my first car. My second car was a coupe like the one in the picture.

My '72 coupe had a 1600cc engine and 13" wheels, a big step up from the first one.

Either one of them would run circles around a Beetle of that time (which I did on occasion).
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 08, 2024 1:23 pm    Post subject: Re: My first car was a.... Reply with quote

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My first car was a 1971 Toyota Corolla 2 door notch. The nickname for this body style was Peanut. Dark green, 1200cc engine, 12" wheels, 4 speed manual transmission, and not much else. Got it in late 1977.

My first VW was a 1979 Rabbit L, bought in 1982. Amazing car for the time. Quick and agile. I used to run away from much faster cars in traffic.

Prior to the Corolla, I attempted to learn to drive a standard in my Dad's 1971 Beetle. I wasn't very successful for a number of reasons, the bottom hinged pedals and the teacher being two of them. I successfully taught myself in the aforementioned Corolla.


Something like this one?
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 07, 2024 9:30 am    Post subject: Re: My first car was a.... Reply with quote

My first car was a 1971 Toyota Corolla 2 door notch. The nickname for this body style was Peanut. Dark green, 1200cc engine, 12" wheels, 4 speed manual transmission, and not much else. Got it in late 1977.

My first VW was a 1979 Rabbit L, bought in 1982. Amazing car for the time. Quick and agile. I used to run away from much faster cars in traffic.

Prior to the Corolla, I attempted to learn to drive a standard in my Dad's 1971 Beetle. I wasn't very successful for a number of reasons, the bottom hinged pedals and the teacher being two of them. I successfully taught myself in the aforementioned Corolla.
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 06, 2024 7:15 pm    Post subject: Re: My first car was a.... Reply with quote

My first car was a gold 1978 Honda Civic Hatchback but I was infatuated with a 1974 VW Thing that a neighbour had rebuilt but it was 3x the price of the Honda Civic. My 2nd vehicle was a 1973 VW Panel Bus and now I have a 76 Westy.
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 16, 2023 7:26 pm    Post subject: Re: My first car was a.... Reply with quote

1961 Beetle, beryl grun, in 1966. It was 5 years old but rusted out like crazy. The education on all other beetles was and is priceless. I have owned VWs continually since the BEGINNING.
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 14, 2022 6:06 am    Post subject: Re: My first car was a.... Reply with quote

MuzzcoVW wrote:
1969 chevy nova


Was it a 396 L78 by any chance?
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 14, 2022 5:18 am    Post subject: Re: My first car was a.... Reply with quote

1969 chevy nova
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 21, 2022 8:05 am    Post subject: Re: My first car was a.... Reply with quote

First car was a 1964 Rambler American 440(model not displacement) 2 door coupe. This was the upscale model with automatic and 2-bbl 196 CID. Gas mileage was excellent as I recall. Steering was tough as there was no power assist even available. It helped to have smaller diameter tires in front and pumped up.
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 21, 2022 7:52 am    Post subject: Re: My first car was a.... Reply with quote

1968 VW Beetle AutoStick with sunroof I bought around 1985 for $100, complete but not running.

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PostPosted: Thu Mar 10, 2022 7:01 pm    Post subject: Re: My first car was a.... Reply with quote

My first car I bought was my 64 Beetle. Then I started restoring that with help from my dad. Then I bought my 1970 Squareback, resurrected it and took my drivers test in it. The Squareback was more of the first car in essence since that’s what I drove when I turned 16 and got my license.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 09, 2022 7:26 am    Post subject: Re: My first car was a.... Reply with quote

1973 Olds 88 2 door. Green with tan vinyl top. All my buddies had go fast cars but when a group of us wanted to go somewhere guess who's car they wanted to take?
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 09, 2022 3:29 am    Post subject: Re: My first car was a.... Reply with quote

First Car was a 1985 1.3 CitiGolf. Got it in 1991. The CitiGolf was a South Africa Special where VW continued selling the Golf 1 in refreshed Colour schemes as an entry level VW while the Golf 2 was already being sold.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 09, 2022 1:04 am    Post subject: Re: My first car was a.... Reply with quote

1973 Imperial Lebaron 4 door hardtop. Leather interior, dual air conditioning with automatic climate control.,power vent windows, 7.2 liter V8, and 5300 lbs. Still own it. Bought it for $150. First VW was a tired 67 bug, then a 74 412 wagon, then a 1980 rabbit diesel with a half million miles. A 1985 Scirocco, and a 2002 beetle TDI. Now own a 74 Love bug edition identical to the one my family owned when I was a kid.
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 08, 2022 10:24 pm    Post subject: Re: My first car was a.... Reply with quote

1979 mustang w a 2.3L 4 banger. that bad boy had 88hp when it left the factory. fox body with all the speed of a lawn mower. i loved that hunk of junk.
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 08, 2022 8:51 pm    Post subject: Re: My first car was a.... Reply with quote

68 VW bus bought in 73, $600 bucks with shag carpet if that rings a bell. Didn’t want the old split window😮
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 08, 2022 4:54 pm    Post subject: Re: My first car was a.... Reply with quote

65 chevy bisquine , 6 banger 2 speed powerglide,,4 door,,, 6 drive in speakers and an 8 track Laughing
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 14, 2019 7:41 am    Post subject: Re: My first car was a.... Reply with quote

1959 karman Ghia. Paid $59 pans and heater channels were solid but front quarters and air vents were rotted. Engine ran strong but popped outa 1st gear. Welded and bonded myself to a usable car. Driven for a year or so and sold it to buy a 46 Jeep which I still have.

Bought a 70 square Back to drive to and from school. This was a great car!!!

Now have a 70 vert

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