My first car was a....

[wheel607]

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.

[Shonandb]

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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76 Westy with a 2.5L Subaru SOHC + Vanagon (010) Automatic Transaxle
Build & Trip Thread: https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=758760
Previous 1973 Panel Bus:
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[scottyrocks]

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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“If you care for a thing long enough, it takes on a life of its own, doesn't it? Mending old things, preserving them, looking after them – on some level there's no rational grounds for it.”
– D. Tartt, 'The Goldfinch'

[Shonandb]

[scottyrocks]

[Abscate]

[roggarrido56]

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

[Waldeck]

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.

[Prime1986]

My first car was a 78' Bus I bought off this crabcake business.
Wrapped as a promo vehicle sitting outside on the jersey shore for 10 years. Roof rails were falling off, half the bus peeled off with the wrap! More Bondo than metal. But it ran, had 77k on the odometer when I got it. Took that sucker everywhere. Only had it for six months before an old fuel line blew and it burned to the ground. Post fire inspection shows the front beam was going to rust out so probably ended on a high note.
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1978 Fuel Injected Passenger Bus "Sean"

Past:
1978 Bus Beige over Panama Brown "Jules" Rust In Peace

Check Your Fuel Lines people!

[Bobs67vwagen]

My first car was a 1956 Chevy 150 2 door sedan 6 cylinder 3 on the tree with radio and heater in 1967 when I was 16. 6 months later I sold the Chevy and bought my first bug a 1963 red with blaupunkt radio. I wish I had both of them today.

[bandi]

A 1974 "Love Bug" in ravenna green. It was parked next to my elementary school, I used to go and stare at it during recess. One day it had a for sale sign, so I ran to the school office and asked to call home. My dad ended up getting the car for $200, I contributed $40 of my savings. He drove it home but had to kind of balance on the passenger seat because the driver's floor was almost totally gone.

35 years later and it's still not on the road. I was 7 then... do the math

I've brought about 20 of my own VWs back to life since then, so it's next in line I think.
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'60 Canadian Standard, '64 Bug, '66 Bug, '66 Bus, '69 Sunroof Bug, '71 Super, '72 Super, '73 Canadian Custom, '73 Super, '74 Love Bug, '83 Mexi Bug, '94 Mexi Bug, '99 New Beetle, '02 New Beetle Turbo S. And some Fieros.

[qweedqwag]

74 Datsun pickup.