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Bart Dunn Samba Consiglieri
Joined: May 09, 2004 Posts: 2354 Location: Sea level (Mid Atlantic)
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Mid '80's Oldsmobuick Centuregal. _________________ Not enough car seats fit into my:
'58 Beetle convertible
'58 Beetle sedan |
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White Trash Renegade Samba Member
Joined: September 30, 2009 Posts: 10 Location: Wichita KS
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Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2009 5:36 pm Post subject: |
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First car driven: 1979 Ford Pinto Wagon with wood paneling
First car owned: 1975 VW Bus I drove it for 2 weeks before my dad blew the motor. |
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IamNotKoi Samba Member
Joined: November 05, 2009 Posts: 17 Location: Santa Cruz, Ca
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Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 9:03 pm Post subject: |
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Learned to drive in my mother's 1972 Honda 600. First car owned was a different 1972 600. |
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Thanatos Samba Psychopomp
Joined: October 14, 2009 Posts: 1729 Location: Earth
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Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 9:14 pm Post subject: |
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The first car I ever drove was a 1931 Model AA Ford stake-bed truck, on a filbert (hazelnut) orchard belonging to friends of my family. I was 10 years old, and I mastered retarding the spark and driving a stick early on. As for driving anything, I started driving my grandfather's 1928 Fordson tractor at the age of 6 and my uncle's Cushman Super Eagle motor scooter at the age of 8. |
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shano63 Samba Member
Joined: October 06, 2006 Posts: 3596 Location: Stormville NY
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Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 7:51 pm Post subject: |
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Dad's 71 super beetle. It blew the #3 spark plug out of the block so he parked it. My friend and I would drive it up and down my driveway, stealing gas from the lawn mower. Here she is in all her glory....
_________________ 63 T1 Ragtop Gulf Blue
08 Civic 5spd
22 Wrangler 6spd
78 F250 4x4 4spd
Chris
Take it as it comes-- Morrison |
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mschulze Samba Member
Joined: January 08, 2009 Posts: 427 Location: Hillsboro, OR
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LeviMan2001 Samba Post Whore
Joined: April 11, 2009 Posts: 3855 Location: Alaska
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Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2009 10:04 pm Post subject: |
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mschulze wrote: |
1974 Superbeetle -- $1600 -- My first car -- and a total piece of crap |
Me - 1973 Superbeetle -- Free! haha total pile as well but I love it. _________________ http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=366056 - My '73 Super Build. 2332cc, 16" Fuchs |
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Birdhouse Samba Member
Joined: June 26, 2004 Posts: 12 Location: Claremore, Ok
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Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2009 2:27 pm Post subject: first car driven |
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My dad taught me to drive his 69 Karmann Ghia when I was 14. I used to sneak it out for quick joyrides after school. Unfortunately he passed away, but I still have that car. _________________ 69 ghia
69 conv. beetle
72 super beetle baja champion se
73 beetle
[url=http://www.vw-mplate.com/mplate2-15283.png]Click to view image[/URL] |
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JOR82 Samba Member
Joined: December 11, 2009 Posts: 52 Location: Modesto, California
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Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 12:09 am Post subject: |
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'73 Super Beetle. I learned how to drive stick in it and used it for high school transportation. About three weeks after I graduated it got sideswiped on the passenger side by someone in a Honda while on the highway. It was still drivable, but I had to sell it since I didn't have the money to fix it. I miss that bug. |
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PSScoots Samba Member
Joined: January 06, 2007 Posts: 504 Location: Chattanooga TN
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Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 8:39 pm Post subject: |
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First car I drove in my dreams: Bill Cushenbery's Silhouette.
First car I drove in real life: 1972 VW 411 (Automatic - I learned to drive in this one.
First manual transmission: 1967 Westfalia
First Car: 1974 Mustang II |
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lowmitsu Samba Member
Joined: April 08, 2004 Posts: 1102 Location: Summerville,SC
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Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 2:48 pm Post subject: |
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First car I ever drove was a 1963 Impala,at 9 I learned to power brake.
First car I bought was a 1972 Super Beetle,sunroof car. |
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A2J3M Samba Member
Joined: March 23, 2010 Posts: 39 Location: Normandie, France
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volks kidS Samba Member
Joined: August 22, 2008 Posts: 61 Location: Lower Mainland, BC,Canada
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Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 12:46 pm Post subject: |
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first time in a stick was when i was 8, old rail buggy
first time in an auto was a 90's f150 when i was 13
Strange but auto came second |
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Snort Samba Member
Joined: April 02, 2005 Posts: 1957 Location: Seattle, WA
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Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 1:29 pm Post subject: |
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Probably the 1950's Ford 8N tractor at the grandparents' farm. It was easier to see in front of and easier to reach the pedals than cars. I was probably under ten years old then. Next was the family's 57 Bug which I still have, as soon as I could reach the pedals. Dad would let the kids take it out into the farm fields and if we were brave, we could get it into third gear before coming up fast on a fenceline It was just a few months ago that I pounded out some dents in the floorpan that I put in there one day while joyriding in the field when I suddenly came upon a few logs that were hidden in the grass. Scared the bejeezes out of me and I was sure I had destroyed the car. Dad took a look at it, shrugged it off and said, don't worry I'm sure it's OK. |
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Hellaslow Samba Member
Joined: September 08, 2009 Posts: 500 Location: Tampa, Fl
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Posted: Thu May 06, 2010 8:07 pm Post subject: |
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87 IROC Z w/
flowmasters
headman headers
B&M shifter
16in enkie 02's (T/A repops)
lowered alil up front
that thing was a pile of shit... t tops leaked... trans never shifted right... interior was shot...
but i was "that guy" in school and i loved it... _________________ I ♣ Baby Seals
click to see local Tampa events: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=427873
56 vacho
40yo fat chick
www.tamparacing.com
<--- non proper vw owner |
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wbrown45 Samba Member
Joined: July 08, 2008 Posts: 1318 Location: ada, ok
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Posted: Wed May 26, 2010 9:28 pm Post subject: |
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I learned to drive a stick shift in our '75 orange/white bus. The first time I drove was my dad's brand new '66 Mustang GT with a 289 CID/271 HP v8. Okay, I was 3 and sitting in his lap steering and my mother saw the car veering down the street and thought he was having a seizure! _________________ OK Thang |
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Hank22 Samba Member
Joined: March 16, 2004 Posts: 452 Location: Inside the pizza oven
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Posted: Wed May 26, 2010 11:18 pm Post subject: |
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62 Nova convertable. I would love to have it again |
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letthemusicflow Samba Member
Joined: January 05, 2010 Posts: 1092 Location: NC
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Posted: Thu May 27, 2010 6:04 am Post subject: |
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First car I ever drove was the Ford Taurus I learned in. It was like an 06 or something. It was nice enough since it was fairly new but, well, it was a Taurus First car owned is my 74 Super Beetle _________________ 74 Super Beetle w/1500SP - project.
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masterpoop63 Samba Member
Joined: February 05, 2010 Posts: 107 Location: vallejo CA
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Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2010 2:07 pm Post subject: |
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my first car i drove was a 4door longbed 1979 chevy pickup that has hadicap equipement when i was 12 im 14 now and have driven lots of vws around but i still have 2 years till i get my license |
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BugMan114 Samba Member
Joined: March 22, 2007 Posts: 3744 Location: Ellenwood, GA
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Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2010 7:44 pm Post subject: |
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not sure what the laws in cali are, but can't you get your learners permit in cali at age 15? i think here in GA you can at 15, but you need to passa class or something, or else you have to wait till 18 or something like that, i don't remember. I'm 21 so i don't care to pay attention to stuff like that, lol. _________________ 1974 Super Beetle: Custom resto in progress
1972 Super Beetle: Daily Driver
1971 Std. Beetle w/ 1929 Mercedes Benz Gazelle kit
1960 Baja Bug
1969 Baja Bug
Sand Rail- Homemade
Sand Rail- FUBAR
Aircooled Airheads
Why the hell do they call it a gland nut. its obviously a big fat bolt!!! |
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