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Posted: 10/10/2007 11:07:47 AM EDT

Mine was a 1985 Mustang 2.3 auto coupe that I bought for $4K back in 1991. The car ran great and looked identical to the one in the pic minus the 5.0 emblem. Ended up trading it in on a 91 Suzuki Samurai in 1993

Posted: 10/10/2007 11:08:33 AM EDT

[#1]

1975 Mustang II bought in 1985.

Gave it away in 1995.

Posted: 10/10/2007 11:17:07 AM EDT

[#2]

1966 English Ford Cortina station wagon.

Second car; 1967 GTO convertable.

Posted: 10/10/2007 11:17:55 AM EDT

[#3]

'99 F150

Posted: 10/10/2007 11:18:57 AM EDT

[#4]

A 1957 Austin Healey 100-6 that I fitted with a Ford 351C/FMX/9inch in 1975...

Posted: 10/10/2007 11:22:13 AM EDT

[#5]

Quoted:

Quoted:
What an utter POS this car was...

www.carrosyclasicos.com/nuke/imagenes/cronicas/tres_rivales/ford_fairmont_futura_6.jpg

And I thought my Opel was bad. I had forgotten entirely about the "Ford Futura"...

Your Opel rules. My "Futura" car of the future would burn oil, and I'd have to pull over every couple of gas tanks full, pull the 6 plugs and clean them they were so badly fouled. I hated it - it was baby/light blue in color too.

Posted: 10/10/2007 11:22:40 AM EDT

[#6]

92 Ford Taurus

Posted: 10/10/2007 11:23:34 AM EDT

[#7]

My first car, 1989 Jeep Cherokee, 2 door, 4X4. Received it from my aunt as a gift.

eta: I would add a pic, but i can't seem to get it to work. oh well.

Posted: 10/10/2007 11:25:20 AM EDT

[#8]

1993 toyota corolla, 4 door, with factory gold wheels, gold exhaust pipe and license plate holder, and purple tint job.

Posted: 10/10/2007 11:36:31 AM EDT

[#9]

These are both actual pics of my cars. (digi-scanned of course)

My first car... a '66 Mustang. Bought for $50, Summer of 1983.
200cu in inline 6, 3-speed on the floor. The car was a total turd... but safe for a 16 yr old.

My 2nd car wasn't such a turd... a '67 Camaro, bought for $1500 Summer of 1984.
It came with a 307, Muncie 4-speed and 2.73 open rear... Eventually, it was powered by a 427, Muncie 4-speed and ford 9" with 4.11's and a locker. I built the motor myself, in my parents garage. MORE than enough power for a 17yr old kid.

Posted: 10/10/2007 11:37:55 AM EDT

[#10]

Same here 1966 Mustang Coupe 289 C4

Posted: 10/10/2007 11:40:30 AM EDT

[#11]

Black '87 camaro iroc-z.

Posted: 10/10/2007 11:40:44 AM EDT

[#12]

1986 Plymouth Duster I got it in 1998. Went straight to the junk yard after I was done with her.

Was a fun beater car.

Posted: 10/10/2007 11:40:59 AM EDT

[#13]

1978 Chevy Malibu with a V8. Grey with a faded red to purple interior.
Pic not my car, just a similar one.

Posted: 10/10/2007 11:45:17 AM EDT

[#14]

'83 Ford Escort purchased in '88. Mine looked like this but was a two tone light brown/gray on top and dark brown on the bottom. And it had a sunroof so I was real cool to the chicks.

Posted: 10/10/2007 11:45:43 AM EDT

[#15]

1972 Volkswagon Beetle, yes they do float!

Posted: 10/10/2007 11:46:35 AM EDT

[#16]

A screaming yellow Opel Record station wagon. Hideous.....

Posted: 10/10/2007 11:46:54 AM EDT

[#17]

Early 1970s Monte Carlo, a hand-me-down from my Dad. Silver with a maroon landau roof & interior, and totally indestructible... I did things in that car that neither of us had a right to survive.

Posted: 10/10/2007 11:47:01 AM EDT

[#18]

Not mine but mine looked like this ,no front stripe,no rear spoiler,not an SS. Just clean
with the SS hood like this and the same rally wheels. Stock 327cu.in.,210HP with a black interior.Paid $300 in 1975 repainted body and rebuilt the motor.

Posted: 10/10/2007 11:47:29 AM EDT

[#19]

1985 Chevy K10 purchased at a MNDNR auction in 1993. We restored it and I've been driving it since. It is in pretty rough shape again. it only has 130,000 miles on it.

Note the leak collecting cardboard under the sieve 305.

Posted: 10/10/2007 11:47:43 AM EDT

[#20]

1960 Ford Falcon 4 door. Hot water 6, three on the tree. Wouldn't scatter it's own shit.

Posted: 10/10/2007 11:49:05 AM EDT

[#21]

1973 Chevrolet Bel Air station wagon in Crap Brown. Black vinyl interior and no AC. THAT was fun when I went to college in Texas...

Posted: 10/10/2007 11:49:22 AM EDT

[#22]

1970 Dodge Challenger SE (still have it, in storage waiting for restoration)

Posted: 10/10/2007 11:50:28 AM EDT

[#23]

1968 Charger R/T. Bought it in excellent condition in 1977 for $1500 and proceded to drag race it and generally abuse it until I sold it in 1982 for $2000.

Got my first piece of tail in that car!

Back then muscle cars were plentiful and cheap. Too bad I couldn't see the future.

Posted: 10/10/2007 11:58:47 AM EDT

[#24]

The one I am still driving.
Except now it is paid for.

2003 S-10 Crew Cab.

Posted: 10/10/2007 12:02:42 PM EDT

[#25]

1972 RS Camaro. Gone now but my 2nd is a 1967 Camaro

Posted: 10/10/2007 12:03:17 PM EDT

[#26]

1977 F250 Supercab w/400 and 4-speed creaper gear.

I paid for the truck cutting firewood... Oh the good old days of working for myself

Posted: 10/10/2007 12:03:57 PM EDT

[#27]

1987 stanza in blue with leaky everything and horrible rear suspension.
There was this one heavy chick (maybe 20 pounds over what she should've been - perfect for me cause she's still do-able but with low self esteem!!! I love high school!!!!) who whenever she was in back (often) the muffler would hit the ground.

I got it with 140,000 miles from grandpa, we let her go at 155,000 two years (and 5,237,543 cigarettes) later.

Posted: 10/10/2007 12:05:17 PM EDT

[#28]

1979 honda cvcc civic....bought in 1990 when I was 16, paid 500 bucks for it.

Posted: 10/10/2007 12:07:07 PM EDT

[#29]

My first vehicle was a early 90s Isuzu Pickup truck with no power steering, no ac and no radio. I also had to share it with my brother.

Posted: 10/10/2007 12:09:50 PM EDT

[#30]

The first car I drove was my Dad's 1990 Chevy Silverado, followed by a 1995 Dodge Caravan when the truck died

The first vehicle I bought and paid for my self was a 1992 Dodge Ram, complete with redneck engineered front bumper, no back bumper, black paint flaking off revealing the red paint underneath, and A/C that quit working a month after I bought the truck

Now I drive a 2000 Chevy Silverado 4x4 thats in much better shape!

Posted: 10/10/2007 12:11:11 PM EDT

[#31]

96 geo prizm, baby. an american made toyota corolla. cost me my first 2 grand. me and my buddies called it the blue fury cause we took it offroad all the time,and bassically demolished the hell out of it. that thing was so destroyed I could only get 200$ for it when I sold it. still ran though.

Posted: 10/10/2007 12:11:26 PM EDT

[#32]

My first car was a 1972 Olds Cutlass S. Purchased in 1990 for $450.

I still have it, but I've made a few changes

Posted: 10/10/2007 12:13:03 PM EDT

[#33]

Oh my, does this date me! 1953 Chev 2dr, manual transmission. Added light blue paint job, baby moons with trim rings, and portawalls (fake white walls). Wish I had it now along with a few others in a line of cars I have owned.

Posted: 10/10/2007 12:14:04 PM EDT

[#34]

'37 Chevy Master (means that it had 2 tail lights) sedan.
Put a 331 GMC 6 w/ 3 rochesters, McGurk manifold, Clay smith Cam and 13;1 pistons in 3 months later.

Posted: 10/10/2007 12:14:16 PM EDT

[#35]

1987 Saab 900S

Replaced the transmission once, the clutch twice, the alternator, brake fluid leaks, power steering leaks, muffler fell off, no speedometer lights, speakers were sinking into the trunk, and other things.

The best thing was when a rear suspension bracket broke and the rear-end of the car would go back and forth in high winds.

When the transmission needed to be replaced for the 2nd time I upgraded to a 2002 Nissan Sentra. The Saab was a POS, but it did last though high school. and college.

Posted: 10/10/2007 12:14:49 PM EDT

[#36]

Quoted:
My first car was a 1972 Olds Cutlass S. Purchased in 1990 for $450.

I still have it, but I've made a few changes

i24.tinypic.com/21caszn.jpg

Where you from and what ya packin under there?

IBHSTT

(In b4 Hemi starts trash talking)

Now to follow that up I've got something in the works w/ my car that should put it over 500 on a safe tune. Then once I slap the DART block and pull all the parts off my 306 and put them on the DART I should be see right around 7-800.

I'll give ya a clue...it's more efficient than superchargers and N20 and it's measured in lbs.....

Seriously though love that color combo and would like to see some side shots of it.

Posted: 10/10/2007 12:15:09 PM EDT

[#37]

A Honda CVCC. It was about all I was able to afford at the time. The picture shows about what it looked like, too.

Posted: 10/10/2007 12:15:12 PM EDT

[#38]

Quoted:
1968 Charger R/T. Bought it in excellent condition in 1977 for $1500 and proceded to drag race it and generally abuse it until I sold it in 1982 for $2000.

Got my first piece of tail in that car!

Back then muscle cars were plentiful and cheap. Too bad I couldn't see the future.

No shit.

My first car was a 69 Camaro in 79 for $900 in great shape.

I ran the fuck out of it and sold it in not running and needing a new engine for $1500 in 84 or 85.

Posted: 10/10/2007 12:16:01 PM EDT

[#39]

1967 Dodge Dart, followed by a few 1968 Pontiac Catalina's

Posted: 10/10/2007 12:16:29 PM EDT

[#40]

Quoted:
1987 Saab 900S

Replaced the transmission once, the clutch twice, the alternator, brake fluid leaks, power steering leaks, muffler fell off, no speedometer lights, speakers were sinking into the trunk, and other things.

The best thing was when a rear suspension bracket broke and the rear-end of the car would go back and forth in high winds.

When the transmission needed to be replaced for the 2nd time I upgraded to a 2002 Nissan Sentra. The Saab was a POS, but it did last though high school. and college.

I had an 86 Saab 900S and it wasn't bad. Except for when a rotor went bad and it would have cost me more for the rotor than what I paid for the car. Peppy lil motor though for such an old car.

Sold that off privately and got a '98 ZX2 Escort as a daily driver. I'm at 167K and still going. Driving this bitch til the wheels fall off b/c w/ the Stang I need something that gets good MPG.

Posted: 10/10/2007 12:16:40 PM EDT

[#41]

1973 Bronco with a 302

Posted: 10/10/2007 12:16:50 PM EDT

[#42]

In 1993 I was 18 yrs old and driving a Maroon 83' Oldsmobile Delta 88. The car was like a freakin boat; it was a damn joke. I swear to God, I think I pushed that damn car more often than I drove it.

My front bench seat didn't work properly either and I couldn't fix it, so I got a big-ass log of firewood and placed it between the drivers side of the seat and the rear seat in the floor-board to keep the seat from moving back and forth while I drove.

It did have a Chevy 350 engine though.....can't say anything bad about the power plant.

Posted: 10/10/2007 12:17:09 PM EDT

[#43]

1996 chevy caprice police edition

Posted: 10/10/2007 12:18:57 PM EDT

[#44]

1966 Chevy Nova SS

Posted: 10/10/2007 12:21:18 PM EDT

[#45]

1992 Ford Mustang in this disgusting turquoise color...an auto transmission 4 banger mustang!!!

Posted: 10/10/2007 12:23:45 PM EDT

[#46]

Quoted:
1975 Mustang II bought in 1985.

Gave it away in 1995.

I had the same car and bought it in 1983. It was totalled later that year and I replaced it with a 1977 model.
In '86 I pulled the V-6 out and put a hopped up 302 in it.

Then I put 2 Rockford Fosgate Pro-18" where the back seat used to be and hooked them up on a RF Power 1000 amp.

I had more stereo than the car was worth but I was young and had a heck of a system.

If only I would have spent all that money on HK 91's or Colt AR15's or xxxxx!

BigDozer66

Posted: 10/10/2007 12:23:45 PM EDT

[#47]

1971 Vista Cruiser!!!

J/K

1975 Brown Gran Torino.

It was a fast car....

Posted: 10/10/2007 12:26:16 PM EDT

[#48]

Quoted:

Quoted:
My first car was a 1972 Olds Cutlass S. Purchased in 1990 for $450.

I still have it, but I've made a few changes

i24.tinypic.com/21caszn.jpg

Where you from and what ya packin under there?

IBHSTT

(In b4 Hemi starts trash talking)

Engine is 455 cu Oldsmobile, with Edelbrock intake, 750cfm 4 barrel carb, MSD ignition, Hooker headers, Pypes 2.5in exhaust with x-over, tranny is a TH-400 rebuilt by B&M, rear end is a 12 bolt GM, rebuilt by Currie.

I did most of the mechanical work, and all of the body work, including paint, in the garage at my house, in NC. Paint is custom mixed by me. Its House of Kolor, 2 parts chrome yellow to one part lemon yellow, with a small amount of gold pearl in the mix, topped with a clear coat with the same pearl, then final clear coat.

I'm not sure I have many other pics. It doesnt make it out of the garage too often...I'll see what I can find.

Posted: 10/10/2007 12:29:42 PM EDT

[#49]

88 mazda 323

Posted: 10/10/2007 12:30:15 PM EDT

[#50]

1972 Cutlass S Coupe. 350Rocket/TH350. non-power drums.....

The car was driven out to VA from CA by a marine and sold out here. No rust but, it was painted a shocking metallic orange with black torque thrust rims. Started a fascination with orange muscle cars...

I miss that car.

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