First vehicle?

[marshman]

Not outdoor related at all but just for kicks thought it’d be fun to hear what everyone’s first vehicle was. Year,make,model and the year you got it. Post a pic if you have one or one like it. Here’s mine:
Not the actual car but almost exactly the same: 1974 Chevrolet Nova. Got it at the beginning of my senior year of high school in 1983.

[Smart]

1976 Jeep CJ-5 soft top with a manual transmission. Same color but replace Renegade here with “Sidewinder” and the aluminum wheels with white steel mags. Got it in 1984 at 15. Dad’s future deer lease project vehicle turned into my learning to drive vehicle and daily driver. It had its moments of coolness but as a whole, I hated it. Was happy to have it but man was it a beating at times. Loud flapping top, no AC, heater was mediocre at best. Couldn’t lock anything in. The fumes from the exhaust would roll in the back of the soft top where the zippers never went all the way down and choke you out. Headlights would blink off and on occasionally and nobody could figure out why. That sucked on the winding Texas hill country roads at night. It was cool on the beach and at Canyon Lake but those drives home at night could be challenging with the headlight rodeo.



Very basic inside like this. Except I was my swing type bottom knob. Feels like I’m going back in time looking at this.

[Kevin]

An ugly baby blue 1984, purchased in 1998, Ford Ranger that had a crazy vibration between the speeds of 55mph and 65mph. It had a dent on it from the LA riots. I bought it from a friend of mine that had relocated to DFW from Los Angeles.

It served me well.

[LlanoHunter10]

1997 white Jeep Cheroke. Similar to the picture. Bought in 2005 with 97,000 miles. Wasnt the prettiest car but got me around until 2011 when i graduated college. Final odometer reading when i traded in for new truck was ~190,000 miles. Besides basic maintenance she really didnt give me too many problems. Kinda miss her now that i think about it.

[JakeM]

1994 GMC Sierra 1500 Z71 extended cab. Got it in 2010 with 182k miles on it. Still drives to this day with close to 270k on it.

[Smart]

Originally Posted by Smart

1976 Jeep CJ-5 soft top with a manual transmission. Same color but replace Renegade here with “Sidewinder” and the aluminum wheels with white steel mags. Got it in 1984 at 15. Dad’s future deer lease project vehicle turned into my learning to drive vehicle and daily driver. It had its moments of coolness but as a whole, I hated it. Was happy to have it but man was it a beating at times. Loud flapping top, no AC, heater was mediocre at best. Couldn’t lock anything in. The fumes from the exhaust would roll in the back of the soft top where the zippers never went all the way down and choke you out. Headlights would blink off and on occasionally and nobody could figure out why. That sucked on the winding Texas hill country roads at night. It was cool on the beach and at Canyon Lake but those drives home at night could be challenging with the headlight rodeo.



Very basic inside like this. Except I was my swing type bottom knob. Feels like I’m going back in time looking at this.

*Except I was missing the bottom knob …

[boomerball]

1979 Toyota Celina supra. I started driving it around in ''93 (pass down from brother). No idea on the milage b/c speedometer & odometer didn't work. It had some pep, but you had to keep pressure on the stick or it wouldn't stay in 5th. After I had an incident with an oncoming car and a telephone pole the passenger side door had to just be wired shut. It got me around just fine though for a couple years.

[Tree Phantom]

My first car to buy was also a SS Nova. It was a 1970 and wasn’t a year old yet. Had the 396 and all the good stuff stuffed into it.

[DaveC]

Yamaha Maxim 400 motorcycle at 16 years old in 1987.


First 4 wheeled vehicle at 17 - 1978 chevy stepside, 3 on the tree inline 6 250.

Second 2 wheeled, also in high school- Suzuki GS700es.



Had good times on/in all.


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[dosrobles]

1980 Buick skylark 4-door, manual 4 on the floor. Nice light blue color. Wouldn’t allow you to short into 1st gear.

It was a a chick magnet (not so much).

[oktx]

My dad bought it new in 1976, Chevy Cheyenne I started driving it to school in the 8th grade.

[Hoytbowhunter]

68 400 Pontiac Firebird.



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[Snowflake Killa]

Crap yall come from rich parents. I had to walk to school.

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[Smokeater]

67 Plymouth Fury II-4 door tank! Quite a few pounds ago back in 83! We could get nine of us in it,(with one laying on the back dash)!! My Grandma said if I could get er started and get it out of her driveway, I could have it....nuff said!

[jgard]

1985 Ford F-150 ext cab with h.o. 351 Windsor and a factory 4 barrel and 355 rear end
2000

[ACbob]

1968 Ford Falcon station wagon. Hey, it beat walking!

[Bill M]

1963 Triumph Spitfire, Baby blue with white rag top. Like this one but not this one. Bought in 1971 for $350. I was 17yo at the time. It had fresh paint job and came from a client of my dad's.

[DedDuk]

Originally Posted by boomerball

1979 Toyota Celina supra. I started driving it around in ''93 (pass down from brother). No idea on the milage b/c speedometer & odometer didn't work. It had some pep, but you had to keep pressure on the stick or it wouldn't stay in 5th. After I had an incident with an oncoming car and a telephone pole the passenger side door had to just be wired shut. It got me around just fine though for a couple years.

Mine was a 1984 Celica Supra. This was in 1994. It would scoot. I bought it for a thousand dollars. All I could afford.

[jerp]

I didn’t have my own car until I could pay for it myself. I came home from my summer job in Alaska (about 1975) with a pocket full of money and my dad said “whatever you buy, make sure it’s reliable and practical.” I of course knew better than to follow his advice and bought a 1970 Triumph GT6. It was a blast to drive but a major pain to own. I had no idea how to work on it and was the opposite of reliable




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[MBV77]

1985 red Chevrolet 1/2 ton short bed 4X4 with a 6.2 diesel. Got it in the summer of 1993 and had it half way tore up by the time I turned 16 and got my license in Dec. of 93.


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[FireNguns]

I had a 1993 Mustang GT 5.0 manual tranny hatchback in red
Went through two sets of tires and a clutch in high school
Not sure what my parents were thinking giving a dumb 16 year old that much power to start but I survived.

[Mertzon Man]

In 1970 I bought a 1964 Nova SS with a 283 automatic. White with Black vinyl bucket seats. I had a paper route “one of my jobs” and one of my customers owned it. I told him if he ever decided to sell it I wanted to by it. He called me from the Chevy dealer and said they offered him 500.00 in trade and if I wanted it for 500.00 it was mine. I was beside myself. Wish I still had it!

[Razorback01]

Blue 1977 Chevy Nova, six-banger, 3 on the floor.

[RMW]

1982 3/4 ton 4x4 Chevy blue and silver with a 6.2 diesel and lifted 6 inches, my dad bought for me in 1993 when I turned 16. Blew the motor up mudding down at the river with friends and had to put a used motor in.

[Tony Pic]

First vehicle was hand me down work truck from my Dads business. A 66 Ford Econoline van with 3 on the tree. You sat over the front wheels. learned how to drive a clutch or I didnt go anywhere.
As time went on I made my own money and got my Firebird. Wish I still had it.

[K. Lane]

Just a random pic since I don’t have one but it was a 1986 Nissan Hardbody 4x4 bought for me in 1986 by my dad

[shwacker1911]

96 chevy 1500 2 wd with a 4.3 v6 got stuck a LOT but learned how to get out when needed had over 300,000 on it when I sold it to a kid a couple years ago for 600.00

[tpack]

I bought a 1970 El Camino in August of 1976 for 1500.00. It was my senior year. I was working part @ Winn Dixie for 2.20 an hour after school/weekends and had saved enough money to pay cash but I borrowed 500 to help establish my credit. Paid it off in 6 months.

[TX CHICKEN]

Pic is one very similar to mine....It was our hunting vehicle but became my first car when I turned 16 in 1986. Mine was all white with an orange/yellow and black stripe and 33" tires. I loved/hated that thing. It had a rare 4cylinder engine and broke down all the time. In the 3 years I drove it I had to rebuild the engine (new rings, mill the head etc), rebuild transmission (with a lot of help from my Grandpa) and it was always having exhaust issues due to everything vibrating lose. It taught me to save my $ and buy a more reliable vehicle and also taught me that I didn't want to be a mechanic for a career!

[sailor]

Mine was a 1947 Dodge.
I don't have any pics. They didn't have cameras, back in those days..

[Goldeneagle]

1961 Ford Falcon Ranchero. 144 straight six, vacum wipers and tube radio. Got it in 1972 when I was 14.

[Mayhem]

My first I owed was a Forrest green 1998 Ford Ranger XLT. 4 banger, 5 speed with a sliding back glass. It came with a payment book. $195.22 every month.


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[TA_Fab]

Mine was an 03 Chevy 1500 Z71, was a great truck. Wish I hadn’t of traded it on on my new truck.




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[elhefe]

A 1982 delta 88 Oldsmobile. It belonged to my grandmother and when she passed I got it to drive to school in 1993. It was white with rust spots. Ugly as all get out but that thing could move. I definitely was not the cool kid in that car

[Deerguy]

68 camaro, black with red top

[RedBear78]

1988 Mazda extended cab truck bought it from Grandma when I was 16 I worked that little 4 cylinder to death.Also got that 2wd stuck more times than I can count.

[Burnadell]

I still have the girl; wish I still had the car!

1959 Chevy Impala

[Tx.Fisher]

1989 Blue Ford Ranger. My dad drove it for a few years, the my sister drove it for a few years, then I drove it for a few years, then my brother finally drove it for a while. I think my dad finally sold it for $800. I remember taking it to the deer lease one year and putting a huge dent in it when I was taking down a feeder, and one of the legs fell and put a huge dent in the side of the bed.

[TacticalCowboy]

1988 GMC half ton

[Payne346]

1989 Ford ranger-blacked out. Oh the memories…

[Strummer]

76 Cj-5 with no top or doors . Was kinda cold in the winter .

[doghouse]

1962 Chevy Nova. Three speed on the column and no A/C.

[myway]

Originally Posted by TX CHICKEN

Pic is one very similar to mine....It was our hunting vehicle but became my first car when I turned 16 in 1986. Mine was all white with an orange/yellow and black stripe and 33" tires. I loved/hated that thing. It had a rare 4cylinder engine and broke down all the time. In the 3 years I drove it I had to rebuild the engine (new rings, mill the head etc), rebuild transmission (with a lot of help from my Grandpa) and it was always having exhaust issues due to everything vibrating lose. It taught me to save my $ and buy a more reliable vehicle and also taught me that I didn't want to be a mechanic for a career!

Piece of S mechanically but **** there cool. I wish I owned the one in the photo.
Some very cool vehicles so far.

[Let's go Brandon!]

77 Chevy LUV that I spent the summer of my Jr year rebuilding. Entire front end was thrashed, owners wife basically ran it under a trailer.

No pics of it, but I did buy/restore another later in life. Brought back a lot of memories.

Tiny, fun to drive, but rougher than a cob.

[twistedmidnite]

85 model short wide chevy 4x4 with a granny 4 speed and 350. It was camo and beat to hail and back. Got it around 2000.

[Froggy]

1953 Buick Roadmaster. Drove it to high school after my Grandpa passed away. Lots of room in the backseat.

[Geezy Rider]

First vehicle? A 1965, 90cc Honda motorcycle. Got that back in 1969. I’ve graduated to bigger and better bikes but I’m still riding.

My first car was a 68 Ford Falcon station wagon. Paid 200 dollars for that in 1971. Dad said, “I know it’s only a station wagon and not a cool car but it’s yours and it’s paid for.” I said, “Naw dad, it’s great, black out the back windows and throw a mattress in the back, it’s rockin.” Dad wasn’t impressed.

[boomerball]

Originally Posted by boomerball

1979 Toyota Celina supra. I started driving it around in ''93 (pass down from brother). No idea on the milage b/c speedometer & odometer didn't work. It had some pep, but you had to keep pressure on the stick or it wouldn't stay in 5th. After I had an incident with an oncoming car and a telephone pole the passenger side door had to just be wired shut. It got me around just fine though for a couple years.

Don't have a good picture of it, this is best I can come up with. It got me where I needed to go and a few places I didn't need to

[Hagen]

1973 Chrysler Station wagon. Put 50's with kragers on the back. FM converter. Pee green. Girls called it the pickle. Back seat folded down. Kept sleeping bags in the back. My high school driving ed instructor side swiped me and insurance co totaled the car.

[Pstraw]

[QUOTE=Burnadell;16046828]I still have the girl; wish I still had the car!



Yours was the classy model.
1959 Chevy Biscayne, bought for $100 in 1966.

They're kinda sharp now but were the ugliest car on the road back then IMO.
Was better than walking.