Your First Car/Truck

teejay99 · BELLE RIVER, ONT

Your First Car/Truck

69SS454 · MILTON, ONT

RE: Your Firtst Car/Truck

sasquatch · NORTH BAY, ONT

RE: Your First Car/Truck

jarvis1 · COBBLE HILL, BC

1931 Durant

Ziggy · TRENTON, ONT

Got my first car in 1981. 1974 Pinto Country Squire Wagon. 2.3/auto with A/C. Uncle needed some bicycles for the cottage. Traded the bikes for the car. Don't think it was a month and the auto was out and had a 5 speed installed. Think that combo lasted a couple of months. Then went with a 289/C4 and installed a 8" out of a Maverick. Granada spindles and brakes up front. Stripped the wall paper and trim and the roof rack off. Did the body work and painted it Crappy Tire Chinese red with black rockers and black roof. Masked off the Ford Oval emblem on the rear side glass and sandblasted the rest. Tinted the windows and did the interior in black. Went through a couple engine/tranny combos before the frame went on the pass side.

poncho62 · ADMINISTRATOR

63 Falcon ragtop, 6 cyl, 3 on tree. Paid $300 safetied in 1969 for it when I was 17.

JohnnyBgood · ST CATHARINES, ONT

December 1972 dad bought me a 1962 chev with a 409 for my 16th birthday. Didn't really want the car because it didn't even come with a radio. Had it 2 months and wrapped it around a tree. Sold the motor to a guy to put into his stock car hauler truck for more money than I paid for the whole car. Wish I was more careful now.

hemikev · HAMILTON, ONT

1967 ford fairlane , 2 dr 289 2 bbl , i added air shocks , crager ss , headers , thrush mufflers..

janies dirty 37 · SOUTH RIVER, ONT

First car.... I was 17, brand new right off the dealer showroom 1986 grand prix. loaded to the nine's. Got the window's tinted so dark you could barley see out them at night.

Nice chrome rims, white lettered tires, duel chrome exhaust.

Cop's used to pull me over all the time and hassle me..... but at least no one ever asked to borrow it. smile

Got a "few" speeding tickets in it for sure. wink

My payment for it was higher then what I paid for rent per month. confuse confuse smile biggrin biggrin Yah. It was worth it.

34guy · MISSISSAUGA, ONT

17 years old ,1975 , I bought a 1968 Plymouth Barracuda 340 formula S

4 speed car for 1200.00 dollars .I loved it my Dad hated it. Would give me

**** for something and I would leave and lay rubber to the top of the street.

Jerry · ST THOMAS, ONT

1966, a 1964 Buick Skylark V300
My insuranceman loved me "overpowered luxury sports"

Gazoo · BADEN, ONT

I bought a '68 Buick Wildcat, 2dr, with the 430ci, when I was 15. Got it all cleaned up, plated and ready to cruise as soon as I turned 16.
I paid $150. for it in 1978, and only had 55,000 miles. It needed parking brake cables to pass safety, they were like $8/pc, lol.

Insurance was a rip off, at $1,000. for basic coverage.

janies dirty 37 · SOUTH RIVER, ONT

Jerry wrote:
1966, a 1964 Buick Skylark V300
My insuranceman loved me "overpowered luxury sports"

Welcome aboard Jerry. smile

Be sure to go to the intro thread and tell us about your ride.

58Chev · ETOBICOKE, ONT

When I was 15, my uncle gave me a 4dr 1976 Dodge Aspen.
Back then I had no inclination to get my license, so the car sat in the backyard for a couple of years. I started it every so often, moved it back and forth. Sold it to my neighbour for $100 and bought myself a better CCM Mustang.
For me freedom was on two wheels.

hotrod-steve · PORT ROWAN, ONT

It was 1967 ,I was 16 and wanted to buy a 1957 Chev convert for 150.My dad would have none of it. I can still hear his words-"Youre not parking that in my driveway!" I must admit,it was quite rusty.So I saved more money and bought a 56 Cadillac for 350. It was in prestine condition and I was driving in the lap of luxury. My dad became fond of it and I once overheard him say "I knew there would be a Cadillac in the driveway some day". That car started a lifelong love affair with Cadillac for me.I still have a 56 Caddy.my favorite car of all.

parklane · St THOMAS, ONT

When I was 15, there was a 55 Olds sitting in the front yard of a house about a mile away. Went to look at it and realized it had a standard (3 speed) trans. The owner sold it to me for $25. cuz he couldn't get the left rear wheel off (flat tire) Was he ever PO'd when he saw me get it off with no trouble at all. He didn't know that they had left hand threaded nuts on the drivers side of the car. Changed tire, jumped in and drove it home.

carta · GUELPH, ONT

I bought my 73 Challenger 340 4 gear in 77 for 2 grand

Fordy Acres Car Farm · DORCHESTER, ONT

Well, my first car and the first car in my name and on the road are two different things. First car was a '71 Torino GT. Rotten. It had a 351 Clevland but "somehow" the transmission mysteriously got a broken input shaft. We took the 351C and put it in my Mom's car, junked the Torino called it done.

Then I looked around for plan B. I saw some rusty Cougars, Mavericks and kinda had my heart set on a '73 Charger SE. Metallic Brown with a white half top and interior and ralleys. It was $750.00 in the very early 80's, but my Dad and his buddy talked me out of it - TOO RUSTY! Dang it! I want a good car for cheap!!!

Dad's buddy really liked me - I used to help him cut and chop wood in the spring and fall. He must have seen how dejected I was becoming and decided to give me a great deal on his daily driver. $300 bucks for his '74 Impala was so much better than $750 for that rusty Dodge. ....and so it began....

teejay99 · BELLE RIVER, ONT

Yeah I had trouble with a brand new '72 Plymouth Duster ...went through 2 body jobs and a little "freshening" from '72 to '79 .....to be fair , probably most of the Big 3 had rust problems with the recycled metal they were using .

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Fordy Acres Car Farm · DORCHESTER, ONT

Zactly!^^ That's why the Torino never made it onto the road! Did some cool 'check mark burnouts though!!! The Impala was the least rusty and therefore the least amount of work to get me where I wanted to go - even though it was a Chevy (ewww!), I was a happy camper. I think I got 6 or 7 years out of that car with no major issues, just general maintenance stuff.

GhostPost · ONTARIO

Fordy Acres Car Farm wrote:
Zactly!^^ That's why the Torino never made it onto the road! Did some cool 'check mark burnouts though!!! The Impala was the least rusty and therefore the least amount of work to get me where I wanted to go - even though it was a Chevy (ewww!), I was a happy camper. I think I got 6 or 7 years out of that car with no major issues, just general maintenance stuff.

eeew? A ford that was to rotten to drive but a Chevy that just lasted 6 or 7 years with basic maintenance?

Fordy Acres Car Farm · DORCHESTER, ONT

Yeah, it was a good car for sure - it was still a good runner when I was done with it, but I got into motorcycles and 4x4s and just kind of abandoned it at my uncles farm. His kids(my cousins) had a blast bombing through the fields in it!

oldkoot · BROCKVILLE, ONT

First car was in 1969, 16 years old, bought a 1960 Frontenac with just 18K on it. The old 144 6 cylinder lasted a week before throwing a rod.

sasquatch · NORTH BAY, ONT

OldKoot if i remember correctly those little 144 engines only had a 2 1/2 inch stroke.
Those Frontenac cars are almost extinct!

workin class · FINCH, ONT

My first was a 1974 Dart paid 60 bucks. Rebuilt the rotted out 1/4 s two front fenders inner front fenders had both rear spring boxes rebuilt drove it for two years. It was a great party car and I put it through hell.

slab · BRANT COUNTY, ONT

My first car was a 1967 Nova SS. Love at first sight. Mom and Dad bought it for me. Thought it looked like a Hotwheels when I first saw it. Car was full of Bondo but it got me into the "Big Game". I am actually using the seats from it and the dash clock etc etc in my current wagon project. Saved all the chrome as well. Cheers. Hey I even had a hat like Grumps!! confuse biggrin

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-- Edited by slab on Saturday 25th of January 2014 06:51:27 PM

el toro · LONDON, ONT

My first car was a 1960 VW beetle, engine was in a basket, in 1968 bot for $2 from the Byron Fina station. It had a burnt valve but the head was ok but it back together and sold it for $80. Then when I was 18 I got a 66' Ford 7 litre white leather Interior 429 auto, wish I still had it. Then a 67' El Camino 327/300hp 4sp that I raced and dumped every dollar into for three years. Lotta fun.

-- Edited by el toro on Saturday 25th of January 2014 06:57:44 PM

Iwannagofast · ONTARIO

First car was when I was 14. Bought a 1964 Plymouth Fury from an older lady. Slant 6, push button auto, plastic "bubble - wrap" seat covers and rubber mats. For some reason she ordered it with wider station wagon wheels but it had blackwalls and soup dish hub caps. Only rust on the car was around a bumper bolt.

My Uncle Joe and his brother Ted, across the ditch in Niagara Falls N.Y. were both Dodge fanatics. Ted operated a garage near Hyde Park. When they heard about the car they went right to work. Found a wrecked '64 Dodge with a 330 Hemi. The plan was to have my Uncle drive the car to Ted's garage where I'd swap everything over(with Ted keeping an eye on me) and bring it home for my 16th birthday.

Then fate reared it's nasty head. One of the fellows working for my Dad had a pregnant wife and no car. Long story short I had to sell the car to him, Dad figured we'd just find something else. Probably saved my life, 16, Hemi powered car......

Next car I bought at 15 - the Falcon ragtop, then 6 months later a 1964 Rambler Classic that I swapped an A.M.C. 327 into. Still got the Falcon, wish I still had the Rambler.

JPB · AYLMER, ONT

1971 Pinto,1600 cc engine and 4 speed. Bought a Hooker Header for it from Jim McGregor's old speed shop location on Elm Street in St Thomas. Ran it at Sparta-19.27 et in the 1/4 mile. Learned a lot from that car

shag766 · FOXBORO, ONT

janies dirty 37 wrote:
Jerry wrote:
1966, a 1964 Buick Skylark V300
My insuranceman loved me "overpowered luxury sports"
Welcome aboard Jerry.
Be sure to go to the intro thread and tell us about your ride.

ditto

Molten · CAMBOURNE, ONT

16 years old, 1969 Datsun 1000 deluxe sedan

DaveM · ONTARIO

Summer of '77, '77 Honda Civic. Way ahead of the times. wink

(at least the bikes were Canadian built)

Redneck Rydes · TRENTON, ONT & SOUTH CAROLINA

First car I bought was a 1968 Olds 442,when I was 15,then when I git to Port Hope,I got a 1968 Bel Air that we named the ZOO car, had the whole high school sign the car and then people would spray paint their hands and press on to the car,the back window rotted out in the winter and we used to drive it with a snomobile suit on.Every friday when I worked at the local Sunoco gas staition,I would empty the oil drippings from the gas island and used that to fill the crankase, that old 307 went thru hell and oil.I have lost count of all the beaters after that, ah the good old days.

hemi43 · ONTARIO

1982, I was in grade 12!! It was green, then orange, then blue and finally yellow when I sold it 14 years later.This car taught me how to build engines, rebuild transmissions, how to paint, upholstery and so much more Wish I still had it.

-- Edited by hemi43 on Monday 27th of January 2014 09:50:55 PM

wolfman1 · ST GEORGE, ONT

1966 Olds Toronado was my first car that actually saw the road

this one isn't mine ( generic google pic )but mine was the same colour etc

Gazoo · BADEN, ONT

hemi43 wrote:
1982, I was in grade 12!! It was green, then orange, then blue and finally yellow when I sold it 14 years later.This car taught me how to build engines, rebuild transmissions, how to paint, upholstery and so much more Wish I still had it.

-- Edited by hemi43 on Monday 27th of January 2014 09:50:55 PM

You can get one just like it, aside from it being convertible. All you need to do is bring your car to Moparfest, I might even let you park in the arena. wink

http://s1298.photobucket.com/user/Patt_At_Moparfest/library/2014%20Prize%20Car?sort=6&page=1

hemi43 · ONTARIO

Gazoo wrote:

You can get one just like it, aside from it being convertible. All you need to do is bring your car to Moparfest, I might even let you park in the arena.
http://s1298.photobucket.com/user/Patt_At_Moparfest/library/2014%20Prize%20Car?sort=6&page=1

Actually, one of the reasons I don't go to Moparfest is because of the dusty baseball diamond (west of TO is a close second ). I may take you up on that Gilles !!

wuga · PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY, ONT

In 1958, I got a 49 chev torpedo back, I was 14. Never did get it on the road. The day I turned 16, I bought a 53 Chev which I used to drive 6 of us to school 25 miles every day, the gas money collected paid for the car. Going to college, I bought a two door hardtop 55 Pontiac, it was gorgeous but a pile of **** under all that shiny paint. Next came the 58 Ranchero which I drove while building the first Model A. For the next while I was cursed to drive every mistake known, Renault 5, Volkswagon, Pinto, Pacer, Valiant, Monza, Pontiac Phoenix, Cavalier wagon and then I stopped driving company cars. I have driven nothing but Club/Crew cab full sized trucks since 1990. The only bright light was my new 1969 Z28.

Warren