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69 Mustang w/302

Me too, Not quite 50 years but 30. Have a 69 R/T SE Charger.

69 Chevelle

First car 70 1/2 RS Camaro split bumper, The first truck 70 f-100

1974 ford Ltd, maiden voyage was a 550 mile trip reporting for duty, USS Vulcan AR-5. (Norfolk Va.)

A lot of you guys had really cool first cars. Me, not so much. A 1975 Chevy Impala 4 door 350 with a 2 barrel. If you flipped the air cleaner lid, it sounded cool. The rear seat floorboards were rusted out, so the bombardier sat in the back seat and dropped the m-80’s while the navigator lit them.

82 Buick Skylark with a 4-speed...it died a horrible engine failure death about a month after I bought it from a guy my dad worked with back then.

I promptly purchased a 71 Mustang with a 302 which I drove until the end of my freshman year in college. I got in a lot of trouble with that car. But back then $2000 bucks bought a lot of fun. After I bought it I found it had likely been in at least a couple accidents. Bondo all over the rear quarters. So I dug into it and started fixing it up. In the end, I ran out time and patience and my dad bought it from me for my brother, had the exterior professionally restored and it stayed in the family a couple more years.

The engine bay in that Mustang was enormous.

1955 Chevy bel air, 265, 3 speed

84 ford ranger with branded tile.

1958 Ford convertible.

73 jeepster commando

69 Firebird with an OHC 6 and Powerglide.
Later upgraded with a built 350 SBC.

Sold it to my brother to fund a 69 Corvette convertible. About ten years back, he sold the OHC motor and transmission to a collector for more than he paid me for the car.

!st car a 52 chevy sedan. 1st pickup was Connie Zieman.

Brandy new '76 Trans Am 400 4spd.
I was 19, single, making good money and lovin' life.

1972 F-100 2WD automatic a yellowish green w/ the worst engine Ford ever made…the 360. It did run for years though getting 8-10 mpg and 500 mpq (of oil).

I learned to drive a '51 Mercury flathead v8, 3 on the tree. My first dedicated vehicle was a 1962 Chevrolet carryall/suburban with ?16" split rim wheels, 3 speed manual transmission and ?261 CI inline 6. Sturdy, lots of ground clearance, spacious rear seat and lots of cargo room. A convenient vehicle for a dorm dwelling college student.

My first new vehicle was a '72 VW van which required front disc pads every 10k miles and routine valve adjustments. It was succeeded by a '69 Ford panel van with an inline 6, 3 speed manual transmission, and commercial plates when I started grad school. I found the commercial plates to be a real asset allowing me to park in loading zones and other restricted spots when scooting over to class from work.

56 gmc longstep side ,401 buick motor

69 Ford 250 xlt Ranger camper special. Had to take the camper off to take my girl to the prom. Wanted to make a better impression to her parental units while picking her up 😎

My first new vehicle was a Toyota pickup.

$4,995.

You guys are killing me, 1971, got a girl pregnant, (my future ex) my dad said “drop your motorcycle off at the dealer and I’ll make up the difference on a car for you”. The whole time hinting what he was looking at; Almost new, Showroom condition, Pristine, etc. He showed up at my job with a 1969 RAMBLER AMERICAN!!! 🤮🤮🤮
He was so proud he only paid $600!!!