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My Mom had a 65 Model. That thing was slower than a snail. š
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'73 Ford F250 Ranger, 390 4bbl 4 speed...I was 8 if I remember right.
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Learned to drive in a 64 1/2 Chevy stepwise 4 speed. Grandpa picked up rocks and i drove in first gear. I was probably 6-7 years old. First vehicle was my dads 67ā f100 352 4 speed. He passed when I was 13 and mom gave me that truck. If I tore it up I chad to fix it. Needless to say thatās where I learned to mechanic. Iām 37 now so those were classics. Luckily I still have both and my grandpas 68 Chevy 3/4 with a 327 and 4 speed.
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Learned to drive in a 64 1/2 Chevy stepwise 4 speed. Grandpa picked up rocks and i drove in first gear. I was probably 6-7 years old. First vehicle was my dads 67ā f100 352 4 speed. He passed when I was 13 and mom gave me that truck. If I tore it up I chad to fix it. Needless to say thatās where I learned to mechanic. Iām 37 now so those were classics. Luckily I still have both and my grandpas 68 Chevy 3/4 with a 327 and 4 speed. Itās great to hear that you hung on to those pickups!
"Allways speak the truth and you will never have to remember what you said before..." Sam Houston Texans, "We say Grace, We Say Mam, If You Don't Like it, We Don't Give a Damn!"
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They are sitting in sheds. My son and I are going to fix up the Ford for him when he gets older. Iām a collector of family stuff.
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70 Chevy C-10, three on the tree.
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First driven 56 Ford PU. First driven without adult assistance Same 56 Ford PU
First owned 58 Plymouth.
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They are sitting in sheds. My son and I are going to fix up the Ford for him when he gets older. Iām a collector of family stuff. Pretty cool man, my dad gave me this one when I was 16 and I have a little boy that loves to ride in it. I donāt know if heāll get it when heās 16 but he will when I pass. We had a 74ā too that dad and mom each paid half for their wedding present to each other. It was supposed to be mine but dad had a guy making him an offer and I was in Alaska so I told him to do what he wanted to with it and he let it go. Had a Great Great Aunt who gave me her 1956 Ford Fairlane when she stopped driving at age 96, it was spotless and beautiful blue over white. Dad thought it would cause hard feelings in the family and made me give it back. Some doper relative from the other side of the family promptly grabbed it and sold it for a couple hundred bucks. Hang on to yours youāve got a really cool thing going.
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Some old Chevrolet truck, i can't remember the model but it was pretty badass back then an driving was so much fun,
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1968 Plymouth Roadrunner with a 383, 4 speed. My older brother had a 69 w/ the 383 magnum and the pistol grip 4 speed. White w/ black interior. Mid 14s in the quarter on street tires though the mufflers! He got T boned by another driver and the Roadrunner was destroyed. 7mm
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First car I drove was likely one of Dads company cars. Chevy Caprice.
First I owned was a rust bucket 1966 Charger.
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My Mom had a 65 Model. That thing was slower than a snail. š Before three wheelers came out we put mud tires on it and it would go places a four wheel drive truck wouldn't. We came across some guys one time in a four wheel drive truck stuck in a creek on a highline. We stopped and asked them if the needed help. They grumbled "no". Then we drove across that creek like it wasn't there. When I looked back, the look on those guy's faces was priceless. But we kept a come along and chains in it just in case.
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Learned to drive in '66-'67 in an old -61 Ranchero converted to three on the floor. Learned to shift in a very mechanical and precise way as it would get stuck between First/reverse side and second/ third side if you didn't time it and move the shifter very precisely in a certain plane. Dad knew I wouldn't be able to hot rod too much with that shifter. The 3 spd and the six cylinder would have been an excellent street racer. The six had lots of torque but you couldn't use it if you had to. Cagey guy my Dad. Probably why I'm alive today. My first car on the streets was a '66 Falcon with automatic and six cylinder. Another slow car. Eventually I progressed to a 67 Mustang fastback with a 390 4bbl and auto. As a young adult I got a Mustang fastback 428 Cobra Jet with shaker on the hood and factory "Drag Pack" according to the spec sheet. You had to pull the motor to get to the plugs on one side. Sold it for a good profit and started getting into older pickups. Favorite even today was an old F250 fulltime 4x4 with 4 spd . It was a beat up repainted truck from the phone cable splicers. I could go almost anywhere with it. The winch I put on the front pulled a lot of medium sized logs and got me out of trouble a couple of times. Long gone, I wish for another one to happen to be refurbed and available. Don't need the paint job. Be Well. Packy
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This is interesting to read, interesting old cars some of us learned to drive.
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1974 IH Scout was my first actual vehicle.
Learned to drive with a '77 F250 w/manual transmission.
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1970 Ford Torino GT, pristine. Sold it and the guy who bought it totaled it two weeks later. Oh well.
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'61 Corvair..........
giving away my age..........
Me too.
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The first car I drove was Mom and Dad's 77 Caprice Classic. The first car I owned was a 66 Pontiac Catalina. My first 4WD was a 66 Jeep Wagoneer.
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1st drove was a 1966 Jeep Wagoneer. 327 with 3 on the tree. 9 miles to the gallon.
1st owned was an early 80's Ford pickup also 3 on the tree with a 302 engine. Had transmission problems so I did not have it long.
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