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Cars were more fun back then...

Especially back seats

'64 Chevy long bed stepside pickup, 283 ci, three on the tree.

My dad had a 1946 Chevy (similar to this one) and he allowed me to sit in his lap and drive it.

1972 Datsun 1200

79 Ford 1/2 ton from the house to the dump back in the pasture.

I learned to drive on a '68 Chevy 3/4 ton truck with a 6 cylinder and 4 speed.

A 1960 "really plain Jane"sage green Chevrolet Corvair 4-door sedan, with AT, green-checked cloth bench seats, blackwall tires & a basic AM radio. - My aunt taught me to drive in that sedan at age 14..

I learned, year later, that my Aunt Gladys Helen MAY have bought the FIRST Corvair that was ever sold to the "general public", as her childhood friend sold it to her because her 1957 Plymouth Fury had "blown up" on the way home from her job as the Nurse Administrator for our city/county hospital.
(Also, she HAD to return to work in 6 hours, after a "double shift" in the OR.)

Years later, I asked her HOW she got him to sell a car, that he had been told NOT to sell any Corvairs until the "official announcement date". = She laughed & said, "BeeGee" always had a crush on me in HS & being a reasonably attractive RN in "whites", with long legs "didn't hurt anything either".

Then she chuckled again & said, "Bee Gee" told me that he "hoped to H" that selling me the little car wouldn't cost him his dealership..

ODDLY, hardly anyone even "commented upon" the Corvair until AFTER the commercials appeared on TV.

After I found out that it MAY have been the first Corvair ever sold, I tried to find the car to buy it to keep. = NO such luck, as my aunt traded it in on an Impala HT after just 2 years & the little sedan was sold at auction out of the county.

yours, tex

First 'drove' a 1949 Plymouth I found in Grandpa's barn. It had a semi-automatic transmission and I got to 4th in the empty pig lot next to the barn. Clutch to start off, let up on gas to shift to 2nd, then clutch to 3rd then let off to 4th. Not much room to drive but heady for a 10 year old. I had to back it into the barn since there wasn't enough room to turn. First owned was a 1958 MGA Coupe, but my first "married" car was a 1959 Mercedes with four on the tree. Had to buy old cheap stuff because we didn't have any money. Both of us E3s in the AF. My older brother bought a 1964 Pontiac GTO that screamed. 6.5 liter, 4speed close ratio Hurst floor shift, Factory Holly 6 pack carbs, and it was a convertible. Only drove it when he wasn't looking and the only vehicle I ever watched the gas gauge drop when I put my foot in it. He chose the girl over the car and I am not sure if it was the right choice even if they are coming up on 50.

First driven would have been the 1961 Ford farm pickup in the late 70’s as a 8-9 year old. First owned was a 1974 f100 short bed with an in-line 6 cyl and 3 speed tranny in 1986. It went out in a blaze of glory upside down in the street in front of the HS principal’s house. Replaced it with a 1974 Blazer 4x4 that was the location of many a good time back in the day!

First on the road was my dad's green and white '72 Chevy 4x4 truck. First around the farm and on the road a few miles between fields was a little two door Datsun.

My first car at fifteen was a '69 Firebird OHC 6cyl. Powerglide. The motor was tied-up which was OK with me because I had plans to drop in a 327 SBC. Dad "redirected" my course of action and told me that it would be a good challenge to get the original six banger running. After the rebuild it ran about as smooth and quiet as an electric motor. Not quite what a young man in high school wanted. A couple years later my brother and I pulled a 350 SBC from my grandma's Impala before it went the the scrapyard. Firebird version 2 got me through school and fared pretty well against my bud's mopars. I sold it to my brother for $2000 to buy a "69 Corvette convertible 350HP 350 4sp.

My brother kept the original six cylinder from the Firebird and sold it a few years back for more than what he paid me for the car.

My first driver was a 1/2 ton GMC farm truck, maybe a '72. Dad always bought those step sides with a three-in-the-tree.

'57 Buick Roadmaster coupe. Black with gray & black interior.

Great, dependable, big v8, thick comfy seats, and plenty of room in the back seat for drive ins.

Cost me a whopping $200 back in 1966.

First 'truck' I ever drove was my dad's 1947 International dump truck.. 4-sp, and NO synchros.. Ya learn how to double-clutch early in that beast...

67 Chevy II Nova, with the 192 and a powerglide transmission. Although I happily traded up to a Chevelle wagon because it was better suited to fishing and boat towing, shoulda kept it and upgraded. But young and broke so...….

‘70’s Ford pickup with the longest gear shift in the world, followed by an old Toyota truck my cousin cut the top off and removed the doors. Known as the “Schlep Truck”

First car that I actually drove (with Dad alongside) was his '63 Olds when I was 12. First solo was in a '64 Malibu when I was 13.

61or 62 F100 best I remember. Gramps would send me to the store to pick up drinks and snacks for the field hands, I was 13 years old. Everybody worked like it or not. My dad gave me his old 66 Ford Galaxy when I got my license, all I had to do was replace brake shoes and new recaps. Drove It like I stole it most times, had my first real date in it. Bench seat was like a couch!

1954 Chevy Bel Air, power glide transmission, hell of a ride for a 17 year old farm kid. Next year hired on with Mountain Bell Telephone Co, and picked up a 1960 VW bug for the 100 mile round trip to work and back.

87 Ford F-250, 460, glass packs, stick.... got it inTexas.

3 on the tree in an old pickup meant you had to have some leg to work that clutch.

People pay gym's good money for that kind of workout.