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1955 Chevrolet (bought in 1961) 2 door sedan with 6 cylinder and 3 speed manual tranny. This was a great car and I drove it across the country to Montana and Idaho in 1962, '63 and '64 without a hitch.
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1949 1/2 Ford pickup half ton with the flathead V-8 and three on the floor tranny...I paid $50 for it when I was 13...I was a budding body man then and customized her. Sold it years later and a guy that owned a large Ford dealership in Dallas got it and kept it on his showroom floor for awhile...It made a byline photograph in Hot Rod magazine...I've fixed alot of nice cars and trucks since that one but I wish that one back...Neat old truck...
One man with courage makes a majority....
~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
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1962 Ford Fairlane 144 CID 6 cyl. Got it from my sister and it got me around for awhile until I could upgrade to a 1964 Chevelle SS. Amazing that I survived those days.
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Damn, some of you folks had some bad azz first cars and trucks. Of course that's because you were there for cars that, to me, would have been antiques/classics  . My "first" was a 1989 GMC 1500 that I bought in '95 for $500.00. It wasn't much to look at, but after swapping out the transmission, she ran like a champ. I did a lot of hunting and fishing in that truck before she got wrecked out. George
�Out of every one hundred men, ten shouldn't even be there, eighty are just targets, nine are the real fighters, and we are lucky to have them, for they make the battle. Ah, but the one, one is a warrior, and he will bring the others back.�
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A 1972 Plymouth Barracuda...barely lasted a year. WHen it was done, I moved into a 1974 Plymouth Scamp...lime green/slant 6. Best and ugliest car ever!
Kiss your girlfriend where it smells.......take her to Jersey!
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Mine was just like T Lee's. Year earlier though 54 but it was green. 
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41 Ford coupe, 51 Ford 6cyl, 48 Chrysler Conv with the semi auto transmission you could shift or not.
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My first car was a bike. Bright orange 1975 Yamaha RD-350 B, bored to around 400, with expansion chambers, modified brakes, pipes and sporting a quarter fairing. Kick start. Sounded like a chainsaw on steroids, and blew blue smoke everywhere. Wheelied like it born to. God I loved that thing. Confiscated by police July of '86. Sold in a police auction in August of same year. Long story. May God bless the two strokers.
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A 1984 Buick Century Diesel, of all things.
Seemed like it was always in the shop, but when it ran, it ran nicely.
"For joy of knowing what may not be known we take the golden road to Samarkand."
James Elroy Flecker
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79 Ford F150. 3 on the tree tranny. Good old truck.
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My first car was a bike. Bright orange 1975 Yamaha RD-350 B, bored to around 400, with expansion chambers, modified brakes, pipes and sporting a quarter fairing. Kick start. Sounded like a chainsaw on steroids, and blew blue smoke everywhere. Wheelied like it born to. God I loved that thing. Confiscated by police July of '86. Sold in a police auction in August of same year. Long story. May God bless the two strokers.
L I had the same basic engine in my 87 banshee. Ported and polished by Eric Gorr, PSI pipes and so much compression that CAM II Race fuel was the only thing that didn't detonate. WFO in 3rd when it decided to toss a lower rod bearing thru the cases. I went from 60mph to 0 instantly. Nice ride over the handlebars... Love the sound... Nothing like the 5 of us on 2 strokes tearing up the wood trails - listen to that all day.
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1978 Chevrolet Custom Deluxe 20 4by.Still own it.It's on it 2nd body from me and 3rd engine plus put a Dana 60 front outta a wrecked crew-cab from the 80's.
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What's with all these vehicles that included a transvestite?
Not a real member - just an ordinary guy who appreciates being able to hang around and say something once in awhile.
Happily Trapped In the Past (Thanks, Joe)
Not only a less than minimally educated person, but stupid and out of touch as well.
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The first car I was given to drive was a 1956 Pontiac FireChief. The first car I bought for myself was a 1965 V-W (I was a poor College student at the time.) The first new car I bought was a 1980 Buick Regal. That was a nice car. My wife still has her first car,a 1967 Mustang. I can't count the number of times she wanted to trade it off during the first few years we were married. I was always able to talk her out of doing that. Now the car is fully restored and parked in our garage. She wouldn't even consider selling it now.  The 55 Ford is my MIL's first car. Her Grandmother bought it off of the show room floor as her High School Graduation gift. Yes, she still has it. The photo was taken on her 50th wedding aniverisity a couple of years ago. ![[Linked Image]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v133/Sells/b2364d48.jpg)
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"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."
Edmund Burke 1795
"Give me liberty or give me death"
Patrick Henry 1775
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In the Spirit of kicking azz ![[Linked Image]](http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q319/biff_013/Picture129.jpg)
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75 Chevy C10 P/U in 1979. Wrapped it around a tree a year later. Bought a 72 Nova for $250 and ran it for 6 months or so. Only CAR I ever owned.
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1960ish Mercedes-Benz 230SL. Slow but nice. jorge
A good principle to guide me through life: “This is all I have come to expect, standard lackluster performance. Trust nothing, believe no one and realize it will only get worse…”
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Red '66 Chevy pick-up with a 283 v8 and a "3 on the tree" manual tranny.
The second was a '69 Ford Falcon with a straight 6 and auto tranny.
Expat
"There are no dangerous weapons. There are only dangerous men." - Robert Heinlein
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