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Old May 15, 2010 | 09:04 PM
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Post pictures of your first car ever owned

I thought it would be interesting to bring back some old memories.

I was doing a little cleaning today and found this pic of my first car ever. I owned this car about 20 years ago when I was in high school. 89 Toyota Corolla GTS. Mod's included SSR EX-C mesh wheels, HKS cat back exhaust, cat replacement pipe, cut Suspension Technique springs, K&N cone filter, Bored throttle body.

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Old May 15, 2010 | 10:32 PM
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damn i was 7 in 89. sorry man, dont mean to make you feel old! hahah

my first car was an 84 VW jetta coupe. other than being auto i loved it!!! i wish i still had it because theyre so rare.
my dad sold it to some dumbass for dirt cheap.. he ended up crashing a few months later
i dont have any pictures of it but it looked like this, minus the rims, lights and bumpers

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Old May 15, 2010 | 10:37 PM
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damn i was 7 in 89. sorry man, dont mean to make you feel old! hahah

my first car was an 84 VW jetta coupe. other than being auto i loved it!!! i wish i still had it because theyre so rare.
my dad sold it to some dumbass for dirt cheap.. he ended up crashing a few months later
i dont have any pictures of it but it looked like this, minus the rims, lights and bumpers

HAHAHA Damn Royce, that is a cool car. This is the first time I have even seen a coupe like that.
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Old May 15, 2010 | 10:49 PM
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my first car is a 1990 rx7 i got this car in 2010 pics are on my profile
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Old May 15, 2010 | 10:53 PM
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yeah that lil jetta was cool. the E-brake was crazy too. it had combination lock around the handle so no one could put it down if they didnt know the combination. I wish my 7 had one
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my first car was a Mitsu Cordia Turbo. wish mine looked like this. i didnt know there were people that modded these... mine was a POS!!!



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Old May 16, 2010 | 12:21 AM
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74 chevy nova 350 V8 2 bbl carb. back then gas was less than $1/gal and it only got like 9 mpg.
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Old May 16, 2010 | 12:48 AM
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Bone stock 1994 Protege. SOHC 1.8 5 speed. Had probably 70whp, but that thing was so much fun to fling around!
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Old May 16, 2010 | 09:21 AM
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'67 Dodge Charger 383 auto.

Loved that car....bought it 1976 when I was 16....I now have kids that age and I NEVER let them just walk out, with little driving experience and buy a car with that much HP! But I'm glad my parents let me....he he
BTW...I have a picture of this car with $0.58 for regular gas in the background!
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Old May 16, 2010 | 11:10 AM
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Originally Posted by patmac6075
'67 Dodge Charger 383 auto.

Loved that car....bought it 1976 when I was 16....I now have kids that age and I NEVER let them just walk out, with little driving experience and buy a car with that much HP! But I'm glad my parents let me....he he
BTW...I have a picture of this car with $0.58 for regular gas in the background!

.58c! ah, if only we could get those prices back
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Old May 16, 2010 | 11:30 AM
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Bought two days before going to Vietnam in '71 at 20 years old, from a friend going blind from diabetes.

The only thing that kept me alive...knowing what was home in the garage...






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Like this, but imagine more paint fade. It wasnt too bad when I bought it but I beat the **** out of it while I owned and then I sold it to my brother. Dunno why he wanted it, but he did.

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Old May 16, 2010 | 05:51 PM
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that vette is sooooooo sexy man. whats the story behind her?
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Old May 16, 2010 | 11:46 PM
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My first car was my 1982 Rx7
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Old May 18, 2010 | 01:43 AM
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my first car was a 63 Ford Falcon. it has a 170 I6 and a 3spd on the column. the car was a gift from my grandfather. he passed when i was 16 and he gave me the car a couple of months before he passed away. it's a car that i'll never sell.



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Would have been a nice overhaulin candidate - that is, if you ever want to modify it in any way.
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Originally Posted by RB RX7
Bought two days before going to Vietnam in '71 at 20 years old, from a friend going blind from diabetes.

The only thing that kept me alive...knowing what was home in the garage...





Sweet Vette! I like how the wheels almost have that flush look with the fenders



Originally Posted by mazdaverx713b
my first car was a 63 Ford Falcon. it has a 170 I6 and a 3spd on the column. the car was a gift from my grandfather. he passed when i was 16 and he gave me the car a couple of months before he passed away. it's a car that i'll never sell.




Very clean car. My Grandma had an old Rambler station wagon that I wish I would have picked up.
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Old May 18, 2010 | 11:36 AM
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my first first car was a 93 taurus that had a dying transmission... lol then i picked up my rx7 and junked the taurus. the rx7 needed a water pump, after we replaced the water pump it drove fine
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Old May 18, 2010 | 09:33 PM
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this was my moms car bought it off my dad (how they met) for $75 then sold the original 396 out of it to pay doctor bills for me being born so they pushed it into a barn where it sat till i turned 15....427 big block now 617hp still have it and always will
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Old May 22, 2010 | 03:20 AM
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my first car was my 83 gsl picked her up for 700 bucks with a bad carb two years ago when i was 15 i will never sell her...

couple pics when i brought her home




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Old May 23, 2010 | 10:37 AM
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i take it ur trying to post a link to a youtube vid? all u need is the url. altho that link shows full screen.

EDIT: fixed to show like it should.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ri47wy0scmk
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Old May 27, 2010 | 11:27 AM
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sorry for the quality. its a pic of a pic.

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Took me a while to dig this one up; scan of a polaroid. My very first car, 1970 Ford LTD Brougham. 121" wheelbase, 390 cubic inches, four barrels, and 78-series tires.

You could get 6 of your closest friends in there with you (three more in the trunk, for drive-in movies) and still haul *** like no tomorrow. In straight lines, anyway. Which is the only kind of road they have in Nebraska.

It had vacuum-operated doors that covered the headlights. Way cool, Maynard.

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