Man, some of you guys had some really nice first cars. I had to pay for mine from a measly grocery store salary so mine, as I mentioned in the other thread, was an Escort. An '88 Escort GT to be specific. Something like this. Had a moonroof, '80s carphone that didn't work, and, yeah, I had a stereo system that probably cost more than the car too.
Omaha Red Sox wrote:Man, some of you guys had some really nice first cars.
No doubt. The pic I posted to represent my Cutlass isn't a very accurate representation, mine was a bucket. Well it ran really well but it looked like crap, literally, it was turd brown.
Well...I guess the '68 Cougar wasn't technically my first car since my name was never on the pink slip, but I did get to drive it for two years before I went off to college...I don't know if that counts. There I had a job driving buses and was able to buy a 1979 Jeep CJ-7...which got ripped off from a campus parking lot two years later.
Luckily, I had theft insurance...but it was a sweet vehicle and it sucked when it got taken.
fezzik wrote:Well...I guess the '68 Cougar wasn't technically my first car since my name was never on the pink slip, but I did get to drive it for two years before I went off to college...I don't know if that counts.
Yeah, by that measure, 'my' first 'car' was a an '88 Honda CBR. I saved up cash working on fishings boats and paid cash for it. Looked exactly like this one.
My first was a '68 Comet. Had a 390 - 4 barrel in it, 335 horsepower. Had an automatic transmission but would still squeal the tires between gears. Man that sucker moved! I'm too lazy to dig through a half century of photo's, so I Googled it (mine was gold with a black vinyl roof):
There, fixed:
...isn't technology incredible!!!
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There she is. Right off the showroom floor. The 1973 Volkswagon Super Beetle. Nickname: "The Pumpkin" 11.2 0-60 quick shiftin like a mofo. Broke down before the 1/4 so I never got a time.
I can't find a decent picture, but my first car (back in 1986) was a 1979 Ford Pinto hatchback in canary yellow. It was a stickshift, with an 8-track cassette player which I had to purchase a converter for. It was a great car and a freakin' sherman tank.
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by fezzik » Fri Mar 06, 2009 7:44 pm 
I had to pay for mine from a measly grocery store salary so mine, as I mentioned in the other thread, was an Escort. An '88 Escort GT to be specific. Something like this. Had a moonroof, '80s carphone that didn't work, and, yeah, I had a stereo system that probably cost more than the car too. 
