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1956 4wd 3/4 ton IHC, bought for $400 at the age of 15, in 1984.
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Turned 16 in 1974 and bought a 1959 Morris Minor 1000 for $50. No clutch, no first gear, no reverse, poor brakes, rattlecanned flat black paint, really a cherry rig Seller showed me how to get moving using the starter and shift without a clutch. Sold everything I had to try to fix it up but it was always a underpowered pile of junk.
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In 1969 I was 17 and my mother decided to get a new car and trade in her "old" one. I immediately offered her the $700 in trade she was offered by the dealer and became the proud owner of a 1966 Chevy Impala convertible. White body, black top and interior. Boy did those seats get hot in the sun but what a fun car.
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My first car was in 1964. My dad bought a 56 Fairlane 2 door sedan for me and my sister to share driving to high school since back then there were no school busses in my hometown, you either walked many miles, rode with someone or drove yourself. My sister graduated first and moved off so the 56 became mine. I put a straight shift, floor shift, bucket seats in it , nosed and decked it and put Dodge spinner hubcaps on it. My dad paid $450 for it at a dealership. I couldn't talk him into the 56 Chevy convertible on the lot for $600.
The first car I bought for myself was in 1970 when I came back from overseas. I bought a 1966 Fairlane XL with the 390/ four speed. Wasn't a GT like I wanted but I soon modified it to be as good as one. Now that car I regret selling. I tried to track it back down, but to no avail.
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Bad thing about the early IHCs, up til about 62, the only available front axle was the light duty Dana 44. Actually broke mine at lower left trunnion, very little meat there. Young and dumb.
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I got a 1971 triumph 2000 sedan for $400 when I was 15, thing was horrible and super rusty and full of welded patches, 27 previous owners. I didn't get far in it.
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1953 Henry J. Bought it in 1964 at an auto auction in Atlanta for $165. Willys flathead 4. I wish I still had it.
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1934 Ford, Four Door sedan . . . brought to me in SoCal for my 15th birthday (a surprise gift) from my favorite uncle. Had a running 59AB in it and some really janky hydraulic brakes (reworked from original ones).
Of course I took it ALL apart . . . and built my first high horsepower "race" flathead - 286 cubes. The engine block came from Kenz and Leslie in Denver. The first cam was a Weber F6. Here is a picture of me and the car - in front of Mom and Dad's house - must have been about 16 or so. 1934Ford-4Door-Angle copy.jpg 34FirstYearAntiqueNates6 copy.jpg 34FirstYearAntiqueNates5 copy.jpg Hays004.jpg |
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53 Chevy Bel Air 2 dr hrdtp in 1962. $500 dollars. I've tried to find another one, light tan with a root beer top and insert. All I fine is rust buckets. I see mine everyday when I drive by this old salvage yard where it's sat since about 1966. Owner has refused my offer to buy since then and now it's to far gone for an old man like me to redo.
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I kinda have two first cars. My dad bought a '37 Fordor Humpback Sedan in 1967. I was 8 years old and I kept telling him I wanted that car when I "grew up". He kept the car and kept his word and gave it to me after I finished college. (I did a Dearborn restoration on it) My first car that I could actually drive was a '66 Mustang convertible with a worn out 289 engine and 3 speed transmission. We installed a 289 high performance engine and that thing would smoke the tires. I now have a '66 convertible, but not that one.
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‘66 Dodge Polara 4dr in 1974 at 16 for $100. Drove it about 6months and traded towards a 1968 Fairlane 2Dr Hardtop 200 Cu In six. I had nothing but trouble with it and didn’t own another Ford till I bought my ‘50 about 10 yrs ago. Now I own it and two project Fords plus about a dozen or more Flathead motors.........go figure........Mark
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In 1970 I went into partnership with my dad to buy a gently used 1950 Ford F-1 Pickup for $100. It needed new tires, so we paid $100 to have a set of 6-ply blackwalls installed at Montgomery Ward. It was a great work truck.
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My first car that I bought in 1964 was a 1932 Ford 3W coupe. Paid $575.00, was my daily driver for two years then two years in the army then 3 more years as my daily driver. When I bought it it had a dropped front axle, hydraulic brakes, 265 sbc with 3 2s, a three speed, 55 chevy rear end with parallel rear leaf springs. Still own it today.
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My best friend was 3 years older than me. He got married young (16) and in '59, when I was 15, we made a deal for his '48 Merc, coupe, tuck & roll seats, 3/16 bored, stock engine. The price was my folks, new looking couch & chair (with their permission) BUT, I wasn't to drive it, until I got my license. Well, you know...... I got caught and my dad had it hauled off for junk He let me keep the engine and '39 trans but, that was all.
I didn't get another car until '62, when I got out of HS, went to work, the next day and bought a '57 Austin Healey, for $1300 a few months later. Wanted a '57 T-bird but, they were $2000.
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