what was your first car and how much did you pay

[petehoovie]

Originally Posted by nelsb01

The year was 1969.... I was 19 and a college student who got the hand-me-down car. A 1966 Ford Custom Fordor. Purchased new by Dad in 1966 as his business car. In 1968 it moved to Mom's grocery getter when Dad purchased a new 1968 Ford Galaxie and then, for $700 dollars it became mine. Of course, it was the installment plan and when I could I paid the parents for the car. I didn't know it at the time, but they took my payments and opened a savings account for me. In the winter of 1971, while exiting a liquor store parking lot, I stopped but the car approaching from the left slid on the icy street and crashed into the drivers front fender. It was damaged, and as soon as the snow melted, I bought a used 1969 Mustang Mach 1 with 21,000 miles and finished college with a cool car. The Mustang was only $2100 and with the 1966 traded in for $400, it was a good deal.
Of course the Mach 1 is the one that I should never have sold.............

[restoman]

1927 Model T coupe, $32.00 in 1951. Worked on Dad's milk route for the summer, made $35.00. My parents allowed me to buy the T at 9 years old.

[A bones]

Originally Posted by restoman

1927 Model T coupe, $32.00 in 1951. Worked on Dad's milk route for the summer, made $35.00. My parents allowed me to buy the T at 9 years old.

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[HDowse]

In 1963 when I turned 16, I bought a used 57 VW bug with a lot of help from Dad. It was tan, with the oval window, no rust, for $750. I drove that car all year back and forth to school with summer tires and it never got stuck in the NE snows we used to have. I reluctantly sold it to my younger brother when I got a 63 Volvo four door with unseen (by me) rust in the fenders. But Volvos were cool back then. Or so I thought. I graduated to Fords twenty years ago and keep wanting another one…

[1934]

1936 Ford standard 4-door slant back sedan. I bought it in 1969 when I was 15 yrs. old. I Paid 400$ Everyone thought I was nuts. 29000 original miles. Sold it in 2014.

[Jim B]

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1954 Ford Customline $325.00 April 1958 I was 15

[ronn]

Good stories!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Chuck Kuntz]

In 1955 I bought a 1930 Model A Fordor with a 41 V8 installed for $95. I sold it a year later and bought a 1930 Coupe for $112.50 . I fixed it up and drove it shortly after I was 16.

[mfirth]

1950 Ford 2 door, 6 cyl overdrive. Had to rebuild the 6 a year after purchase and was mad cause Dad wouldn't let me put an available V8 in it. Well, after the rebuild, it outran some V8s and surprised a couple of 265 Power Glide Ch___s. Wish I has it today.

[mfirth]

Opps, 4got, I paid $100 for it in 1960.

[Robert/Texas]

I bought my first car, a '37 Ford Fordor Touring Sedan in 1950, two weeks before my 16th birthday. I paid $175 for the car, a lot of money back then but new and used cars were still in short supply. My father paid $100 just to jump the line to get his new Chevy. My Ford was in good condition except that it needed to have the brakes relined. I did that myself and passed my drivers exam in it on my birthday. I traded it in for a '48 Mercury two years later and traded that in for a brand new red '53 Ford convertible. This car had whitewall tires, a radio but no heater, dealer installed dual exhaust and I paid about $2020 for it.

[Gene1949]

'40 DeSoto business coup. $25 dollars 1959. Neighbor's (wreaked) 55 Desoto hemi and transmission $300. Rolling death but damn that car was fun and bad ass for it's time. Dad should have exercised some parental supervision allowing a high school sophomore to created a highspeed accident waiting to happen..

[38coop]

My first car was a 1954 Olds 88 4dr. I paid $325.00 for it. It really did belong to a little old lady who's family would no longer allow her to drive. This was in 1964.

[oldandtired]

The first car I paid for myself was a 64 Beetle with a sunroof. I bought it in 1966, the year after I graduated from High School. I quit work in January of 1972 to go to college, by which time I no longer had the Beetle but owned 14 vehicles all but one of which disappeared over the next couple of years to pay college expenses.

[Bob NH]

My first was a 1938 Chevrolet 4/door with shiny foot deep black paint for $100.00, drove it home about 2 1/2 miles with no insurance or plates,(we were only a one cop town at the time) so chances were good I would not be caught up with. I did not know at that time what "knee action" front ends were all about but found out shortly when I kept putting heavier grease in (up to GX90 weight) and it would leak out quick. We had a junked out 38 convertible with straight axle behind the garage .I pulled it out and removed all the Knee action parts and clamped it in place, a maintenance guy working on the new road through town came in after work and welded the brackets in place. Not quite the end of the story as the kink pin holes were worn big time. I had to keep pounding the lock pins in tighter to stop the shimmy ! Finally made a good trade up to a 39 Ford deluxe two dr. for $25.00. Was working on a 34 five window in mint condition with no engine at the time. Ended up trading both cars to my boss toward a 49 For convertible which I though would get more gurls , NOT ! Sure wish I had that coupe again.

[3739ford]

The year was 1974 and I was Junior in High School. Worked all summer stuffing fiberglass insulation in buildings to purchase 1946 Willys Jeep CJ2A. Ran the wheels off that jeep for 12+ years before selling it. First work vehicle was 1966 Ford Pickup truck, good ole 3 on the tree 6 cylinder.

[34fordy]

Originally Posted by Jack E/NJ

My early 38 21-studder. Paid with setting doubles ~25 times at my favorite Domm's alleys 3 & 4.

Ya know Jack that we gotta be old farts to know what yer tawkin about. LOL I remember sittin up on a little perch waitin to pull the chain to drop the rack and pick up pins. I hadn't thought about that for ages. Thanx for the memory!

[5851a]

1954 Ford coupe. $35, Too young for license and Dad would have a fit, so I stored it at a friends. Not the best neighborhood and kids broke out the windows. Sold the engine and transmission to a guy restoring a Skyliner. They rest went to salvage. It had a great interior and ran great, but rusty.

[Ray in La Mesa]

My first car was a 1930 A fordor with an amateur restoration that the folks gave me for graduation from Big Bear Lake high school, they paid $700 for it. Three months later I was backing down a hill & the brakes wouldn't hold and I hit a 3' diameter pine tree at 30 MPH. Found another body for it and in the spring of '68 I sold it to buy the 1930 A cabriolet I have now.

[GB SISSON]

My first 'car' was a BSA 441 Victor Special in 1969. My dad had moved the family from Seattle to Boston and I guess didn't think ahead to winter. My older brother let me use his beater '62 VW bus on the coldest days, but I think the BSA had a better heater. Ok, my first car was a '65 ford half ton, 240 six, three on the tree. Bought in '71 for 375.00 From the Aucoot Cove boatyard in Mattapoisett Mass. Lower 8" of the body and box were horribly rusted as it saw salt in all four seasons. I pop riveted formica scraps and galvanized sheet metal to the flat spots and fiberglassed anything else. Everything above the belt line was nice factory tan paint, everything below was tan house paint which somehow was a perfect match to the trim on our house. Sold that truck two years later to buy a '29 AA stakebed. Never looked back.