Your First Car [Archive] - MercuryMarauder.net Forums

whoskal

08-22-2006, 05:17 PM

What was your first car?? I'm not talking about the first car you drove. I mean the first car you could call your own.

Mine was a 65' Mustang....It was a pile, It was a primer burgundy and leaked oil like a mother...Seemed to me that I only got like 9 or 10 miles to the gallon in it too, and the interior was shot. Later I sold it for a very nice price to a guy who said he wanted to restore it. He told me it was actually a 64 1/2 mustang (still to this day don't know what that means) But he wanted it real bad.

fastblackmerc

08-22-2006, 05:20 PM

'66 Dodge Charger. 318 2bbl, 727 Torqueflite, heater, crank windows and AM radio.

2003DOHC

08-22-2006, 05:22 PM

Petrograde

08-22-2006, 05:23 PM

1983 Ford Escort 5 speed. $h!t Brown with a leaky sunroof. :puke:

rvaldez1

08-22-2006, 05:25 PM

1997 CVPI white.

KillJoy

08-22-2006, 05:30 PM

I had a 1984 For Escort Model L.

Total POS...but it serverd it's purpose. ;)

KillJoy

Hotrauder

08-22-2006, 05:32 PM

1962 MGA, new POS. My first clue that the gals in my area didn't know what a real chick magnet was. Fun in summer, PIA big time in Maine winters. didn't last long...but a slow learner here. Later in life bought a beautiful MGTD. Wish I still had that one. Dennis:)

Rob1559

08-22-2006, 05:36 PM

I beat you all.....

74 Vega GT!!

BAD MERC

08-22-2006, 05:37 PM

When I was 15, I bought a 1974 Malibu Laguna for $250.00 that ran and drove. It needed tires and an exhaust. The gas in the tank was rank so my Dad followed me home on back roads with a plastic boat gas tank and I had to keep pumping the bulb to keep the carb full. The car was anti-glare blue and wouldn't even shine when it was wet. It was a straight-6 and automatic and had NO options. No radio, A/C, or power goodies. The rubber around the door glass was so dry-rotted that rain came in even with the windows up. I drove it to school and work until a lady in a Chevy Celebrity made a left in front of me. I put house carpet in it and a radio that smoked.

jimlam56

08-22-2006, 05:38 PM

1964 VW Beetle. 500 bucks in 1971.
Learned a lot about cars (the hard way) with that puppy...
First new car?
1974 Mustang Pinto, err, I mean II.

Paul T. Casey

08-22-2006, 05:45 PM

First owned a 1958 Ford 4 door. Couldn't get enough bondo into it to pass safety inspection, so my dad gave it away for parts. Firdt legal ride was a 1974 Plymoth Duster. 198 c.i. slant six, 3 on the floor, wide tires on the back, I put this car through hell. Blew 2 clutches, hit several objects, got it stuck in the woods. Finally, after 158K miles, I blew a hole in the side of the block that a softball fit in. Sold it for $75, crumpled fenders, body rot, bent frame and all.

jim geary

08-22-2006, 05:45 PM

Does your first car have to run? If not then mine was a 1931Pontiac sedan.
towed it home and put it in our coral. There it sat for over a year. Sold it for
50 bucks. Went out and bought a 37 dodge 4 door. That too went into the coral. But this one ran. Taught myself how to shift, use the gas and brake.
All was fine till I ran thru the coral fence. First street car was a 54 buick special. Nice car.

MM03MOK

08-22-2006, 05:52 PM

See a whole bunch of responses here! :D

http://www.mercurymarauder.net/forums/showthread.php?t=3559

DefyantExWife

08-22-2006, 05:54 PM

'76 Ford Torino

grampaws

08-22-2006, 05:56 PM

1978 Chevy pickup!! but if its Firstcar 83 LTDII wagon installed 84 mustang 302HO!!

hwy73

08-22-2006, 05:57 PM

1973 Ford Country Sedan Wagon. That's right...8 passenger to boot. 400 CID w/ C6, pulled like a train. Bought it from my dad in '78, drove it until '85. Burned alot of fuel, but never a drop of oil. I wish I still had it.

Eric91Z

08-22-2006, 05:59 PM

1978 Pontiac Firebird, 305, automatic and bone stock with about 100,000 miles on it. Bought it myself shortly after my 16th birthday, paid my own gas and insurance.

sweetair

08-22-2006, 08:07 PM

1972 Ford galaxie 500, 351w, 2bbl. Lime green, vinyl roof,called a hard top convertible. 2 door, am radio, power front disc brakes. Great car. Wish I still had her.

DEFYANT

08-22-2006, 08:12 PM

SamF

08-22-2006, 08:27 PM

1972 Ford galaxie 500, 351w, 2bbl. Lime green, vinyl roof,called a hard top convertible. 2 door, am radio, power front disc brakes. Great car. Wish I still had her.

My first car was a graduation gift before graduation...a hand me down 72 (I think) Volvo 244, 4 door. Dark Tan/Yellow and in very nice shape for its age, this was in '83. Of course I really liked the car but foolish kid that I was I totaled it while taking an unauthorized day off from school :shake: Dad was NOT happy!

I was on my own after that fiasco so I bought a 72 Galaxie 500, 2 door, 351 auto, drove it into the ground and moved on to many other Galaxies from there...I wish I still had the 68 XL Ragtop........

alarmguy

08-22-2006, 08:29 PM

'75mgb.....

baltimoremm

08-22-2006, 08:44 PM

Got a hand me down 1964 Saab 95 (or 96, i forget which was which) coupe. It had a little pep...only it HAD A TWO CYCLE ENGINE, had to add a can of 2 cycle oil to the gas tank at every fill up, which got a little old. Ran that one into the ground and "upgraded" to a 69 VW super beetle.

Leadfoot281

08-22-2006, 09:58 PM

'74 Chevy Caprice Classic 2dr.

I was riding bike home from my part time, after school job bagging groceries when I seen it. I asked how much he wanted. 100 bucks was the reply. He told me it had a really big motor and that I wouldn't like the gas milage.

We popped the hood and there it was, a factory 454! I offered him $50 and he accepted it.

The next day my Dad and I got a log chain and pulled it out of his yard. I put two used tires on it, a battery, and 4 quarts of oil.

That thing would burn the tires as long as I held the loud peddle down, got 6mpg and burned a quart every 200 miles. In four months I racked up 2000 miles and lost my licence in two states. (3 speeding tickets, 6 "fix it" tickets, 2 exhibition tickets iirc).

Sold it for $500 to a guy in Iowa who needed the mill for his '55 Chevy.

STLR FN

08-22-2006, 10:16 PM

78 Monty Carlo. Wrecked it and bought a 79 Monty Carlo. I combined both cars and had a very unique combination. The only bluew monty with a red interior. I liked it anyway.

Sad part is, I do not have any pics of it :(Charlie, I knew I liked you for some reason.
My first was also a '78 Monte. 305 Bucket seats Floor Console and no pics either. Loved that car til dad made me get rid of it(rusted frame rails that 300 would've fixed). First car I bought, 2dr 82 Buick Skylark.

Bluerauder

08-23-2006, 02:29 AM

1971 Chevelle, 307 cid, Silver with black interior ($3150)

69marquis conv

08-23-2006, 02:35 AM

1963 Ford Galaxie 500, 390, with no seat belts and a rear seat bigger than our living room sofa.:D

Blackened300a

08-23-2006, 02:59 AM

1986 Monte Carlo, Two tone grey and silver, 305 V-8 with a rare floor console shift.

Then one night during the winter, a NYSD snow plow came a bit too close and totalled it.

SergntMac

08-23-2006, 03:36 AM

The summer wherein I first became a licensed driver, I drove a 1963 Mercury 4 door (the one with the odd back window) from Chicago to San Diego. A neighbor was moving and needed the car transported. It was a great drive along the old Rt. 66, and I've been in love with that drive (and driving cross-country) ever since.

I didn't get paid for this, just food and transportation home. But, when I got home (via airplane), waiting for me was my first car, a used and abused 1964 Pontiac GTO, burgandy with black bucket seat interior. 389, single Carter quad, 4 speed, and 3:08 open gear.

It was a wreck mechanically, but sweet, precious at the same time. I still remember the license plate...KKK 444, and I had a lot of fun rebuilding the engine and tranny. Only option was an AM radio with a Motorola "reverb" box that "boing-ed" when I went over bumps and RR tracks.

As it is always the case, I wish I had that car today.

kj31067

08-23-2006, 03:50 AM

back in '83..... 73 mercury comet 200-1bbl with a three on the tree..
paid 300 for the car drove it a week and had to have frame repaired from rot ... 1st car lesson...crawl underneath...

jobrien8

08-23-2006, 05:13 AM

'68 Ford Torino GT. All black. 302-2v, auto, buckets w/console. Got me to my first PCS-Little Rock AFB. Sold it prior to leaving for Germany. Heard got totaled two weeks after I sold it. Real shame.

fairlane347

08-23-2006, 05:15 AM

seans

08-23-2006, 05:15 AM

A 1974 Monte Carlo with dual exhaust. I'll never forget that car.

RUSTY

08-23-2006, 05:34 AM

In 84 i had a 1974 Datsun 710. powder blue with a white interior, four speed and rear wheel drive. The fenders used to flap in the wind because the bottom was all rusted out. Great winter rally car.

cyclopsram

08-23-2006, 05:37 AM

1938 Chev Master Deluxe 2 dr with velour and 3 on the floor with the famous torque tube driveshaft..around 1956...

KAILUAZ

08-23-2006, 06:15 AM

1979 Mustang Cobra, 4cyl turbo, 4 speed, black on black leather, sunroof, and that fiber optic "command center" that would let you know if a headlight/tail light was burnt out. Also had those lame "metric" wheels that required special tires at $300.00 a piece (parents werent buying me new tires).
I bought it for like $800.00 while I was in high school. Finally sold it when I burnt out the turbo.

TAF

08-23-2006, 06:25 AM

1981 Mazda RX-7 GSL

Purchased off the showroom floor on my 16th birthday....rolled it and totaled it 3 weeks later...

http://infoclassic.freeyellow.com/foto/Mazda_RX7.jpg

then...a years worth or punishment/work to pay-off loss....lesson learned!

then a 1978 280Z

http://www.toplessautos.com/photogallery/Datson/1978Datson280Z.jpg

SID210SA

08-23-2006, 06:32 AM

I got my license when I was 16 and bought my first car when I was 17. I paid $1,000.00. It had been sitting for a year before I bought it. It was a flat white, with no clear coat and black rubber bumpers. 2 door '86 nissan sentra. 4 cyl. 1.6 litre 1595cc. light brown vinal interior, 5 spd. I had it for about 3 months then shot a rod thru the the oil pan. Not a pretty sight. paid about $550.00 for a rebuilt lower half of the engine. Ok car all in all.....dont want that one back though. Had it for about 2 years before and electrical problem sealed it fate....sold it for $500.00.

My first new car: The Marauder!!!

gohogs

08-23-2006, 06:47 AM

'57 Ford 2dr Wagon. Wish I had it now. Was a good runner, and I sold it for twice what I bought it.

NHTHAWK

08-23-2006, 06:53 AM

My first car was a 1969 Camaro. "The Gray Ghost" as it was known. I paid $400. for the beast. It was primer gray with a black, perfect interior. Had a 307 and burned a quart every 400 miles. I drove it a year or so and sold it for $400. I wish I still had it now! My first nice car, was a 77 Monte Carlo. Last biggon with swivel buckets, electric sunroof 350 4brl, built in CB all power options included. It was a really good looking blue with white landau and white interior. I'd have that car back in a heart beat today!!!

jerrym3

08-23-2006, 09:42 AM

Jan/1960; purchased a 1953 Ford 4 dr, flathead V8, 3 speed column shift.

Compression was so bad that the car would roll down hill with the trans in 1st gear, motor and handbrake off. But, you could not hear the motor when running, it was so quiet.

Paid $250; sold it in June 1960 for $275, and bought a 1955 Ford two-tone blue convertible for $430.

Been a convertible lover ever since.

crouse

08-23-2006, 10:04 AM

74 Mustang II that me and a friend swapped the V6 for a 289. Check it out.

VNMUS

08-23-2006, 10:17 AM

Glad I'm not the only guy who had a Volvo. My first car was a Right Hand Drive 1976 Volvo 240 DL. Maroon Exterior with a Pinkish Red Velvet Cloth Interior.

My first car was a tank and my present car is a tank. Does that say something about me? :confused:

quota

08-23-2006, 10:38 AM

My first car was a red & black FIAT 1100 Coupe Sport, 1100 cc. That was back in 1976.
It was working better than all other cars on the road :) . When it was working :mad: .
It made me involved in car mechanic. I liked it so much that I bought after another FIAT, a 131 2000 T/C Racing, with which I learned rally & fast driving.

LordVader

08-23-2006, 10:40 AM

First car was a '64 Mercury Comet, two tone black on white. Unfortunately it was only a six cylinder, but even back then I knew the value of the "Cherry Bomb" muffler.

vkirkend

08-23-2006, 11:19 AM

1964 Chevrolet Impala with a 327 4bb. auto, air etc.. in great condition when I bought it. I eventually trashed the car (wrecks, racing). It was huge and substituted as the local motel for me on weekends. I eventually jumped a ditch, ran it throught a wire fence and about 100 feet into a famers field racing on a country road at about 90 mph around midnight. Somebody up stairs was watching over me.

2003godshead

08-23-2006, 11:29 AM

A 1979 Ford Granada, straight six with an ace. Darn car was so slow I couldn't even catch the girls running away.

chuckled

08-23-2006, 11:47 AM

1948 Mercury Conv. Bought it in 1959, Colorado Springs, Colo., for 250.00. Drove it for over 2 years (Army) and then drove it home to Georgia. Great car. I want another one but havn't been able to find one.

Pat

08-23-2006, 01:37 PM

Mine was a cherry 1948 Chevy four door sedan that I bought from an old lady that only drove it to the grocery store. Really. A perfect car, black, with gray or tan interior, I forget which and that infamous vacumn shifter.

The back seat was very accomodating at the drive in movies.

dreydin

08-23-2006, 02:10 PM

a baby blue 78 Monte Carlo.. replaced the stock 305 with a 350 that loped, oh so nice :D no cats with flows and an auburn posi rear end..

gone now though :depress:

Big House

08-23-2006, 02:32 PM

94 Thunderbird LX V8

http://www.mercurymarauder.net/showcase/files/3/3/1/3/TheBird-B.JPG

jgc61sr2002

08-23-2006, 02:40 PM

1961 Pontiac Bonneville Conv. Sold in 1965 to purchase a 1965 Corvette.

supa_carrot

08-23-2006, 02:45 PM

2003 Mercury Marauder. After reading this thread I feel quite fortunate, and hopefully I'll be able to hold on to this car for a while, as it looks most if not all of you would love to have your first car back.

woaface

08-23-2006, 03:10 PM

1999 Mercury Grand Marquis LS. What a beast, yet so much fun.

Grifter

08-23-2006, 03:10 PM

1974 Plymouth Satellite 2 door hardtop..(Roadrunner basically)
318 auto.
i really wanted to fix that car up, but after taking the fenders off, there was WAY too much rust to fix..

i will own another 73/74 satellite/roadrunner someday.. i love that car.

Wags

08-23-2006, 03:13 PM

1969 Chevelle SS, M22, 396, Creager 5 spokes, MT M50's on the back. Still have Chevelle's now. It's the only one I like that will fit my fat behind into it.

Wags

X369

08-23-2006, 04:11 PM

1967 Mercury Marquis with the 410 Marauder motor! They advertised it as the "Man's Car" and it was a lot like our Marauders in many ways!

Eric91Z

08-23-2006, 04:19 PM

94 Thunderbird LX V8

http://www.mercurymarauder.net/showcase/files/3/3/1/3/TheBird-B.JPG

That is one nice Thunderbird. How did you like it? At least one more car I have considered picking up as a daily driver.

Big Joe P

08-23-2006, 04:36 PM

Brand new 1979 Mustang Cobra... it had a turbo...

Hotrauder

08-23-2006, 05:35 PM

I started driving early 90's and I bought a 1964 Mercury Comet Cyclone, 289 auto, that my dad helped me find. The car was great I had the cool car in high school and it was faster than any new Mustang or Camero. I sold it for a profit since I just could not drive it in the winter, it was too nice for that. Now I want another one.

That was my second, Ryan; bought new in 64. If your back seat was beat to hell, it might have been mine. :D I have had a lot of cars over the past 50 driving years but except for 4 used Porsches the first used car I ever purchased is the FruitPunch. It is the best of them all by a long shot. I should have been buying used muscle cars and moding my whole life. I envy those of you who have. Dennis:2thumbs:

jimlam56

08-23-2006, 05:51 PM

74 Mustang II that me and a friend swapped the V6 for a 289. Check it out.

Ha! Looks like my 74, except mine had a 4cyl 5spd that was slower than my VW....

crouse

08-23-2006, 06:30 PM

We had to cut away part of the frame to get the headers on, Holley 600 cfm carb & 3.56 gears, that was a fun car.

Ha! Looks like my 74, except mine had a 4cyl 5spd that was slower than my VW....

sweetair

08-23-2006, 07:24 PM

My first car was a graduation gift before graduation...a hand me down 72 (I think) Volvo 244, 4 door. Dark Tan/Yellow and in very nice shape for its age, this was in '83. Of course I really liked the car but foolish kid that I was I totaled it while taking an unauthorized day off from school :shake: Dad was NOT happy!

I was on my own after that fiasco so I bought a 72 Galaxie 500, 2 door, 351 auto, drove it into the ground and moved on to many other Galaxies from there...I wish I still had the 68 XL Ragtop........They really were great cars. Sad part was the rust on the frame rail where it went over the rear axel. It completely rusted thru. You couls stick your fingers in there. Glad there are other Galaxie 500 former owners out there!:D

Gre8one7

08-23-2006, 07:36 PM

http://myspace-455.vo.llnwd.net/00481/55/48/481088455_l.jpg

NHTHAWK

08-24-2006, 06:14 AM

They really were great cars. Sad part was the rust on the frame rail where it went over the rear axel. It completely rusted thru. You couls stick your fingers in there. Glad there are other Galaxie 500 former owners out there!:D

I had a 71 LTD Country Squire with a 429 that was so rusted in the back end that my friends were afraid it would snap apart while driving. It was just as you describe, the swing arms had holes clean through. I sold the car to a local stoner supposedly for the motor, and he continued to drive it for months knocking down phone poles and just causing total mayhem!! Those swing arms never let go though.

Ken

08-24-2006, 08:56 AM

1967 Olds 442, Black over Red.

O's Fan Rich

08-24-2006, 09:35 AM

1975 Ford Pinto Station Wagon 2.3 4spd!
Green on Green and.... I WANT ANOTHER ONE!!!

Big House

08-24-2006, 10:09 AM

That is one nice Thunderbird. How did you like it? At least one more car I have considered picking up as a daily driver.

Loved every minute of the time I had it. She was a great sleeper platform, because they were not known for their speed and power, but she held the road great even at triple digit speeds.

SamF

08-24-2006, 10:38 AM

They really were great cars. Sad part was the rust on the frame rail where it went over the rear axel. It completely rusted thru. You couls stick your fingers in there. Glad there are other Galaxie 500 former owners out there!:D

The rust is a problem. Even now you need to be careful when looking for one of these cars. In fact I had a 66 500 Hardtop Cp that apparently had rails so rusted they finally gave up the ghost one night. I had sold the car some time before this occurred but the guy told me the whole rear end came out and was sitting in the road behind him, this was around 1989 I think....bad stuff.

I had to buy this Merc or I was going on the road to financial ruin restoring a 66 or 67 Galaxie Convertible :eek:

GodOSpeed

08-24-2006, 11:22 AM

1984 Ford Fairmont. It was christend 'The Ether Mobile' every time you let off the gas the cabin would fill with this lovely aroma! Real babe magnet! Just fill it with chicks and nail it and let off a few times and everyone was so high off of the fumes it was unreal!!

Its second life was a little less embarassing.

In 96 I ended up pulling it out of the weeds and raced it to a track championship in the 4&6 cylinder class at the local dirt track.:banana2:

ckadiddle

08-24-2006, 01:09 PM

Seventy something Mercury Monarch 6 cyl. Ick.

Shaijack

08-24-2006, 02:48 PM

64 mustang, 260ci auto. NO A/C.

jerrym3

08-25-2006, 05:54 AM

My 64 Galaxie's frame is rusted out (side rails). Noticed it back in the late 80's after I did a cosmetic restoration and a conversion from a Galaxie 500 to a 500XL.

Fortunately, being a convertible, the X member is still in good shape.

I almost sold the car (for 2K, bad frame and all), but I just decided to keep it until I can no longer open/close the doors.

rayjay

08-25-2006, 02:13 PM

64 Ford Falcon rag top, Wht with Blk top, 6 banger, 3 spd on the column.

BLACKMARAUDER04

08-25-2006, 02:54 PM

Mine was a 1985 LTD LX with the 5.0 HO option. Great engine, terrible breaks. I was cracking the pads in very short order. It took the dealer 3 weeks to figure out that the rear proportioning valve was bad.
Loved to race that car.

kartherma

08-25-2006, 03:53 PM

When I was in Junior High my dad found a '52 ford 2-dr sedan with that old flathead V-8. He drove the snot out of it until he decided one day to park it. It sat long enough that he decided to drain the fluids out...of course we went on vacation and my older sister took it out and promptly liberated that flathead of any compression...
I got it when I was late in the sophomore year, maybe it was summer?
I got some support from dad and set a (keep the jabs to a minimum here...) Chevy 350 bored .60 over and slapped a race prepped TH350. The rear was a stump-pulling set at 5.11/1 Dad got me a cam for it that was so aggressive it would not idle when outside temps were below 70F and when the thing left (many times while I had it) the intersection on green, it wouldn't stop spinning them until I got back off the gas.
OH MAN this thing was SUHWEEET!!! White naugahide (sp?) tuck and roll with black piping, dual exhaust and best of all...stoner gray primer (until I got that redish/rusty colored primer and sprayed it on out front in the gravel.

It was too much of a beast to drive girls around in all the time so I picked up a 77 cutlass supreme brogham (sp?) Snow white and red cloth interior...AWESOME back seat!!!

Yep...a fire breathing giant that I built and a slick ride...so when I joined the Navy and headed off to boot camp...which one did i take?
Dad sold those two and I got my sisters 82-ish Ford EXP...what a POS!!

oh well, I have my marauders now!!!

LILALLEYKATT

08-25-2006, 08:27 PM

1970 MERCURY CYCLONE SPOILER 429 CJ ... My family moved from Troy Mi in 1977 to Birmingham Al and the guy up the street had a MINT spoiler for sale. I was seventeen and hated B'ham so I ran away back up to Detroit and street reced Woodward Ave all summer....Oh the memories... My parents talked me into going back to Ala to finish H.S. I did and when I got back they grabbed the keys and had me locked up in juvinile detention. The Cyclone sat for a very long time before I drove it again...True Story!!!

Skiordie53

08-26-2006, 06:40 AM

1984 Pontiac parisienne Brougham Sedan. 290k miles on the clock, given to me by my Aunt who had bought it from my Father who was the original owner, ran it up over 360k before an accident.

Firs car i bought, 1989 Pontiac Firebird Formula, wish I still had both those cars.