Your First Car.

[oggbashan]

Ford Prefect

This was my first car:

Ford Prefect E493a

Unfortunately the previous owner had modified the dashboard for an aluminium engine-turned slab with recessed instruments. The dashboard lighting only showed the recesses, not the instruments, so reading the instruments after dark required the use of a torch.

The Ford windscreen wipers worked on a vacuum from the engine's manifold. When accelerating or climbing a hill the wipers would slow down and stop. When descending a hill or decelerating, the wipers would whip across the screen manically.

The jack points were in the floor in front of the driver and passenger seats, through holes covered with discs of plywood. Driving through water would displace the plywood discs and send a jet of muddy water at the occupants' crotches. An easy way to turn a potential partner into a furious harridan...

The 6 volt lighting system was poor. Driving after dark, particularly in rain, was difficult. The opening windscreen leaked. The demisting system was two electic heating elements attached to the windscreen with rubber suckers. They cleared two tiny arcs of screen that the driver and passenger could peer through. They also used so much power that they drained the battery. I could use the headlights or the demisters, but not both at once.

My second car had instruments I could read in the dark, a sealed drip-free windscreen, electric windscreen wipers that worked steadily, 12 volt headlights that actually lit up the road and (bliss!) a heater and demister.

I would still like to own another Ford Prefect but only to use in daylight when it is not raining...

Og

 

[cheerful_deviant]

Mine was an '85 Ford Ranger 4x4. Complete with the big ass tires, roll bras, lights.. etc. It was black with some funky jagged red pinstriping that I put down the sides. It actually looked really cool and I got lots of compliments on it... to bad it didn't run wirth a fuck.

Thankfully, by the time I was about 18 or so I had grown out of the 'Big Goofy 4X4' stage in life.

Then I bought a CRX Si. Now THAT was a fun car.

 

[rgraham666]

Roll bras?

Freudian slip or what?

 

[starrkers]

I learned to drive in a 1969 Datsun 1600 (looked a lot like the one in Belegon's post except it was a 4-door). It was a piece of crap.

My first ever car was a 1976 Audi Fox ( I bought it in 1983).

It looked a lot like this one, but it was also a 4-door, white with dark brown interior (and I think it had dual headlights)
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y286/starrcats/audi_80_l.jpg

 

[cheerful_deviant]

Roll bras?

Freudian slip or what?

Never far from the front of my mind.

 

[TheeGoatPig]

My first car was an 1986 or 1988 Buick Shyhawk.

"Don't you mean SkyLARK?"

No, I said Hawk on purpose. It looked like a Nissan Sentra. The started moter died the second day I had it, but the previous owner was nice enough to replace that himself. It also had 7 layers of tinting on the back windows that I couldn't see through. I ripped it all out just before the engine died 2 1/2 months after purchase. The radio wouldn't save presets, and always defaulted to the same station after being turned off, there was a hole in the door, and the only things I liked about that car were the trunk space and the seats were comfortable.

Then I got what most would consider my real first car, even though my father paid the upfront costs and I paid him back. A 1987 Nissan Pulsar. Black with T-Tops, tape deck, and a manual transmission, it was like a mini-Trans Am (with half the engine and all). That was a fun little car that I drove into the ground (through a flood, same thing really) over five years. But it was a fun five years and I got a lot of enjoyment out of that car.

Now I own my 2000 Firebird that I bought new with my own money and everything. It's all mine. It's black with T-Tops, manual transmission, cd player, power everything, and a fun car. I love it I love it I love it!


http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c65/theegoatpig/Firebird.jpg

 

[jomar]

PINTO....Backed in to a lot of people before i understood what backing out of a parking space was all about.

And you didn't explode!

 

[Stella_Omega]

My first, in 1975, was a '63 Ford Falcon, two-door.
http://www.1motormart.com/gallery/63ford02.jpg
The one in the link has been painted, mine was oxidised Sea-foam green. It already felt like a vintage car, as I recall. Like Ogg, the vacuum-operated windshield wipers had their own agenda- luckily I lived in SoCal, where it wasn't a constant problem. My dad and I did all the repairs on it together. I rebuilt that carb three or four times. The worst thing about it was the puny leafspring suspension, which meant I had to slow down to twenty MPH around tight turns- something you do NOT want to do on parts of Sunset Blvd, lest you be run up the ass by some film star's jag or something...

The upholstery was in ruins. I acquired a big piece of canvas with a retro Chintz print and stitched a cover fro the front bench seats. On one of my early modelling jobs (the one that should have taught me better but whatever) I gave my clients a ride in my car. The art director was very rude about laughing at my seat cover. I pulled it off of the passenger seat, and asked him if that was better...

My boyfriend (of whom I spoke in the Love At First Sight thread) got stopped driving it, with something in his pocket that he really shouldn't have had. He shoved it down into the seat before the cops made him step out. They ransacked the car, but- because it was in a soft baggie rather than a bottle- they didn't find it, and they had to give the car back to me, the innocent bystander.

I lost the car when a Beverly Hills woman pulled out of her driveway without looking, right into my side. Her husband gave me a cash settlement and I got a second Falcon- a '65, I think....

 

[oggbashan]

My Worst Car

My first car was wrecked by my friend whom I was teaching to drive. He didn't need teaching HOW to drive, he needed teaching HOW TO PASS the driving test.

He failed three times for exceeding the speed limit during the test.

We were practising three point turns. He had completed two slowly but successfully then said "This is ridiculous. I'd do it like this..."

He attempted a handbrake turn but didn't make it. The car crashed sideways into a concrete light standard, breaking off the top, which crashed on to our car's bonnet (US=Hood) breaking the mechanical linkage from accelerator to carburettor. We crawled away on the choke and round a corner where I tied a piece of string to some of the linkage. I drove home pulling that piece of string.

Later I bought another Ford Prefect E493a. The previous owner had been in an accident and had twisted the chassis. Of course he didn't tell me that! The brake axle was out of alignment and would break half-shafts every six weeks or so. Scrap yards supplied replacement half-shafts but I was getting tired of the work.

One Friday night I was in my local Public House with my friends. Most of them wanted to go to the next town for an Indian meal. I was tired because I had just spent several hours replacing half-shafts. Another friend was moaning about his car that drank oil. In our drunken state we were arguing which of us had the worst car. Eventually someone else suggested that we should swap cars and see for ourselves. We did, there and then. We drove away (this was before drink drive legislation and when cars were MUCH SLOWER than they are now).

In the dark I was aware of oil fumes and a suspicious mist in my rear view mirror. The next day I looked over my new acquisition. It had two 5-gallon oil cans in the boot (US=trunk). I needed to put one (Imperial) gallon in the engine to bring the oil level to normal. I drove the car to the local shops, stopping at a red traffic light. When the light turned green and I pulled away, the road behind me disappeared in a massive cloud of blue, smelly oil fumes that rose to the windows above the shop fronts.

As the engine warmed up the cloud became persistent and obscured any view behind me except in a strong cross wind. I drove to the nearest car accessory shop and described the symptoms. When the car mechanics had stopped laughing they suggested an evil compound called Krause Bond that was supposed to fill the gaps in the worn cylinder bores, and a set of 'hotter' plugs. I followed the instructions for the Krause Bond to the letter. The cloud was reduced to about half its previous density but was still a hazard to traffic. I fitted the hotter plugs. The engine fired slightly more evenly but the cloud persisted.

I drove that car for three weeks before scrapping it. I had improved the OIL consumption from 30 miles per gallon to 50 miles per gallon. I thought I had lost out on the exchange until I was told that my friend had broken my new half-shaft on the way home from the pub on that Friday night. I had been driving with cautious movements of the clutch. He had let in the clutch sharply, and Bang! - a broken half-shaft.

We remained friends but we wouldn't buy a car from each other...

Og

 

[Chantilyvamp]

My first car was bought in 1990 and it was a 1971 Ford Maverick. Similar to this body wise. Color was green with a white top. I bought it right before going to university for $600.

 

[Jenny_Jackson]

1974 Chevy. It was a piece of shit. Things kept falling off and everytime I hit a bump the headlights would go off. The coil wire would also pop off for some reason for some reason nobody could ever figure out. The duct tape holding it in place drove the mechanic crazy.

Had a number a cars since then. A couple of motorcycles too. Now I have a Ford pickup. I'll fuck it up somehow, but I haven't had it long enough to figure out how yet

 

[Sherry Hawk]

1974 Chevy. It was a piece of shit. Things kept falling off and everytime I hit a bump the headlights would go off. The coil wire would also pop off for some reason for some reason nobody could ever figure out. The duct tape holding it in place drove the mechanic crazy.

Had a number a cars since then. A couple of motorcycles too. Now I have a Ford pickup. I'll fuck it up somehow, but I haven't had it long enough to figure out how yet

It's a Ford, it won't take long.

Fix
Or
Repair
Daily

 

[Zeb_Carter]

1974 Chevy. It was a piece of shit. Things kept falling off and everytime I hit a bump the headlights would go off. The coil wire would also pop off for some reason for some reason nobody could ever figure out. The duct tape holding it in place drove the mechanic crazy.

Had a number a cars since then. A couple of motorcycles too. Now I have a Ford pickup. I'll fuck it up somehow, but I haven't had it long enough to figure out how yet

You could drive it off a cliff, that would do it!

 

[Zeb_Carter]

It's a Ford, it won't take long.

Fix
Or
Repair
Daily

Found
On
Road
Dead

 

[Sherry Hawk]

Found
On
Road
Dead

I won't have a Ford. Just won't.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

I won't have a Ford. Just won't.

I had a '86 T-Bird, it was a nice car that I bought new. It last a long time. Long enough for them to quit making them.

 

[Seamus123]

Weird, i'd love a ford

 

[Stella_Omega]

It's a Ford, it won't take long.

Fix
Or
Repair
Daily

How many Fords have I had? Let's see...

Three Falcons, three Mustangs, one Ranchero... I'd drive another Ranchero in a heartbeat!

(we've had tons of other cars besides, muscle cars of various natures. I drove an MG'a' for four or five years, talk about constant repairs! )

 

[TheeGoatPig]

Found
On
Road
Dead

Ford backwards?

Driver
Returns
On
Foot

 

[Zeb_Carter]

How many Fords have I had? Let's see...

Three Falcons, three Mustangs, one Ranchero... I'd drive another Ranchero in a heartbeat!

(we've had tons of other cars besides, muscle cars of various natures. I drove an MG'a' for four or five years, talk about constant repairs! )

First
On
Race
Day

Just for you Stella!

 

[Rumple Foreskin]

First car was a 1969, VW Bug,,white..
was fun , but a bitch to put in reverse!!
http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn...969_Volkswagen_Beetle+Rear_Passenger_Side.jpg

the first car i took out on the road, at 14, was my friend's fathers
Baby Blue E Type Jag....

What I am, is JEALOUS.

Even if the sucker never ran (a distinct possibility considering rumors of its reliability, or lack of the same) if I owned one I'd park it in front of the house so I could enjoy an orgasm every morning when I went out for the paper.

http://fwhk8549.hp.infoseek.co.jp/images/car/vintage/1961jaguar_xk-e.jpg

It's been over thirty years since the last E-type came off the assembly line. Simply put, it remains the sexiest car ever mass produced. Of course, others may disagree, but those who do will be wrong.

Rumple Foreskin

 

[Foxee Browne]

Found
On
Road
Dead

Fucking
Owner
Really
Dumb

no offense anyone, just an expression ... and yes I have had 1 ....

 

[SlickTony]

1974 Chevy. It was a piece of shit. Things kept falling off and everytime I hit a bump the headlights would go off. The coil wire would also pop off for some reason for some reason nobody could ever figure out. The duct tape holding it in place drove the mechanic crazy.

Had a number a cars since then. A couple of motorcycles too. Now I have a Ford pickup. I'll fuck it up somehow, but I haven't had it long enough to figure out how yet

Heh--that sounds like the Citation I had back in the 80s. What a car that was. It was brown, which was totally appropriate...it had a serious belt-eating habit, usually the alternator belt, which, when it finally broke and flippped off, would hit the other belts and cause them to be thrown, so you were replacing one outright and re-installing two more. It later developed a problem of stalling out for no damn reason, always at the worst possible time. The last straw came when I was going to choir practice at Grace UMC in Natchez, MS. For those who haven't lived there, you have to cross Highway 84 going left and the driveway leading up to the churchyard is incredibly steep, and damn if the thing didn't stall out as I was doing this, so there I was with a dead car with all this traffic bearing down on me. To this day I have a dislike of turning left against traffic, and will go to great lengths to avoid that, even though my present car is quite reliable and has great pickup, besides. Oh--and another thing? One of the spark plugs was rightsmacknext to the air conditioner compressor, so that you had hell and all taking it out.

 

[inlovewithyourghost]

1986 Volvo Stationwagon... "Grover"
My parents bought it for my sister to drive, but she couldn't get the hang of stick - So I bought it from them. I loved that car - the heater could cook the skin right off of you, and when the air conditioner was on, condensation would spit out of the vents... Lol... That car was a tank. I got T-boned by a drunk-driver one morning... The front end of his van was all smashed in. Grover? There was a dent in my door... which still functioned.

Looked just like this one:

http://lakewoodbuzz.infopop.cc/groupee_files/attachments/9/1/0/9101090893/9101090893_GOVbtszGVqX5LpjvQk2BRN4CTugT.jpg?ts=4625D005&key=F1AD94F83CAA219B573977CF420E2F4D&referrer=http%3A%2F%2Flakewoodbuzz.infopop.cc%2Feve%2Fforums%2Fa%2Fga%2Ful%2F1201090893%2Finlineimg%2FY%2FGOVbtszGVqX5LpjvQk2BRN4CTugT.jpg

 

[Salvor-Hardon]

First was a 72 Toyota Corona in what my brother called "shit brown" 5 speed stick shift and a little rice burner four cylinder, but it made for great beer runs in college.

The two crowning jewels in my automotive history would be the 88 Toyota MR2 ( got that thing was a rocket!).
http://www.mr2.com/PICTURES/88mk1-sc-red.jpg
ok funny story as I ramble. I am 6'1" and when I owned it I was 250 lbs. The car is maybe 4 and a half maybe five feet from road to roof. I was zipping down the 316 from Athens to Atlanta at around 80mph and somehow or another pissed of some guy in a minivan. He was tailing me, flashing his lights everything til I pulled in for gas. He pulled in behind and got out of his car all in a huff. I stood up and up and up, I must have look like Andre the Giant next to that car. His jaw dropped and he jumped back in his minivan and tore off.

The other car I miss dearly is a 88 Dodge Shelby Charger.
http://www.xmission.com/~dempsey/shelby/blu&slvr.jpg
Mine looked exactly like the one on the right.
The hills of north Georgia off teh main road are all twists and turns and bank by as much as 20 degrees in some places. I LOVED THAT CAR on those roads!