There was alot of talk about how crummy peoples first cars were until they could afford the CTS...Im curious to see these first cars:alchi:
Before we rebuildt.......and painted
630Ford Galaxie 500

http://www.desoto58.com/peoplezone/500galaxie63.jpg

My first car was a 1951 Ford coupe. 3spd stick shift. Bought and paid for it myself in 1958. It was a sweet car and I was proud of it!

http://usera.imagecave.com/BobsWork/51Ford.jpg.

heres mine :) got it in 2000 with 30k miles on it. Some old guy bought it and died and his wife didnt know what to do with it for 20 years, so it basically it sat in the garage. "not original pic but close enough"
http://www.mopar.de/2002_68coro1.jpg

Here she is (1969 Road Runner 4 spd), bought her with 63K miles (mostly highway) in 1973. Second owner ( 1 year) Nate had just put a Crane Fireball cam & Accel ignition, price $600, those were the days.
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y25/mjdart/Cars/69RoadRunner.jpg

heres mine :) got it in 2000 with 30k miles on it. Some old guy bought it and died and his wife didnt know what to do with it for 20 years, so it basically it sat in the garage. "not original pic but close enough"
http://www.mopar.de/2002_68coro1.jpg

What year Dodge? 1968-70?

This is not actually mine, I found the picture of it online. This is the same as my first car however. I think I have you all beat for worst first car with my 1989 dodge caravan with wood side paneling. And yes, I probably did what they are doing in the picture on more than one occasion.

Not my car but mine was THE EXACT same. Loved that car. Its still in the family and being restored again. Had a 455.

http://www.komar.org/car/1972_oldsmobile_delta_88_convertible/convert_grandparents.jpg

I don't have a pic, but my first car was a 1987 Chevy Cavalier 4 speed.

Here's a pic of one like mine, but I had a chrome roll bar with 3 KC lights with blue covers. It's a 1987 Toyota SR5 4x4. I had mowed lawns for 3 yrs and that's what I bought for High School.

http://pics.thebiglot.com/300693.jpg

This was what I bought in 97. Its a 1988 Honda prelude that I ended up selling in 2002
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f169/goonzo/684332_19_full.jpg

2004 Hyundai Elantra GT (same pict in the sig)
http://i16.tinypic.com/483a4jn.jpg

There was alot of talk about how crummy peoples first cars were until they could afford the CTS...Im curious to see these first cars:alchi:
Before we rebuildt.......and painted
630Ford Galaxie 500



That's amazing! This was my first car too. It was even white. It had a 289CI police interceptor engine. I could probably dig up some old photos, I'm talking the '70-'71 era!

That's amazing! This was my first car too. It was even white. It had a 289CI police interceptor engine. I could probably dig up some old photos, I'm talking the '70-'71 era!


beautiful cars :D :drool:

My first was my '84 Cutlass Supreme, my grandfather bought it new, and it stayed in the family. The first time I saw it I fell in love, so naturally, when I needed a car, I got it... well actually I had to pay $1,500 for it, but I didn't care. I still have in tucked in the garage.

Here's me with it when it was practically new.

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c40/Cadillac_guy/Olds3.jpg
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c40/Cadillac_guy/BenandOlds2.jpg

Here's it recently.

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c40/Cadillac_guy/100_0135.jpg
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c40/Cadillac_guy/100_01332.jpg

1969 Firebird.

Fun car for a high-schooler in the late 70's.

My first was my '84 Cutlass Supreme, my grandfather bought it new, and it stayed in the family. The first time I saw it I fell in love, so naturally, when I needed a car, I got it... well actually I had to pay $1,500 for it, but I didn't care. I still have in tucked in the garage.

Here's me with it when it was practically new.

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c40/Cadillac_guy/Olds3.jpg


Here's it recently.

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c40/Cadillac_guy/100_0135.jpg
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c40/Cadillac_guy/100_01332.jpg



Very Nice! That reminds me, my grandfather had like 4 of those cars. Hmmm How much do they go for? Very nice

This was my first new car, a 1961 Plymouth Fury convertible. Mine was robin egg blue. I actually thought it looked sharp back then:helpless:

http://usera.imagecave.com/BobsWork/plym6101a.jpg

got her when I turned 15 and didnt drive it for 6 months....but then I had to drive it so I snuck it out every once in a while.
http://images.webkrafters.com/trinity/24000/83cam24060-1.JPG

My first was a '99 Pontiac Grand Am (coupe) -this isn't my actual car but looks JUST like it.
http://www.theautodealer.com/images/items/0b4b3b91-c056-4ab3-8d47-ba87c82ca88c/116/m116508.jpg

Then I had a '03 Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder:
This IS my actual car
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v739/MeganCFT/13847-MyoldcarMitsubishiEclipseSpyd.jpg

I kind of miss it. I did a lot to it. It was still a Mitsubishi though lol

and now currently of course I have my '03 CTS

Nice Eclipse. The rims are sorta rice-ish though. I would have chose something with a little less chrome.

A 1972 Pontiac Grand Prix w/ 400hp engine. Yeah that's me and my car in 1980. :D




http://www.ciws.info/grandprix.jpg

Then I had a '03 Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder:
This IS my actual car
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v739/MeganCFT/13847-MyoldcarMitsubishiEclipseSpyd.jpg

I kind of miss it. I did a lot to it. It was still a Mitsubishi though lol

and now currently of course I have my '03 CTS

Nice convertible B! I bet you were the hottie drivin' around town with the top down and hair blowin' in the breeze!!:D

drivin' around town with the top down and hair blowin' in the breeze!!:D

Robert, isnt that a rap lyric? Didnt know you listened to a lil rap

A 1972 Pontiac Grand Prix w/ 400hp engine. Yeah that's me and my car in 1980. :D




http://www.ciws.info/grandprix.jpg
Very pimpish with your red sox and white shoes on....Nice man!

Nice convertible B! I bet you were the hottie drivin' around town with the top down and hair blowin' in the breeze!!:D

I got SO much attention in that car whether the top was up or down. It just doesn't happen as much in the CTS. No one expects a young girl to be driving a CTS like mine. Lots of times in parking lots when I get out of my car I get "Dammmmmnnn that's your car?!" lol. It's funny. But definitely less action while driving around because it's not an obvious chick car, so therefor guys don't look inside as much.

You need to get a white haired wig to wear while you're driving around LittleB :D

Very pimpish with your red sox and white shoes on....Nice man!


Those biotches look red or orange or something don't they ? I can't remember what they were back then. That's the stuff I had to wear to work.

Those biotches look red or orange or something don't they ? I can't remember what they were back then. That's the stuff I had to wear to work.
You were too young to be a used car salesman! :histeric:

You were too young to be a used car salesman! :histeric:


:D

At the time I was working for Motorola at one of their communications divisions. The 80's styles were great. ;)

I don't have pic of my first car. pic below is close to the one I had
but it was 1971 Monte Carlo
I loved that car

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y256/gm-geek/monte_carlo.jpg

was yours as pristine as that one? lol.

I don't have pic of my first car. pic below is close to the one I had
but it was 1971 Monte Carlo
I loved that car

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y256/gm-geek/monte_carlo.jpg


Hmmm.you sure that isn't your old Monte Carlo? Me thinks that trunk lid has been pried open a few times. It's a shame to see nice cars end up like that.

CWIS I question if that's you in the pic. I think maybe its your sister!:p

well, my one was a lil better. trunk was ok but the hood had a chain on it so it does not fly out.

Not mine, but looked like these. Nice little 4cylinder engine that I had two turbochargers go out on me.
http://www.carsurvey.org/images/dodge_daytona_1.jpg

http://www.burwoodboysracing.com/gallery/albums/Daytona/daytona.jpg

Not mine, but looked like these. Nice little 4cylinder engine that I had two turbochargers go out on me.


http://www.burwoodboysracing.com/gallery/albums/Daytona/daytona.jpg

Dodge Daytona 2.2?

The iron dukes I'm familiar with all got piston slap eventualy.

Here she is (1969 Road Runner 4 spd), bought her with 63K miles (mostly highway) in 1973. Second owner ( 1 year) Nate had just put a Crane Fireball cam & Accel ignition, price $600, those were the days.
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y25/mjdart/Cars/69RoadRunner.jpg

My old man had a Hemi RR he ordered new in '68 He sold it in '70 and the next owner died in it after running in to a tree! We had another '68 during the mid-80's but that was only a 383 car.

Memorial Day eve I have my Road Runner parked out front (on cul-de-sac). This guy gets in a fight with his girlfriend. He tears straight down her street though the intersection, cuts through my cul-de-sac and T-Bones my RR. The impact drove the drivers door over to the shifter. We call the police cause the driver fled the scene. Cop comes to scene, shines his flashlight under my car and spots "the guys fron license plate". He say I've been waiting 20 years for something like this, I'm gonna nail this guy. They found him several hours later front end of his car trashed, windshield gone and cuts all over him. His insurance company comes to my house the next day and cuts me a check for $1,500. I went out and bought this sweet '68 Z/28.
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y25/mjdart/Cars/68_Z28_RS.jpg
I bought the car back from insurance company and sold the engine, tranny & rear end for another $350.

Here's the Sofa on Wheels as my girlfriend calls it.
http://uk.geocities.com/redoctober7000/CSS/threequarters.JPG
Bough it, in part, with my inheritance from my father's mother's estate. Supremely comfortable.

Had all the common problems; intake manifold cracked, ignition got loopy, 0^2 Sensor went bad, blew out all the power brake lines (damn pedestrians), the starter quit (ONLY time the car ever stranded me -she kept slogging even the time the tensioner assembly blew up on me and she lost all power accessories), and the ABS is sometimes wonky, but it's a solid car with decent power, only thing that ever rode better in my experience is the DeVille Concours I test drove one time (slobber).

It's been in two accidents, (with me), one of which destroyed the other car (A Chrysler Sebring). The guy turned in front of me and I wiped him out; he was following his wife through an intersecion (dumb), while not wearing his safety belt (Dumber) with previous soft tissue damage in his back (REALLY dumb). To put it this way, "He went away in the ambulance and his car went away on the flatty. I drove home. Wear your goddamn safety belt!".

I looked all the feck all over for that decal (front decal) for the six years I've had the car and just found it about six months ago AT THE DEALERSHIP I BOUGHT IT FROM. Life is funny, isn't it? Here's the back end:
http://uk.geocities.com/redoctober7000/CSS/assend.JPG

My sweet ass 76 Formula

http://www.aaronandsherri.com/images/cars/large/formula-4.jpg

http://www.canadiandriver.com/articles/jc/images/91sentra.jpg

1991 Nissan Sentra. i hated it. with a passion. i got it cause i needed a ride and couldnt find nothing i really liked in my price range. so i bought this from a family friend. had it 8 months and traded for an 84 Cutlass Supreme Brougham that was a lowrider. that is what i wanted.

1995 Buick Roadmaster Limited Sedan, Dark Cherry Metallic with Burgundy Leather Interior. 138k miles when I bought it, 147k when I sold it 8 months later! Bought at $3250, sold at $3000. Fun car, sucked gas, roasted tires, beat many inferior cars, and surprised the hell out of many.

These were both taken the day I got it, 4/17/04. I hated those rims!
http://myspace-962.vo.llnwd.net/00077/26/92/77832962_l.jpg
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j313/Chadillac8705/jpl099dayibought.jpg

These pictures were taken in October of '04, two months before I sold it.
http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/9/web/753000-753999/753753_7_full.jpg
http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/9/web/753000-753999/753753_9_full.jpg

I kinda regret selling it, maybe I will get that Fleetwood Brougham I've always wanted.

Roadmasters are nice. i have always liked them but could never bring myself to buying one. they are way underrated. its actually a good luxury car. and you never see them in Lowrider or other magazines. i have seen some at Lowrider shows and they are just awesome, good show presence. but 64 Impalas and 93-96 Fleetwoods are the weapon of choice in the lowrider game.

1968 Mustang 390 FE

And as some of you know I still have my first car since 1984, which is right now undergoing a full frame off pro-touring restoration,
actually it is getting a whole new frame with a 10 point cage.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v114/hitmoney/Toys/DennisToys025.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v114/hitmoney/Toys/DennisToys023.jpg


Taken Yesterday, One of the guys at the shop removing the 1/4 panels

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v114/hitmoney/Toys/Mustang/01-12-07_1516.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v114/hitmoney/Toys/Mustang/01-12-07_1528.jpg

http://500caddy.us/pics/75/frontright.jpg

Ohhh yeah.

A 1972 Pontiac Grand Prix w/ 400hp engine. Yeah that's me and my car in 1980. :D




http://www.ciws.info/grandprix.jpg


Nice shoes, C. :alchi: Do you still have those? Very hot.

Nice shoes, C. :alchi: Do you still have those? Very hot.


I think I saved them for Prom and then traded them to the local Pimp Daddy :D

Wasn't the late 70's / 80's great !

1966 Mustang Coupe-

This was a fun car, kept it for four years before selling it. Got numerous upgrades from engine to suspension and brakes. I hated to sell it but I need the money at the time.
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c48/danbuc/Picture222.jpg

The age differences are becoming quite apparent here.

I also had white Capezios back in the day. I never had the red socks though.

http://renault.collection.free.fr/documents/alliance/86accessories.jpg
First and last import I ever owned. It was poop...

I got SO much attention in that car whether the top was up or down. It just doesn't happen as much in the CTS. No one expects a young girl to be driving a CTS like mine. Lots of times in parking lots when I get out of my car I get "Dammmmmnnn that's your car?!" lol. It's funny. But definitely less action while driving around because it's not an obvious chick car, so therefor guys don't look inside as much.
I look extra hard inside black CTS' with rims....
never know where B might B.....

Wow, quite diverse...

I cant believe I still have my first Q pics up on ym website!!!

http://www.q45.org/wes/102-0288_IMG.JPG

^^ Photo is actual size.

^^ Photo is actual size.


:histeric::histeric::histeric:

Wes, I officially nominate you for coolest 1st car!

Alright, I'm gonna not follow the rules.

Car #1 1988 Cadillac Brougham

http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/8/web/2240000-2240999/2240174_13_full.jpg

http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/8/web/2240000-2240999/2240174_2_full.jpg

http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/8/web/2240000-2240999/2240174_6_full.jpg

Car #2 - 1989 Geo Spectrum, HB, 5sp
http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/2/web/2354000-2354999/2354511_2_full.jpg

http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/2/web/2354000-2354999/2354511_4_full.jpg
Car #3 - 1992 Buick Roadmaster Limited Sedan (white with blue leather int and quarter top)
http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/11/web/2423000-2423999/2423246_2_full.jpg

Car #4 - 1992 Buick Roadmaster Limited Sedan (silver with maple red leather int and tinted windows)

http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/10/web/2530000-2530999/2530950_1_full.jpg

http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/10/web/2530000-2530999/2530950_4_full.jpg

http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/10/web/2530000-2530999/2530950_6_full.jpg
Car #5 - 2001 Cadillac SLS
http://photos-676.ak.facebook.com/ip002/v56/99/7/53802542/n53802542_30187676_1305.jpg (http://kettering.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=30187677&id=53802542)

http://photos-678.ak.facebook.com/ip002/v56/99/7/53802542/n53802542_30187678_1963.jpg (http://kettering.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=30187679&id=53802542)

http://photos-682.ak.facebook.com/ip002/v56/99/7/53802542/n53802542_30187682_3180.jpg (http://kettering.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=30187683&id=53802542)

But 64 Impalas and 93-96 Fleetwoods are the weapon of choice in the lowrider game.Hey lowlow, maybe you can answer this for me. Why is the '64 Impala the Holy Grail of lowriders?

I love them because that's the car I grew up with and learned to drive in, plus they're beautiful and great drivers. But why is the '64 Impala the car for lowriders?

I've posted it before, but here's my first car, the '64 Impala my parents bought in December, 1966 when I was six months old. This picture was probably taken shortly after we bought it. Nellie had a 283 V-8, Powerglide, power steering, power brakes, and factory air.

http://www.gdwriter.com/nellie_67.jpg

My Dad spent a lot of money retrofitting the A/C in the early 80s (couldn't get original parts), and it worked great. The summer I turned 16, this was my car, and I used the A/C all the time. My Dad complained about it; I have no idea why since I was the one paying for gas (and sadly, Nellie sucked gas like a B-52). But as I told him, "you spent a lot of money getting the air to work; it works great. I'm going to be comfortable."

She also had those godawful J.C. Whitney clear plastic seat covers. I'll admit, they spared the upholstery, but I needed a butt towel that summer.

I have a picture of the '74 Celica that got me through the rest of high school, college, and my first year on my own, but first I have to find it, then scan it.

68 Buick Wildcat. This isn't the actual picture. Mine never looked this good but it was the same shit brown color.

http://images.webkrafters.com/trinity/23900/68buick23989-1.JPG

Hey lowlow, maybe you can answer this for me. Why is the '64 Impala the Holy Grail of lowriders?

I love them because that's the car I grew up with and learned to drive in, plus they're beautiful and great drivers. But why is the '64 Impala the car for lowriders?

hmmm, sorry, i cant really give a sure answer. i know they were made popular in the early 90s in Dr. Dre videos (which is were i seen my first lowrider and fell in love with Impalas). but in the 70s-80s its what a lot of lowriders were buying cause they werent very expensive. it had all the right things needed for lowriding: rwd, a full frame, looks, etc. eventually they just became the lowrider of choice. i, myself, have plans to get a 63-64 Impala and juice it. but i dont know why, its just a beautiful car (like the 93-96 Fleetwoods) and its what people want.

1966 Pontiac GTO Convert in Montero Red with White top & vinyl bucket seat interior with many options. It was a 1965 graduation gift from High School, from my parents. In 1967 - parked - a drunk slammed into it and caused $2,200 dollars worth of damage. The insurance compamny totalled it. I had it for 9 months.

http://www.universalautosalesandclassiccars.com/images/1966%20GTO2/66GTO2LeftSide.JPG

Goat!!

1966 Pontiac GTO Convert in Montero Red with White top & vinyl bucket seat interior with many options. It was a 1965 graduation gift from High School, from my parents. In 1967 - parked - a drunk slammed into it and caused $2,200 dollars worth of damage. The insurance compamny totalled it. I had it for 9 months.

http://www.universalautosalesandclassiccars.com/images/1966%20GTO2/66GTO2LeftSide.JPG

Your Goat musta been a real Chic Magnet!!
But you were silly looking!!
http://usera.imagecave.com/BobsWork/goatboy.jpg

'66 and '67 are my favorite years for GTO's...I like that angular, sharp styling a lot more than the more rounded 68-71 body style.

This is the first car I bought - 69 Chevelle SS. I was given a few before this but they didn't last long before I sold them. This was not my car but mine was an SS396, Hugger Orange, no vinyl top, same SS wheels, etc. The person I bought it from did a decent job of keeping it stock but I did have to de-chrome the engine compartment. Then ported and polished the heads, bored .030 over, new cam, all the goodies. I was a regular at KC International Raceway. Won many a race... regret the day I sold it. :helpless:


http://www.allamericanclassics.com/pics/69SS396-orange.jpg

Here's a picture of a picture. '85 Pontiac Parisienne Brougham. Straight pipe and an Edelbrock carburetor. Probably running on 6 cylinders when we donated it. Was dicking around with the radio on the way to work one morning, crossed over the other lane of traffic, and totalled the whole driver side of the vehicle on a "stop ahead" sign. Drove it for 5 more months till I found my Brougham. I wish I could find the picture I have of both the Pari and the Caddy in the garage together, when I was cleaning out one and filling the other.

http://90brougham350.smugmug.com/photos/104566834-M.jpg

my 1st (Merkur XR4Ti)
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2nd is a 95 Taurus
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3rd was a Sebring
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4th is a Cobalt and this is a pic a few days after I bought it...
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5th is an Olds Intrigue that I bought totalled..
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6th is a 98 SLS...
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Oh and mind you that my parents have never bought a vehicle for me (My Grandma gave me the taurus), I have NEVER wrecked a vehicle (knock on wood) and I have been driving since I was 16 (Im 19 now)....