Your First Car

[lee]

Sweet! What is it?

1961 Chrysler Turboflite

[Tequilasun]

They're more popular since Wayne's World...reminds me of the article I read many years about about racing Ford Pintos. There was a whole sport about driving those things at 120 Mph:

Pinto Racers

OMG! My parents had a Pinto, I can still remember being 15 and my dad saying "well son, I guess you'll be driving the pinto next year" I think my nuts hit the floor in insta-shame, realizing that no chick was gonna wanna hop in the back for some drive in movie action. I learned to drive in that thing, I think I was the worst "student driver" ever, I ran that thing over so many curbs and crap, just trying to kill it.

After that, Dad sold it, and tired like hell to buy a Dodge Omni for me. The Turd brown 'stang was the compromise. Why those are all hatchbacks, I don't know.

Maybe we thought we could use the hatchback for an emergency exit during a fire or something.

[wannabewakeboarder]

A fire exit...hahahaha

[hoopykat]

My parents thought they were the coolest because they had a 1974 Pinto Squire station wagon with the fake wood grain panels on the side. My Dad was so obsessed with taking care of that damn car he made me Armor-All the stupid panels every week so they wouldn't fade. Our 1965 AMC Rambler station wagon had been stolen (Who the hell would steal a freaking station wagon??), and the insurance company had given us a Capri as a rental...don't think it was a great family car because it wasn't. My parents smoked like chimneys and me and my sister spent the majority of family trips with our noses smooshed out the little wind-wing style windows for fresh air. The Pinto was no better. It seems my family is quite inept when it comes to car purchases!

Mike

[wannabewakeboarder]

I feel you pain, I don't know that many people that don't smoke, and my dad kills me when we are driving because I like the window down and smoke come right in my face. Grrrrrr!

[mtnsmith]

'79 VW Bus, split pea soup green, Westphalia version with the full kitchen inside. It was my choice because I had traveled around Utah in a friends and decided that it would suit my needs of racing mountain bikes when I was in high school. I could cary 4 bikes and three kayaks on the roof rack of that thing. And yes, there were some pretty hot chicks that did dig it.

Exactly like this

[wannabewakeboarder]

thats coolio

[skyski_tige]

my favorite first car story belongs to a good friend of mine. His dad picked up a 63 Vette Convertible and my friend somehow thought it was his car. And he TOLD EVERYONE IN SCHOOL THAT HE WAS GETTING A VETTE!

The day of his birthday, we got off the bus and there was an old puke green Plymouth Duster with a bow on it in the driveway. Should have seen the look on his face when he realized he was not getting the vette!

My first car was a 1972 Oldsmobile Cutlass Convertible - SWEET!

[69BUG]

Well it is not my first car but Ken Schrader stopped by to see what is going on with the drag bug

PS my first car was a 1962 Red BAJA bug………….

[69BUG]

I think I am going to let Ken drive the season this year……????????

[wannabewakeboarder]

Haha cool, Are you sponsored by yager or just like it that much?

[TeamAllen]

How nice, he even brought you some oatmeal creme pies.

My first car was a 68 Mustang. 351W w/ a C4 trans. I built the motor and trans in High School Auto Shop. It did the 1/4 mile in 12.9 seconds. Primer gray.

[Moki]

How nice, he even brought you some oatmeal creme pies.

Such a thoughtful Driver...

[Tequilasun]

How nice, he even brought you some oatmeal creme pies.

Ken even signs his own crotch...which I find......uhhmmm strange

[NICKYPOO]

My mom had a sweet Pinto. Chocolate Brown with a set of Baby Moons. I can still remember listening to Steve Miller cranking on the 8 trac while we were on our way out to the lake. She finally traded it in on an '81 Z28. I thought I was the chit riding around in that car.

Pinto's are actually pretty good little race cars. They do pretty well at our local dirt track.