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sbwertz
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Don't laugh! It was fuel efficient, and I loved it. It was a turquoise and white '57.
Looked just about like this one
Looked just about like this one
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ericofpendom
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Waluy
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My first was a tank, ok well maybe not literally but when my step-dad hit the oak tree the oak tree fell over and it only dented my bumper. Also rolled it more times than I care to admit, got it back on its wheels and drove away every time. Plus it had straight pipes on it so when I went to basketball practice in the mornings it woke up the whole town (St. Paul, KS is only about 4 blocks by 4 blocks and I lived right in the center of town).
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Waluy
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That's what my first project car was. We got it in '99, traded the fenders off a Harley sportster for it. It was blue with a white stripe. And had been sitting in a field for over 20 years.
My first was a 1965 ( I think ) Austin 1100 with hydraulic suspension. It was only about 4 years younger than me and cost me R50 when I bought it from my soon to be brother in law in South Africa in 1979 but had more rust holes than a Swiss cheese and a collapsed suspension. I hated that car and don't really like him still!!! It lasted a month before I dumped it.:frown:
My second car was an equally rusty Mazda RX2 with the rotary motor. It looked REALLY bad but was great fun between traffic lights as that little motor was just wild !! :biggrin:
Here's what the Austin should have looked like...
My second car was an equally rusty Mazda RX2 with the rotary motor. It looked REALLY bad but was great fun between traffic lights as that little motor was just wild !! :biggrin:
Here's what the Austin should have looked like...
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sbwertz
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My Citroen had hydraulic suspension. Loved that car, but sold it when the last Citroen mechanic in Arizona retired and I would have had to take it to Riverside CA for service. (It was my son's first car, does that count? Great car for a teenage boy...tremendous novelty factor, built like a tank and a gutless wonder. He loved it, but he was a geek, like me.)
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Sharon, if I'm not mistaken then I believe that those Citroens were the only cars that could still drive if one of the back wheels was missing. 
One thing the French were good at was Flare and Comfort. (mmmm....that's two things
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One of our neighbours in SA had the longer 'Prestige' version of your one.
Ugly, but nice !!:biggrin:
One thing the French were good at was Flare and Comfort. (mmmm....that's two things
)One of our neighbours in SA had the longer 'Prestige' version of your one.
Ugly, but nice !!:biggrin:
sbwertz
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That is almost correct. It could drive with any one of the wheels removed...front or rear. We once drove down the mountain from Flagstaff and didn't realize we had a flat until we got home. The car picked up the wheel with the flat and tucked it up into the wheelwell and came home on three wheels. Tire wasn't damaged at all...just had a nail in it. It had adjustable suspension from about 2" off the ground up to about 8". To change a tire you slipped a little triangular brace over a stud in the rocker panel between the front and back doors, and dropped the suspension. It picked up the two tires on that side as it settled. You had to remove the rear fender to change the rear tire. The fender was held on with one bolt that fit the tire iron....Fun car. But a face only a mother could love LOL. This one was a DS21 Palas.
Sharon, if I'm not mistaken then I believe that those Citroens were the only cars that could still drive if one of the back wheels was missing.
One thing the French were good at was Flare and Comfort. (mmmm....that's two things
One of our neighbours in SA had the longer 'Prestige' version of your one.
Ugly, but nice !!:biggrin:
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raar25
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1972 Plymouth Scamp (ie Dodge Dart). Yes with a 225 slant six. The car was as fast as any other car on the road doing 65!
monark88
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1939 Gendron Ford Roaster pedal car. Then much later when I was 16, a 1937 4 door ford, then a '55 chev 110 low priced 6 cyl. model no chrome, no power. I dumped in a small 55 v8. Still no power.
but I enjoyed it.
but I enjoyed it.
monark88
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joek30296
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1960 Ford Falcon Station Wagon, automatic trans.....only vehicle I ever had that would slow down when shifting from low gear to high gear. Vacuum windshield wipers too.
Russknan
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1964puke green Plymouth Valiant. Slant 6, push button transmission, lever to put it into park. It had been junked, but a cop bought it & fixed it up. I bought it for $400, and I had WHEELS! Not a chick magnet. Eventually sold it for a profit and bought a '62 Ford Galaxy for $50. The thing was a tank. If you took your hands off the wheel, it would DIVE for the right side of the road. You didn't drive it, you aimed it. Eventually gave it to a fraternity brother. It subsequently went to several others and lasted a long time. Memories! Russ
hard hat
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1970 F-250 Camper Special, 360 V8 with 2bbl motorcraft carb, Borg-Warner T-18 trans, Dana 80 rear axle. Straight piped the exhaust and rebuilt the carb sitting on the tailgate. Red and black two tone paint job with a saddle blanket seat
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sbell111
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wnybear
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Lenny
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Sandy H.
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1967 Pontiac Firebird, bought with no engine or transmission when I was 13 from lawn mowing money ($500-ish). Built a Chevy small block from various spare parts from the race shop I worked in starting at 14 and put a powerglide in it. Sanded off all 4 different coats of white to get back to the factory burgundy color and painted it the same. One of the only street cars to ever have the Flo-Bak exhaust system installed on it and it was loud and proud.
I know I have pictures, but no time to find right now.
Sold the top end one year to pay for Christmas presents (high school girlfriend got a diamond bracelet. . . ) and built a more mellow/drivable top end. Took the Flo-Bak system off and put standard duel exhaust on it right before selling it to pay for college. Ended up paying for a used Chrysler Lebaron and a year and a half of out of state tuition, so not too bad for a kid.
Found out it was totalled less than a year later when someone called the phone number I engraved on the bottom of the intake manifold. Engine ended up in a local drag car. No idea how it did.
Learned a lot of life lessons building that car over 3 years. . .
Sandy.
1967 Pontiac Firebird, bought with no engine or transmission when I was 13 from lawn mowing money ($500-ish). Built a Chevy small block from various spare parts from the race shop I worked in starting at 14 and put a powerglide in it. Sanded off all 4 different coats of white to get back to the factory burgundy color and painted it the same. One of the only street cars to ever have the Flo-Bak exhaust system installed on it and it was loud and proud.
I know I have pictures, but no time to find right now.
Sold the top end one year to pay for Christmas presents (high school girlfriend got a diamond bracelet. . . ) and built a more mellow/drivable top end. Took the Flo-Bak system off and put standard duel exhaust on it right before selling it to pay for college. Ended up paying for a used Chrysler Lebaron and a year and a half of out of state tuition, so not too bad for a kid.
Found out it was totalled less than a year later when someone called the phone number I engraved on the bottom of the intake manifold. Engine ended up in a local drag car. No idea how it did.
Learned a lot of life lessons building that car over 3 years. . .
Sandy.
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BayouPenturner
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mine was a dark grey 1968 Oldsmobile Cutlas. There was some good times in that car. I still miss it sometimes.
Jgrden
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This was a straight 8 that burned oil. Four of us would take a drive and take a quart of oil with us. Smoked like crazy but the freedom it offered was great.
khallpens
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my first
My first was a Ford Ranchero GT 500 with the 429, paint was white with black interior:biggrin:
Keith
My first was a Ford Ranchero GT 500 with the 429, paint was white with black interior:biggrin:
Keith
maxman400
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Glen Schumann
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MikeG
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1959 Ford Galaxie 500 4-Door
Mine was white and needed lots of work. Purchased for $25.00 as a project car for me to learn about cars before I got a driver's license. Also bought a Craftsman 1/2" drive set of sockets new from Sears for $30.00 to work on it. Repairs included: new generator, brakes, and new vinyl for dash. I got it running and traded in on 65 GTO convertible before I got my license.
PS. I still have the socket set.
Mine was white and needed lots of work. Purchased for $25.00 as a project car for me to learn about cars before I got a driver's license. Also bought a Craftsman 1/2" drive set of sockets new from Sears for $30.00 to work on it. Repairs included: new generator, brakes, and new vinyl for dash. I got it running and traded in on 65 GTO convertible before I got my license.
PS. I still have the socket set.
Dragonlord85
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They don't have my first car. it was a 1950 Chevy Powerglide. Top speed if you had a downhill run was 60 mph. I bought mine in High School for $1950 and had to do nothing to it. It was almost showroom condition when I got it and sold it when I got married for $5600 still in almost showroom condition.