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Old 07-26-2009, 07:20 AM
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1963 Olds Holiday 88 coupe, used to drive to school in 8th grade with it. Enough room for me and 6 or 7 buddies. 394 with automatic that had reverse all the way down on gearshift selector and real touchy power brakes.
 
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Old 07-26-2009, 11:20 AM
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Very nice trucks Jake!

Thank you!!
 
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Old 07-26-2009, 02:21 PM
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My first car was a 1984 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera. Had 60K on it when i got it and all it took to get it roadworthy was new gas a catalitic converter (fell off on my way home, damn that iron duke is LOUD!) Drove it all thru school. I loved that car, was built well, got great fuel economy and it was very comfortable.
 
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Old 07-26-2009, 05:19 PM
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1980 F-150 2WD 300 I6 4 spd manual.
 
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Old 07-26-2009, 06:15 PM
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My first was my 82 F100 I bought when I was 15, in 1999, for 500 bucks...



Had a 300 inline 6 and a C4 automatic. I was your typical idiot teenage boy in that truck, I jumped it over railroad tracks, tore through bean fields on several occasions, ran over countless mailboxes and garbage cans. God only knows how many times that truck survived me putting it to the floor in neutral and slamming it in drive to make the tires spin, that was the only way she'd burn out.

The 300 six died at 247,000 miles. It leaked a lot of oil, I was in a hurry one morning and didn't check it, she ran low on oil and spun a rod bearing on the way to work. I drove it around with a clunking rod for a couple months before she finally stuck the number 4 rod through the oil pan.

I still have that truck, its just been laying around in several hundred pieces for the last 5 or so years waiting for me to finish putting it back together.

Here's the other 3 rigs that came after her...



Aside from my 4 Ford trucks the only other thing I've owned was a 93 Buick Lesabre, it was my moms car and I got it real cheap when she bought a new one.
 
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Old 07-27-2009, 01:20 PM
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1st vehicle:
1969 Camaro w/327cid 3spd manual

1st truck:
1985 Ranger Rcab XLT LB 2.8L 5spd manual 4x4
 
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First truck - a 1941 Ford panel truck, first car - 1964 Galaxie, that is still drive. Like Don and the others, I'm a old fart.
 
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my 1st car/truck
1979 Ranchero with badass Keystone Klassics
 
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Old 07-27-2009, 04:03 PM
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65 c10 chevy
 
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my 1st car/truck
1979 Ranchero with badass Keystone Klassics
I got the same wheels still on my Galaxie, cool
 
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what year galaxie??? got pic?
 
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First car is down below, the 68 Mercury Cougar, purchased new by my Dad and then by me 14 months later.
 
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1968 Chevy II. 4 door with a straight six 250 CID and a two speed power glide tranny. That car took a beating.
 
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my first 59 ford 4 door 292 3on tree, 25$ and it ran,lastd into highschool, yea i'm old too
 
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1975 Chevy Monza 2x2 with the 262 V8. Car was quick for having such a small V8 in it. My mother had a fit when I came home with it. She was sure that car was going to be the end of me.
 


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