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Christmas of 98 is when i got my first car. It is 1979 Chevy Nova. im am 15 now. my parents bought it for $200. it had 105K miles on the 305. a 2 bbl carb. everything stock. now i have replaced the carb with a carted 625 4 bbl. put an aluminum z-28 manifold on. replaced everything in the ignition system. Summit distributer, accel spark plug wires, and OEM spark plugs. the body isnt in the best shape and i didnt help much by trying to "repair" the spots that need work. My future plans include a pair of dynomax headers, flowmasters, a 400 block, stereo system, redo interior, new centerline rims, a b&m transpak for the TH-350, a posi unit, new cam and lifters, a body/paint job, and TLC. I have 2 jobs and im saving all my money for this stuff. i doesnt look like much now, but when im finished im gunna be satisfied. email me with any suggestions. Dan Juan
Dan Juan <metal91249@aol.com>
Wilmington, DE USA - Saturday, March 18, 2000 at 00:48:34 (EST)

I was a young man of 19 years when I went looking for my first car in the summer of 1970. I was newly assigned to March Air Force Base in Riverside, California and right in the middle of the ultimate car culture in those days. While walking to work one morning I saw this 1955 Chevy with a “For Sale” sign in the window. I really liked the looks of it and had never seen one like it before so I put a note in the windshield wiper with my name and number and asked the owner to give me a call. About a month went by without hearing from him and not seeing the car again. I was just about to by another car when I saw this one again. It was then painted an ugly yellow by Earl Scheib and the owner was sitting in the driver’s seat getting ready to leave! I ran up and asked if the car was still for sale. He said yes but he had someone else thinking of paying him the $500.00 he was asking. Before I knew what I was doing I blurted out that I would give him $600.00 for it! With a perplexed look on his face he said that sounded good and the deal was struck. I didn’t find out what Nomads were until I took it over to a friend’s house and showed him the car. I knew something was up when he walked out of his front door and his jaw dropped. I quickly learned the history and rarity of Nomads. Over the next five years I tried my best to bring the Nomad up to the standards that it deserved but, alas, I had too little money, too few tools and equipment, and no garage to work in. In October 1975 I finally sold it to Dave Oster of Troy, New York. The minute I saw it going down the street I knew I made a big mistake! I saw the Nomad again in 1981 when Dave brought it by my house to show off the new condition. It was then that he and I made a gentlemen’s agreement that if he ever wanted to sell it that I would like first shot at it. We kept in touch over the years despite my moving to Phoenix and then to Colorado Springs. Fast forward to the evening of July 20, 1999. I got a call from Dave and he was selling the car! After all these years he had remembered our agreement. After about a half-second of thinking I said yes and the details were finalized. I took delivery on September 8, 1999. The condition it is in now is pretty much the way it was 12 years ago when Dave parked it and never drove it again. It was like seeing an old friend after so many years. It still had the 283, T-10 4 speed, Hurst Competition Plus, and American Torq-Thrusts. It’s getting Vintage-Air, Ididit tilt wheel, 4 wheel power discs, PST sway bars, 605 power steering and lots of TLC. This time I have the money, the tools and equipment, and the garage to make the Nomad what I wanted back then. Our family will be bringing it up to the standards that it deserves.
Eric Larson <ELNomad55@aol.com>
Colorado Springs, CO USA - Wednesday, March 15, 2000 at 16:18:53 (EST)

I enjoyed Ron Mucci story about his Vette and growing up in Detroit. I also was raised in the Southwestern part of Detroit (Wyandotte), and here's my first car story: From the time I was little I was really into cars, and to this day I can usually tell at a glance the year make and model of anything built in the fifties. I couldn't wait to get my license....When I was about 14 my next door neighbor was JUNKING a '52 Mercury, but my parents wouldn't let me buy it (Mr. Rogers was asking $6.00, what the junk yard was giving him--and by the way, it was still running!) because my folks thought I'd never do a lick of homework again once I started working on it. So, in 1968, when I was 18, I took a job out of high school at the McLouth Steel Corp. in Trenton MI, and strarted saving my nickles and dimes. In August, I finally got it: a 1963 MG Midget roadster for $450.00. It had plastic windows that rattled like marachas, it had a pneumatic little pump in the dashboard for the windshield washer, first gear had an alarming whining sound that never did go away, it had bubbled paint on the hood where there had evidently been an engine fire at some point in its' life, it burned oil to the point where people thought a fog was rolling in when I passed by, it had completly bald tires and the top wouldn't stay fixed to the windshield past about 35 miles an hour. It had come with the original English owners manual, and for the longest time I kept thinking: "I've got to get a pair of these 'spanners' whatever they are. I've been using a wrench instead." The brakes never did work right, despite much money and effort (Downshifting was not! an ideal solution, either, since it had a non synchro gearbox), and the insurance was almost what I paid for the car ($437.00), but I was stoked about it anyway. When I started college in the fall I drove it the 25 miles or so to Monroe county and at one particular s curve, no matter what I did, I spun out almost every day! What a blast that car was! And what a piece of unmitigated crap! Eventually it started fouling plugs so bad that I got these little chambers that screwed over the end of the plugs. The heat generated in the chamber would, theoretically, evaporate the oil and unfoul the plug. This got it running enough to sell it for $300., and never Have I had a greater sense of being unburdened than when I watched my old MG rolling down Maple Street and out of my life. I still drive a roadster, but now it's a Honda Del Sol. Just a leeeeeeetle bit more reliable than my MG.
Dr. Joey <dr_joey_@hotmail.com>
Solana Beach, CA US - Wednesday, March 08, 2000 at 16:54:49 (EST)

In the Spring of 1962 my step-dad decided I needed a car so he drug me miles from home to see what he had found. There it was, a 1951 Merc in the middle of a field. The doors were open, sheep had been running through it and there was a hole behind the drivers side door big enough to stick your head through. Oh yes, it was stuck in the mud and no tires! I don't remember how it ever got home or what all I did to it the next year but it was a beauty thanks to my stepdad's and my hard work. What I do remember is that Christmas I had taken it to my 40 miles away to Grandma's to show all my old school buddies what a great ride I had put together. Christmas eve with 6 inches of snow on the ground I was hit in the side by a drunk driver and the car had to be junked.
Mike Darbyshire <michael_darbyshire@mail.amsinc.com>
Gaitersburg, MD USA - Monday, March 06, 2000 at 14:14:21 (EST)

This sounds goofy but I found my first ride when I was only 5 or 6 years old. My parents had some friends who had a neighbor who had this real old truck sitting in their barn. Every time we would go to their house I would go over to that barn and play in that old truck. I would shift the gears and play with the levers and pretend I was driving. I did it for hours my mother told me. It wouldn't run and hadn't for years. When I was about 11 my dad bought that old truck. We got it home and a guy my dad worked with came to the house and got this thing to run. It was a 1930 Model A Ford pickup 100% origional and in bad shape, but it ran. My dad was not mechanically inclined at all and this old thing always had problems. My dads friend would come over and work on it and get it going til it quit again. I watched and asked questions. I ordered a repair manual out of JC Whitney and my dad bought me a Husky tool kit for Christmas in 1959. We had no garage, just a gravel driveway. I taug! ht myself how to make that darned old relic run using that manual from JC Whitney and bothering that guy who was my dads friend. I bought an exhaust system and other little parts always from JC Whitney.I learned how to drive it in the driveway when my parents were at work. I sanded it with a drill motor and 5 inch sanding discs from the hardware store and painted it with a brush. I patched the roof with tar and replaced the plywood floor panels. I sheared the teeth off the timing gears and sheared the keys off the rear axels and drums all the time. My dad would take parts off it to keep me from driving it but I took that as a test and could always make it run again. He would get so mad when I did that! He sold it when I was almost 15 and bought a 49 Merc 4 door with a broken motor but that's another story. I loved that old truck and learned many lessons both good and bad from it. It was truely my first ride...... Joe McCoy
Joe McCoy <realmccoyjoseph.mccoy@worldnet.att.net>
- March 04, 2000 at 20:49:26 (EST)

My First car was a 67 Ford Fairlane I bought it from a friend of my dads For $800 dollars The car was almost perfect It had a 351 Windsor in it with a 3 spd on the floor It had a roller cam and lifters with a set of dynomax mufflers talk about a car with a wicked sound I was a head turner The only thing I have done to the car since I've Owned it Is put a set of weld mags and new bfg's tires on it Car is fast and run's like a top Don't think i'll ever sale it
Nathan <bolt_logan@hotmail.com>
cleveland, Tenn usa - Tuesday, February 29, 2000 at 00:34:15 (EST)

My first car was was purchased two months before my 16th birthday. It was a 1971 Ford Torino 500 with a 302 2 bbl and a C-4. I puchased it for $1800. It had no rust, original paint, only 66K on the odo, and a CA inspection sticker. I parked it behind my house for 6 months until I had my license. Ny then, the inspection had expired. So I brought it to the local garage, and boy, was I in for a treat. Practically all for tires had dry rotted, brakes were dry rotted, master cylinder was leaking, carb was toast, a brake and fuel line were rusted through. $500 later and the car was on the road for about 6 days, when the trans begin to slip. The gov. needed replaced. Another $500 later and the car was good for about another 6 days, where it began to run like crap. It needed all new plugs, half of them were fouled. by June I realized the car was going through a quart of oil every two days. The value guides were shot. The car also had no power and ran terrible when it was cold. It also stalled frequently. I got a carb rebuild. It was fine for about two months, were it ran terribly. Timing gear had a broken tooth, heads needed redone, engine had a dead cylinder. I drove it to the junkyard. I guess the car had abou! ! t 166K on the engine, not 66K. Through the past winter months, the salt really did its toll on the body, the front fenders, quarters, and trunk were like swiss cheese. So, I bet you thought I junked it, huh? No way! I dropped in a new (USED) motor (351w), got duals put on with glasspacks, did some bodywork and got it painted sunflower yellow, added some Keystone mags, a 400 watt stereo, put in new carpet, detailed the engine, etc. Now the car is in heated storage in the winter, awaiting its new bench seat and rechromed bumpers. I also have a shift kit and traction bars for it. I now work at a garage part time, and do the majority of the repairs myself, and the car has only broken down once. I take it to car shows, etc. Hopefully next year I can yank the motor and get the heads redone, install a hot cam, a 4bbl carb. Most other people would of got disgusted with the car and sold it cheaply after the first $1000 in repairs, but I really love old cars and have the patience. Now when something breaks, I get excited because it's something new to do. The car is now prob. worth $6000, and I could break even if I had to sell it. I have had many offers for it, but I doubt I ever will sell it.
Eric Greco <greco@cobweb.net>
Beaver, PA USA - Wednesday, February 23, 2000 at 20:53:47 (EST)

my fist car is was a 1974 dodge charger coupe, i bought it from a freind of the family for $400 it ran great the body is kinda sad interior is ok but the rest of it is sweet. but right know i am working on rebuilding it and am having a hard time finding body panels if you know were i can get some please e-mail me at fireballs_70@hotmail.com
Reuben Wenzel <fireballs_70@hotmail.com>
belmmond, iowa united states - Friday, February 11, 2000 at 16:04:07 (EST)

My first car is a 1965 Ford F-100 pickup. It still had the oroginal 240ci 6 cylinder in it. When that blew up, a friend of mine gave me a 300ci 6 cylinder, which I just bolted in a few weeks ago. I also had it painted the brightest white I could find with Corvette Admiral Blue roof, headache rack, bumpers, and headlight bezels. Future plans include a stereo, Flowmaster 2" single outlet, side exit exhaust, some Cragar S/S rims, and hopefully a 351C.
Charles Mawson <impss_96@hotmail.com>
Hutto, TX USA - Tuesday, February 08, 2000 at 15:00:46 (EST)

Well, my first car is my car now, 65' Mustang. I love it! I got it for $5000 It was great looking and but the engine was kind of a piece of crap. It's a 289 w/ a 2 barrel. Well, I'm 16 now and I just sent it to this guy to get a 4-barrel and now cam, rings, rod bears, the works. My friends love my car, AND SO DO I!!!! I don't have pics of it yet but i will soon. If you have any questions then email me at nathantee@msn.com. Thanks
Nathan Teegarden <nathantee@msn.com>
Springfield, Missouri us - Content-type: text/plain Thu Dec 2 22:18:09 EST 1999

My first car was/is a 78 Malibu that we bought when I was 15 1/2 years old. At the time I really didnt know much about cars. Wel I figured that part out later. Anyway, the car had a 305 and a TH350 trans. I raced it a few times. I managed a best of a less-than-amazing 16.22@82 mph. About two months later I managed to spin a bearing by doing a burnout and revving the engine well beyond its redline (about 6500 rpm, redline was about 4500). That essentially finished the engine off. That was about the time I had found out that it came stock with a 200 ci V6 that made a whopping 95 hp. The guy I bought it from said it was a Malibu Classic and that the 305, which was in it when I got it, made about 300 hp. This all has changed less than three years later the car is now housing a newly rebuilt 350 which was bored .040". Now that I have a somewhat larger knowledge base of cars and engines, etc I decided that I would put a little effort in building a killer engine. Well I have a set of World Products Sportsman II heads with Manley 2.02/1.60 valves, Harland Sharp 1.5:1 roller rockers, Crane guide plates, Moroso stud girdles, ARP screw in rocker studs, Comp Cams springs, locks, and retainers (part of Comp Cams "K-kit"). The cam is a Comp 280H, which I hope to move to a larger solid lifter cam in the future. 10:1 compression, Summit stage II connecting rods, Speed Pro hypereutectic pistons, ARP head and main cap studs and rod bolts. Stock crank, Victor Jr "Bowtie II" intake w/a 3310 Holley. HEI distributor with a MSD "Super HEI" ignition Module and a MSD "Blaster 2" external coil. I have Hooker Super Comp headers hooked to a pair of 2 1/2" pipes with 2 chamber Flowmasters. There is really too much to list all at one time. Other mods include differential, fuel system, tranny, etc. Feel free to email me at My350ciMalibu78@aol.com I have a few pics of the engine, and car w/o the engine in it. It runs very well and is VERY loud.
Matt Bolender <My350ciMalibu78@aol.com>
Shelton, WA US - Content-type: text/plain Wed Dec 1 17:12:41 EST 1999

My first car was a 86'Ford Tempo. It was the biggest peice of shit anyone ever did see! My friends hated that car due to the faact that I didn't know anything about cars so they ened up doing all the work on it. I took it mud bogging and 4 wheeling all the time. I finnaly sold it to this kid for $500 and I was laughing all the way home. Needles to say I will NEVER EVER own a tempo again!!!!!!
Barry Lepard <Santasbiggy@Yahoo.com>
SalmonArm, B.C. Canada - Content-type: text/plain Tue Nov 30 16:33:34 EST 1999

My first car was a 1957 Chevy Bel-Air. I was the second owner and I picked it up for 5 grand. I lived in the town that the movie American Graffitti was based on, so I eventually swapped in a basic 350/350 combo. She was a nice driver and really got some good comments. Alas, I was more into the muscle cars so I sold her when I found a '68 Dodge Super Bee. The Bee had a massive engine compartment, where first sat the original, unmolested 383. Now a 528 cid, all aluminum Hemi with a 14-71 blower and two 1000 cfm Holley Dominators resides 'tween the fenders. I know there are better exhaust systems out there, but I never got over the sound of a hot muscle car with glasspacks. I wanted to run a 4 speed, but I stuck with the 727 and had it beefed up. I didn't tub it, so traction is my biggest problem. But for all the people who stop and stare, (and I hope shake in their boots) it just isn't the same as my '57 Chevy. Maybe someday I'll...........
Kevin Mayhew <covenant@mycabin.com>
Modesto, California USA - Content-type: text/plain Mon Nov 29 23:17:12 EST 1999

my first car,that i still drive today is a 1981 chevy camaro .I bought it for $400 bucks when i was 14.Im now 17 and since then i have painted it viper blue with white stripes,and put in a350 with a performance cam and other horsepower goodies.it has air shocks and traction bars at the rear.tinted windows a c.d.player and a set of aluminum mags give it a pimped style.email me for pictures rrinsma@hotmail.com
mike mackintosh <rrinsma@hotmail.com>
salmonarm, bc canada - Content-type: text/plain Mon Nov 29 14:42:16 EST 1999

my first car,that i still drive today is a 1981 chevy camaro .I bought it for $400 bucks when i was 14.Im now 17 and since then i have painted it viper blue with white stripes,and put in a350 with a performance cam and other horsepower goodies.it has air shocks and traction bars at the rear.tinted windows a c.d.player and a set of aluminum mags give it a pimped style.email me for pictures rrinsma@hotmail.com
mike mackintosh <rrinsma@hotmail.com>
salmonarm, bc canada - Content-type: text/plain Mon Nov 29 14:41:12 EST 1999

My first car was a'87 Chevy S10. It was a short bed extended cab. When i got my license my dad gave it to me. It looked pretty stock except for '79 Z28 wheels, but it had a 350 crate motor under the hood with a B&M shifted 700r-4. The brown paint wasn't to great but I didn't have to worry about if it got scratched or something. I made it look pretty sharp by tinting the windows, adding a roll pan,and blacking out all the chrome. It had a grey primered hood(the original hood got a little twisted after a short drive without the hood pins in)I painted a huge bowtie on the hood. My dad wouldn,t let me put Flowmasters on it so it sounded like a regular V6 S10. No one ever expected it to have a 350 in it when they pulled up next to it, until I put it to the floor and let the right rear turn into a cloud of smoke, it then chirped the tires into second and third gear. I loved that truck because it was fast, did huge 1 tire burnouts, and I even took it off roading every now and then. When it started snowing that truck was like driveing a go cart you could throw it sideways on the snowy roads and just keep it there by feathering the throttle. I would spent hours doing donuts in parking lots. The fun finally stopped when a was towing by buddies '70 nova out of a ditch after he got a little to sideways and lost it. Some guy in a Geo t-boned while we were towing the nova and totaled my truck. My current toy is a '82 Z28 with the motor out of my truck in it, the hardest shifting Th350 I've ever felt, a '86 IROC posi with 4.11's, a six point cage, and huge American racing wheels with 295/50/15's out back and the Flowmaster exhaust I always wanted. My friends all drive little 4 banger imports but I guess I'm old school and love a V8 rear drive vehicle.
Brad Fischer <11becca@nycap.rr.com>
Niverville, New York United States - Content-type: text/plain Thu Nov 25 17:56:17 EST 1999

I bought my first car (truck) when I was 15yrs old for $200.00 with paper route money in 1974. It was (is) a 1948 Chevy Pick-up. I borrowed a torch and chopped the the top, it had a very hot 235 (six-in-a-row made it go)with a homemade intake made from tubing! It placed the carb (four barrel) 14" above the valve cover! It never had the hood on it being I loved to show it off. I later put a Buick 401 in it mounted MIDSHIP with a 16" drive shaft. It now is being rebuilt for the third time. This time with a new cab (the top chopping skills of a 16yr old is not that great) It now is sectioned 2 1/2" and chopped 4" and has a camaro front clip and I'll put the 401 nailhead in the front where it belongs.
Brian Martin <buickfam@aol.com>
Fremont, Ca. USA - Content-type: text/plain Sat Nov 20 17:47:55 EST 1999

my first car was a 1980 chev malibu classic, and what a sweet car it was all done up from top to bottom. it had a 350 cid engine, center line rims, wine red piant job and well it was just all around beautiful. i was going to put it on the road when i got my licience but about 2 weeks before i was able to do it some one loaded it onto a flat bed truck and took off with it and it was never recovered. And to think i could have used it in car shows, oh well i geuss stuff like that happens.
kevin <durrantkevin@hotmail.com>
calgary, alta canada - Content-type: text/plain Wed Nov 17 15:28:00 EST 1999

MY first car was and is a 72' super beetle that i got for 150 bucks with the drums locked up and no engine, I had gotten it when I was 14 and worked on it until I turned 16. I replaced the entire brake system drums all around, I replaced bothrear fenders and welded the frame, I also lowered the front end four inches and put new 195/60/15 tires all around. I bought an all new carpet kit and seats and headliner and installed everything by myself. Now on to the exciting part, I had my block machined for 94 mm cylinders with an engle 120 cam and dual kadrons! Put it all together myself with my dad in our garage. Certainly an enlightening experience! I did all of this on my part time box-boy budget, translation no help from "Daddy". I made my fair share of mistakes but who doesn't their first time right. Anyway I'd do it all over again in a minute, but like a true hot rodder i'm bored with my engine already and am looking for more power!!!!!
sky
brookings, or usa - Content-type: text/plain Thu Oct 28 14:38:06 EDT 1999

My first car is a 63'Pontiac Acadin waggon. It is the Shagen'Waggon, I pulled out the old 250 and the three speed tranny dropped in a 292 and a four speed muncie. I changed over the interior to buckets, power back window, I took out all the teal interior and changed it to black and grey, I put in a center console with a Sony CD player and three 12"MTX subs. Then I took off the four bolt rear end and the front spindals, I put in a set of better gears and a nice set of Pontiac rallyI rims. I painted it and tinted the windows, it's the nicest waggon around my town! If you have any comments: E-Mail me at Bushboy69@hotmail.com
Glenn Cameron <Bushboy69@Hotmail.com>
Salmon Arm, B.C Canada - Content-type: text/plain Wed Oct 27 14:33:43 EDT 1999

My first Truck was a piece of monkey crap. A 1977 Ford F-250 rust bucket with a 400 big block. The only nice thing that it had, was wheels.
David <daveshlong@hotmail.com>
Salmon Arm, B.C. Canada - Content-type: text/plain Wed Oct 27 14:27:54 EDT 1999

My first car....1986 Dodge Lancer ES turbo. Not a bad car. I bought it at an auction. I'm still looking for the someone selling the Shelby version w/ over 200 HP. This 2.2 got 140 HP, real good for 1986. I loved turbos ever since.Since then I've owned the following...1. 73 Olds Cutlass 2dr (resold quickly after purchase)2. 70 Ford Galaxie 500 w/351w3. 83 S-10 Blazer (may favorite car/truck to date)4. 63 Triumph Spitfire (currently restoring/customizing)E-mail me for more info, and check out my web sitewww.qsl.net/n3prz/automobile
Jason Foster <n3prz@qsl.net>
Gaithersburg, MD USA - Content-type: text/plain Sun Oct 17 22:16:48 EDT 1999

My first car was a ´71 Buick Skylark. It was black and ugly but it goes like shit when you stick your foot down to the floor. It was a problem to de-rust the car because of law in austria but after long time of working it was black again but without holes in the wings. Finally I´ve managed to polish my Buick Ralley Wheels to perfection so that the car looks like a real show stopper! It was a fine car, but now I woke up and I looked out of my window and saw the skylark with rust and dirt in front of my garage.
Mike Schödl
Vienna, Austria - Content-type: text/plain Sun Oct 3 12:34:07 EDT 1999

Well, I'm still on my first car, cuz I'm 16! It's a '95 Mustang. Nice bright Laser Red.Thank You!
Marwane Aoun <maoun@c-logic.net>
Los Angeles, CA USA - Content-type: text/plain Mon Sep 27 22:47:49 EDT 1999

My first car was a 1986 Mercury Lynx Wagon. Yes that is right, a Lynx. This thing was a mean machine. It had a four cylinder engine and burned oil like there was no tomorrow. It also got a good 25 miles to the gallon. Interior was beautiful. Back seat folded down which was the best thing about the wagon. You ask why this is such a good car? It may not have been fast, or anything like that, but it was where I lost my virginity, hence the back seat folding down.
Tod Hamilton <jcatrm1218@hotmail.com>
Chicago, Il usa - Content-type: text/plain Sun Sep 12 18:04:47 EDT 1999

my first car was a 1964 ply. fury station wagon. it looked like nothing. but boy wasit a fun car.it was a push button trany, and a BIG BIG V8, and duel mufflers. that car was fast. just ask all the guys in their little sport cars that I would just leave in my DUSt!!!!!!! a friend of mine asked me one day when i was going to get a REAL CAR. well i shut her up when i told here at least I HAAVE A CAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(SMILING AT THAT)
karleen <pkarleen@hotmail.com>
soquel, calif. usa - Content-type: text/plain Wed Aug 4 02:03:43 EDT 1999

my first car was a1936 chevy coupe,5window. i bought the car around 1962 or 63. bought it for $15.00 yeap thats right just $15.00. it had nothing in it. but i put a chevy 350 eng. in it. then a 350 auto tranny in it. that just screamed. it also had a57 pont. possi rearend. it kind of looked like a willies coupe.it ended up being a really nice car. but then to make a long story a little shorter,i sold it and started all over again!!!!!!(with a smile on my face) ray
ray <pkarleen@hotmail.com>
soquel, calif. uas - Content-type: text/plain Wed Aug 4 01:20:20 EDT 1999

my first car was a1936 chevy coupe,5window. i bought the car around 1962 or 63. bought it for $15.00 yeap thats right just $15.00. it had nothing in it. but i put a chevy 350 eng. in it. then a 350 auto tranny in it. that just screamed. it also had a57 pont. possi rearend. it kind of looked like a willies coupe.it ended up being a really nice car. but then to make a long story a little shorter,i sold it and started a ray <pkarleen@hotmail.com>
soquel, calif. uas - Content-type: text/plain Wed Aug 4 01:20:19 EDT 1999

my first car was a 1964 ply. fury station wagon. it looked like nothing. but boy wasit a fun car.it was a push button trany, and a BIG BIG V8, and duel mufflers. that car was fast. just ask all the guys in their little sport cars that I would just leave in my DUST!!!!!!!!!!!!
karleen <pkarleen@hotmail.com>
soquel, calif. usa - Content-type: text/plain Wed Aug 4 00:53:14 EDT 1999

Hey there. I guess an obsession with Mercedes-Benz automobiles led to my decision to make one my first car during my senior year of high school (1991). After amassing an entire room full of Benz models, posters, dealer books, and over 350 toy MB cars, I purchased car #1 - a 1973 Mercedes 280 SE 4.5 for $2,300. This thing was as old as I was and looked like it came from your grandmothers garage - white with a brown vinyl roof, brown leather, and 1 1/2" whitewall tires. It wasn't in the best of shape (the wood was warped in places and the roof leaked) but God, was it fast on the freeway. The only improvemets I had time to make were cosmetic - grille badges, a German license plate up front, and a bunch of stupid stickers in the windows. Unfortunately, I drove that car less than three weeks before the rear axle broke and sent me skidding on three wheels (one had fallen off) at an intersection. I never had it fixed and finally sold it four years later for $36. Today it's been fixed and restored and is being driven around southern Oregon daily. It's my plan to buy it back someday when the current owner is ready - and then pass it on to my kids. These days I drive a 1994 Nissan Maxima SE - reliable, fun, and fast as hell, for anyone considering one.
Jaymes Descoteaux <descoteaux58@hotmail.com>
Portland, Oregon - Content-type: text/plain Sun Aug 1 07:16:24 EDT 1999

well my first car was a 65 two door spec, me and my boyfriend had a good time in that car. riding around and cruising. and it lasted me 2 weeks because i burned out the clutch and i got mad in a drunken rage and destroyed with a bat.
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mount peilar, vermont america - Content-type: text/plain Thu Jul 29 13:39:49 EDT 1999

My first Car is a 1970 Plymouth Duster, 340 4speed, I bought it from a drunk Cowboy, in December of 1984 for $250.00. I was 14 years old and one year from getting a drivers license, the car had been used to chase Cyotes (I should mention at this point that I grew up in north central Montana) the front was completely smashed, the radiator was held in with bailing wire, and there was a bullet hole through the windsheild that was big enough to stick your index finger through. The hole was from the inside out, evidently one of the cowboys buddies, had accidently discharged the rifle used to hunt the cyotes inside the car.. I didn't care, I had wheels.. My dad's theroy was I would appreicate a car more if I had to fix it myself.. He figured this wreck was a good start, I built it up all though high school and even raced it some.. it ran 14.5's in high school, and was driven regular.. with a 3.91 posi and the 340 4 speed it could still get 20 mpg if I kept my foot out of the throttle . When I graduated from high school, I blew the motor up street racing, spun 3 rod bearings and broke the crank, I spent a year putting it back together, on a limited budget. after spending all the money in high school making it a nice street driver I decided I wanted a race car. so I gutted it, installed a tunel ram and 4.88 rear on a strange spool. no more street driver, I ran mid 12's at the strips in Montana, which isn't bad considering that the srtips are close to 5000 feet above sea level.. I finally settle down and went to college, I used to drive it around a little when i was going to college I rented a small garage to keep it in.. I had a two stall grage that I paid $40.00 a month for, the draw back was it was in the really bad part of town.. And you guessed it eventually the car was stolen, I lived within four block's of the location of the garage, and the night it was stolen, I remember waking up about 3:00 am and hearing this car just screaming through the gears, now a car guy can tell when a car is built up right.. it just has that sweat sound.. And I remember thinking to myself, I wonder who out at this hour hot rodding around, and whoever it is their car sure sounds good... No wonder it sounded so good to me, it was my car... Well to make a long story short, I did get it back, the motor was destroyed the body was battered, and beat.. They ran into a pole.. The car sat for 5 years... After finishing college and obtaining a good job, the Duster is about to make a return, after a complete restoration, that is again making a street/strip car, and running the original 340 block except now it is running a stroker crank and aluminun Brodix cylinder heads, a narrowed rear, mini tubs, and a six point cage, still has the four speed.. all things come full circle given enough time.. never caught the guys that stole the car, I did learn their names through the grape vine.. But never caught up with them, it's probally a good thing I might have ended up in jail.. My family has a lnog tradition of holding on to their first cars.. In 1941 my dads great uncle bought a 1941 Dodge 3 window business coupe, it was then given to my great grandfather as his first car, he in turn gave it to my grandfather as his first car, he in turn gave it to my father as his first car, It survived four years of high school with my father, and 20 years of storage and in 1985 it was truned into a street rod, using the orignal style flathead head 6 cylinder with all the 50's speed parts, finned aluminum head, dual one barrel carbs, and split fenton exhaust mainfolds, and a 3/4 race Chet Herbert cam.. Dad of course still has this car. My brother still has his first car also, a 1956 Dodge 4dr..
Joshua Stollfuss <jstollfu&ford.com>
Allen Park , MI usa - Content-type: text/plain Mon Jul 19 19:22:11 EDT 1999

First car was a mint 60 2dr. Falcon I bought in 1971,one year before I could even drive.Baby blue,170 6 cyl,3 spd.on the column. That thing would run all summer on a tank of gas. After driving it for a couple mo.s.I could'nt leave well enough alone,and ended up putting a 302 4-spd.in it.Never did get it to run right after that.Hey, what do u want,we were 17 and did'nt know our ass from a hole in the ground.Only paid $50.for it anyway.After giving up on it , went out and bought a Teal colored 69 Mach-1.
Barry <Heavy6405@aol.com>
deptford, N.J. - Content-type: text/plain Mon Jul 19 18:26:43 EDT 1999

I wasn't to sure about my first hotrod.
Josh Mahony
Orlando, FL USA - Content-type: text/plain Sun Jul 11 02:20:44 EDT 1999

my first car sucked!
danny
tooele, utah USA - Content-type: text/plain Thu Jun 24 23:23:34 EDT 1999

My first car was a '56 chevy 2 door Belair. It was compition orange and had black tuck-n-roll interior. A 283 and a 3 speed on the floor.I found it at the local Tastee Freeze, a girl who worked there had it. Her dad worked for a car lot and somebody traded it in. She wanted a thousand bucks for it and in 1971 that was a lot of cash. She looked OK so I started dating her and finally got her dad to sell it to me for 500 bucks.....funny thing we kind of drifted apart after that.I drove it for about a month and a piston skirt cracked so I rebuilt it...it took me 6 months to make enough money and I traded for a B/W 4 speed and a Hurst shifter. When I got it together it had the 4 speed, 3 two barrels and a Mallory Mini-Mag ignition. I found some really cool M/T headers that had the collector caped and a pipe out the side of each collector to the glass packs, so you could un-cork the headers in just a minute. It ran 13.14 at Sacramento Raceway the first time out. I street raced alot, used to carry a spare 3rd member and axels in the trunk. I bought a 56 convertible a couple of years later and would take the drivetrain out of the sedan and put it in the ragtop every summer then back in the 2 door when the rains came (the ragtop had no rag)I wish that I still had them both!
Clutch Cargo <Clutch Cargo@innovationeng.com>
Snellville, Ga. USA - Content-type: text/plain Wed Jun 23 01:13:44 EDT 1999

My first car was a 1963 Chevy Impalass it had a 283 with automatic transmission factory air and man I mean it blew cold too it was blue with with a white vinyl top it was all original even down to the factory rims. My granfather bought it new off the lot in 1963 he gave it to me when I was around 8 years old. When it was sold it was in immaculate condition maybe even showroom condition. I do so wish I still had this beautifal car.
Robert Perritt <perritt@pflash.com>
Corsicana, Texas usa - Content-type: text/plain Sun Jun 20 21:01:32 EDT 1999

i bought my 72 plymouth duster when i twas 15. IM 18 NOW AND ITS NOT EVEN GFINISHED YET I TOSSED THE 318 AND INSTALLED A 550 HP 372" MOTOR AND A 727 TF W/4200 STALL THEN 4:30 GEARS. I PAID 475 FOR IT AND NOW IT STILL LOOK THE SAME EXEPT LOOK UNDER THE HOOD AND THEN YOU REALIZE IM FASTER THAN YOU AND I;VE INVESTED OVER 17000.OO IN MY MACHINE. LATER WILL BE PEARL SILVER PAAAINT W/340 STRIPES 15+3.5" WELD PROSTARS ON THE FRONT AND 15+8 W/ 10.5" MICKEYS ON THE REAR NO OLD SCHOOL CRAP HERE.
jesse mclean <carguy@net>
huntsville, ontario canada - Content-type: text/plain Thu Jun 17 15:01:05 EDT 1999

Hi, I'm C.A.McMillin,I bought my first car a 47-Chevy coupe in 1956 from my ag teacher. I thought I was a hot-rodder then,but the old Chevy was far from being a hot rod. I did all the things I could do on a student budget, added fake white walls,called port-a-walls,single bladed flippers on the front wheels,chrome exhaust tip,steering wheel knob,lets just say Western Auto was my favorite store. I'd really like to have it back.
C.A.McMillin <CAMAC@BIGFOOT.COM>
BERTRAM, TEXAS USA - Content-type: text/plain Thu May 27 19:45:01 EDT 1999

My first car is and was a 1972 Pontiac Luxury LeMans. It has a 400. Th-400. The Engine is all balanced and blueprinted. It is bored 40 over and has a compression of 10.1. It has approximately 700 horse power at 7,000 RPM. It is a real cherry. It'll run in the upper 7's. And I plan on keeping it. Wanna Race!!!!!!!
Jake Ford <PONTIAC69@graffiti.net>
Chadron, NE US - Content-type: text/plain Thu May 27 12:36:07 EDT 1999

Hey everyone, okay here goes. My first car(original huh?)was a 1975 Monte Carlo, picked it up for $500 city in a repair shop. It had no motor so I bought a junkyard 350 for $150, TH-350 $100, put em in and thought I had a hotrod. When i first went to the track i was very upset, the car only ran 16.10. Now i know that for a 4000lb car with a stock motor that's not bad. Well, in October of 87' my parents hit the lottery for a good sum of money, and my Dad decided it was time to make it a real hot rod. So we started going to swap meets and found a 1966 327/350hp steel crank short block for $250(nothing wrong with it!)Well, $5000 later we had a 337 cu/in mighty mouse that was pushing upwards of 450hp, a race ready TH-350, 3.91 posi, and a little squirt of the juice. The first time out with the new package the car ran a 12.99/113mph. After a little fine tuning she ran a best of 12.69/118, not bad for a street leagal car running 255/60r15's!!! Now 12 years later, 4 vehicles later (the Monte met its demise when the rear frame decided to separate from the front!!!). I have rebuilt the engine once again to the tune of 12:1 compression, dart aluminum heads, lunati hydraulic roller camshaft, harland-sharp roller rockers, Nos fogger, Holley 850 double pumper, 3800 torque converter w/the same TH-350, 4.56 gears in a ford 9-inch, all tucked away nice and neatly in a 1986 Cutlass Supreme, bucket seat and console from the factory. The car tips the scales at 3250 with the drvr, and has turned a best time of 10.21/133mph with the juice only contributing about 200hp. Once I get it dialed in I'm hoping to run 9.90's in a street legal car. The Cutlass is undoubtedly lots of fun to drive, but my favorite will always be my 75' Monte.
Rob Emerson <loverdwngs@aol.com>
MI USA - Content-type: text/plain Thu May 13 01:01:32 EDT 1999

My first car, which i still own to this day was a brand new 1969 Yenko Camaro. It had a 427, 4 speed, and buckets, i upgraded everything on that from headers, to camshaft. It was factory rated at around 450 hp, but with my mods i expect it to pump about 540 hp. Now it is only a strip car that will run low 9's (9.32) in full nitrous. Its a metallic silver, with a blue interior, I would sell my first born for another of these carS!!!!!!!!!
Bob <dick@aol.com>
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Canada - Content-type: text/plain Sat Apr 24 02:51:52 EDT 1999

My first car was a '72 Opel GT, bought for $250, and put $6000 into it for parts, everything that was removable was rebuilt, repainted, or recovered. All work was done by myself. High peformance was the goal, and I am here to tell you, it was accomplished in spades. After completion, the car buried the 150 mph speedometer often enough to lose my license for life. On to my first american car, I bought an '81 cutlass for $75.00 with a '69 350 Rocket motor in it from a girl that I work with here in Rapid City, and all that was wrong with it was a fan belt. She's still pissed. I found a bucket seat interior w/floor shifter at a junkyard in dark blue for $50.00, and I found 15" wheels from a '76 cutlass,(similar to mid-eighties S10 wheels), and I mounted 235/60-15 Radial T/A's all the way around. The car was then treated to a cam,intake, carburetor, and aircleaner from Edelbrock, a set of headers, electric fan, hi-torque mini-starter, and an Accel H.E.I. Super Coil sits atop the rebuilt distributor. The engine was rated at 325 horses from the factory, but with the goodies I've installed, I'm sure that the power is just a bit higher than that. Even though I haven't rebuilt the motor yet, it roars like a demon from hell. My newest aquisition is an ultra-rare round guage panel from an '82 cutlass calais, which was a real pain to rewire, but well worth the effort. Next on my list is bodywork and paint, a T-56 tranny, and suspension work that will make it hug the curves better than it already does. This car is really going to be way cool. If there's anyone with advice or ideas, you can contact me at: metrippin@hotmail.com, so I guess that's it.
Rod Polk
Rapid city, SD USA - Content-type: text/plain Fri Apr 23 11:52:11 EDT 1999

I was 15 and just got a 72 olds' cutlass for 500$ it ran fine so i thought it was a good buy. I was restoring it for when I get my license. It took me 1/2 year to get it working good. I had plans for this car. On 11/25/98 the day after i got my license after teurning 16 some teenager pulled out in front of me whe I was going 55 mph, I slammed on the brakes but it was no use the Cutlass was gone. The little Mazda that i hit did a 180 from the inpackt. My dreams for my Cutlass were gone! After all the work and time and money I put in to it, It was gone. And the bad part is i only got to drive it for ONE DAY!!!!
Bob <soccer@rocketmail.com>
Woodstock, IL USA - Content-type: text/plain Thu Apr 22 15:54:08 EDT 1999

I was 12 years old around 1958 in the southwest section of Detroit Michigan. My friend and I were walking by Vernor & Green streets. The old Mexican part of town when I saw an older Corvette. I don't remember what year exactly but it was all white with a giant blower sticking through the hood. He punched it as he flew by us and my heart started pumping and my hands were sweating. Holy-Cow, The motor whined like a thousand screaming demons and the exhaust sounded like a giant truck. I never saw anything like that in my life. Was that real or what. Later that day I found out that it was a drag race hot rod. The next Saturday, me and my buddy hitched hiked to Detroit Dragway and sibley and dix roads in Brownstown Township, Michigan. Well we didn't have any money and after looking around we walked about 1/8 mile down the fence line and found a hugh hole in the fence. After crawling through, this guy says, cough up .25 each. No problem, he was 8' tall and weighed 300 lbs. Heck, it was I believe a couple of bucks to get in then and I figured we saved a lot. OK, now the good stuff ....I have never in my wildest dreams ever thought I would be feasting my hungry eyes on all those cool hot rods. We continued to go to Detroit Dragway every Sat and then I lost interest. 3 ex wives later....older, grayer, fatter and a little bit smarter I purchased an 81 cherry vette. All white (wouldn't you know). Anyway, I stripped it down to the frame, after removing all the inner panels with a butane torch and a pry bar (that took around 3 months). I made many calls and finally found one of the best and honest and nicest guys around named Danny Scott in Goodrich, Michigan who tubbed out my vette. He back halved it and installed the 10 point cage. He also laid in the 9 in ford with the coil overs. What a beautiful job from a great drag racer. Danny, you are the best. (Danny's Chevelle runs around 203 in the 1/4) Ok, now the fun part. I starts reading everything I can get my hands on. Blowers, sm-block stuff..Ed Iskendarian Cams (The worlds best) holly-vac-secondary etc, etc. OK I have to start building my ole hot rod. Brake lines, line-lock, where am I going to start. 3 and 1/2 years later. It is all together. Good Machine shop guys Total Automotive Engineering on Grand River in Detroit assembled my beast for me. Took it home and hooked it up. 357 ci sm block chevy (1973 truck block) 4 bolt mains. Isky special blower cam dual profile (blowers love a lot of exhaust) Smooth out the exhaust ports, shine them like a baby's butt. De-burr and clean up the chambers. Leave the intake alone except for some general touching up. blowers love to smash gas and air through rough surfaces, it atomizes the mix better. The blower will take care of the intake side, you tweek the exhaust. At least 30 to 40 more on the exhaust side for flow. The Cam (solid lifter) will do that. Isky grinds them special. They work like crazy. the cam and the conveter all start to sing at 3400 rpm. The twin 650 holly's with vac-secondaries will come out of the hole well. All controlled with little or low (one rev) tire spin and 3000 rpm on the brake. Then all hell breaks loose when you slam 2nd gear. Straight as the crow flies. I used to pass most of my competitors in 2nd gear, pulling all the way up through 7500 rpm. the bds 6-71 old triangle plate (15 yrs old) worked fine. Keep your fuel pressure 7 to 8 psi all through the range. run 22 degrees initial with 42 to 45 total at 1500 rpm. blowers love initial advance. That's the story of the "Warlock" Detroit closed in 1996/7 and I haven't raced since. I used to watch all the great ones race in the 60's at Detroit Dragway and I was able to Race down the best dragstrip in the whole world. If the old racer calls for me upstairs, I sure hope he has a drag strip with a good set of lights....Thanks for reading a part of my life...Ron "Warlock" Mucci best 10.17 @ 136.8 MPH.
Ron Mucci (Musi) <rcmucci@yahoo.com>
Melvindale, MI USA - Content-type: text/plain Wed Mar 31 21:04:09 EST 1999

My first car was a 1970 Chevelle it had a 454 LS6 motor that car was a beauty it was all stock 4 speed am fm radio black with white stripes. Even today i have that car and It steal looks like it did back then it sat in my garrage for many years and it has never been restored its beauitiful I will never sell this car .
bill peters
USA - Content-type: text/plain Tue Mar 30 22:12:28 EST 1999

Hey Yo, my name is Derrick Oman and my first car was a 1969 Buick Skylark 2-door with a 350 Chevy small block with "pink" rods and comp cams. Rally wheels off of a gran sport and a hood tach . Me and my pops bought if off some old people in our church that used it as a Sunday driver when it had only 35k miles on it and even the original mats, spare tire, and jack. The paint was a bad-ass canary yellow that made heads turn when the huge Hannah tailpipes light up. Hot rodding this Buick bad boy at the nearby Muncie dragway was a blast. I just loved blowing the doors off of all those punk Kids in Mustang 5.0's and 80's camaros. But alas the Banana Boat as it was fittingly dubbed came to an end when an old man in a brand new Chrysler New Yorker decided to blow a stop sign and smash me into someone's front yard which split the cross-member from the frame. I am now working on a 85 Cadillac de Ville with a 484 out of a 70's Eldorado so there it is.



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