What was your car growing up (high school car)

[TimM63]

1955 Oldsmobile Super 88 - 383 V-8 with a 4-Barrel Carb - you could hear the gas being sucked into the carb when you hit the gas hard.

Now that is a sweet car. I would love to get my hands on one now.

 

[Down Time]

'76 Hand-me-down AMC Gremlin, 232 straight six, three speed, it was AWSOME!!!!

 

[Jon Mopar]

I've since had chargers (classic and new) and things with Hemis, but back in the day…the first car I had of my own was a mild custom 90 Dakota (5.9 carbureted). Before then I drove hand-me-downs.

 

[mustang1989]

That frickin' Dakato looks GREAT Jon!! I'd own that in a heartbeat!!

 

[airdave]

(1976) At 16, my girlfriend and I bought a 1972 Ford Capri.
Thats the German/UK style Capri with the same 4cyl. that was in a Pinto.
Over the next 3 years me and my brother-in-law bought another half dozen Capris and 3 Pintos.
I drove daily two Capris, a green '72 and then a yellow '74.
I also drove a Pinto occasionally.
My bro-in-law built a nice street Capri with a 350 small block.

My '72 Capri was wrecked on the highway in a sudden traffic jam.
My '74 was rear ended by a drunk kid late at night.

 

[Mr Dirt]

My first car was a 1955 Volkswagen Beetle. Four cylinder 1200 cc . Had semaphore signal lights and cloth sunroof. Six volt electric system. Had a hard life was out on a slide ride with 5 people in it rolled it up a hill. Popped the sunroof to get out, we rolled it back on its tires pushed down the road got it started back to town we went. It became the tumble bud after that day.

 

[Plastic Pilot]

I don't know how it is possible to have a car in the high school, high school for me was from 14 to 18 years, you get your driver license with 18 so guess if you are born at the start of spring, you can drive a car for a maximum of 6 months. My first car was a Ford Escort 1.6 16v GLX, very good acceleration and a top speed of 180Km/h, she was design like a tank, I torture that poor beauty without knowing and mistreated her. Those days gas was cheap but she swallowed more than 9L/100Km. I always dreamed about her bigger sister the Escort RS Cosworth... and a lot of men dream about that car.



And...The RS Cosworth

 

[kecurroj]

64' Impala SS w/327.

 

[mark2]

My first car (about 1987) was a 1956 standard 8 with a straight six 2ltr twin carb Toyota engine,jag irs and triumph herald front crossmember/ suspension, my dad bought it and all the parts for me to build when I was 15, never made it to the road as girls became a priority, lol.
Followed by a minvan with a 1275 gt engine

 

[mustang1989]

(1976) At 16, my girlfriend and I bought a 1972 Ford Capri.
Thats the German/UK style Capri with the same 4cyl. that was in a Pinto.
Over the next 3 years me and my brother-in-law bought another half dozen Capris and 3 Pintos.
I drove daily two Capris, a green '72 and then a yellow '74.
I also drove a Pinto occasionally.
My bro-in-law built a nice street Capri with a 350 small block.

My '72 Capri was wrecked on the highway in a sudden traffic jam.
My '74 was rear ended by a drunk kid late at night.

Yikes!!! Those were two cool cars too!!

 

[mustang1989]

My first car (about 1987) was a 1956 standard 8 with a straight six 2ltr twin carb Toyota engine,jag irs and triumph herald front crossmember/ suspension, my dad bought it and all the parts for me to build when I was 15, never made it to the road as girls became a priority, lol.
Followed by a minvan with a 1275 gt engine

I think the vast majority of us may have fallen for the "girls" trap Mark. lol

I used to build hot rods all the time when I was younger and then.....I got married. All of that pretty much ended for a while. I've had a few cool cars since but nothing like the ones I had when I was single. lol

 

[Steve Ski]

Well, this is an interesting subject.

• A cherry '66 VW bug, rolled it within two weeks
• Ford Pinto, baby blue, blew the motor within 6 months.
• Honda CT70 scooter bike, cold in the winter.
• Olds Delta 88, a real bomber, but it ran good.

 

[mustang1989]

Well, this is an interesting subject.

• A cherry '66 VW bug, rolled it within two weeks
• Ford Pinto, baby blue, blew the motor within 6 months.
• Honda CT70 scooter bike, cold in the winter.
• Olds Delta 88, a real bomber, but it ran good.

You always know how to give a guy a good laugh Steve. lol

Cool rides nonetheless buddy.

 

[mustang1989]

My first ride was a 1966 Barracuda with 318 V-8 with a 2 barrel carburetor.

These pics were taken in 1985 with an old Kodak Disk camera and although grainy, here's pictures of my very first car. I've given thought a time or two getting the ol' girl back from the current owner as I know right where shes at..............rotting away in a field.









and the mildly warmed over 318 V-8 I built for it.....

 

[PatW]

My parents never had a car after WW2, me growing up in the mid-fifties. When I had saved up I bought an Austin Devon 4 door when I was 18 after two years at work by then.