1971 Dodge Dart Swinger. It was a hand me down from my dad in 1978 right after I turned 17, which he had bought new. I Jut picked one up same year and color this past July.

 

1978 BMW 728 auto (Reseda green) - in 1984.
Straight into this from the driving school Fiesta - quite a change.
Bought for Ł1800 from a friend with approx. 70k on the clock - including a private plate which I sold for Ł600!
Kept it for 5 years and roughly 60k miles - no major work needed - fantastic car.
Paved the way for a whole line of Beemers, the last of which, a lovely 1973 2002tii I only sold last year to buy the SRT6

 

That was a great looking car, I bet it ran pretty good too.

 

Had cars , but were not reaily mine mom and dad paid for and had first dibs on driving. What i paid for in 68 was a 1967 chevy chevelle metallic blue 2 door coupe 283 v8 std transmission

 

How strange. I bought a private plate from a chap in Scotland for Ł600.00. Wasn't you was it?

Jon

 

Sorry Jon, not me - I was living in Windsor at the time.
Plate was RBT200 and sold via Registration Transfers (or similar company - can't remember now) to an R Beattie - R-B-T - geddit? - nice, eh?! - so being a Scottish name, it could actually have gone to Scotland! I reckon, even 28 years ago, he got a good deal

 

Mine was an AC Petite three wheeler. All aluminium body painted apple green, 385 cc Villiers engine with chain driven gearbox. Bench seat for two, suicide doors. Ł100.00 in 1966.

 

Mine was a John Player Special Capri 2.0S. Black and Gold with 8 spoke chrome alloys, Weber twin choke carb. Amazingly a 19 year old could insure this in 1982 - no chance nowadays. This was the last 2 door coupe I had before the Crossfire.

Cheers
David

 

How about first three.

1. 1963 Chevrolet Impala SS. 327 4BBL Powerglide. White with Black vinyl interior. Hand me down from my dad in 1971.
2. 1974 Chevrolet Vega GT Hatchback. Deluxe Interior. My first brand new car. Did I say rust? Did you check the oil today? - 1974
3. 1969 Chevrolet Chevelle SS. 396 - 325HP Astro Buckets, Black vinyl interior. No AC. Very easy to spin the tires - Liked to break rocker arms. - 1979

 

Interesting, did it have a reverse gear? or did it have the system for adjusting the ignition timing and then starting the engine backwards (yes a two stroke will run both ways) in order to reverse the car?

I'm sure some of the Villiers engined vehicles had this strange set up.

 

My first car was a 1975 Datsun 620 pickup. My brother bought it for body parts to fix his '77 after he rearended a 4-runner. He sold the rest to me for $75. I took his old parts and straigtened them up and put them back on my truck. Drove it for a couple months until I could afford a rebuild kit for the engine at $75. Did a quick driveway in-frame refurb (didnt measure anything, just removed old rings and bushings and replaced with standard sized parts, new gaskets and slapped it back together) and drove the crap out of it for a couple years. Pick a color and it probably had it on the body somewhere, rust and bondo included.
Ugly, but I sure miss that old truck!

 

Seems just like yesterday, hang on .... it was.

My first car was a 1954 Austin A40 Somerset, license # OYY 397, broke the crankshaft, a common occurrence, rebuilt the engine in the garden shed, whoops .... how do we put it back in. Took the head off and my Dad and I lifted it back in. Awkward to do but we had strong backs and did not know any better, that hood was high though.

 

Not everyone is ancient 180 ;-)

It was 17 years ago, over half my life span thus far!

 

UUH 72J - my Vauxhall Viva Estate in British racing green, what a motor.

 

Ha! Can't even remember the full reg of my first car- only remember that it was G reg Ford Fiesta (sky blue, with suspension like a jelly!) Wrote it off by reversing it into a wooden post in a park & ride; bent the subframe = MOT FAIL!

Remember the replacement though- Red Peugeot 106 J987UOG (brilliant, because it was my student car when I went to the University Of Greenwich!!) Sat it in the garage for two years and was going to use it when the scrappage scheme came along, but my brother wrote off his motor and I gave it to him. Two years!! The thing had NO RUST, and passed MOT after re-inflating the tyres and replacing a side light bulb. Phenomenal.

Just realised that my family seem to write off a lot of cars! Hmmmmm....

 

Mine was a Ford 100e,

 

I remember most of my cars since it has not been that many. My first was my dads I bought from him in 1975.

#1. 1969 Galaxy 500---1975
#2. 1970 Camaro RS---1977
#3. 1973 Camaro LT---1978
#4. 1967 Camaro RS---1980
#5. 1971 Camaro RS---1982
#6. 1971 Plymouth Satellite---1984
#7. 1971 Camaro RS---1985
#8. 1971 Camaro Z28--1988
#9. 1987 Toyota Supra--1990
#10. 1971 Nova SS-----1991
#11. 1974 F150----------1995
#12. 1989 Camaro------1997
#13. 2004 Shelby Mustang---1999
#14. 2000 PT cruiser----2001
#15. 2005 F150x4x4 Lariat crew cab---2005
#16. 1996 GMC 1500E----2008 (still own)
#17. 2010 Dodge Challenger SRT8----2010
#18. 1964 Pontiac Tempest Custom w 389 tri power---2012
#19. 2004 Chrysler Crossfire----2013

 

My first car was a 1957 chevy nomad wagon. Paid $240.00 for it in 1966. I wish I put it away there worth big bucks now. Oh well can't keep them all Bill (36 chevy)

 

My first car was a 3 wheeler reliant robin.

MGB GT
TRIUMPH SPITFIRE
LOTUS CORTINA
RELIANT SCIMATER 3.0
FORD CAPRI 3LITR
JAGUAR 4.2
JAGUAR 3.8
Z 4 3.0I
AUDI TT 3.2
ROVER 2.5
BMW X5 AND CROSSFIRE.....MY 2 PRESENT CARS