I thought it would be interesting to find out what we all had as our first car - how many of us started out with VW ?
Mine was a 1979 Toyota Corolla Coupe...nothing more to add other than it was red with a white racing stripe down the side !!:P
Anthiron ·
mine was a 1971 superbug which wasnt registered and i got it for free....after thrashing that around in paddocks i got into this forum and VW's and bought my 1962 baja bug. which is my car now and my first registered car.
Boozer ·
it's in the driveway, my 2nd one is beside the house...
Starbug ·
my first car is the one im driving now... a 68 beetle. I only got it because i work nights and its a bit dodgy walking from work to get public transport at night. Otherwise id still be using my feet like i do most other times🙂
in a few months i will have had it for 2 years, and driven it a grand total of about 12000miles in that time 😀
*did* ·
My first registered car was and still is my metallic green 1969 1500 beetle
matara ·
A Mk2 Escort in England. It had a cherry bomb exhaust and Ghia trim. Bought for £400, sold for 2 years later £400!
Steve
BiX ·
first car was a hillman imp GT, its a project car i have at home, no rust, all parts are there including 2 engines etc. for those you ppl who ask what it is i have attached a photo below(not mine, i wish mine was running). its rear engined and came with a 875cc motor, in GT spec 998cc and in race trim was ab;e to produce 100+BHP at 7000+ rpm and weighed under 750kg
My firsy real car is my super bug, which has had a respray, new engine, interior and suspension.
[Edited on 20-10-2004 by BiX]
lulu94 ·
My first car was a beetle, a 59 i think, was given to us in very poor condition, it had a plastic bag for an oil cap. unfortunatly it didnt last through my learners and as my parents would have had to pay to fix it up they didnt think it was worth fixing so they sold it to a friend for $200 and then they bought me a mitsubishi colt which i had for 2 years, thern went to a magna which i had for 9 months, then a susuki sierra soft top which i had for 9 months then bought a mitsubishu galant which i still drive and i now have my 1970 beetle which we are fixing up and all i can say is its about time
Danielle
~air fooled~ ·
cough cough vn commodore cough cough
buzzbug ·
mine was a 1968 HK Monaro
penguin ·
A yellow '76 1600 tp beetle, that is probably still driving around Bris at the moment. It was my brothers then I bought it. had dark tinted windows, sheepskin seat covers and went really well. There were no vents behind the rear side windows after I got sick of having rust cut out of there.
Then went to a toyota 4runner, then my Subie, which will hopefully share the honours with the '56 when it gets up and going 🙂
[Edited on 20-10-2004 by penguin]
62deluxe ·
A 15-million edition 1972 superbug. Damn I wish I still had that car.........
Chewy ·
A 75 datsun 200B, rolled a month later, sold to the wreckers for $40
Julie-Anne ·
buzzbug wrote:mine was a 1968 HK Monaro
ooohhhhhhh nice car
my sister just bought a 1971 HQ Monaro..has a chevy motor in it and a commodore interior...so diddly squat original but she paid $16k for it. madness !!!
Lams ·
mine was a 2000 forester GT :P
Blue Bus ·
My first car was a 77 Toyota Celica Coupe paid 5k
then12 months later a 40 foot light pole jumped out in front of me (OUCH) then sold the car to sims metal for$4.20 and cost $5.00 to get it there.
16 cars later i brought my first VW 76 kombi
phantom ·
My first car was a 71 red beetle, got it from Dad and paid him for it later. Tinted windows, it was cool. But I grew and needed something bigger, so it made way for the 76 Kombi. Sigh. Funnily enough my Kombi looked identical to the one above belonging to Blue Bus, but we've already chatted and that one ain't it....
The red 71 used to live around Strathpine (nth side of Brissy), would love to see it again one day....
baybuscamperkid ·
76 kombi, but i am borrowing a P-plate mobile (RED FORD LASER:repuke) until the bus hits the road
ruckus ·
71 or 72 (I think) Passat. I nearly killed the poor thing. It was the perfect first car: gutless and forgiving. I really miss it sometimes, but it got really bad cancer from living on te coast.
Coolest colour: Flipper Blue
squizy ·
1976 Triumph Dolomite which lasted a couple of years, followed then by a 1970 Notchback, 1960 Kombi, 1966 Karmann Ghia......got lost for a few years.....then bought a 1966 Beetle with Steel Sunroof. Now have a 1976 Beetle Cabriolet. I loved the Ghia the most, but the Cab grows on me more everyday [especially with my future plans for it].
Squiz....
Suzii ·
65 Datsun Bluebird station wagon...... and my father managed to roll it.
kombikim ·
1958 Lloyd Alexander 600
[Edited on 20-10-2004 by kombikim]
kombi_kid ·
1960 model splitty was my first project my first registered car wasa 66 fastback i also have a 72 panel 55 splitty and 76 daily driver kombi
ahahahahahahahaha and im only 17
cheers
rhys
barls ·
a 72 sbug which was mustard yellow and had in a few different incarnations everything from a 1500 to t4 2L
bugboymatt ·
My first car was a 69 1300.
Didn't look like that when i got it tho was a bit of a mess.
great car had it for 13 years.
[Edited on 20-10-2004 by bugboymatt]
bugboymatt ·
umm y my pic no work !!!!
Warrenm ·
Most of you won't even know this car.
It was a 1928 Austin 7 tourer which my father turned into a 2 seater sports for me.
Don't ask when.
Warren
splittychick ·
Mine was an 85 Black Suzuki Sierra softtop.Had a great time in that car but always wanted a kombi & theres no comparison.......had kombis ever since i got rid of the sierra.
57kombi ·
1972 mark 1 escort panel van, tinted bubble side windows, slr type bolt on guards, big block 1100, blew 3 engines 4 diffs, 2 gearboxes.
1980 mark 2 escort 2 litre, then fitted twin 45's and then turboed it.
Chrysler by chrysler special edition, 360ci bored out to 383, holley, sig erson etc, 10 miles to the gallon???
TR 7, stockie. 1981
1965 MGB,stockie
Yamaha RZ 250.
Triumph TR 8, full rally spec.
Ford Capri, mark 2, 2 litre.
Honda VFR 400
Kawasaki zzr 600.
Kawasaki zzr1100.
1972 beetle, lasted 2 months, in England and was full of rust.
1964 Beetle, show car minter.
1976 kombi, left hand drive
Honda civic, shit box.
Ducati Monster.
Ford Mondeo.
Suburu Forester
57 Kombi.
Ford Laser
Thats all I can remember
Cheers
Dave
DoNkEy ·
all those were your first cars..nice work..
my first car was an 88 magna...i will drive it till my kombi is finished. Unless it blows up on me first
57kombi ·
Sorry got carried away,
First one was the escort panel van, spade shaped arch inside and lots of shag pile carpet.
At 16 it was the business.
Cheers
Dave
ancientbugger ·
Mine was '64 Austin-Healey Sprite but my 2nd was a '72 1300 Championship beetle,Marathon blue metallic,special 10 spoke wheels-even came with a VW flagpole attached to the passenger side front wheel arch! Again wish I still had that,always easier with hindsight.
Kai.A. ·
my first 'car' was a '73 westfalia camper, it was a mess and didn't actually see the road (legally) for over 4 years.....in that time i had a 1050cc vw polo, my first road legal/driveable car.... i thrashed the nuts off it, great fun....
i've also had 3 other vee dubs.... never owned a non vw yet. :duh
kai
Canni. ·
Learnt to drive on our '83 golf... very forgiving car...
At 17 I bought my own veedub 1960 beetle... I'm 18 now so still own her and can't imagine ever selling her...
Menangler ·
I had a '70 1500 Beetle.
Kim. a Lloyd Alexander!!!
I wouldn't have know what that was only that Andrew Dodd had one 4 sale at the german autofest a couple of weeks ago. Freaky looking car dude!
5PL1TDCS10N ·
Mine was a 1964 XM falcon sedan- ex taxi, black, red interior, drum brakes, 2 speed column, 170 pursuit, rebel flag drapped across the back seat...ahhh I miss that car!
Gooooooooo times...alot of them illegal...but goooooooooooooood times! hehe
boersch ·
'71 superbug, got it ~4-5 months ago
Swampwitch ·
My first car was a 71 Cortina sorry I was on the dark side of life back then
Marc
silver ·
67 beetle delux
VolksFolks ·
First registered car was a fiat 128 1300 4 door and was just a ace car, previously before i got my licence was a Audi 80, but reversed it into a pole and wrecked it, then a triumph toledo 1300!! and many many more inbetween
Andy
[Edited on 20-10-2004 by VolksFolks]
andrewh ·
My first car was the one in my avatar. It's a '74 Beetle. I remember the first time I drove it (my dad having driven it home from the people we bought it off of) I thought I'd made the biggest mistake. To learn to drive a manual car in a Beetle was horrible at the time, it's only now that I realise if I can drive that thing, I can drive almost anything.
I have a bit of a love-hate relationship with it. As long as it's basically running I love it. As soon as something goes wrong, I start shouting expletives at it and threatening to smash windows.
Oddly though I find being up to my elbows in oil and engine muck quite satisfying as long as I enventually get the problem solved.
pyr0 ·
a 79 TD gemini station wagon 😉 with the loudest exhaust imaginable out of a dasmn gemini
robnjo ·
hmmm..........79 XD ute....some of the shit we use to get up to in that car:thumb😘repuke:bounce:cussing😎
kroozzn63 ·
mine was a free renault 10, the one where the front looks like the back
then a 62 1300 Beetle "where i got the BUG"at the same time i bought a 74 Leyland mini panelvan she was a screamer
Special Air Service ·
a 62 beetle project that never got off the ground, Iwas 14. First registered car was a 69 1500 beetle that I bought off my parents it had about 7 diferent shades of paint/primer on it.(ring any bells Barls?)drove this car for 14 years till it eventually died.It is currently sitting in my back yard.
Oh yeah, Ive still got that 62 almost 20 years later.😎
kroozzn63 ·
i must say go the fiat i learnt in a fiat 127 800cc of masive power but u can
drive them screaming at 8000rpm all day fun also
VWFREAK ·
My first car was a 1964 Beetle, stock rocker. She was a great little beastie and served me well.
pod ·
my first car was a 1964 cortina 4 door with 4 on the tree and it blew a lot of smoke and had a starting problem and a few dents from me punching it when it didnt go:thumb
supercab ·
1963 Beetle in about 1973. The car looked great, but was worn out mechanically. It needed heaps of work. Despite this I stuck with VWs.
Had driven plenty of cars prior, but the first one I owned as Andy, my '77 bus :thumb
1303Steve ·
Hi
I had a 1963 povo pack bug in 1971, when I think back that car was only 8 years old when I bought it for $400.
Steve
aggri1 ·
ruckus wrote:Coolest colour: Flipper Blue
Yeah, woohoo. My first car was and is my current '74 bay, in Flipper Blue.
mscabrio ·
baybuscamperkid wrote:76 kombi, but i am borrowing a P-plate mobile (RED FORD LASER:repuke) until the bus hits the road
A red Ford Laser ???? I sold my 68 bug for a red ford laser. The damn thing was nothing but trouble .... smashed it 3 times, never had an accident before it and never had an accident again (wrote if off 9 years ago!)......
I learnt my lesson about red ford lasers !
soulsurfer ·
1975 karmann super beatle convertible, miss her still
XXX-1.8T ·
got my first car when i was 21 after saving my hard earned cash i went halfs with my dad to buy my Audi A3 Turbo. Then when i was 22 I decided to buy my Beetle - Shazza for $800!
i count the beetle as my first car as I own 100% of it :thumb
pete wood ·
Car 1. 1976 Galant wagon, got a sigma 2 litre, still a heap of crap though, got t boned and kissed it good bye. Don't miss it at all.
Car 2. Free 70 something Kombi 1800 auto. Owned it for 2 weeks till the rego ran out. Then gave it away. Really stuffed, held together by bog and prayers. Got it airborne a few times over speed humps. 😀
Car 3. Free Datson 180b auto. was going to rebuild it into a rally car. Got retrenched a week later, car went to the wreckers. oh well...still like 180Bs
Car 4. 1962 deluxe beetle, now the buggy.
Car 5. 1967 1300 beetle, had a mild 1640 and two tone paint. Sold it coz I didn't need it any more. Still miss it. 🙁
Mr VeeDub ·
My first car was a Blue 1978 Leyland Mini S.
My Dad thought it would be a good idea as he was a Leyland freak and had a mini as his first.
It wasn't a bad car when the brakes worked. 😀
I had a mate who's first car was a 60something beetle. It had an unfortunate mishap and nearly ended it's life when he ran off the road and the beetle rolled backwards onto it's roof and down an enbankment. That car saved his life. (as well as the tree that stopped the car) 😉
I would like to get a beetle one of these days. They sound like a cool car. Unfortunately, I've never even had the chance to drive one yet.
plus about 12 or so i can't remember. I know these all weren't my first car. The one with the number 1 next to it is the first one...
:thumb
Spook ·
A '62 CA Bedford van. Cost me the princely sum of $100 when one of the local bakers closed shop.
ikube ·
Mine with a VW '71 Superbug, which my brother gave it to me 🙂 In Very clean condition !
DubCrazy ·
my first car was a 65 beetle (still own it,sitting in storage in the uk :cry ) but my first car i got on the road was a vauxhall viva magnum 2.3, oh how cool i thought i was and the poor car was ppushed to the edge of its life to many times!!! i think i spent more time fixing it than driving it
71 mark i ford escort two door coupe...in jag red.
I worked at auto eletrics, and owner & I had a 3 phase bet, which if i won he had to give me a car...
Well I won....
he went looking thru grass in a paddock as high as himself for the bastard car....found it, towed it with a tractor back to cement, and said heres the car, motors over there...go for it....
I did, and after 4 months got it up and running...then boyfriend 'borrowed' it one nite and mangled it...NOT HAPPY JAN!
baybuscamperkid ·
haha, yes, not wrong. is real reliable but have had a few VERY close calls. know a couple of other people who had one written off, definitely something about the car.
mscabrio wrote:
baybuscamperkid wrote:76 kombi, but i am borrowing a P-plate mobile (RED FORD LASER:repuke) until the bus hits the road
A red Ford Laser ???? I sold my 68 bug for a red ford laser. The damn thing was nothing but trouble .... smashed it 3 times, never had an accident before it and never had an accident again (wrote if off 9 years ago!)......
I learnt my lesson about red ford lasers !
Secoh ·
I learned to drive in a '72 1600 Kombi Dormobile camper. But my first car was a 1300cc LC Torana 4cyl. My second car was a Renault 16TS, which I used in club events. I won a few awards in that thing too!
h ·
mine was a '79 hilux SR5 ute, it was only 2wd but that didn't stop me from taking it up to fraser island amd straddie for beach bashing..
a top old truck that i did bout 300,000kms+ in it in 7yrs n the best thing was when i sold it i made about $1500 more than i purchased for it ..lol i did!!! 😀
kombibob ·
71 kombi camper
she was orange then white then white with zebra stripes then black with white roof then baja'd then she rusted away to nothing
theverybigtallman ·
my first car was a beetle, a blue/green one. there was plenty of argument about whether it was green or blue. if anyone has seen this colour before and knows if it was green or blue, please let me know. when we brought it for $300 it was in good nick, but out of rego. we pulled bits off it to make it bush basher suitable. i wish we hadn't. otherwise i would have had a road car when i get my lisence (spelling?).
then i got the one i have now for free. it was bushbasher only material, and we transfered over most running gear from the old one (except for the gearbox). it been fun but unreliable. but despite breakdowns being...... ummm..... commonplace, and it sitting near the shed now waiting for a endine rebuild, i cant bring myself to sell it. i almost did once but am glad i didn't
malcolm ·
my 1st car 1975 turbocharged celica @250hp plus fiats ,jap cars supercharged e28 5series and know 74 beetle,new maxima and the money pit 56 beetle I think 18 cars all up.
winerot ·
a beetle about 32 yrs ago dont know the yr but was old then
coming back from ulladulla surf safari blew up at tollway sth of
sydney left it their hitched back to bronte, about a month later
h/way patrol officer rang me about what i was going to do with
ive already done it (dumped)ok he says i will take it off your hands
& no charge for leaving car at tollway, ok i say thinking i did well
no way i would do that nowadays
bugboymatt ·
This is where it started for me. My first car. had it for 13 years till i moved to OZ. Still have some parts. the chassis went to a new home for a buggy.
sean68 ·
mine was a 79 gemini sedan automatic which used to chirp seconds for some reason and i could bounce the front wheels 2inches off the ground (don't ask me how it did this)........completely trashed this car as you do on your p's sold for about $100
mattie ·
1 nissan gazell 2.0l absolutley hammered!
2 57 big window beetle
3 72 type 3 fasty placed a boot full of watts in it sold it
4 59 beetle sold it today
5 61 beetle all original gonna old skool it!
ColumBUS ·
my 1973 superbug kikko... the president.
soon to be sold however... to be replaced with kombi or type 3
frank2112 ·
A baby blue 1971 Hillman Hunter. Very cute ( I HATE CUTE ). Had it for about 8 months and sold it to buy a TC Cortina. Never again. What a piece of crap.
Still searching for a beetle or 2 at the moment.
foxy_fuchsia ·
My first car was a 1970 white VW, my Dad bought it for me in 2001 two months b 4 I got my license!! 😀 I loved it and had sooo many plans for it. But it had been thrashed by the previous owners, they had taken it offroad and it had quite a bit of rust through the pillars and chassis.
I went from that to a brand new mirage! hehe.
Nothing beats a VW though...people just don't get it
kara&herkombi ·
my first car was a 95' barina, it was a good reliable car but everybodies got one, so thats just boring!!
i swapped the barina for the kombi, clean swap! swapped the plastic for the classic!! best thing ive done even though i got no money now!! im having more fun
Spook ·
An old CA Bedford bread van.
Cost me $100 from a bakery that was closing down. Mind you, that was near a months wages at the time.
MickH ·
1967 Fastback...wish i still had it....
Fossil ·
Learnt to drive in a late 60's twin cab and then bought a 62 beetle - standard as but a beauty :sandrine
Baldy67 ·
1957 Ford Prefect or should that be defect.......first car i blew up.....lol
Queen_Bug ·
Mine is the car I own now, "Olive". 1974 Beetle, 'martini' colour with a whole lot of dents and a bit of rust. Dad paid $2300 for her three and a bit years ago (I still owe him the full amount)
KDFking ·
a 1967 datsun 1000....3 speed colum shift with a 1200 engine in it!!and did i have some good times in that car!!!!i still miss it...i hit a kangarro with it doing about 120kph(dad fixed this).then i got hit on the side by a council truck 5 am in the morning(he ran a red light!!!!)which pushed the side in about half a meter(with 2 mates in the car...one guy already had a cast on his arn and he took the most impact..passenger side)
dad also fixed this.....and finally on a split shift (while i was a cook)going back to work with a mate on the passenger side......just left the bosses house after having a smoke😉i remembered that i needed fuel 5 metres before the servo entrance while i was driving 80 kph i turned into the high curbed entrance and rolled the car 3 times(just one of the 7 cars that i have ridden off in my fairly young life....)but after this the roof was more or less crushed.
me,my mate and my boss that was following,turned the car over back on its wheels and drove it back to the bosses house.after that it rested at our house for abour 6 years untill dad finally had it removed...very emotional time of my life:o
just waqnted to add that this was the first car that i had registered and driven but i bought my first car when i was 12 ..which is the restored 58 beetle that we still have today(bougt it running for $200 after writing on the windscreen our number as the owners wernt home)the owner got his sons to call us as he thought that it was a joke that someone wanted to buy his car???that was the first car that i bought but the datsun was the first car that i ever drove( learnt to drive😀)
[Edited on 4/4/2005 by KDFking]
frenzix ·
don't bash me but it was an 82 suzuki hatch 3 cyl ...but deluxe
Robo ·
1962 "S" serise Valiant, push button auto transmision and slant six. Marrickville Mercede's.
Rob...
frenzix ·
can i ask you robo why the hell didnt you keep that beast.
Robo ·
Wasn't a trendy car back then. Just an old car. I will show ya a photo next time I see ya.
Rob...
frenzix ·
sweet
Emu ·
Dad bought me a 1972 Notchback in 1991. And I've still got it. And she goes good...now that the engine is fixed. I love that car <sob><sob> We started at Uni together and she's been with me ever since.
VDU.88A ·
1972 aqua blue super bug 15 millionth edition was full of rust. For some reason I still have most of it in the garage exept the body and floor pan
baybuscamperkid ·
wait, you hate cute cars? i thought most people thought of bugs as cute?
frank2112 wrote:A baby blue 1971 Hillman Hunter. Very cute ( I HATE CUTE ). Had it for about 8 months and sold it to buy a TC Cortina. Never again. What a piece of crap.
Still searching for a beetle or 2 at the moment.
frank2112 ·
Only cars that are cute colours. Baby Blue is not a good colour for a guy at 17 to be seen in when everyone else has panel vans and chargers. since then I have had only red, white and dark green cars ( I have 2 dark green ones at the moment).
at least the hunter didn't have the Glitter painter Roacket on the side of it like my second car. The dreaded Cortina.
baybuscamperkid wrote:wait, you hate cute cars? i thought most people thought of bugs as cute?
frank2112 wrote:A baby blue 1971 Hillman Hunter. Very cute ( I HATE CUTE ). Had it for about 8 months and sold it to buy a TC Cortina. Never again. What a piece of crap.
Still searching for a beetle or 2 at the moment.
baybuscamperkid ·
ah k, get ya now. so you wont be wanting the sky blue bug with the glittery stars stuck all over it that was for sale down the road from me a little while back then? :P :P
nicko ·
I almost got a 60 bug for my first car but it was sold before I could raise the money. So I ended up with a Datsun 1600. What a bloody rust bucket but it went. Took me another 8 years and a 20 cars before I actually owned a VW
Nicko
cram ·
'54 oval on IRS that my old man put together. Had it since I was 18 - nearly 12 years ago. Its been off the road for a few years but I've just stripped it for a rebuild....
