What was your first car?

We all have a connection with the humble Volksy in some way, but what did you first get behind the wheel of?, and how much $$$ was it?

I will kick it off, 1965 Ford XP Panelvan. Cost$1000.
Kept braking down all the time so I virtually gave it away. Now I kick myself everyday.

1971 volkswagen beetle is the first car for me to OWN.

first one i am driving around is a 1983 mitsubishi L200 4wd UTe, been in the family since brand new.

done 200,000 original k's and had an engine rebuild in that time too.

needs to be tidied up though, other than that its excellent.


Anthony

71 camper for $1100 had it for 6 years and drove the poor thing like i stole it.
but it just kept going.

here it is in one of its many color changes

a 1964 mk1 cortina cost $500 it had a problem of not starting in the mornings making me late for work and it blew a lot of smoke,traded it in on a hq wagon🤪

My first car was my grandfathers notch (1965). I still drive it everyday (11 years later). He garaged it in 1986 until I got her back on the road in 1995. Still all origional except the engine which died when it sucked a valve at 70mph and went an almighty BANG!
Second car was a 1964 XM Falcon (I still have it in the garage). I have owned 3 motorbikes as well (Honda 250custom), 1997 Harley Davidson Sprotster (Written off in accident Aust. Day this year), I now ride a 2000 Harley Davidson sporster custom.
- Adam👍

My first car was Harriett my 1974 L Bug Convertible! She was awesome! Loved getting the girls together for a cruise to the beach in her with the roof down and the tunes cranked! We had a ball in her, the truckies seemed to love her too! 😉





Ash x

MISS_VDUB wrote:the truckies seemed to love her too! 😉


Ash x

Why would that be ? :P

you are so... so rude :kiss

you cannot beat the old shaggin wagon my first one was a ex pmg ek holden van still driving vans today only more creature comforts.

Still got my first car. Has changed a bit from a grandpa stocky though.

a KKKturbo charged 1975 celica TA22 model @250hp with a orignal GT interior from japan I bought it off my brother inlaw he bought it new cost me $4500.I sold it after I went to court for doing 190k,s in a 80 zone ,my boss wrote me a reference to take to court and it said if he looses his lisence he will lose his panel beating apprentiship I got 12 months bond and a $2500 fine that was 22 years ago shit times flown:duh

the first cars i owned were a 67 beetle and the very very rusty remains of a 56/57, that i picked up on the same day. neither made it onto the road....

my real first car (ie registered) was a beige 56 beetle with a green interior... $3000 bought me this 3 owner 1 exterior respray car complete with 3 retreaded mismatched crossplys, 1 retreaded radial and a tired replacement 36hp. (plus lots of rust hidden in the sills etc)

i drove it like it was a race car and i was a race driver. unfortunatly neither was even close to being true, as a guardrail in the blue mountains could attest to...
i loved that car so much and literally cried after i killed my baby.

i still have his remains but doubt i'll ever put in the effort to fix him (Lots of rust plus bad repairs to the accident damage etc).

henry.

first car was kikko, the white 73 superbug. served me for over a year, until i just couldnt pack it with more rubbish, so i bought a kombi!

Triumph Dolomite bought in 1984 for $4000.

a 1965 HD Holden which I bought from my father for $1000 in 1981 . It was 100% original and rust free . He said dont modify it , just leave it the way it is .
But like any 16 year old that knows better than their parents , it got lowered , sports exhaust , wide mags , worked engine , tripple stromberg carbs , syncro 3-speed gearbox and floor shifter ...... just a few enhancements !!
Would do 82mph in 2nd gear and 117mph in 3rd .

my first car was a 66 beetle while i was living in brasil i bought it of a customer that had crashed it into a ford galaxie(big heavy sedan) head on left guard laid flat on the floor
i paid the price of a bug that wouldv been in imaculate condition but me being stuborn said nup i want it in the end i repaired it n sprayed it charcoal 16s dropped it made a nice bug
1 years later bought a red mk3 golf gti 2litre turbo 2 door leather hmmmm🥲(shame we dont get them here)

I had fun with it all for 4 years,i sold them bought my plane ticket back to sydney.

first 3 weeks in australia went to the veedub nationals show saw a 54 bug it was painted green with a paint brush i bought it i paid the guy with us dollars..
again stuborn took over me and i said i want it and i dont regret it.

My first motor vehicle was a 1953 Lambretta Model D125 scooter. My first car was a 1948 Morris 8 tourer. My second car was a 1958 VW Beetle registration number ULA 691. Since then after lots of other cars, including a 1968 Beetle, I have had a VW based dune buggy, I'm building a 1968 semi auto pan based Manx SR and I now own a Herbified 1973 Beetle.

1977 Ford Escort, got it for nothing off my mum, still the best Ford's ever made.

my 76 kombi
paid $500 for her and spent over 3k before she was registered to get her upto driveable and presentable. still by far and away the most fun thing i have driven, longing to get back behind the wheel again.

1969 Beetle , cost $500 and I still have it 27 years later although it looks very different now

Believe it or not, a CA Bedford.
Mine was a panel van, didn't have the side windows.

Cost me the princely sum of $100 with 8 months rego, mind, my fortnightly wage at the time was $34, so it was still a lot of money.

25 horse Vauxhall engine with a top speed of 40mph down hill with a tailwind.

Got it from the bakery next door to the servo I worked at.
All 3 are long gone.


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My first old girl was a 1964 beetle, she's didn't quite survive my early teen years, rolled smashed and crushed.

She was a good old girl,got me to the surf every day without a problem.

my fasty!! still my daily driver for a little over a year now :bounce

grew up in scotland and first car was a skoda estelle, engine in the back swing arm suspension, used as a stubble racer. first on road car mk1 golf diesel. cost 400 ukp and 800 ukp to insure!

Had a 69 Fastback in 1985. Bought it from the original owner all original and in very good nik.Paid $500 for it with 12 months rego and RWC. Did the sunroof thing put mags on it and gave it a crazy paintjob. Sold it for $300 to finish my Celica rally car 2 years later.Should have kept it and left it standard. Being young and stupid sucks!!! Now finally decided i need another....😁

76 galant wagon, cost me $1050 and it was all bad, until the 2l sigma engine went in, then it went a lot better. It got t boned about 10 years back when I pulled out from a driveway on a wet night. I pulled out coz a car was illegally parked next to the driveway, that illegally parked car belonged to my boss. 👎

Next car I bought was an uregistered 62 beetle. I don't think I need to tell you what happened to that, you can see what's left of it in my avatar.😏

1970 Datsun 1600. Me and the old man built it up from a good, stock original to a real weapon over the course of a year or two.

Loved that car, and am thinking of adding another to the stable one day soon (after a type3 notch).

My fisrt car was a pretty shitty honey brown 1970 semi auto bug. It was my 14th birthday present, cost my parents a whole $200. Its floor was buggered and the inside panel under the back window was gone but it drove fairly well. I miss that poor old girl.

:cry

My first was my 1972 Super, second was my 1971 Super and third was a *Cough Cough* Magna...
-Staggers.

My first car was a very patchy blue 68 semi auto bug. It was 1991 and I was sweet 16. Cost my dad $1500 and had to beg my dad for weeks to buy it as he didn't like VW's

XA Falcon Coupe. Shortened 3" was used for perspective shots in Mad Max.
We put it against a wall at school.

😁 BIG BAD 74 HQ shaggin wagon thrashed that sucker
till I dropped a sump plug on the highway at 100k
she go boom ! !:cry

phatratpat wrote:😁 BIG BAD 74 HQ shaggin wagon thrashed that sucker
till I dropped a sump plug on the highway at 100k
she go boom ! !:cry

A sudden lack of oil will often do that!

:bounce whOoOt wHoOoT pete.. go the poobox galant...
😵‍💫 hasn't this thread been done before???

oh well..........
mine had an L300 engine in it and used to do 140kph,,,

so kewl, mine was lined with grafitti (er 'arty farty' poetry from passengers), vb labels and vomit. The boot housed a 10ltr cask of goon (stolen from an exhibition opening) for over six months, no one was ever game, I mean drunk, enough to give it a go once it turned a really weird dark yellow colour.....................

*wipes tear from eye* memories..... man that car ened up in some weird places, covered in weird stuff (both inside and out)....:puke

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A V6 GT Capri. A red one of course. Bought it off my mother in 1976
I built 4 engines of varying performance for that thing. The last one would pull 6800 in top (4th) gear. Very close to 140mph in the old money.
Forged mahle pistons, BRC roller rockers, celica 5 speed and so-on blah.
In the end i sold the V6 to a M8 and turbocharged a 1600 Kent pushrod engine. Balanced 711m bottom end (F-Ford) Hepolite Low-compression forged pistons, a custom cam ground by Peter Watson from Watsons Racing Cams. Jim Berry of Italia Spares built me a Fitchel and Sachs clutch pressure plate originally from a BMW M3. It clamped something like 1800 or 1900Lb and was lighter than a stock clutch.
15 relentless years out of that 1600 at 10 to 12psi and I never had the head off once!
The engine saw 2 turbo rebuilds and lunched 3 turbo manifolds before i built one myself that lasted.
Selby/Whiteline/Pedders V6 suspension package and V6 brakes. A 4.1:1 Esky panelvan diff center.
13 x 7" Chrome wheels shod with 205/60x13's

Damn that was a good car. It went ok (I should have built a 2 litre SOHC engine rather than the 1600) but it stopped and turned like nothing else. It was so balanced!The harder you went the better it liked it. All the wheels went away at the same time when really pushed in the dry but it was lethally taily in the wet....dangerously so depending on the rubber on it. I never let anybody drive it in a spirited fashion in the wet. Put the arse out in it and it did NOT come back! A very nasty trait.

I built it with circuit racing in mind but in the end, it never saw the track.

I only unloaded that car 3 or so years ago............ gave it away for 500 bucks to a young dude that was desperate to build a Capri drag car. The fucking clutch setup was worth more than that!
But, Id grown tired of it by then. I hardly ever drove it and it was just rotting away sitting uncovered in the weather.

That freakin 1600 is still running to this day altho the car has been seriously abused now and is pretty much now a rusty bush basher.

Very sad day to see it run down the drive tho. My wife actually cried when it left.........................🙁
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$2.63 homebrand baja wrote::bounce whOoOt wHoOoT pete.. go the poobox galant...
😵‍💫 hasn't this thread been done before???

oh well..........
mine had an L300 engine in it and used to do 140kph,,,

so kewl, mine was lined with grafitti (er 'arty farty' poetry from passengers), vb labels and vomit. The boot housed a 10ltr cask of goon (stolen from an exhibition opening) for over six months, no one was ever game, I mean drunk, enough to give it a go once it turned a really weird dark yellow colour.....................

*wipes tear from eye* memories..... man that car ened up in some weird places, covered in weird stuff (both inside and out)....:puke

Well yeah, they were certainly poxboxes.

I once did over 180km/h in mine. Lucky I didn't blow a retread. Quite stupid really.

Let's just say I learnt my lesson. I never touched Mitsubishis again. I hate the damn things. At least with dattos you can swap the parts easily. Mitsubishi changed component designs with their underpants. You had to know the year model + the month of manufacture to get the right part. The only good thing about the car was....no actually, there wasn't anything good about it. It was a shocker. If I'd had half a brain I'd have bought a squareback like I'd planned to begin with. Can you believe it? they were too expensive at the time. Never was good at saving up for anything. :o

KE10 Corolla. toyoglide 2 speed automatic

'69 Beetle... Hand-me-down from my sister... it had a good engine, but the body was full of rust! And dents!!
It was good offroad though! :duh

HD Holden 2 speed powerglide (column shift auto), and 179HP motor. white and rust coloured. immaculate green bench seat interior.

renault 16ts in 1992. light blue(very similar to vw powder blue). 4speed column shift. went alright had a single weber and bucket loads of body roll when cornering.

weapon wrote:renault 16ts in 1992. light blue(very similar to vw powder blue). 4speed column shift. went alright had a single weber and bucket loads of body roll when cornering.

Had 2 of these. LOVE EM :thumb

xm 2 door falcon it was 2 years old when i got it within 3 months the 6 cylindres had made way for a 308 and was resprayed metalic purple and tricked up had it for 4 years untill my brother borrowed it and put it through a guard rail and brick wall i still miss that car

murray

a datsun 1200 heavily smashed in the front,bought to make a fortune,yeah right!
tle fastback
then 58 ragtop,bought to australia by the german consulate(traded the datsun for it )cal looked it welded up the dash ,fat chick front guards,rear apron &decklid
hey,it was the 80's!

first car was a 1978 LX Torana with flared guards, front and rear spoilers and a bonnet scoop... 4.2L V8 4 speed. Red with black bonnet.
went like a rocket... eventually ditched that for a VC SLE Commodore maaaaaaate. 😂

My first car was a 1962 Beetle. Loved it to death. Sold it to my brother, who promptly had an engine fire. Fixed it all up, but never quite the same.

Aside from the Beetle, one of my favourites was a 1978 Chrysler Regal Valiant. Sweet Hemi engine, plenty of room and you could slam it to the ground with a twist of the torsion adjusters. Had as many creature comforts then as some modern cars have today!

Muzza72 wrote:xm 2 door falcon it was 2 years old when i got it within 3 months the 6 cylindres had made way for a 308 and was resprayed metalic purple and tricked up had it for 4 years untill my brother borrowed it and put it through a guard rail and brick wall i still miss that car

murray

308!?! Sounds like it committed suicide coz u put a holden motor in it. Are you sure it wasn't a 302?