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NFT: What was the first car you remember growing up?

Greg from LI : 10/9/2013 10:44 am
I happened to see one of these this morning, which blew my mind. These hunks of crap sucked 30 years ago when my parents had one - why on earth would someone still be driving it in 2013?



The 1977 Ford LTD II. Ours was the exact same kelly green color, inside and out. AM radio only. My friends called it "The Green Slime".
This was the car in our family when I was a young kid  
Wuphat : 10/9/2013 10:49 am : link


1976 Olds Cutlass Brougham
'55 and '57  
old man : 10/9/2013 10:50 am : link
Chevys.Gulf Blue and White. Gulf Blue interior.
I remember my dad  
Matt in SGS : 10/9/2013 10:51 am : link
drove a green Ford Gremlin in 1977. I was 3 years old and knew the thing was a piece of shit.

My mother drove a 1977 or 1978 Chevy Impala. We called it "the tank" and my mother said it held the road like a greased pig.

It's amazing that we somehow survived driving around.
1949 Ford...this color.  
yatqb : 10/9/2013 10:53 am : link
1958 Oldsmobile 88  
Stu : 10/9/2013 10:54 am : link
My first car '87 Ford Thunderbird Turbo coupe 5 speed..  
JCin332 : 10/9/2013 10:54 am : link
Well quite a few stick out for me  
Johnny5 : 10/9/2013 10:55 am : link
The assortment of VWs my hippie parents had, including but not limited to late 60s early 70s model Beetles and a VW Bus. My mother had a blue duster and a 60s something Chevy Biscayne that my cousin slammed my fingers in the door of.
1981 AMC Eagle sx/4..  
yankeeslover : 10/9/2013 10:55 am : link
I was 4 years old when my father purchased brand new.. I remember saying to myself that I would own that car someday... of course never happened..LOL..but I used to love that car as a child....
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winoguy : 10/9/2013 10:57 am : link
big ol' 50 something Chrysler with push button transmission.
This is the first car  
jmac13 : 10/9/2013 10:57 am : link
I remember my father driving
1960 Plymouth - ( New Window )
1960 plymouth  
jmac13 : 10/9/2013 10:59 am : link
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1960 plymouth - ( New Window )
76 Olds Delta 88  
jcn56 : 10/9/2013 11:01 am : link
In brown, although not quite as shitty as this one:

pinto  
Hades07 : 10/9/2013 11:03 am : link
My dad and grandfather took the front half of the original pinto that had the back end destroyed in a one car accident when nobody was driving and attached it to the back half of a pinto from a different year that had the front end destroyed. Took POS to a new level, but I was 3 what did I know.
Huge 70's Boats like the LTD Posted..  
Chef : 10/9/2013 11:03 am : link
Buick Electra, Olds Delta 88, Ford LTD.. all were in my Family...

The 70's was not only terrible for the Giants, but for Cars as well.
when I was very young we had a 1969 Nova  
Greg from LI : 10/9/2013 11:04 am : link
Blue with a black vinyl roof. I don't remember it at all, though, just have seen it in family pictures. If they had held on to that one, Dad could have made nice money selling it today.

We had the LTD II for several years, replacing it in 1986 with this beauty. Gotta love the plastic "wood trim". Seven years later, this became my first car. Try picking up girls when you're 17 cruising around in one of these. Yeah.

1966 Pontiac Catalina 4 Door in White  
Larry in Pencilvania : 10/9/2013 11:15 am : link


It was my parent's first new car. Initially the bought a Bonneville, but it didn't fit in the garage so they returned it and got the Catalina. I remember it was huge with no A/C and vinyl seats. During the summer when it got hot it was like a furnace and those seats burned your legs. Thanks Dad!

My mom had a cousin who was the top salesman of Rolls Royce in the world and he always had really good used cars for my dad. So we traded that in for this bad boy


And unfortunately my sister the car killer got her hands on it
This was my mom's car  
Gap92 : 10/9/2013 11:17 am : link
The first car I remember


It didn't last too long. My father had a Camaro or Trans-Am (East Haven, CT sonnnnnn) until I was two or so but I don't remember it. He reluctantly had to get a family car: a shit brown 1981 Corolla that was going strong at over 300,000 miles when he got rid of it in the mid-90s.
Triple Red  
Howyadoin : 10/9/2013 11:42 am : link
1977 Ford Thunderbird...can't post pics or I would
Matt in SGS  
Jim in Tampa : 10/9/2013 11:44 am : link
The Gremlin (my first car) was an AMC car (American Motors Co.) not a Ford.
A turquoise Ford Galaxy 500  
Hammer : 10/9/2013 11:45 am : link
I saw the exact same car in the same color about 8 years ago. Should have bought it :(
happy to oblige  
Greg from LI : 10/9/2013 11:46 am : link
My parents owned this battleship  
mrvax : 10/9/2013 11:58 am : link
1973 Chevy Impala, 4-DR. I took my road test in it back in 1977. Perfect parallel park!




1970 Plymouth Fury II station wagon  
Phil from WNY : 10/9/2013 12:00 pm : link
It was green with light green/plaid vinyl bench seats. Terrific car until my brother got his hands on it in 1982.
This was mine...  
Dan in the Springs : 10/9/2013 12:03 pm : link
When I was a kid. I can barely remember it though. We replaced it with a slightly newer green one though, which I remember very well.

1967 Barracuda Fastback  
MadPlaid : 10/9/2013 12:04 pm : link
I recall having a lot of fun riding around in my mom's Barracuda. It only had a slant-6, but it was a nice car as far as I knew.


Then my dad bought a 1973 Barracuda with a 318 V8. Great car. Not the top end performance version but it was fast. The below pick is almost an exact match. Dad's car didn't have the hood scoops. I wish it did.
The first new car my Dad ever owned...  
BamaBlue : 10/9/2013 12:04 pm : link
a 1969 Chevy Nova. Me and my 3 siblings fit neatly into the back seat. Interestingly, while at the dealership with my Dad to buy this car, I saw my first (1969) Corvette and was mezmerized. At that moment, I swore that someday I would own a Corvette. In 1982, I bought a Silver Anniversary (1978 Corvette). Today, I drive a Ford Edge...

'68  
Rick5 : 10/9/2013 12:06 pm : link
Buick Skylark.
mrvax : 11:58 am  
Rick5 : 10/9/2013 12:08 pm : link
My first car (the station wagon version). It was a hand me down from my parents. I guess I would have started driving in '83, so it was already 10-years-old by then.
Dad's new Dodge when I was born...  
x meadowlander : 10/9/2013 12:17 pm : link
Caddy Coupe DeVille  
flapjack : 10/9/2013 12:31 pm : link
I used to sit on the front armrest between my grandparents. Seatbelts are for bitches.

C'mon Greg.  
Crispino : 10/9/2013 12:48 pm : link
That minivan was a pussy magnet.
all those giant '70s sleds the family had  
Greg from LI : 10/9/2013 12:53 pm : link
One grandpa had an early '70s Gran Torino



The other had a Olds Delta 88




First car I remember  
walm0 : 10/9/2013 1:09 pm : link
when I was a youngster was like this one.. My dad hated to part with it later in life.

1973 Buick Riviera..my Dad had one of these..  
JCin332 : 10/9/2013 1:17 pm : link
note the awesome back window..I remember thinking it was the coolest thing..

my first car  
Bleedin Blue : 10/9/2013 1:19 pm : link
1964 rambler american 4dr.

I also went through many cars like water! 1965 Chevy belair, 1969 Buick Electra 225, 1970 Plymouth Duster, 1975 Olds Cutlass Supreme, 1970 Plymouth Satellite, 1969 Pontiac Bonneville, 1973 Plymouth Satellite, and on and on! LOL!
My father used to drag race  
RAZE : 10/9/2013 1:55 pm : link
one of these bad boys...

I think it was a 1959 Edsel statiowagon, could be off a little on the  
wgenesis123 : 10/9/2013 1:57 pm : link
year. My dad had to replace the transmission twice.
JC  
Greg from LI : 10/9/2013 2:00 pm : link
I love love LOVE the boattail Riviera. If I had the scratch, I'd buy one immediately. They're fairly rare because the car actually didn't sell all that well.
First car I remember  
Mike in NY : 10/9/2013 2:08 pm : link
When I was 2-3 years old would be any of the following:

1986 Mercury Sable LS (Blue)

1983 Chrysler LeBaron (Battleship Gray with a maroon cloth interior)

1980 Fiat (Sedan, Pale Green color - don't really remember it from when my parents had it except from photos but it was my grandparents car and they kept it for a little while after my parents gave it back to them. My parents had it from about 1985-1986 as my father's mid-70's Gran Torino was shot and they were awaiting delivery of the Mercury Sable mentioned above)
Greg all I know is we'd get in that thing  
JCin332 : 10/9/2013 4:30 pm : link
put Gary Puckett and the Union Gap in the 8 track start cruisn and life was good..!!
Checker Marathon  
SwirlingEddie : 10/9/2013 5:27 pm : link
Yes, the old taxi cab car. They made them for consumer use too, and we owned two in succession. They had the jump seats in the back, so my sisters and I could put our feet up or use them as tables for our meals from the A&W.

Oh, I love this baby  
pganut : 10/9/2013 5:36 pm : link
My father had a '69 Oldsmobile 442, this exact color/ragtop. In '70, when I was born, he got a 1970 442 hardtop, in metallic green, with a Thrush shifter..so badass. He briefly owned a drag racing shop in the early 70s in Medford, LI.

A yellow '56 Chevy  
Upstate_Giants_fan : 10/9/2013 6:47 pm : link
I remember it well. So did my Dad because he had to have it repainted after I drew all over it with black Magic Marker.

My butt still hurts when I think of that car :(
My father had a 1966 Oldsmobile Delta 88  
tomtalkin : 10/9/2013 6:51 pm : link
The car died a nasty death when my dad, with several cocktails in him, slammed it into the side of a big rig. He walked away uninjured somehow but the car was destroyed & the trucks axle was shifted from the impact.

my dad had a 68 442  
ArtVandelay : 10/9/2013 7:08 pm : link
Blk with red interior. It was a rare 442 with a 3 speed manual. I think its assumed all 442's had a 4 speed.
pgnut  
Stu : 10/9/2013 7:59 pm : link
My mom's friend had the same exact car in red. Took my friends and me for a ride after my bar mitzvah. Thing could move!!!!
Who did this belong to?  
eli4life : 10/9/2013 7:59 pm : link
Actually, it was probably something more along the lines of this...  
Stu : 10/9/2013 8:05 pm : link
A Studebaker.....  
kevken60 : 10/9/2013 8:35 pm : link
.....economy model of some kind, circa 1965; I was 5.
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