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Re: WHAT WAS YOUR VERY FIRST CAR? #21
MG Unlimited Lou Medeiros Londonderry, NH, USA 1980 MG MGB Limited Edition (LE) "Black Betty"	Posted: March 28, 2012 06:47AM Registered: 2 years ago Posts: 856

My first car was a 1977 MG Midget i bought in 1980. The dash was cracked bad so i converted it to the old metal dash. I remember all my friends making fun of me because i didn't buy a muscle car like them. All i can say is that whenever they were around, i never touched the steering wheel. They would drive it everywhere. Being young i beat the ever livin piss out of that car but could never kill it. Raced it everywhere.

In a testament to it's design, i was in two accidents:
The first a Ford pick-up rear ended me on the drivers side tail light section. His radiator went through the fan, he couldn't drive home. Midget was damaged but i could still drive home.
Second, an Aries K car hit me square on the drivers side while going through an intersection. I think the fact that the car hit between the pillar in front of the door and the rear of the car saved me. The Aries K car's front end collapsed. It pushed my car pretty far though and i blacked out but was ok. The Midget was somehow repairable and back on the road again. I guess it more or less bounced away from the Aries K car minimizing the damage.

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Re: WHAT WAS YOUR VERY FIRST CAR? #22
Gundy David Harrison Pumpkintown, USA 1960 Austin-Healey Sprite Bugeye "Screamin' Mimi"	Posted: March 28, 2012 07:08AM Registered: 3 years ago Posts: 636

1963 SS Impala convertible. I was 14 years old. Back in those days you could drive dawn to dusk
at 14 without an adult. Sure was fun driving that bad boy to Jr. High.
The girls LOVED it.
smoking smiley

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Re: WHAT WAS YOUR VERY FIRST CAR? #23
NYCCharlie Charles Linn Lawrence, Kansas, USA	Posted: March 28, 2012 07:10AM Registered: 3 years ago Posts: 949

It was a 1970 Opel Kadett that had been repoed by the credit union my dad belonged to. Paid $400 for it in 1976. I bought a 74 Midget two years later--the Midget was the first car I ever bought and paid for out of my own pocket, but the Opel was really my first car.

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Re: WHAT WAS YOUR VERY FIRST CAR? #24
yonbear Andy Mathers Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 1972 MG MGB MkII "Bee2 (B2)"	Posted: March 28, 2012 07:13AM Registered: 3 years ago Posts: 399

1st: 1963 VW Beetle Deluxe. (Additional chrome bars on the overiders and a 40hp motor instead of the standard 36hp)
2nd: 1949 Ford Prefect. Bought it for $10.00 and sold it for $10.00. Used it as what we Aussies call a paddock basher. (Just having fun on vacant land (or in the bush).
3rd: 1959 FC Holden (same body shape as a 57 Chevy but with an inline 138 cu/in 6)
4th: 1966 Ford Falcon XP (Probably the same shape as a 64 Falcon in the States)
5th: 1980 Honda Civic Station Wagon (First New Car purchase)
6th: 1980 Mazda 323 Station Wagon (swapped for Honda because my wife needed auto transmission due to problems with rheaumatoid arthritis)
7th: 1989 Mazda 626 Station Wagon
8th: 2008 Mazda 3 Hatch (2nd new car and Current)
9th: 1972 MG MGB L (November 2011, retirement present to myself and of course current)

(I've aloso owned 2 Hondas, one BSA and one Yamaha motorbike).

Andy

Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 03/29/2012 11:35PM by yonbear.

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Re: WHAT WAS YOUR VERY FIRST CAR? #25
NOHOME Peter Plouf London, Canada 1961 Austin-Healey Sprite Bugeye "Lil" 1967 MG MGB GT "Maggie (GT From Hell)"	Posted: March 28, 2012 07:22AM Registered: 6 years ago Posts: 11,872

68 Midget

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Re: WHAT WAS YOUR VERY FIRST CAR? #26
scoutll Bryan Durham North Dakota, USA 1965 Chrysler 300 ""Annie""	Posted: March 28, 2012 07:23AM Registered: 4 years ago Posts: 2,747

My first car was a 1960 Plymouth Savoy 2 door. 318 with manual tranny. My first car that was actually pretty reliable was a 64 dodge cornet with 318 and pushbutton automatic. I loved them both!!

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Re: WHAT WAS YOUR VERY FIRST CAR? #27
mk2sprite Michael Knaub New York, USA	Posted: March 28, 2012 07:27AM Registered: 6 years ago Posts: 701

My '63 AH Sprite MKII back in 1976
Still have and drive

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Re: WHAT WAS YOUR VERY FIRST CAR? #28
BTL73 Norm Harris Penfield, NY, USA 1973 MG Midget MkIII "BTL73"	Posted: March 28, 2012 07:27AM Registered: 1 year ago Posts: 6

1964 1/2 Ford Mustang Convertible, Auto, 260 V8, Yellow with a black top. Similar to picture attached but that isn't actually me car.

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Re: WHAT WAS YOUR VERY FIRST CAR? #29
btinsley Bishop Tinsley Jr GA, USA 1976 MG Midget 1500 "Dino"	Posted: March 28, 2012 07:55AM Registered: 2 years ago Posts: 291

'68 SS Impala. The Midget I now own was first car I purchased some 30 years ago. Which did I like better? Isn't it obvious?.... cool smiley

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Re: WHAT WAS YOUR VERY FIRST CAR? #30
walshja joe W ct, USA 1974 MG Midget 1994 BMW 325i Cabriolet 1995 Triumph MC T160	Posted: March 28, 2012 08:00AM Registered: 5 years ago Posts: 3,464

Richard, my first car was the same, light blue Toyota Corolla, but mine was a 1980. Guess I'm a bit older than you !!

That car just wouldn't die, nice little 5 speed. Sold that to get a 1980 Supra, cool car, couldn't handle for shit. I also switched to BMWs, owning a 1994 325iC, with 225k miles and counting

In reply to # 2024530 by rbarakat713 well the first car i actually paid for was my midget, however my "first car" was a light blue 1009 toyota corolla, with matching blue interior that i got from my sister who bought it from our grandma. i didnt feel safe in that car, mostly because at freeway speeds it would rattle and shake like none other, and then got my 1997 bmw 7 series with car phone and all. i view my bmw as my actual first car because i only had the toyota for about 4 months. im too attached to my bmw, that i dont care that i have a 1971 honda 600 waiting to be driven.

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Re: WHAT WAS YOUR VERY FIRST CAR? #31
Perdido Rut Rutledge Slapout, Alabama, USA	Posted: March 28, 2012 08:06AM Registered: 5 years ago Posts: 682

'61 or '62 VW convertible without the optional brakes for $200 in 1966. Wonderful, fun car that ran great once all the small things were fixed. First problem that made me want to move on was carrying a rather large person in the back seat started a fire. The horse hair stuffed rear seat sat on top of the 6 volt battery and the seat springs made contact due to the extra weight...what a smell! Traded even for a '67 TR4A in '68 and it started my love affair with LBCs. Bought the Bugeye last year and hope to have it ready in time to drive this fall.
Rut

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Re: WHAT WAS YOUR VERY FIRST CAR? #32
Lane A Lane Anderson Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, USA 1957 Porsche 356A	Posted: March 28, 2012 08:35AM Registered: 1 year ago Posts: 65

'62 Midget. Paid $210 for it, ~$200 of which covered the nearly new tires and top. The rest of the car was worth about $10. One carb was stuck, the clutch wouldn't fully disengage (bad slave), the brakes were so far out of adjustment that you had to pump them out to the drums, the starter was bad, the rockers were rusty, and if you lifted the floor mats you could see pavement. I loved it. Kept it for about 18 months before deciding I needed something more reliable for college - and got a used Pinto.

I learned a lot about how to fix - and how not to fix - cars on that both of those. The MG actually looked pretty good when I was done with it, although the bondo could probably be measured in pounds.

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Re: WHAT WAS YOUR VERY FIRST CAR? #33
mrobin michael robinson hendersonville, hendersonville nc, USA 1977 MG MGB 1977 MG Midget 1500	Posted: March 28, 2012 08:44AM Registered: 5 years ago Posts: 554

My first motorized vechicle was a 1947 cushman 50
my first car was a 1964 MGB. purchased in 1969.

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Re: WHAT WAS YOUR VERY FIRST CAR? #34
nonracer Steve Codianni AZ, USA	Posted: March 28, 2012 08:46AM Registered: 2 years ago Posts: 393

67 Nova SS I got it for my 16th birthday it went through many stages never to be finished I sold it after owning it for over 20 years and I drovew it a total of 2 miles.

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Re: WHAT WAS YOUR VERY FIRST CAR? #35
Kunanative MK1 Larry G Idaho, USA 1963 MG Midget "Kunanative MK1"	Posted: March 28, 2012 08:46AM Registered: 1 year ago Posts: 95

1957 Chevy small block. Never saw a can of oil it could pass. Sold it before going in the Air Force, wish I still had it.

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Re: WHAT WAS YOUR VERY FIRST CAR? #36
knbrowning Kevin Browning McAlester OK, USA	Posted: March 28, 2012 09:45AM Registered: 3 years ago Posts: 232

1968 ford truck 390 with 428 upper end holley 4 barral carb.At 60 mph it would turn it sideways if you wanted to.And it would pass anything on the hiway but a gas pump.But gas was only .50 a gallon

1971 mg midget
1972 mg midget

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Re: WHAT WAS YOUR VERY FIRST CAR? #37
Billm Bill Masquelier Santee, Ca, USA 1965 MG Midget MkII	Posted: March 28, 2012 09:53AM Registered: 6 years ago Posts: 1,471

My first car was a '59 Vauxhall Victor ("Flintstone mobile" winking smiley

in '68 (New York road salt). It was only 9 years old but was ALL rust. Bought it for $25 with a broken axle shaft, drove it for a year and broke the other axle shaft on the last day of school. Junked it and bought a '62 Sprite.
BillM

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Re: WHAT WAS YOUR VERY FIRST CAR? #38
dtownsend David Townsend Rutland, Vermont USA, USA	Posted: March 28, 2012 10:03AM Registered: 3 years ago Posts: 922

1961 Morris Minor 1000 painted the most hideous shade of blue you ever saw. It also became my very first hot rod after I trashed the 4-banger attempting to do burn outs (not successful). Managed to wedge a 298 and 4-speed into after some cutting etc (burn outs were vastly more successful with this combination). Drove it like that until I was rear-ended in downtown Riverside, Ca and shoved into the car in front me. Pretty much wadded up the Minor. Fun while it lasted though.

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Re: WHAT WAS YOUR VERY FIRST CAR? #39
riley leclerc Victor Gendron USA	Posted: March 28, 2012 11:18AM Registered: 2 years ago Posts: 1

First car was a 1954 Opel Rekord Cabriolet. Learned to drive in a 1959 Morris Minor 5cwt van.

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Re: WHAT WAS YOUR VERY FIRST CAR? #40
dtownsend David Townsend Rutland, Vermont USA, USA	Posted: March 28, 2012 11:20AM Registered: 3 years ago Posts: 922

Sure seem to be more than a few of us who caught the Little British Car disease in Morris Minor. Who knew?

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