What was your first car?

[XR6_661]

First car was a 1988 EA S-Pac, 3spd Auto, CPI, had a 2.5in" catback. Loved it! Got her up to 180kph once and that was pretty scary. My ex gf managed to crash it as well in the wet. Fixed it up. Then the gearbox blew in it, so I traded it in for $1000 on a 98 EL GLi.

Got it a good year before I got my P's.

here she is:

[The Yeti]

Originally Posted by Buzz Box

My first car was a 1975 Jaguar XJ6 Series II - "The Beast"

I have to this day still never driven a car that drove so well on the freeways.
(Parking a 5+ metre long car and english car in 30+ heat though is another thing lol)

I wish I still had it but damn ex's grrrrrrr

Ive got a series III XJ12 hemerageing in my drive way if you like that will remind you of how great these thins are

[flappist]

1968 HK Holden Kingswood 161, 3 on the tree no syncro 1st gear, May 11 1976, $800 and I paid cash after saving up for 10 years.

I swapped it 2 years later for my first road bike, a Kawasaki Mach 3 which would have to qualify as the nastiest, most dangerous motor vehicle ever made.

[Puzzlescort]

1969 GT1600 Capri

Then proceeded to completley rebuild it, managed to take out best 4 cylinder at the Concours 5 years in a row, article & pics in Performance 4's & Rotaries

Started me on a life long association with British Fords, and now Australian

(Plus I would never live it down if came home with a Holden - Old mans first car Ford 34 5 window Coupe!!)

[DJR-351]

16 years old, 1965 VW Beetle, $200.

[T3ts50]

ZL Fairlane, had it for 2 months before it got stolen.

[MITCHAY]

I was given a TX5 before I got my licence

[cant]

BJ 40 SWB Landcruiser

Taught me twoi things in life

1/ dont slow down for corners

2/ you have to get a V8





Now drive an Xr8, Halleluya

[Scrawny]

1972 XA Falcon sedan, 302, t-bar auto, in a lovely shade of Pottery Beige.

[Escort_RPDriver]

1971 lj gtr torana in red got it when i was 15 for $500 sold it for $2500 without the motor and transmition bought a regester vb SL/E 202 and did a engine swap man i miss that car dam roos still got the motor though.

[JerseyVics]

1987 Mercury Sable LS: leather, sunroof, all electronic

[LOWBA6]

95 ef fairmont got it for 8.5k 4 years ago and still have it... when my ba sells ill be back driving it. converted it to manual, reco motor, head, cam, exhaust, rims and other stuff. Owes me too much money to ever sell it.

[westoftown]

95 EF which was sourced through these forums!

saved every penny i earnt last year to buy the EF a week before xmas. Had it for 4 months now and i love it to pieces, i plan on keeping it for a very long time.

[Suvo]

Current car

02 BA Fairmont Ghia. Bought it about 2 months after getting my licence. 15k

[Oxa384]

xa coupe.........and umm still have it!!

[reds89]

fx and a fj holden,the fx was the 125th to come of the line,wonder what it would be worth now.

[Alanbxr8]

1964 Falcon for $300 when I was 19

[shakes]

xtgt mockup. 351c, c10 9in and drum brakes all round. best car i ever had!

[djextreme]

my first car was a 87 skyline good old r31
was a great car
actually trying to see it atm
but now couldnt be happier wth my new BF

[mad cow]

a poo brown hq sedan. bench seat 3on the tree, 4 wheel drum brakes, and purple shag pile carpet from the old brothel in town. yeah baby yeah. i bought it when i was 16 to use as a paddock basher and it was still going when i got my licence so it got registered. i paid $500 for it flogged the bags out of it for 6 years and sold it for $1000.

[Envi XR8]

Mine was a 1974 XB Fairmont. It rusted out around the warmed over 250 2V and C4 I had built for it. Damn it, should have done the body work first!

[stevepet]

First Car HT GTS 350
I was 18 in 1984just got license and my dad said lets go buy a car
Cost me $4500 he gave me 2000 towards it.
Was stolen and burnt out
Was a great car still miss it.
I just love all great Aussie cars.

Steve

[pottsy44]

i was given my first car when i got my licence. But come on it was a $200 box 82' corolla. And trust me, it drove like a $200 car!! haha.

Bought my first car 12 months after i got my licence, a 99' au falcon.

Bought my second car 3.5 years after i got my licence, a 04' ba XR8.

[tyler06]

I borrowed $500 off my boss and bought 2 TE Cortinas. Both were 2lt autos one regoed other not. Sold one to a mate for $1000 (blown head) and sent the other to tip. So much fun had..

[LethalLeigh]

Parents bought me an 84 Nissan Pulsar. Thing got hammered pretty heavily and crashed it a couple of times being careless. Thankfully things have changed now. First car I bought was a 79 Fiat 131 for $200. Good fun while it lasted.

[SilverG6ET]

As a young bloke back in the late 60's, early 70's I had a brand new Honda 750 (4) K1 when I was an apprentice, had it for around 2 years, when one Easter was going to Tenterfield (from Newcastle) to stay with a mate.

I came off the bike at a place called (from memory) Black Water and remember seeing the bike sliding along the road and me on my bum following. Wasn't hurt real bad but turned me off the bike.

Anyways, made the decision to get off the bike and into a car.

Traded the bike on a brand new Datsun 1600 (the bright orange colour), it had mags as an extra and I ended up fitting a PBR brake booster (the brakes were crap).

So yeah, the Dato was my first car.

[MattsDisturbed]

mine was a 1969 hilman hunter!
my dads old bomb
pranged it into a tree about a month after i got my Ps

[Bushbasher]

First car was a hand me down British Racing Green TC Cortina in 1980. 2L 4sp, lowered and with a straight through exhaust to just a hotdog at the rear. Went like the clappers and would wind off the clock happily. After running up the back of a dic#head who cut in front of me and stood on the brakes in the rain I was told I couldn't drive it till it was fixed ( cosmetic damage only) so I told my old man to stick his car where the sun don't shine and went out and bought a HQ panelvan. 202, 3 on the tree and unstoppable, was a great car and went just about anywhere on it's nose bleed high commercial suspension. That started a love affair with 70's holdens that lasted till the rug rats came along and I needed a big wagon in 04 so bought an EL. A HQ 253 4sp is still my fave car ever although my Sportsman is snapping at it's heels these days.


Bushbasher

[mcnews]

1976 VK Charger, 318 4-speed.

Within weeks was stroked to 355, 9", fully manualised reverse pattern 727 etc.

[chevypower]

1976 Holden HX Statesman DeVille with 350 V8, 3/auto, Edelbrock, Holley etc. Biggest piece of crap it was, though it had some power when it ran.