The Coffee House

[davidharmier60]

If we are talking first car....
1969 Renault 10. Manual transmission and the cable bracket for the clutch broke.
My Grandpaw made one for me.
I don't remember it being terribly slow.
But I really don't remember anything but it was dull red.

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[davidharmier60]

Probably the most fun car I had was a Honda with a two cylinder engine.
I wasn't a big strong football player or anything but when I came out of high school and it was sideways in the parking place I was able to move the rear end all by myself.

And the best vehicle I owned was a 1964 Chevy short bed step side. Had a 250 engine and three on the tree. Couldn't blow that 250 up if you wanted to. The lifters would collapse well before that!

Another fun car was 1979 AMC Spirit MAX.
304 and 4 speed. Relatively short wheelbase and enough power for a slightly under 15 second quarter mile made it a real hoot! But it had a sun roof and I could not stop that thing from leaking.

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[JonA_CT]

It's in the Amazon cart. Even though I have Prime, it doesn't feel right to order until there are several things in it, haha.

 

[Gary A.]

You still have time to come over, pick a recipe, then we’ll eat at the restaurant where the recipe derived, chat with the chef, then come here and we’ll whip it up.

 

[jcdeboever]

My first car was a 1976 Chevy Nova with a 6 cylinder. I installed a Craig Super Tuner and a power equilzer in it first day. I paid cash for it, it was a 5 year old car then. I think I made my oldest son in it.

 

[smoke665]

Seeing some of the first car stories brought back some memories. My first car was a Dodge Pioneer. It was old when I got it and without a doubt the ugliest body style ever made. At least it was dependable, and allowed me a couple years to save up for a new one. A 1968 Dodge Dart, 340 - 4 speed. Dual glass pack exhausts with cut outs.

There was a small town where the highway made a sweeping turn into the downtown area. The buildings were right on the street on each side. Late at night, I'd come in with the cut outs open, hit the curve at 90, drift in, and catch 3rd just as I got between the buildings. The sound was awesome.

The town had one police car and to his credit he actually tried to catch me a couple times, then finally gave up as my taillights disappeared in the distance. Man that little Dodge would fly.

 

[Gary A.]

Gary inherited his first car when his oldest brother headed out to Vietnam. A 1966 Ford Fairlane 500 GT, factory high performance, 390 gas guzzling cubic inches, stallion of a car (aka death machine). It was an automatic, but left scratch shifting between all the gears. When it was floored for a spell, one could literally see the gas gauge move towards empty. One time when Gary was joy riding on the freshly graded, but not paved, Pomona Freeway dirt. Gary lost control of the car and slammed sideways into the soft beams, blowing out all four tires.

 

[davidharmier60]

I might be able to scare up a picture of the AMX. Maybe even the pick up truck.
But the old Renault just lives in my fading memory.

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[davidharmier60]

BTW Dave had 4.25 hours and a few minutes today. Susan and Kim are in fact the girls in the courtesy booth. And after 'splaing what I did the let me leave.
It was said "have a nice weekend"
I said but I have to be here tomorrow.
How could they not know that.
Anyhow I'm now home.

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[Gary A.]

Gary did some traveling for a year and came back rather broke. He spent a summer working on a dairy saving every dime for a red Opel. Gary's experience on the dairy led him to not drink milk.

 

[jcdeboever]

Gary inherited his first car when his oldest brother headed out to Vietnam. A 1966 Ford Fairlane 500 GT, factory high performance, 390 gas guzzling cubic inches, stallion of a car (aka death machine). It was an automatic, but left scratch shifting between all the gears. When it was floored for a spell, one could literally see the gas gauge move towards empty. One time when Gary was joy riding on the freshly graded, but not paved, Pomona Freeway dirt. Gary lost control of the car and slammed sideways into the soft beams, blowing out all four tires.

That is my dream car right there. Right color too. That was a rookie move not having control of that beast. I've painted a couple but never owned one. I know where a gray metallic one is, in great shape, just sitting there all by itself, outside, rotting away for sure. Been in the same spot for 7 years that I know of. It irritates me seeing it, which is frequently, on the way to the plant. The guy doesn't even have a "I don't want to sell it price". His is identical to yours, except for color and shape. The guy said it runs too.

 

[vintagesnaps]

We also had a silver gray Camaro. I did not get to drive it much, I got the Gremlin. Which was fun flipping up the hatchback to sit there at our campsite when a bunch of us 'kids' went camping.

I had a friend who got one of those old late '40s sedans with the back seat a mile from the front seat and suicide doors with hidden running boards. We went to a drive in movie in it, forgot to take off the speaker, and broke the mirror.

The weather map today has lots of pretty colors - purple, blue, orange... At least it's warm enough we're getting rain and it's not supposed to switch over to snow til late afternoon so that should keep the totals down.

And a 25 degree drop by evening, lovely. It's going to get cold enough that whatever we get, we'll be keeping. If it snows more than about 2 flakes I don't go out in it! lol So I'm thinking of craft projects for next week. I'm not actually starting any yet, but I'm thinking...

 

[vintagesnaps]

Eek I thought they just said rain but it's freezing rain, I just don't want enough of that to knock out power. Here it's doing nothing, and on the weather map I'm between the blue and the pretty pink!

OK, green is rain, pink/purple is freezing rain, blue is snow - never did figure out what the orange was supposed to be. What else is there?

 

[Gary A.]

Gary inherited his first car when his oldest brother headed out to Vietnam. A 1966 Ford Fairlane 500 GT, factory high performance, 390 gas guzzling cubic inches, stallion of a car (aka death machine). It was an automatic, but left scratch shifting between all the gears. When it was floored for a spell, one could literally see the gas gauge move towards empty. One time when Gary was joy riding on the freshly graded, but not paved, Pomona Freeway dirt. Gary lost control of the car and slammed sideways into the soft beams, blowing out all four tires.

That is my dream car right there. Right color too. That was a rookie move not having control of that beast. I've painted a couple but never owned one. I know where a gray metallic one is, in great shape, just sitting there all by itself, outside, rotting away for sure. Been in the same spot for 7 years that I know of. It irritates me seeing it, which is frequently, on the way to the plant. The guy doesn't even have a "I don't want to sell it price". His is identical to yours, except for color and shape. The guy said it runs too.

Gary used to get the sucker airborne nearly everyday after school. There was a hump in the road where the railroad tracks crossed ... Gary would gun the puppy and he'd be literally flying.

 

[Gary A.]

"That was a rookie move not having control of that beast."

Yep, Gary was 16 y/o and less than a year with a driver's license. Gary hit a soft spot and lost it. Gary had to use the tire iron to chisel out the dirt that was stuck in the bumper.