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Old 03-18-2010, 10:08 PM
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Ok my first car was a 1978 Plymouth Arrow GT. I got it for $100.00 because it needed what he thought was major work. I found it to be bad exhaust manifold gaskets. It had a Mitsubishi 2.6 carbureted motor. That car was very fast for what it was. I had seen over 120 MPH in it. It would also Burn the tires in 1st and second and chirp third.
I had wanted to get a Mitsu Conquest turbo motor and put it in there. At one time I blew the motor due to a seal blowing out and loosing all the oil. Then bought another car. That one was the fire arrow took the motor out of it and put it in my car and junked the rest. Mine looked like the rusty one below and the white one was the second one I bought.

I wish I could find one again.
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Old 03-19-2010, 02:00 PM
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Originally Posted by rspi
Man, you have paid for that ticket several times over with higher insurance premiums. A lot of people don't know it but Garmin GPS units keep track of a lot of things like TOP SPEED, average speed, etc. About 2 months after my daughter got her S70 GLT I checked the thing and it said that the top speed was 118 mph. WTF! Why would she need to be driving that fast. I think I have driven that fast only once, to see what my wife's Honda Prelude would do on a long straight country road. And definately on my own insurance policy.
just FYI often GPS units calculate average speed and top speed taking into account locations while the unit is off. for example you can get turn it off get on a plane with it and use it on your vacation and fly back and when you get back your "average speed' during your trip might read 90mph. also if it looses signal for a few moments it might think you have jumped 1/4 mile in a matter of seconds and calculate your momentary speed as 120mph even though you were going 60mph the whole time in theory anyway. i haven't SEEN the top speed thing happen but i have seen the avg speed thing happen with my wife's garmin.
 
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Old 04-11-2010, 10:10 AM
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at 14, a 1929 model A roadster, in pieces, that my dad gave me. he'd started to make a hot rod and stopped. i replaced cobbled frame, patched it up, got the modified model B engine going & got the body back on. but in NC, wasnt really worth finishing up as a usable car. at 15, i bought a 32 fordor and got it together. again, tho, not practical (1966) so i bought a 56 dodge coupe ("semi hemi!") lol
 
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Old 04-11-2010, 12:43 PM
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my first car was a 1998 s70 GLT. got it for $700 off the car auction and than had put in $4,000 more to get it to an almost brand new condition. still the car is sweet, especially if u think that its my first car!
 
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my first car is a 1992 940 gl
 
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Old 05-18-2010, 12:31 AM
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My first car was a 1964 VW Bug that had been passed down to my mother and then to me when I was 17. I doted on that car and kept it in pristine condition. I reluctantly passed it down to my sister after I bought my first new car, a 1976 Honda Civic 5 speed (yellow). My sister soon damaged the front of the bug, then the rear and had her boyfriend/husband cut it up to make a baja bug out of it.
 
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Old 06-02-2010, 10:32 AM
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My first car was an 83 Datsun Sentra with a diesel engine. It was the first and last one I have ever seen with the diesel motor. She had close to 250k when I got her, put a pile of miles on and drove it into a small pond before shipping out to basic training at Fort Knox, KY.
 
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my first car was a white Fiat 850 Spyder. cute as all get out. offered a girl a ride home in it. still married to her after 30 years . the Fiat is long gone though .
 

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Old 07-11-2010, 06:58 PM
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2000 Integra owned for about 8 months then bought an S60 t5. Much nicer car but Im sure the maintenance will be triple
 
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Old 07-11-2010, 09:33 PM
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'82 Mustang GT. 306, Yates heads, full headers, true MAC dual exhaust, 125 shot of nitrous. Laid down over 460whp on the bottle.

I bought the car when I was 14 while doing odd jobs at a family member's shop, and worked on the car for 2 years while doing the same. I was ASE certified by 16.
 
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Old 07-12-2010, 08:37 AM
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First car was a 57' Volkswagon Kombi split screen. I think it had a 1100 or 1300. The thing actually ran on my Uncles plum Schnapps... I cant stop laughing now, funny times!!! These things are worth a fortune today.
 

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Old 07-12-2010, 08:49 AM
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1974 VW Dasher...could get it up to 80 MPH going downhill and with the windows closed.
 
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Old 07-12-2010, 10:16 AM
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my first car was a 96 maxima
 
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Old 07-14-2010, 02:24 AM
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My first car was a 64 Ford Galaxie, it ran for less than a week.

My last car was a 95 Volvo 850, it ran for less than a week.

.. hey waitaminnit, isn't Volvo a unit of Ford?
 
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Old 07-23-2010, 05:05 PM
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First car was a 1970 Mustang. Bought it for $900 w/99K miles on it. 302 2 barrel carb., but it had positrak. Stolen twice and recovered both times. Drove it for about 8 years. Died in my driveway with over 200K miles.

Haven't counted, but it's amazing how many responders to this thread started out w/ Mustangs as their first car!
 
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Old 07-23-2010, 06:10 PM
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First car, Chevy Lumina.. i think around a 99 or 00

but first car i bought with my money was/is my 99 S70 T5 =D
 
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Old 07-24-2010, 02:18 AM
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My first car is a 1989 Volvo 240 dl wagon. I bout it 4 days ago for $800
 
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1976 Ford LTD. Two-door, bright yellow, green velvet interior, every option: 460cid, 4bbl, dual exhaust, Trac Loc, power everything. Rusted-out floor boards, bad points, no exhaust, broken door panels, completely rusted out rocker panels. Got it for free from family friends.
 

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1984 mazda rx-7, I bought it in 1996 for $600
 
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Old 07-30-2010, 09:05 AM
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1982 Mustang
 


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