What was your 1st car?

[MrsBillyBobcat]

That's awesome that you still have your first car Jake and Chris!

Mine was a '66 Biscayne that I bought with my babysitting money ($400). I sold it 4 years later, but I still have my USA-1 plate

[Allen]

Make sure you're sitting down to hear about this fine treasure. My first car was a 'Vette.

1977 Chevy Chevette - Rally 1.6

It wasn't the ordinary Chevette... it was a Rally! The Rally came with the fierce 1.6-liter 4-cylinder instead of the mundane 1.4. It had the special gauge package that even included a tachometer. Dark navy metallic blue and gold rocker panel stripes.

I had geniune imitation fuzzy sheepskin seat covers, a big ol' power booster equalizer / amp (you know... the $20 version you'd buy at a swap meet), 6 x 9 speakers in the hatchback area that were just stuck to the metal with the magnets on the back of the cones, and the coolest part of all.....

Genuine 4-lug Cragar S/S rims with white-letter tires! 50-series tires in the back and 60-series tires in the front.

Also, I quickly realized how convenient it was that the back seat folded down.

[SuperNovaSS]

66 Bronco with 170 6 cylinder and 3 speed on the tree.

[CC Rider]

Still own my first car.



That's my girl friend sitting in the front seat. We met one month after I bought this Chevelle, and she's been my wife for 23 years.

[SuperNovaSS]

[Dog427435]

’55 Ford – bought it in ‘63 at 14 with money made from pumping gas at a Shell station after school. $1 an hour off the books!
Primed it, dropped in a 430 Lincoln and a 3 speed, buckets from a Grand Prix and ’60 Dodge taillights!

[Mr. Chevy]

My first was a 69 Nova I bought when I was 15. The car was just a "plain Jane" 307 car but had a 327 in it when I got it. The body/floors were rough, was nothing real pretty but all I cared about was going faster. I remember making weekly trips to Super Shops, Midwest Auto Specialties and Summit Racing in Akron spending my hard earned gas station job money on speed parts...

I added a nitrous power shot system, 411 gears in the 10 bolt rear, very good B&M shift kit in the turbo 350. Motor was mildy built with an Edelbrock Performer Cam, stock bottom half, stock compression/pistons, Edelbrock performer intake, Holley 600, Blackjack headers and Sonic Turbo Mufflers that turned down just before the rear axle.

I put the nitrous system on my senior year of High School. My buddy had a 72 Plymouth Scamp with a built 340 and nitrous. We had the fastest cars in our senior class. I remember street racing another buddy that had a 65 Mustang with a built 289/4 speed. I literally blew his doors off and remember smoking the tires and burying the tach at 8 grand with the NOS system on!! Car was really fun. I also had a big ole' Hurst Indy auto shifter sticking up out of the floor. Everyone thought the car was a 4 speed. The trans that was in that car was the best I ever had. That thing would literally slam into gear and chirp the tires between 1st and 2nd gear even if you were not "in it."

I parted the car out and sold it back in 2000 and kept the motor/trans. The motor is now sitting on an engine stand in my garage. Someday I want to go through it and rebuild it and maybe put it back into a Nova..

Thats how I acquired my first love and passion for Novas!! Here are some old photos of the car...

Rich

[Verne_Frantz]

'56 Ford. Bought it when I was 14 in '65 from the next door neighbor for $15. Running and driving. 312 T-bird motor and auto which was immediately changed to a 3-spd with a Foxcraft floor shifter.

Too weird Dog!!!!

[firstgenaddict]

1957 Belair post with a 283 bored to 301, L79 solid cam, 2.02 fuelie heads, finned aluminum vette valve covers, holley 750 and a built aluminum glide. Marina Blue with black and silver interior. My dad and I took it apart and basically just cleaned and painted everything replacing what it needed. It was so solid though no metal work. Paid $750 for it!

[olredalert]

-----First car was a 37 Chebby. Man, did I screw that thing up. .......Bill S