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trof

(54,273 posts) Sun Jul 21, 2019, 07:46 PM Jul 2019

My first car [View all]

1952 Morris Minor convertible.
I got it in 1960 for about $300.

4 on the floor, man!
Semaphore turn signals.
A heater (sorta) but no radio.
Max speed of close to 60 MPH...downhill.
It made the trip to New Orleans for the Sugar Bowl (New Years Day) a couple of times.

Had a starter crank that I actually used when I had a dead battery once.
It worked!
We had a rare hard freeze in Tuscaloosa (college, Roll Tide!) and the auto stores and filling stations ran out of antifreeze. I poured a half a fifth of Scotch into the radiator and got through it just fine.
Smelled good too.

What was you first car?

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My first car [View all] trof Jul 2019 OP

I am quite younger than you tymorial Jul 2019 #1

1968 Volkswagen Beetle lambchopp59 Jul 2019 #2

wow same car! CountAllVotes Jul 2019 #3

"loved the sunroof! " mitch96 Jul 2019 #25

I had a '68 also.. Green with a sunroof!! snazzy .......... mitch96 Jul 2019 #19

bwa ha! CountAllVotes Jul 2019 #27

The VW or the Plymouth?? nt mitch96 Jul 2019 #35

Both actually! CountAllVotes Jul 2019 #38

The joke with my Plymoth was mitch96 Jul 2019 #39

I briefly owned a Westfalia camper like that CountAllVotes Jul 2019 #40

Rosie the Bondo Bomb. safeinOhio Jul 2019 #4

The Rebl2 Jul 2019 #5

'52 Ford two door hardtop, flathead V8. Kool car. Wish I still had it. brush Jul 2019 #6

A Moggy Thou convertible... Gumboot Jul 2019 #7

can't post a pic, so found a link to pic dweller Jul 2019 #8

1964 VW Beetle dhol82 Jul 2019 #9

First car I drove was a baby blue SCantiGOP Jul 2019 #10

Got a '63 Beetle and a set of metric wrenches for my 15th birthday flotsam Jul 2019 #11

1957 Studebaker Silver Hawk SeattleVet Jul 2019 #12

1966 forest green mustang. It was a car shared between my brother and myself. AJT Jul 2019 #13

This message was self-deleted by its author Freelancer Jul 2019 #14

1960 Studebaker Lark ... GeorgeGist Jul 2019 #15

'59 VW Beetle. Convertible. PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2019 #16

1956 Nash Metropolitan. My dad bought it for me in 1964 for $250. sinkingfeeling Jul 2019 #17

1953 Mercury hardtop with a 56 T abird engine. gibraltar72 Jul 2019 #18

A 1960 Chrysler push button automatic. murielm99 Jul 2019 #20

I just handled something today from my first car customerserviceguy Jul 2019 #21

1969 Chevy Nova. lamp_shade Jul 2019 #22

1965 gold Corvair lillypaddle Jul 2019 #23

Ugh. rownesheck Jul 2019 #24

Single malt? ret5hd Jul 2019 #26

NO! Johnny Walker red, I think. trof Jul 2019 #32

My first one Timewas Jul 2019 #28

63 Rambler Classic Lulu KC Jul 2019 #29

66 Rambler - the seats would go all the way back! redstateblues Jul 2019 #30

Makeoutmobile trof Jul 2019 #34

1961 Volvo 122S Yonnie3 Jul 2019 #31

1972 Ford Custom - CA highway patrol car Runningdawg Jul 2019 #33

72 Dodge Polara bearfan454 Jul 2019 #36

1953 Blue & White Chevrolet. GentryDixon Jul 2019 #37