What was your first car ????

[MQ MAD]

Righto lads and ladettes,
Its time for the skeleton from the closet

What was your first car ???

Dign deep for this one,

Mini panelvan big block 850cc (about 15-16 years young)
Had week or two (unloaded before the lads found out)
Traded it for a MK1 Cortina

First regoed car
LJ Torana
186/5 speed celica box

[Bob]

1962 Morris 850
850cc 4 spd manual devoping 34 bhp @ 8500 rpm
Top speed 75 mph and Fuel consumption was 50 miles per gallon
Ruby Red Looked fast even at 10 mph
I drove this little beast for 60,000 miles . It rather spectacularly expired at 75 mph dropping a valve through the Piston and then breaking the Crankshaft.
Towed it to a Garage in Kyneton and traded it in for a Ford Cortina.

[AB]

mmm....Mine was the fastest machine around...lol

1979 VB Commodore with the original red 202. Slow but super reliable!

It was poo brown too...lol...I looked like the biggest bogan driving this around but it never let me down!

[Woof]

A 1954 VW, had a great heater and that's about it, put some nail holes in the muffler to make it sound coolhttp://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/
Top speed was 90mph down cemetery hill in Cowra, NSW, very scary never did it again.

[DX grunt]

1977, brand spanking new Toyota Corrolla CS.

[boggy2006]

Mine was a 1983 Austin Metro (UK car) 1300cc 65bhp auto. It was only 9 years old, but as with most Austin cars of the era in the UK (salt!) it was rusted though in many places. Did many bodges on it (I was only 17), in the end the engine was only running on 3 cylinders (out of 4). Still, I sold it for about $600.
As I've got older and my income has increased, I'd like to think I've moved forward, but something has gone wrong because my cars have got older too, culminating in an 19 year old Patrol today. hmmm, how did that happen LOL!!

Oh yeah, I was single back then with no kids!!

[Dhuck]

The old HJ Kingswood Sedan. Blue with beige vinyl roof. Had custom tailshaft vibration from 60km/h and speakers that could be put on the roof for the tunes while standing on the bonnet to watch the street drags behind Powers Brewery, Yatala. Woohoo they were the days.

[Maxhead]

1972 TX Gemini. BIG 161 Isuzu motor. Lasted 2 weeks before I wrote it off and moved up to LH Turdrunner

[patch697]

My first car was a 1974 LH Torana SL/R (not a 5000) with a 253 & 4spd.

Man that thing was the ducks guts.

[Woof]

My first car was a 1974 LH Torana SL/R (not a 5000) with a 253 & 4spd.

Man that thing was the ducks guts.

The 253 with a 4 speed was just great, I had a HQ GTS Monaro with the same combination, wow that thing flew.

[AB]

I have a confession to make and feel free to give me curry!!!

I also put on plastic fake chrome hub caps on the old poo brown commo....lol...I thought I was top dog for about a week and then realised I could'nt be any more of a teenage tool!!!

[patch697]

I have a confession to make and feel free to give me curry!!!

I also put on plastic fake chrome hub caps on the old poo brown commo....lol...I thought I was top dog for about a week and then realised I could'nt be any more of a teenage tool!!!

OOOOOOOOKKKKKKKKKKKKK.....................Next ..................lolololololololol

[AB]

OOOOOOOOKKKKKKKKKKKKK.....................Next ..................lolololololololol

We should start a confession thread...lol

[patch697]

You can if you like but I have nothing to contribute old mate..........lolololol

[Finly Owner]

XW fairmont wagon, never got it regsitered does it still count?

[Finly Owner]

Oh father I have sinned............................................ ........

[patch697]

Oh father I have sinned............................................ ........



Its ok my son but as penance for your sin you must say 50 "ALL HAIL PATROLS" before bed each night for 7 days..........lolololol

[katwoman]

1981 Datsun 200B. Was dark blue, painted wheel centres and wipers 'hot pink'. Used to drive it over the sand dunes and down the 90 mile beach. Hey, I guess that was my first Nissan !! Well, there you go.

[rkinsey]

1977 HX Kingswood with a worked 253 small block V8 hooked up to the turbo 400 3 spd gearbox and everything else was stock. That thing chewed fuel like it had a garden hose for a fuel line but man it was a lot of fun. Traded it in for $8,000.00 in 1988 for a Ford Telstar.... What a mistake that was...!!!

[Rick]

1975 HJ kingswood with 253 blue in colour pride and joy...

[Dark 1]

71 VH Valiant Charger, 265 hemi, 3 speed pacer box, 3.9 lsd diff
&
73 VJ Valiant regal doner car, engine & drivetrain, complete dash, alloy jelly bean mags, all donated to charger shell.

[Clunk]

I would dearly like to say mine was a 1981 Rover SD1 3.5V8 but unfortunately was the old mans but as he was out of the county most of the year, I used it alot........ bloody great fun.
Unfortunately my actual 1st car was a poo brown 1984 1ltr Austin Metro (UK) and the biggest bag of crap that money could buy, had it for 3 years and failed its MOT with out fail every year due to rust in all the wrong places (which got welded up to pass the MOT's) and broke down constantly...... always had to make sure I parked the car at the top of a hill as the only way to start it was to bump start it. It then became my younger bros first car, I sold it to him for 150 quid............. bargain at half the price hahahahahahahaha

[the ferret]

1953 dunnowot. And how do you like the serious look on my face?

http://i608.photobucket.com/albums/tt164/ferret/imgpwmcrae031.jpg

[rkinsey]

[QUOTE=the ferret;44216]1953 dunnowot. And how do you like the serious look on my face?

Ferret...If you had that car now it would be worth quite a bit... they are a collectors item now.

[mudtrolluk]

My first was a "BMW 520 E12" in yellow, 1979 was its first reg. Most mates had mk2 ford fiestas or mk3 ford escorts, so was way cool. Cruising Southend-on-sea seafront at the weekend was fun then, when I was 17.
However was stolen on new-years eve! By then 6 months later had been in 7 accidents, broke exhaust manifold clean off, bent every panel badly, most lights cracked, rust every where, bumpers gone and one window put through by a granite kerb stone, the grand canyon running down the sump and the gear box 2” higher than the factory put it.
Never seen a yellow one again.:jawdrop:

[veeate]

my first car (back in 2003) was a 1977 Valiant CL Regal Wagon 318 with 727 torqueflite.. i went through 7 diffs & a gearbox in that thing !
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e202/delby92/val2.jpg
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e202/delby92/val3.jpg
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e202/delby92/ce6cafcf.jpg
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e202/delby92/Mycars055.jpg

[damianovdd]

the first car that I drove with the driver's license in 2001 was Citroen BX `90 model

[Finly Owner]

my first car (back in 2003) was a 1977 Valiant CL Regal Wagon 318 with 727 torqueflite.. i went through 7 diffs & a gearbox in that thing !
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e202/delby92/val2.jpg
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e202/delby92/val3.jpg
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e202/delby92/ce6cafcf.jpg
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e202/delby92/Mycars055.jpg
What happened to it?

[XLR8]

1977 Daihatsu F10 with Ford 2L transplant that spentr more time off the road than off road

http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii231/XLR8777/Family%20Only/F10Passenger.jpg
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii231/XLR8777/Family%20Only/F10EngineBay.jpg

And while that was being rebuilt/repaired (which equated to about 2 of the 3 years I had it) I'd pinch the old boys G60 with 302 Windsor transplant

http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii231/XLR8777/Family%20Only/G60V8Rear.jpg

[veeate]

What happened to it?

i sold about 3 years ago.. it just kept costing me money and it wasnt cheap to run,... plus the rust had started to come back thru the newpaint job so figured it get rid of it while it still looked tidy...

the funny thing was i was on my way to take sum photos for the for sale add & i lost a wheel going down the freeway which total crushed the rear qtr panel..

[nowoolies]

my first was a 1976 HJ holden royal plumb in colour and lots of chrome added, a pioneer quad sound system, headers 2nd stage 2" straight through with 1x hot dog looked cool, sounded welll ............like a elongated fart lol , i was king of the road back then,
(strewth memories) now i feel old ........lmao

[growler2058]

My 1st was an LJ torana gtr lookalike the old man said it was a real stump puller..................... but 4weeks later the stump won and poor torrie went to torana heaven. Got a LX sitting in storage now though waiting for my mid life crisis.............but the troll wont get its teeth outa me hahahahahahahahahahaha

[boggy2006]

I would dearly like to say mine was a 1981 Rover SD1 3.5V8 but unfortunately was the old mans but as he was out of the county most of the year, I used it alot........ bloody great fun.
Unfortunately my actual 1st car was a poo brown 1984 1ltr Austin Metro (UK) and the biggest bag of crap that money could buy, had it for 3 years and failed its MOT with out fail every year due to rust in all the wrong places (which got welded up to pass the MOT's) and broke down constantly...... always had to make sure I parked the car at the top of a hill as the only way to start it was to bump start it. It then became my younger bros first car, I sold it to him for 150 quid............. bargain at half the price hahahahahahahaha

lol, my Metro was exactly the same. Rusty sills, front and rear cross members. Spent my whole time trying to disguise the fact that that they were full of filler to get it through the MOTs! Worse still, I later got a Montego rust bucket. Tried welding that, but the metal was so thin it was impossible. Love the Rover V8s though, had one in my 1973 Rover P6, can't beat the sound! The SD1 was my dream car for a long time!

[Clunk]

lol, my Metro was exactly the same. Rusty sills, front and rear cross members. Spent my whole time trying to disguise the fact that that they were full of filler to get it through the MOTs! Worse still, I later got a Montego rust bucket. Tried welding that, but the metal was so thin it was impossible. Love the Rover V8s though, had one in my 1973 Rover P6, can't beat the sound! The SD1 was my dream car for a long time!

HAHAHAHA NICE TO SEE YOU DIDN'T LEARN AFTER HAVING THE METRO................. i ALWAYS WANTED ONE OF THOS OLD p6'S AND i ABSOLUTLEY LOVED THE sd1 THOUGHT i WAS THE DOGS BO***X DRIVING THAT AROUND

[Finly Owner]

1977 Daihatsu F10 with Ford 2L transplant that spentr more time off the road than off road

http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii231/XLR8777/Family%20Only/F10Passenger.jpg
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii231/XLR8777/Family%20Only/F10EngineBay.jpg

And while that was being rebuilt/repaired (which equated to about 2 of the 3 years I had it) I'd pinch the old boys G60 with 302 Windsor transplant

http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii231/XLR8777/Family%20Only/G60V8Rear.jpg
Nice XA tail lights

[Finly Owner]

i sold about 3 years ago.. it just kept costing me money and it wasnt cheap to run,... plus the rust had started to come back thru the newpaint job so figured it get rid of it while it still looked tidy...

the funny thing was i was on my way to take sum photos for the for sale add & i lost a wheel going down the freeway which total crushed the rear qtr panel..
Double bugger

[XLR8]

Nice XA tail lights

Yup, XA supplied the tail lights, seats, motor, trans and centre console. Bluebird donated the steering wheel and switch assy while Rambler supplied the twin headlights
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii231/XLR8777/Family%20Only/G60V8Front.jpg

[katwoman]

Nice XA tail lights
There was a car in the pic ? I can only see mullet, flanny and tight jeans. I'm in lurve !!!

[timbar]

mine was an old 1971 TA Holden Torana kermit green what a beast that was...........NOT drove that for about 6mths and it fell to bits

[Bigrig]

Not sure of the make, as I picked up a few all at the same time - they were all definitely made by HotWheels though!!!! LMFAO!!!

A 1990 Nissan Pulsar Vector - 1.8 litres of unadulterated freedom!!!! For 11 weeks anyway until it was written off ... EDIT: then I bought my first patrol - 1990 4.2 TB42 trayback - that's when the love affair started!! LOL

[Mrowka]

A 1972 VW Super Beetle. My Dad still has it, only 250,000 miles on it.

[katwoman]

A 1972 VW Super Beetle. My Dad still has it, only 250,000 miles on it.

How cool. My 9 yr old wants one..

[Mrowka]

They are good cars, especially if you want to learn to work on something.

Mine gave me fits at first but I eventually sorted everything out; old VWs break sometimes but were designed to be repaired, not thrown away.

[CraigGardiner]

1974 Renault 4 still using it and still runs like a dream

[Bigrig]

1974 Renault 4 still using it and still runs like a dream

How many miles on the clock???

[Black Rock]

1985 space ship call FORD GRANADA

[CraigGardiner]

98000 miles

[ute351]

1983 ZK Fairlane, white, 6cyl, 76,000km 1 owner back in 2003. Paid $1000 registered for a very tidy unit but being an unappreciative kid I didn't look after it as well as I should. Dropped in a 302 in 2004, which was fun while it lasted and kept it up until last year when I ripped out the good gear and sold the remains to the wreckers for $100. I now drive a tidy, 1 previous owner XE Falcon that the Fairlane's parts have found their way into, so in a way the old girl lives on lol...

[frenzy]

1972 XA Ford Falcon. 3 on the tree. Converted it to 3 on the floor with a speco kit. Geez I loved that car....

[Ruby]

1972 VH Chrysler Valiant. Got her for $350 in the early 80's. She was missing her windscreen wiper motor ( which I didn't notice until I was on the freeway and it poured down raining). Had velvet velour thumb tacked on all internal panels. Girlfriends door couldn't open from the inside. I had to car dozens of water bottles to feed the radiator. I was 17 living away from home and absolutely broke, so could never fix her up, but she went on and on and on. I still have fond memories of that car.

[Finly Owner]

Old VH, 265 hemi not doubt.

[Ruby]

No, it was a 245, with a 3 on the tree shift.

[nickpeacock36]

Fiat 128. Didn't look too flash but gave the Ford Escorts a run for their money (Escorts were very popular 1st cars in UK).

[hekarewe]

1953 dunnowot. And how do you like the serious look on my face?

http://i608.photobucket.com/albums/tt164/ferret/imgpwmcrae031.jpg

man that model would be worth a fortune now and good on the gas to boot lol so how many miles to soul did you get ?????

[hekarewe]

Yup, XA supplied the tail lights, seats, motor, trans and centre console. Bluebird donated the steering wheel and switch assy while Rambler supplied the twin headlights
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii231/XLR8777/Family%20Only/G60V8Front.jpg

what bet did you loose to get the hair cut LOL good look thik i had that look for while then i got strait agin lol

[hekarewe]

now that i have taken the piss out of a couple its time for me to come clean,,,,,, 67 dodge phoenix 318 heavy duty (so the air cleaner said) with 3 speed auto great for the drive in fit 4 in the boot just had to remember to let them out followed closely by a xw falcon 302 windsor first bike was a ducati 860 gt the lows point in auto ownership was a sigma station wagon so very sad.

[AB]

now that i have taken the piss out of a couple its time for me to come clean,,,,,, 67 dodge phoenix 318 heavy duty (so the air cleaner said) with 3 speed auto great for the drive in fit 4 in the boot just had to remember to let them out followed closely by a xw falcon 302 windsor first bike was a ducati 860 gt the lows point in auto ownership was a sigma station wagon so very sad.

The old Sigma, well show us some photos of the Sigma and the mullet mate...haha

[hekarewe]

The old Sigma, well show us some photos of the Sigma and the mullet mate...haha

admiting to it is this putting the evidence out there,,,,,, no a hope in hell!!!!!!! ROFLMAO nice try bud!!!! the sigma was shit brown the mullet had a demarkation line across the back to dyvide the short from the long LOLOLOL

[benzo]

e30 bmw 320i great car but learnt todrive in swb s2 landy

[chester]

1976 HJ premier sedan lowered,253 3 speed tri-matic,245/50X14 on the front and 265/50X14 on the rear.

[Finly Owner]

1976 HJ premier sedan lowered,253 3 speed tri-matic,245/50X14 on the front and 265/50X14 on the rear.
Nice where is it now?

Tim

[chester]

Nice where is it now?

TimWish i knew mate, sold it to buy first 4x4,Brought it when i was 17 sold it at 19.should have kept it.

[Finly Owner]

Wish i knew mate, sold it to buy first 4x4,Brought it when i was 17 sold it at 19.should have kept it.
yep shoud a

[TROL007]

My first car was a suzuki LJ50 4x4 3cylinder 2 stroke engine.
cost $3750.00 brand new ,saved all my coin when left school working as apprentice mechanic for suzuki dealer in 1975.
had to get my old man to drive it home cos i didnt have a licence yet.

[the evil twin]

EK Holden Sedan... wasn't a thing on it you couldn't fix with either a 1/2 by 9/16th Spanner, Screwdriver, Garden Hose, Vice Grips or 2 feet of Fencing wire.

Blew a head gasket out shooting... drove it back to Wagga with the cap off the radiator and a garden hose into the cabin. We drove along and kept topping up the water from a supply of Coke Bottles (real ones scabbed on the side of teh road) via the hose and topped up ourselves from the slab in case we ran outa water and had to use.. well.. you can imagine it can't ya

Snapped off the gear lever... (Racing changes in a column shift aren't pretty when your pissed)... Vice Grips

Crappy fuel (I was an apprentice so clean fuel from a bowser was a luxury)... strip clean and reassemble the Carby (about 15 minutes)

Gears? Optional, only ever had all 3 until the Sat Night Drags Racing Change incident (stupid Hillmans) after that it was a lottery but could usually find 2

[Finly Owner]

My first car was a suzuki LJ50 4x4 3cylinder 2 stroke engine.
cost $3750.00 brand new ,saved all my coin when left school working as apprentice mechanic for suzuki dealer in 1975.
had to get my old man to drive it home cos i didnt have a licence yet.
How cool is that!

[Finly Owner]

EK Holden Sedan... wasn't a thing on it you couldn't fix with either a 1/2 by 9/16th Spanner, Screwdriver, Garden Hose, Vice Grips or 2 feet of Fencing wire.

Blew a head gasket out shooting... drove it back to Wagga with the cap off the radiator and a garden hose into the cabin. We drove along and kept topping up the water from a supply of Coke Bottles (real ones scabbed on the side of teh road) via the hose and topped up ourselves from the slab in case we ran outa water and had to use.. well.. you can imagine it can't ya

Snapped off the gear lever... (Racing changes in a column shift aren't pretty when your pissed)... Vice Grips

Crappy fuel (I was an apprentice so clean fuel from a bowser was a luxury)... strip clean and reassemble the Carby (about 15 minutes)

Gears? Optional, only ever had all 3 until the Sat Night Drags Racing Change incident (stupid Hillmans) after that it was a lottery but could usually find 2
And I hear your driving skills haven't changed with your Troll. hahahahahaha

Tim

[AussieRoadHammer]

1964 Mk1 Cortina, paid 90 bucks for it, it was painted Mission Brown house paint with the proverbial 6" brush. I called it Shake Rattle and Roll... coz thats what it did down the road. Had it for 3 months the front left wheel fell off (loose wheel nuts... who woulda thort...) so I traded it on a 10yr old HG Kingswood, that was a very tidy 1 owner car... was! 14 mths later it was a wreck, every 4 wks (and almost to the day) something would happen to it... ahhhh them were the days LOL.

[AussieRoadHammer]

After that post it got me thinking how many cars have I had... so after writting them down and adding it up, if i haven't forgotten any, i've had 23 cars in 30yrs... still got 2 of them :)

[katwoman]

After that post it got me thinking how many cars have I had... so after writting them down and adding it up, if i haven't forgotten any, i've had 23 cars in 30yrs... still got 2 of them :)

Hey, I think there is 1 or even maybe 2 threads you can list your cars.. Is a good read and would love to see your list.
Can some-one post link for me ?

[YNOT]

Hey, I think there is 1 or even maybe 2 threads you can list your cars.. Is a good read and would love to see your list.
Can some-one post link for me ?

This is one of them; http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/showthread.php?3535-How-many-amp-how-much-have-you-wasted-on-vehicles.&highlight=cars

And this is the other; http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/showthread.php?669-Can-You-remember-all-the-cars-you-have-ever-owned-Regsistered-Unregistered.&highlight=owned

Tony

[speedway]

My first was a 1922 Chev 4 I was looking at it in a driveway on my way home from school and the owner came out and said if I took it away I could have it, so I grabbed a few mates and we pushed it 3 miles to a mates uncles place, he was away for a while and the mate was looking after the garden. After nearly breaking my arm trying to crank start it (someone had swaped the plug leads, we ripped off the guards, doors and bonnet and painted it up with old house paint and brush, the wheels were multi colour witheach wooden spoke painted a different colour. We used th fire it up and take it for quick spins areound the side streets after school (I was the eldest at 14) The law finally caught up with us when one of the guys waged school for the day and was driving all over the place and got caught, the car was conficated and sent to the tip. My first registered and licenced car was a 1939 Willys overland I bought for 39 pound 10 shillings in 1961 and wrote off about 6 months later I replaced that with a 1950 Peugeot 203 which I did a lot of work on and it would beat most of the Holdens and Ford Zephers that were around then.
Keith.
Sorry no photos.

[growler2058]

Sounded very cool speedway

[fixer982]

1952 Humber Super Snipe. 6 Cylinder 4 litre side valve. Black of course, with a glass partition between the seats and drop down dickie seats in the back facing backwards.
Battery had one cell stuffed, so used to start it with a crank handle. The thing was built to be quiet and even had a muffler between air cleaner and carbeuretter, so after starting it one day and thinking it wasn't running, I put the handle back in and woke up about 20 feet away.
Took about 300 yds to stop it at 60km/h as it also needed brakes, tyres etc.
Looked a treat with surf-racks on the top, 6 or 7 boards on the racks and 6 or 7 of us inside drinking on the way to Aldinga Beach. Loved that car, but after I hit the parent's 2 week old garage, I had to get rid of it.
You should see what those spring steel bumpers do to tin garages even at parking speed.

[rusty_nail]

There was a car in the pic ? I can only see mullet, flanny and tight jeans. I'm in lurve !!!

you forgot high tops lol

[rusty_nail]

i always been a 4B man, my first car was a 1997 Holden Frontera, i lifted it, put 31's on it and some other slight mods. had to replace the rear wheel bearings once, it worked out cheaper to replace the whole rear diff assy as the individual bearings were about $700ea. i killed it in 2008 when i tried to drive through lake jindabyne... what was i thinking lol

[TimE]

1st Car, Triumph Herald, a bit like this one

http://www.hapico.com/02_24th/AIR/Herald/fs_triumph_herald_1200_saloon.gif

1 st 4WD Toyota Bundera 2.4 petrol a bit like this one

http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/images/imported/2012/01/6.jpg

[MudRunnerTD]

My first car was a 1974 RX4 4 door Mazda 13B Rotary with a big 4 barrel ......... Damn that was Fun!

[boots]

HJ premier 253 v8 trimatic , highway ratio diff , british racing green colour . nice cruiser of a car . very fond memories .

[Winnie]

1989 EA Falcon S Pack
http://nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/pb2017/Winnie/for%20sale/IMG_3681.jpg

(non-painted front bar was from when I hit a wallaby)
It was kinda reliable, only let me down a couple of times and was stuff that you'd expect to go wrong of a car that age. The engine was worked up a fair bit, it went hard as nuts. I really liked that car, but it was just far too expensive to run, it cost $90 to fill up and would get 400kms out of a tank. The Patrol is cheaper to run than that!

[Wine_maker]

My first was:

GAZ 31029 "Volga" 1993 year, 4 Cylinder 2.44 litre(not much for 2 tonnes barge), 4 manual.

http://avtoarhiv4ik.ru/_ph/4/2/427705747.jpg

[johanp]

1982 Fiat 128 1300cc. It had 24000km on the clock when I got it and after 2 years I sold it with 75000km on the clock.

[Rip'n'Shred]

After that post it got me thinking how many cars have I had... so after writting them down and adding it up, if i haven't forgotten any, i've had 23 cars in 30yrs... still got 2 of them :)

I have no idea on how many cars I have been through but I remember counting something like 24 before I was 21. I'm 32 now and have slowed down the auto trading somewhat. Always looking though, sucker for punishment.

First car was XD Falcon sedan,.got rid of it after a couple of weeks (still on L plates) and bought a sh@t hot worked XC sedan, black, 351 detroit locker 9", etc, etc. very fun and very very powerful! List continues from there. Didn't like paying rego lol.

Big worked V8 on L plates? ? ? ? Omg!

[MudDonk]

First car was a vk injected dunnydore 3.3l black motor really straight nice car till i rolled it 3 times onto train tracks ooppss...f***ing QR charged me a fortune for that recovery :P, then went to a vq statesmen now this was a beast by time i sold it (had to young family) was a blown 383 stroker, with water injection (plus toooo much else to post), blower peaked at 15.6 pounds of boost :D, that ran a flat 9 down quarter (got asked to leave willowbank lol)...wish i had that coin to put into my GQ lol.

[markmclauchlin]

mine was a 1973 GTR, still have it today :)

http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/25762_1141948487566_1793072837_278702_1045015_n.jp g

[rusty_nail]

1st Car, Triumph Herald, a bit like this one

http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/

1 st 4WD Toyota Bundera 2.4 petrol a bit like this one

http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/ecars/Toyota/LJ70/PiCs37/1990LX.jpg

good to see you converted to the mighty patrol mate!!!

[ozzyboy]

had a choice of 3 cars for my first.
1. a lj torana with milk crates for seats. but had a tidy 308 in it. Old man test drove it, came back with huge smile on face and said " NO "
2. Original a9x mint condition. Again too much power for the ol man's liking.
I ended up with a 1980 2 door escort 2 litre with the quick shift box. this thing cost me a lot of money, but damn it was a good car

ozz

[markmclauchlin]

Bugger. A9x would have been great


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[ozzyboy]

Bugger. A9x would have been great


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I am here: http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=-32.075684,115.985228

the guy wanted 9k for it at a car show. We basically said he was dreaming asking for that much
Too only have my time back again .....

[pod]

mine was a 1964 mk1 cortina 4 door sedan , 4 on the tree and sometimes near impossible to get started:( ,i was glad the day i traded it in on a second hand hq kingswood wagon:thumbup:

[FullFlxd]

91 VP comodore nothing fancy for 5 G's

but learnt to drive (when I reached the pedals and the olds were out) in a 1981 subaru leone, old man taught me to drive in a 79 datsun 200B poo brown. Had to drive her like you stole it (we installed the wrong head in it and the compresion decreased pfff) he was too lazy to change it. Miss that Dato

[Matt 1984 Mk]

My first car was and is my 1984 Mk patrol, l28 engine 4speed box

[Hongie]

datsun 120y :D

[taslucas]

Learnt to drive on an old David brown tractor. Then got to drive dads old Isuzu Ute around the bush. First car was a Holden scurry bongo van-freedom on wheels lol!

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[DeJay]

Fiat 850 sports for me....10 years old thrashing round a paddock....11 years old got onto the gravel...WOOOHOOO !!!! 12 years old I found tar seal and thought.."..how the hell do people fall off this stuff?!? "...

[GarryMartin]

I bought a Morris Minor before I was old enough to drive with an idea that I'd spend some time restoring it but didn't have the income to match the aspiration! Sold it to my brother ;-)

My first "real" car was a Ford Fiesta 1100 although I can't remember ever taking a photo so nothing to show for it.

Promoted to management at the Rover Group pretty soon after and have spent the rest of my life driving brand new cars. Now looking for a 2003/04/05 Y61 Patrol 3.0 Di SVE as a "third car" in our family of two drivers... ;-)

[Lonicus]

First car was a 196X VW Beetle. Took me everywhere, just very slowly!

First new car was http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh46/lonicus/Rigout1_zps669fee5a.jpg

Saw it in town last year, 20 years after I sold it, with QLD plates on it.

[SupRob]

1991 toyota corolla hatch, couldnt kill it

[threedogs]

Rode motorbikes most of my life {road} raced them as well, first car was a 68 XT ford ute $400
went everywhere in it , sold to mate for $450 as fixed radiator, brought it back for $500 as new radio fitted.
that changed hands 5 times, last time I saw it was selling for $2500. think sedans are a waste of time
either owned a wagon or ute, but gotta love a ute IMO

[megatexture]

97 Camry (4x4 tray back) ... It's amazing how many bags of cement you can put in a sedan lol, and could take it anywhere

[healy]

Lh torana 179hp triple webers

[Ben-e-boy]

A 1988 mitsubishi express van, I got for free as it was on 3 cylinders. I had a sliding door on each side, a queen size bed in the back, with enough room for the surf board and drum kit.
put rego and tyres on it and sold it a year later for $1200

[Chris79]

My first car was a little 86 pajero shorty.

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee178/CHRISMAV_2007/Scaned%20photos/Pajero.jpg

[threedogs]

What we all have not had is hindsight, lol a $9k A9X
Not making Holden anymore , A9X now priceless
I'm lucky enough to have a brother in law with a HQ one tonner he doesn't want
I've taken it off his hands to "do up" STD 253 V8

[93patrol]

1st car was a TE cortina with the 250 cross flow motor handled like a boat drank fuel worse than my brothers 333 torana. But it only cost me 2 g and sold it a year later for the same money. I learnt to drive in my dad L28 MK patrol up at wedge island


Just tap it in just tappy tappy tappy

[gaddy]

The mighty datto 180b $800 to buy spent god nows how much but learnt heaps , the old man and i built the donk , 30tho over ported, twin SUs, tuned exhaust ,from memory the rear ran 215 eagers and 205s up front , on a test and tune day at willowbank she ran a high 16 pass ,top fun car , did the paint old school acrylic , memories from 20 odd years ago

Gaddy

[Parksy]

1973 series 3 landrover. Hadnt changed design much since the late 40s when they first came out. Shifting gears was like stiring a pot of coal. 4 wheel drum brakes. Was more effective to open the door and use my feet to stop. No aircon but constant heating. Was painful in the warmer months. Always had a set of ear muffs in the car too otherwise my ears would bleed on the longer trips. Still have it too.

[Stropp]

Mine was mk111 zephyr with 6 cylinder engine and auto trans, what a weapon, I would love to get it back along with a few other cars and motorbikes I sold.

[mudnut]

Bought a pristine '67 Falcon. It had a 170 pursuit engine with a three speed crunch box. Had it 18 mths before it was T-boned. Got $600 from the other driver. I used the wreck as a bush bomb for a while; then stripped it and sold the shell for $50.

[threedogs]

Would have loved a Studebaker boy I loved the ones with the chev motor, built like a brick out house
but was drawn to motor bikes first bike was a 650 triumph trophy with a bonneville head, which means single carb head
replaced with a twin carb one T120, one bike ran 10.5sec 1/4 and 280 kph straight out of the box
only 30 came to Aus,

[kevin07]

68 hk wagon 161cu of sheer power pumped through the 3 on tree crash box

[kennyb]

1963 Ford Consul Cortina 1200cc 4 speed manual. Owned it for a couple of years. Went O.K. for size of engine but no no match for the E.H. Holden 179's and Falcons. Took it down the Bridle Trail at Hill End Sofala one long weekend with a few mates on board. Traded it for a new 68 Holden Kingswood.

[stevogq]

My first car was a 93 telster big rims and a banging stereo, my dad came to Australia and bought a xb Fairmont coup with factory 351 his bro had a cobra and his bro in law had a 351 gtho.

Bloody typical wogs lmao I still lol when I see the pics with the mullets and flair cord pants.
cheers stevo.

[Cuppa]

In the UK. An Austin Cambridge A60 sedan. Not sure what year but think it would have been mid sixties. Scrapped it after breaking a brake bleed nipple off. Getting it fixed was going to cost more than the car was worth!

First car in Australia, in 1987 was a Holden HQ Premier wagon, a '73 model I think, 253 motor & Trimatic auto. Car was named 'Nellie' & was a great car. All sorts of things went wrong with it over the several years we had it, but the electric rear window never failed! Loved the motor & the 'kickdown' on the auto. It limited slip diff took us to places that other non 4wd's couldn't manage. Still think the HQ's are great looking cars.

Cuppa

[MEGOMONSTER]

XF fairmont dumped on its ass, worked straight six, Alpine twin tape/cd player, two 15" subbies, two 8" subbies and more. My car was so low I couldn't get to some places let alone some drive ways. I would knock over a packet of ciggies standing on its side.

[lorrieandjas]

NISSAN pulsar sedan - oh well at least it was a Nissan. And a VTR-250 - at least it was a bike!

Jas

[89gqpatrol4x4]

1975 mini clubman 1100, $900. Gear stick broke off on the way home! Great car, loved it and fully rebuilt it. pulled the motor out myself and had it rebuilt, resprayed and full interior. Wish I had never sold it. A lot of fun!

[evillius]

1985 Toyota Celica. 2.0L carby with the 5 speed manual. It was pretty slow, but the gearbox was awesome!
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/images/imported/2013/01/145.jpg

[The BigFella]

My first road rego'd car was a 1964 Valiant "S" Type with four wheel drum brakes and push button automatic.
Bought it off the local Holden dealer after my Dad traded it on a 308 HQ Statesman.
Then onto the Torana's, first a nice little mission brown LC four door then an original LC GTR 186, triples (Dual throat strongberg std), 30/70 cam, lowered to the hilt. Woohoo,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, oh where have the years gone my friend,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,

[TPC]

The first car i owned was a 1969 Datsun 1600, loved it and wish i still had it.
First car I legally drove was a HQ Wagon with 3 on the tree, before that when i was about 13 my brother taught me how to drive in a 1948 Morris Minor.