What is your first car...memory ?

[FXSTi]

My first awareness of cars was my dad's Corvair. I was about three years old. The memory stuck because I learned that my 6 year old brother repeatedly jumping off the carport onto the roof of the Corvair would make my dad angry.

Dad owned a string of Corvairs in the early 60's including a convertible and a 110 monza.

Kirk

[California98Civic]

Several cars: a 1967 Toyota Corona, a 1968 Pontiac Firebird, and the 1972 Olds Vista Cruiser. But it is mainly the Vista Cruiser that I remember.

[JasonG]

A brown Dodge wagon with the slant 6 engine, mid 70s model.

Story:
One day mom blew a radiator hose and locked up the engine. Dad towed it home with whatever he was driving (probably an old pick-up, momma got the new cars). Squirted oil down the spark plug holes, forced the crank-shaft with a breaker bar. Fired it up, changed the oil, Thing ran perfectly till he sold it. Probably still running if the chassis hasn't rusted out.

[Arragonis]

Nice memories Anyone noticed when you go near an old car the smell brings it all back.

320 - Maxi - Class

[320touring]

Originally Posted by Arragonis

Nice memories Anyone noticed when you go near an old car the smell brings it all back.

320 - Maxi - Class

Ours was champagne Beige Metallic, with the "burnt orange" interior..like sitting in a bowl of Tomato soup..

Hard work tos teer the manual steering on the old b-series..gave me a love of driving, that car..also, nearly killed my dad with it

[Arragonis]

Originally Posted by 320touring

Ours was champagne Beige Metallic, with the "burnt orange" interior..like sitting in a bowl of Tomato soup..

Hard work tos teer the manual steering on the old b-series..gave me a love of driving, that car..also, nearly killed my dad with it

<Anorak>
Maxi didn't use the B-series
</Anorak>

[320touring]

Originally Posted by Arragonis

<Anorak>
Maxi didn't use the B-series
</Anorak>

[cheek][pedant]
I was 3, I dont care!

But I should know that the maxi was a 1750..

Approx the year you were born?
[/pedant][/cheek]

[PaleMelanesian]

Riding in the sideways jumpseats in the back of a Ford Ranger, not too much unlike today's model.

[Arragonis]

<joke>I'm beginning to realise why you own a 4 cylinder BMW now </joke>

The Maxi is a classic - not only did my Avatar snatch defeat from the jaws of victory in designing the Maxi itself, he compounded this error by supervising the development of it's engine - hence the stupidly narrow bore size so he could get a 6 cylinder version to fit in a transverse position.

I'm old enough to have worn one of these

[spacer]

First memory I can dredge up... standing on the seat in my Grandpa's lap, steering one of his red and white Chevy trucks. He had a fleet of them, part of his grain harvesting operation. I think we were in a cleared wheat field.
I was probably three or four.