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i just replied to a post about carbies, and refered to my first car.
VC SLE 253 Trimatic.
i really miss that car.
i was short of money, about to move (joined the Army) so i sold her for $6000, with a smashed front end.
i spent around $20,000 on that baby, over 3 years.
Rebiult engine to bullet proof 4.9 stroker standard.
$4500 on the trimatic.
MSD super coil, MOTEC ignition computer.
twin 3 inch exhaust.
Modified edelbrock highrise manifold.
etc etc.
ps...no brake or suspension mods (crazy now i look back.)
ran consitent 13.4's
just wondering what everyone else's first loves were?
do you still have them?
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Mine was a Fred Bear Holden. 2 tone blue (light Blue with the Dark Blue flash). He cost me $150 and had 138 cubic inches of throbbing stockness beneath the bonnet!
I hotted him up by taking the hubcaps off, painting the wheels with black Enamel housepa
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i plowed an old magna, right up to the windscreen, in a front on, in my mums HD wagon X2.
the motor was under the passengers feet of the magna, i drove home, with all lights and blinkers working he he.
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Hmm - my first car is still in garage ! Didnt have the heart to sell it. Just couldnt do it, and the kids would kill me. That was a 1979 purchase too. It was already OLD at that stage. It cost $3000, prob worth the same now, hasnt moved in 3yrs, and still
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i am a holden man through and through, But i totally respect fords, Built before the XC
mmm.....XY and XW
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6 year old?
it was a 1965 model!
and immaculate.
stupid Mum sold it after that for $500.
just needed a new gearbox mount (which i changed the next day) radiator, bumber straightening and the front gaurds.
Sky blue, 176 High comp motor, Powerglide,
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no ...my first car was an hr which was 6 years old at the time...and no i dont miss it..i actually get much pleasure out of wrecking them now...my revenge.. |
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i loved my mums car.
though she traded her XU1 for it.
reckons she thought it was just a torana, "whats the difference?"
AARRRGGHHHHHH!!!
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I still use my first car as a daily driver! Its my UC!! It was 18yrs old when i bought it! I was only 13 at the time (paid $1000 for it), and have spent over $15 000 on it... Dont think id ever bring myself to sell it!
".....and it's 186 cubic inch
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My first on road car was a Mark l Zephyr.
I wanted a single spinner Customline, but couldn't afford one, so had to settle for the Zephyr.
Got a lot of fun out of that car until a mate suggested we put new pistons & rings in to boost the compression.
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First car = 850 mini. Outrageous fun
First holden = Sunbird with 1900 starfire POS engine (which would actually run with the distributor cap on backwards). Replaced engine with 202, and it was stolen two days later.
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My first car was an FC standard sedan that my dad gave me (his old work car) it was stock as a rock and in good nick , being young I wanted something faster and after a year or two I sold it.. DOH! wish I had it now....
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My First car was the worst car I have ever driven but was probably the car I loved the most, she was a Datsun 200B "Aspen GL"; the Beeping Barbeque. Nick named the Beeping Barbeque because of the number plates BBQ and the fact my dad had to install a truc
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I had two first cars. Absolute first was a HQ Belmont van - 202, 3 speed, 4 wheel drums. I bought it when I was 15 and worked on it. It wasn't finished come licence time so I bought a $1000 HQ Deville, which was my first drive car. The Statesman was sold |
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Well I've still got my first car (I'm still only 17) a VL. Has given me a stack of troubles, can't wait to get rid of it!
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My first was a 38 Hudson Terraplane. Still got the hubcaps and some badging. Sold it when it got a canary. Tiny 6 pot flathead could do about 85 mph had no pickup but a huge body.Had a lot of advanced stuff, like an electric column change like the metro b
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Leith,
I've got a friend that says a 200B is just a 180B with 20 extra faults.
My first car was a 1966 Mark 1 Cortina.
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my first car was a $300 HG van (1989) with a 202, speco floor shift 3spd (which had been installed wrongly and gave a reverse pattern shift!) and drum brakes all round, oh and mitsu sigma bucket seats. a mate and I swept the dirt off with a broom then use
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my first car was a real lemon. It was a nissan(datsun) bluebird. I bought it from a dealer with full roadworthy etc for $3000. I only had my L's and they let me drive it off the lot.
Nothing on that vehicle worked except the engine and even that was su
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