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In reply to the discussion: What was your 1st car? [View all]csziggy
(34,135 posts)130. 1958 Buick Special four door sedan
Not the least bit sporty, but I could fit 3-4 bales of hay in the trunk and 300 pounds of horse feed in the back seat. It was emerald green with a white vinyl roof and great huge fins on the back end.
My grandmother had purchased the car new and drove it until she bought her new 1964 Buick Special. Then she passed the car along to my parents and it was the family car for a few years. I got it as my first car as soon as I passed my driver's test. I had to take that test in Mom's Cadillac Sedan deVille and have hated parallel parking ever since - but I parked it neatly and accurately so I had practice driving my first land barge.
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I was 18 at the time. By the time I got rid of it for 50.00 it had no brakes and wipers didn't work
gopiscrap
Oct 2020
#19
1957 Ford Fairlane - hardtop convertible - automatic..manual choke...turquoise..paid
asiliveandbreathe
Oct 2020
#28
Holes in the floorboards that surprised passengers when I drove through puddles
soothsayer
Oct 2020
#55
72 Nova. paid 1500 in 77. 15k miles. Literally owned by wife who only used it for errands.
bullimiami
Oct 2020
#38
'52 Plymouth Cranbrook, 3 on the tree, wing windows all around, 50 bucks. I made a flatboat box
NBachers
Oct 2020
#54