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I remember being probably around 6-7 years old and pulling old bushes out of the ground with a full size Kubota tractor. The clutch was so stiff that my whole body was straightened out and spasming trying to hold it in.
I grew up on a horse farm, so I was always driving something around somewhere on the farm. Dad had a nice '87 Dodge Conquest that I used to drive around the yard when he asked me to wash it. I took my driver's test in Mom's 1992 VW Jetta turbo diesel with a 5-speed. I guess that's what I drove around for awhile until Dad bought me a 1986 Fiero GT. That was my first car. |
First car I ever drove by myself was a 58 Chevy Bel Air. I was 9.
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A ford tractor, it had a powershift trans, I drove it thru the field while my Dad and brother laid out sprinkler pipe, Dad turned it around on the ends, I think I was about 7
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I managed to get to drive a buddy's "field car" a few times which I think was a '53 Chevy but the first car I really drove was my father's 1962 Dodge, slant 6, push button automatic. My first car was a 1956 Ford Victoria 2 door hardtop.
Wayne |
1958 VW Beetle
Early '70's we put a Porche 356b engine,trans and front end under it.It was amazing. |
I learned to drive in a 1972 Chevy Nova 350 - my mothers car. My father wouldn't ride with ANYONE at the time so he wouldn't teach us to drive.
I learned to drive a stick shift in a 1958 VW Beetle. My friend took me to an abandoned airfield and we went up and down the runway numerous times while I was learning to take off in first gear. |
The car I learned to drive with was a four door '53 Chevy Bel-Air with fender skirts and factory sun visor. I had to share it with my older sister until I got my own ride... a '37 Chevy panel truck. And of course since I was a kid, I painted "U.S Male" on the sides. Good Times. :LOL:
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Green 1971 Mustang with a 302. Lots of memmories in that one.
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1965 volkswagon bettle.
I think I almost died twice in that thing. :D :D |
1950 Rambler station wagon. Looked like an upside down bathtub. It had a 3 speed manual with overdrive.
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1970 American Motors Ambassador Station Wagon.:eek:
Gotta say, it did make a good "date" car!;) |
'67 Camaro, 327 2bbl. with a Powerglide. I can't tell you how many Powerglides I had to swap into that thing, I burned them out with amazing regularity. In the end I could have one in and out, complete, in about 3 hours. Not bad for a 17 year old kid laying on his back, working alone.....practice makes perfect! I still miss that car and the times I had in it.:LOL:
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an international farm tractor for a tabacco farmer in South Windsor, Conn.
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1951 chevy pickup 3 on the tree/235 ci 6.
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Learnt in a 1946 Willys Jeep at age 11 driving in the sand dunes of the then Cape Flats - now Mitchell's Plain and Kayalitsha. My parents would be fishing and my Dad would throw me the keys and say "Have Fun" - I did :D
Never realised how Cool he was until he wasn't here anymore :CRY: |
1955 Ford T-Bird. My first car...I was the second owner. Whata rush back in 1962. Wish I still had it. My dad sold it after he replaced the 3rd trans. I was tough on transmissions.
Tom |
a black 1985 Iroc Z Camaro. My dads car.
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1948 Merc altered wheelbase dune buggy in the Pismo Dunes, CA in 1960 (I was 11). First street car, 1930 Model A Ford with 48 BA flathead with three Stromberg 97's. Moon Yellow of course.
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Mule team, then farmall M tractor, 8n flathead ford tractor with wood blocks on the foot rests, 47 ford 2dr sedan, licensed in 51 Merc----got in trouble with the state cause I drove to the exam station on my own on a school day---where;s your parents?? spring day and they're working in the field, I need to get home to help---passed and let go---
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The first vehicle I ever drove (alone at the age of 6) was a 1962 Ford 8N tractor. |
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