| Got the Bug |
04-15-2009 03:22 PM |
Quote:
Originally Posted by twobjshelbys
(Post 940400)
I was reading through this and hoping it said "what vehicle did you learn to drive". The first automobile was my grandfathers 1955 Red GM Pickup truck (a tank).
The first vehicle I ever drove (alone at the age of 6) was a 1962 Ford 8N tractor.
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:LOL: :D I guess I should have asked what was the first form of motorized mechanical equipment you drove. We're going to exclude horse drawn carriages, but it could include vehicles with a steam engine. :LOL:
Some good ones so far. :) |
| joe g |
04-15-2009 03:23 PM |
A 53-54 chevy while my father was a camp director in NH for a boy scout camp. It was a 3 speed on the column. also learned to drive a boat the same summer and water ski. the best part was dropping cherry bombs into the double hole out house's when one side was occupied.
joeg
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| HI Cobra |
04-15-2009 04:42 PM |
Learned on an Oliver tractor and and International flat bed when I was 12.
Family car I learned with for the street was a 53 Kaiser with 3 on the column
and overdrive. My first car was a run out 57 Ford that I got to replace nearly
everything on before I moved on to something newer.
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| Sharroll Celby |
04-15-2009 04:49 PM |
1964 Ford Falcon Ranchero, 260 V8 with the 2-speed automatic. Could WOW all my friends when I could "bump start" that automatic on a hill.
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| rodneym |
04-15-2009 04:51 PM |
You never had it so good...
'78 Vette.................CHEvette!
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| Rottie |
04-15-2009 05:20 PM |
Learned to drive a 1968 Sears garden tractor, took my drivers test in a 72 Corvette conv.
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| Rick Gregg |
04-15-2009 05:51 PM |
learned to drive a 62 ford semi and took my driver's test in a 67 mustang
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| ekrupa2 |
04-15-2009 06:01 PM |
First car was a 1973 Lincoln Mark IV. I loved that car.
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| Great Asp |
04-15-2009 06:21 PM |
64 Galaxie 390 automatic
Ugly baby blue color
Wish it would have been an R code :eek:
E
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| 63mercury |
04-15-2009 06:41 PM |
I learned to drivein a 1951 F3 utility body Ford truck with a creeper gear trans, Dad would send me to the gas station to fill it up every Sunday after church, I was 11 at the time, the first car I drove after getting my licence was a 1949 Plymouth 2dr with 3 on the tree. Boy that thing wouldn't start if there was a cloud in the sky within 50 miles.
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| 63mercury |
04-15-2009 06:46 PM |
I learned to drive in a 1951 Ford F-3 utility with a 6 cyl flat head and a creeper gear trans, Dad would send me to the gas station to fill it up every Sunday after church, I was 11 at the time.
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| James Stern |
04-15-2009 07:21 PM |
51 Ford tudor with 3 on the tree:LOL:. Flathead V8
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| Ibr8k4vetts |
04-15-2009 07:35 PM |
Anything I could get a hold of:LOL: When I was 15 I bought a '68 olds for $50.00 with no motor...A month later I had it running!:D
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| Sharroll Celby |
04-15-2009 07:45 PM |
Ibr8k, what engine did you put in that '68 Olds?
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| ROBERT GWALTNEY |
04-15-2009 08:15 PM |
1960 Pontiac Bonnieville, 4 door, one of the longest cars ever made and I had to parallel park it to pass the drivers test.
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| Ibr8k4vetts |
04-15-2009 09:06 PM |
Quote:
Originally Posted by Sharroll Celby
(Post 940502)
Ibr8k, what engine did you put in that '68 Olds?
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It was a "rocket 400" out of a '68 Vista Cruiser, Had a lot of fun in that car:JEKYLHYDE! |
| CHANMADD |
04-15-2009 09:06 PM |
!!!
I learnt on a DKW junior, 3 cyl 2 stroke, 3 speed on the column. my dad had two of them because we had 5 kids in the family and needed two to go anywhere together.
My first car was a 1960 Ford Anglia ...the British one with the "z" back window, which I inherited from my brother in law. it was lowered and and had "Fat " tyres and welded rims and was an absolute blast to drive. That little 1200 engine used to rev to 9 thou. It broke often!!! I loved it
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| twobjshelbys |
04-16-2009 07:01 AM |
Quote:
Originally Posted by twobjshelbys
(Post 940400)
I was reading through this and hoping it said "what vehicle did you learn to drive". The first automobile was my grandfathers 1955 Red GM Pickup truck (a tank).
The first vehicle I ever drove (alone at the age of 6) was a 1962 Ford 8N tractor.
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Ooops gypo - the Ford Tractor was a 1952 Ford 8N (born the same year I was :))
I see there must be a lot of farm kids around here. |
| WarrenG |
04-16-2009 07:57 AM |
1964 Chevy Impala and a 1965 Corvair with my dad. Took the drivers test in the corvair (Easier to parallel park!). At school (yes my school still had driver's training classes!) we learned in 1970 Olds, I think it was a Cutlass. Learned to drive a stick in a 1969 MGB on the way home from buying it.
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| LudicrousSpeed |
04-16-2009 09:28 AM |
Light blue 65 Ford Falcon Futura...good memories...
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