[Spridgets] What was your first car?

[Neil Anderson]

This was my first car while in high school.
http://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/dealer/chevrolet/bel_air/1194801.html
I paid $350 for it, don't remember if it was purchased in the summer of '64
or '65.  I got my license in the summer of '64.  We recovered the seats
with 'real' black naugahyde from Sears, put on a dual exhaust system with
glass packs, and painted the wheels black, which everyone did then.  The
265 c.i. smoked so bad, we put a 283 in and it had an automatic trans
rather than the 3-speed on the column and Corvette 265 ci that this car
has.

My dad's name was on the title and he sold the Chevy without asking me,
while I was in college.  Wish I had that car back.  I certainly can't
afford the one in the Hemmings listing.  My next car was a '61 Chevy Bel
Air 2 door hardtop with the bubble window in the rear. Wish I had that car
back too.  My third car was a '60 Austin-Healey 3000.  I sold that car to
my buddy in the UK.  I still have my other '60 A-H 3000, which I bought in
1984.  I also have two rusted Bugeye body shells and a Bugeye project car.

Neil Anderson


On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 12:02 PM, bmwwxman . <bmwwxman at gmail.com> wrote:

> That was my favorite Pontiac of all time, Lin!  Except I always wanted a
> convertible.  I never owned one though.  My first car that I actually owned
> I bought in England in 1965 (link below).  I sold it for enough money to
> get married in 1968...  Shoulda kept the darned car!  It had the UK plates
> KPP 123 on it. I restored it and sold it to a Chief Petty Officer who
> brought it back to the states.  Interestingly enough he contacted me in
> 1976 and offered to sell it back to me because he knew how much I loved it.
> (I'm still head-over-heels for that car!!)  Unfortunately I was in the
> process of divesting myself of that first marriage at the time and didn't
> have the money.  When I finally could have afforded to buy it I was years
> too late and had lost track of its location and owner.
>
> 1946 MG TC exactly like this one right down to the color and upholstery!
> <
> http://www.brightonmotorsports.com/sites/default/files/inventory/vehicles/cars/sold/mg-tc-rhd-roadster-1946_31.jpg
> >
>
>
> Cheers!!
> Jim
>
> On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 4:23 AM, Linda Grunthaner <grunthaner at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi Guys and Gals,
> > I know this topic has been covered but I'm covering it again in more
> depth
> > and with photos that all can see. This link shows my 1st car, year, make
> > model and of course color at an outstanding restoration; 1965 Pontiac
> > Tempest in Fontana Blue, oddly my parents ordered the same car and color
> > but 4 door in 1965 and I was there at the showroom watching the event. I
> > bought mine from an old high school boyfriend and he was reluctant to
> sell
> > it for such a high price of $50. because she needed lots of TLC that I
> was
> > prepared to give which jumpstarted my freedom. I parked my car side by
> side
> > in my parents driveway next to their 1965 Pontiac Tempest in Fontana blue
> > from 1973 to 1976. I was so drawn to the detail of this ad that I saved
> the
> > images from eBay. A year later I looked up the images and to my surprise
> > they have restored possibly hundreds of cars both foreign and domestic to
> > the same outstanding condition. I've got to visit this company and
> commend
> > them for their amazing work. This car was sold for 16K which was much
> lower
> > than the buy now @ around 25K. I was so drawn to it I bought a 1:18 scale
> > diecast model in the same color : ) instead of buying the car.
> >
> > http://www.schmitt.com/viewimage.asp?ID=4130
> >
> > What was your first car? Post an image from your favorite search engine
> > hopefully in the same color.
> > Lin
> >
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