Your First Car
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- Irafis0
Fiat 500
- FIAT 126 not 500!Irafis
- that was one crazy car!renderedred
- Krassy0
1986 Chevy Nova
BTW, "no va" in Spanish means "it doesn't go" so this car didn't sell too well in Latin America.
- prophetone1
1974 BMW 2002. And if I still had it, it would prob look like this one...
- good that you don't have itChristian
- well I'd keep the hood at leastprophetone
- SimonFFM0
Citroen AX 11 TRE
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cit…(Hard to believe I drove 180 km/h; 110 mp/h with it)
- kingkong0
this rather natty number...
- err0
I drove my sisters car when she left for college. It was the total 80s cheerleader car. but it still ruled!
- bliznutty0
1971 VW Beetle (Pot sticker on the back)
senior year high school, circa 1994
- shellie0
Not my first car but definitely the first car I ever purchased for myself. 1969 Beetle, same color. I sold it for $2k :/.
I am currently trying to buy another 1969 again.
- CyBrainX0
My mom's 1968 Oldsmobile Delmont 88.
- pr20
Since i got a baby, it was time to buy my first car.
1973 Mercedes 280.In just a few months of owning it i went from knowing nothing about mechanics to complete understanding of how the engine works.
- My dad bought and restored a 1965 220 SE. If you watch The Man in the High Castle, they show a lot of cars with the same look.CyBrainX
- My dad's was the same color as yours.
http://momentcar.com…CyBrainX - Originally i was looking for something from late 70s to mid 80s but those are not classic enough to find good condition examples yet.pr2
- How have you done with repairs so far? I remember my dad had to wait up to 6 months for parts to come from Germany sometimes.CyBrainX
- ^ but that was for an entire steering column. And it was the 70s. Maybe it's easier now?CyBrainX
- Nice!instrmntl
- pr20
^ CyBrainX:
Lots of used spares are still available. There are companies that do sell new replacement parts URO (rubber not as good as Mercedes' but 1/5 of the price), Meyle, Bilstein, Febi, Lemfoerder. Lots of new after-markets parts are also available from Turkey on ebay (LONG wait as it takes a month for parts to get to US).The biggest thing to remember is that you WILL spend a ton of time working on your car and you will invest a lot in tools to do so. A garage is almost a must. Moreover many mechanics don't understand old technology (carburetors) anymore so you WILL have to pick up books to learn yourself.
On the other hand as it was my first car ever and i wanted to learn - it was a great experience as without any computers you can figure out how the mechanics function. Unfortunately around 70-80% of content is various forums is wrong so you will have to get your hands dirty to often figure out on your own what needs to get done (people just like to type shit at various forums without concern how wrong they are).
- Wow. Sounds like a big undertaking. Best of luck with it. It's a great looking car.CyBrainX
- moldero2
my first ride '63, my cousin bought it at a bug show and gave it to me when I was 14, this sucker was clean
- Ianbolton0
I had this for 3 months, bought privately, paid £650 + £300 to insure it. Head gasket blew on the motorway. Got £25 for scrap. Worst first car experience ever!
