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Automobile Enthusiasts

multigraincracker

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1. Wish I still had my first car.

Reply to Hotler (Original post)

Mon Mar 22, 2021, 09:46 AM

Mar 2021

1958 Chevy Biscayne. Paid $25 for it, drove the hell out of it. I was 16 and Dad said I couldn't buy a car until I tuned 18. I had to buy it anyway. Told dad I wasn't going to drive it, just fix it up and sell it. He said I should just go ahead and get some plates for it and I did.

Her name was Rosie the Bondo Bomb.

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Some old Ford. [View all] Hotler Mar 2021 OP

Wish I still had my first car. multigraincracker Mar 2021 #1

I'm an old street racer and that is my era. gibraltar72 Mar 2021 #2

That car has a theme song. House of Roberts Mar 2021 #3

"Even though I don't get to play with it much... ret5hd Mar 2021 #4

My first car was a 56 DeSoto Fireflight UpInArms Mar 2021 #5

My first car, in 1963 was a 1930 Model A Ford tudor sedan. gladium et scutum Mar 2021 #6

huh - reminds me of the 57 T-Bird Worried2020 Aug 2021 #7

My first car was a 1957 Fairlane 500 2dr hardtop KS Toronado Aug 2021 #8

Sweet!.... nt Hotler Aug 2021 #9