[rhudeboye]

[center]82 year old 1928 Rolls-Royce P1

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[center][center][size="2"][color="black"][color="black"]Mr. Allen Swift ( Springfield , MA.) received this 1928 Rolls-Royce Picadilly P1 Roadster[/color][/color][/size][size="2"][color="black"][color="black"] from his father, brand new - as a graduation gift in 1928.[/color][/color][/size]

[/center][/center][center][size="2"][color="black"][color="black"]He drove it up until his death last year.....at the age of 102 !!![/color][/color][/size]

[/center][center][size="2"][color="black"][color="black"]He was the oldest living owner of a car from new. Just thought you'd like to see it.[/color][/color][/size]

[/center][center][size="2"][color="black"][color="black"]He donated it to a Springfield museum after his death. It has 170,000 miles on it, still runs like a Swiss watch, dead silent at any speed and is in perfect cosmetic condition. (82 years) [/color][/color][/size][/center] [size="2"][color="black"][color="black"] [/color][/color][/size][center]

[/center]My story-

My 1st car was a 1990 Toyota Celica GT. Got it a year after graduation with some help from mom and dad. And I held onto it till 2002 when I sold if for a fair price. When I 1[sup]st[/sup] got the Celica I was single, that car took me all over the east coast. Mostly through my hometown DC,MD, VA but also NY, MA, PA FL and once to VT. When I got married my wife and I added thousands to the odo with little get aways and frequent visits to friends. Even with the addition of our son the trusty Celica kept us mobile with the addition of a car seat fit snug in the back. The Celica has seen 2 minor fender benders, won about 4 illegal street races and lost suffered 3 extremely embarrassing defeats, Vette, RX7 and Viper. Yes I challenged them as I feared no car (I simply wasn't smart enough). Even though we had purchased a 2nd car somewhere around 1996. The Celica was always there when needed. It never left us stranded and was still running well when i sold it with over 210,000 on it. My wife still points them out to this day.



My oldest car now is our 3rd vehicle, a 1996 Toyota Land Cruiser with 260,000 miles on it. It has almost 100% original parts and still runs great. Even though the check engine light is now on and it appears to be leaking oil.



I tend to find myself giving all attention to our modern cars and forgetting about the old. We were about to sell it but figured we wouldn't get much for it due to the high miles. But as I think about all that truck has been through I think I'll be happier restoring it.



A lot of great memories.

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[Dubai944]

my first car....three weeks after I got it. <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/tongue.gif" class="smilie" alt="" />

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[rhudeboye]

Lesson learned I suppose. <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/smile.gif" class="smilie" alt="" />

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[Ryan]

The year was 1974 and I had just got out of high school and was going away to college. I bought a 66 VW MicroBus from a guy I knew for $350.00. The sills were rusted out and the motor was a little tired, but it was mine. I rebuilt the engine with the help of a friend and took it from a 1500 to 1640cc and put headers on it as well as a carb re-jet. I painted it in the driveway of my parent house. I didn't have a clue. I rented an airless sprayer and used lacquer paint with no retarder. The paint was nearly dry before it hit the body. I ended up with flat looking textural paint job. I cut a 4' x 8' hole in the roof and bolted in a plex panel and all was well. Oh yeah I put on Jackman Star wheels and mudders all around.



This thing made many trips to and from college (5 hour trip) with all kinds of people and their stuff. Lots of great stories. It had the camper interior so it could double as a spare bed room or party room and did on many occasion.



I think I sold it in 1980 as the motor was getting weak and the frame was rusting out, but I sure got my moneys worth out of that thing. I will never forget it!!

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[pmason]

I bought a 71 Dodge Charger, had a 383, you could almost see the gas needle go down when you floored it. Financed it through my father and he deduced from my paycheck, as I worked in our hardware store. Put a set of Cragar wheels, sold it when I graduated high school.

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[flash]

i got a late start in ownership, though i became a car geek years earlier, spending many hours in a pantera shop, learning to really drive in a hopped up datsun 510, and working on datsun race cars - the neighborhood kids, who were a lot older than me, really corrupted me - as a result my parents would not let me drive their cars, and i could not afford one until i was 20



so, still not having a lot of money to buy a car, i took advantage of a rather odd situation wherein my roommate could not pay his rent, and signed over his car for $410 of that



it was a 1970 dodge charger R/T with a daytona kit and a 440



this wasn't fast enough, so i swapped out the heads, played with the exhaust, and supercharged it with a paxton, bringing the already insanely fast car to a whopping nearly 650hp



then i proceeded to have incident after incident, first bashing the nose, requiring the front end to be swapped out for a standard R/T front end (a replacement was unobtanium and listed for $1300 at the time) - then we snagged the rear wing on a cum-along we were using as an engine hoist - then i spun the car in the rain, surviving that without hitting anything, only to get creamed by a volkswagon bus on the way home - after getting all of that fixed up, in 1981 i ended up flipping the car 3 times at over 130, resulting in over 200 stitches and some plastic surgery, and the car looking like the tin foil after you you pull it off a baked potato



i moved from that to an MGB

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[biotechee]

First car was a 1966 Mustang coupe, 200ci 6cyl engine, auto trans. Black with black interior, red pinstripe.



Was given to me as a birthday present by my father and his wife. Drove it junior and senior year of HS, then had to garage it when I went off to college in favor of something that was reliable. The 'stang, as I called her, came down with some issue (I believe a shot head gasket, but could have been more) and I wasn't informed enough to fix it or get it fixed. So I sold the wheels on it (American Racing Black Nuggets, which I had bought) to my uncle (on my mother's side), and put the ol' girl up on blocks in my mother's garage. Off to college I went - 6 hours away.



Now for the twist.... This birthday "gift" never came with the title. I asked for it repeatedly over the course of 3 or so years. My father's wife was never able to "find" it. I even asked my mother to ask my father for it on numerous occasions. Same result. So finally, while studying hard in college (HA!), I tell my mother to call my father and tell him to either get me the title, or come get the car out of our garage. I also let her know she would need to tell him to bring a flat bed since the car was sans wheels. Next time I was home from college, my beloved 'stang was gone. I don't believe I ever discussed it with him beyond that.



Next twist.... My father's wife turns around and gives the car to her nephew (her side of their family).



I wish I still had that car. Wasn't rare or sought after by any means, nor would it be today, but it was a cool car. Not a lot of unique/cool/risque stories with the 'stang, just a young, dumb and full of you-know-what high school kid driving it around.... Besides, all the really good stories happened in my girlfriend's 1984 Camaro Berlinetta.... <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/wink.gif" class="smilie" alt="" />



So my first car story is somewhat bittersweet.



Can't even begin to explain how badly I want a '69/'70 Boss 302 or 429. Even a clone would do...

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[DaveN]

My first car looks like Dubai's only substitute a '58 Beetle. I blamed it on the fat Chevy rims I put on the back but it may have been the ciders at 16 years of age <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/rolleyes.gif" class="smilie" alt="" />

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[ds968]

Fiat 124 Coupe, got it from my uncle in 1974 ( IIRC )when I was 16. Not the first car I had driven, but the first one I owned.

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[banditsc]

Ford F100 Lariat, bought for $500, it had the 255 V8 that Ford borrowed from the Granada with the thought of making a fuel efficient truck (I ran out of gas a lot). Drove it all thru High School and learned a lot about wrenching from that truck, I liked how you could climb inside the engine bay and sit down on the wheel well and work on it. I beat the heck out of it and it never cared, trucks were built a lot tougher back then, many a times did I have over a ton in the bed of that half ton truck with the bumper almost dragging. It got sold before I left for College thinking it would be more sensible to get a newer car, I think I sold it for $1k but I of course put a lot more into it over the course of my ownership with replacing parts just for the fun of it. The car got sold I think in my 3rd year of college for a new truck, still wish I had that old truck.





   

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[Chris Vais]

First car was a 1958 VW van that I bought to use as a surfing van. It swallowed the # 3 exhaust valve coming over the Hwy 17 grade from Santa Cruz. At the suggestion of a friend, I replaced the blown engine with a rebuilt 1800cc Porsche engine that made about 90 HP and gave the van just enough power to get out of the way of it's own shadow on a steep grade. Drove the crap out of it up and down the coast to every surf spot from San Francisco to Ensenada Mexico. Eventually sold it for a 1962 Chevy 409 Bel Aire because I wanted a muscle car. What was I thinking?



Recently, I saw a VW van of about the same vintage full restored and Porsche powered come up for auction on Barret-Jackson. It even had 3 old school long surf boards including a Velzy. It sold for nearly $80,000 !!!!!

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[Monstrous4Banger]

Chris: Yeah a 58' bus is pretty darn hard to come by. Was it a barn door? My very first ride was a wait for it......1988 944. Zermatt silver. I was 26 a few weeks shy of 27. Talk about late to the game. Ive been hooked on these cars since. Theyre all Ive ever owned except my range rover..and Ive owned 2 of them now.

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[Rap]

Brings back memories. First car was a 70 dodge dart with the yellow smile. It had been under 20 feet of water in a flood in 72. Over my fathers vociferous objections, my grandfather gave it to me. It had been steamed cleaned several times but always retained the smell of flood mud. Gas gauge was broken and ran out of gas on occasion. When I would hit bumps or pot holes little chunks of mud would drop out from under the dash. It needed constant repair, but I was fortunate enough to have a ten ate to a family service station who always fixed the car for free or next to nothing. It had these great box air ducts in the foot area that could hide stuff ( remember circa 70's ).

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[rxter]

Great read - thanks rhude! That Celica sounded bullet proof.



Yes a Boss 302 - what fun that would have been.



A plexiglass roof - those were the days!!



First drive was my Mom's 1970 Mustang coupe - totaled in in a low speed head on.

My first purchased car was a 1969 Torino Woody wagon - if a car had ears (or eyes for that matter). I bought it for $125. Came with 2 E's, 1 F, and 1G snow tire (for those of you who remember letter designations) - kindof crabwalked down the street - and a garden valve in place of the thermostat.



Took her to Earl Scheib, bolted some home-made speaker boxes to the roof, filled her up with gas and beer and other contraband and had a blast. Most expensive car I ever owned. Cost me $1000 per year to keep that POS running... but we did have some fun.

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[flash]

funny - both the charger and a 66 dodge van that we crammed a pumped 318 into were set up to hold a keg mounted (pony in the case of the charger) - tap ran up through the packing shelf on that one

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[AV8B968]

I still miss my 91 MR2 Turbo. I bought it with 169K miles and it offered me years of thrills and plenty of tinkering. That's the car that introduced me to flip up headlights. I want her back.

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[rhudeboye]

[quote name='Ryan' timestamp='1294845850' post='103603']

I rebuilt the engine and took it from a 1500 to 1640cc and put headers on it as well as a carb re-jet. I cut a 4' x 8' hole in the roof and bolted in a plex panel and all was well. Oh yeah I put on Jackman Star wheels and mudders all around.

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i wish i was more hands on with my first car. Early wrenching helps in so many ways down the road.

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[rhudeboye]

[quote name='flash' timestamp='1294850172' post='103605']

1, i got a late start in ownership, i could not afford one until i was 20



2, this wasn't fast enough, so i swapped out the heads, played with the exhaust, and supercharged it with a paxton, bringing the already insanely fast car to a whopping nearly 650hp



3, in 1981 i ended up flipping the car 3 times at over 130, <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/ohmy.gif" class="smilie" alt="" />

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The following quotes explains a lot.



1, Your now making up for lost time as you had the longest list of past owned cars in that thread back in 2010.

2, :lol:no need to comment on this one. LOL Too easy.

3, It takes a SPECAIL type or person to, not only get back into the drivers seat but to once again push the limits of a car after an accident like that. So as we all know here, you truly are special.

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[968Syncro]

My first car was a 1962 Austin Healey Sprite. Bought it 1/2 year before I even had my driver's license. It didn't run, towed it home, purchased from a high school classmate who lost interest: $130. It came with several boxes of parts which included a working starter and some other odds and ends that I needed. Bought spark plugs, gaskets, and some other small stuff and about 2 weeks and $25 later it was running. <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/cool.gif" class="smilie" alt="" /> Found a top & side curtains a few months later and became my driver for about 9 months (until November when it snowed)! Dad never bought or gave us cars, but he did provide the insurance and garage space.



Kinda looks like a 968, doesn't it <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/wink.gif" class="smilie" alt="" />



==> Bonus question to the New Jersey guys: can anyone identify the bumper sticker?



   

   



And then I upgraded to this 2nd car (toiled all summer in a job to save the $). <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/mad.gif" class="smilie" alt="" />

   



Last tidbit: see the license plate? VUE-642 I have one framed and hanging in the garage in my car work area. <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/ohmy.gif" class="smilie" alt="" />



Roland

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[968Syncro]

Ok, so you guys got me looking at old pictures, so I couldn't help adding some more.



Here are my brother's 1st and 2nd cars.



1933 Ford: the seller made him promise to keep it original and wouldn't turn it into a hot rod -- he kept the promise.



   



Austin Healey 100 (this is the car I really loved and wanted).



   



The guys in our gang had: Triumph Herald, MGA, Spitfire, TR-3, Dodge Charger, one had a 1965 Shelby GT-350, another a '68 Shelby GT500KR, '65 Impala, hot rod Nova, etc. Sadly one of our guys died in his GTO, had been drinking, couldn't hold a curve and flipped into a tree. That ended a phase of our lives and we all changed thereafter.

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