What was the first car you worked on regularly?
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Dad's 57 Chevy
1951 chevy 4 door with a 6 cyl and power glide. It was off a back lot at a Plymouth dealer. It had a rod knock which meant dropping the pan and adjusting rod bearing shims using plastiguage. I was 16 at that time took a lot of ribbing from the guys for the grandma car.
72 Grand Prix 6.6L/400c.i. with 400 Turbo Trans -- my first car --- bought with 72K original miles in 1988. My birthday gift from my Father.
1985 Dodge Shelby Charger
First car was a 1990 MX6 gt early 2000. Pretty decent shape. Had a digital gauge cluster, and headlight washers in the bumper lol.
Fun little Mazda. F2T was a torquey engine. The turbo was tiny tho, but fun to drive. Only major issue I encountered was a leaking valve cover gasket. Other than that it was 5 years trouble free until I got rear ended.
Fun little Mazda. F2T was a torquey engine. The turbo was tiny tho, but fun to drive. Only major issue I encountered was a leaking valve cover gasket. Other than that it was 5 years trouble free until I got rear ended.
1973 Ford Bronco.. 302 with 3 on the tree. I miss that thing.
My father's 1968 Cougar that he bought in 1968 and I bought from him in 1969. Sitting in the garage right now as it always has since 1969. First carb rebuild, first brake job, first engine rebuild, etc.
Red 1994 Toyota Camry Coupe.
Sunroof. Wheel covers. Cruise. 4-wheel disc brakes and ABS. Cassette player but no CD.
Traveled to three different states as an auto auctioneer. A good 700 miles or so a week.
Changed the oil every 3,000 miles. Air filter every 15k. Transmission fluid and filter ever 30k.
Brake fluid and power steering periodically. The only thing I went over on the first time was the timing belt. Nobody told me it was a 60k belt. That was replaced whenI started hearing a slight flapping noise on the belt at 72k.
I eventually sold it with 233k miles because I just wasn't driving it very much. By then I had gone from the wholesale auction block to a retail car dealer.
Two owners later it had 350k and someone decided to roll back the odometer all the way to 150k. The Camry had failed emissions for three straight years and was barely driven according to the Carfax.
A young lady in high school got it from her uncle in 2017. Eight years later it's still on the road in a small rural Georgia town that has no emissions.
Probably has over 400k miles now. Still going.
Sunroof. Wheel covers. Cruise. 4-wheel disc brakes and ABS. Cassette player but no CD.
Traveled to three different states as an auto auctioneer. A good 700 miles or so a week.
Changed the oil every 3,000 miles. Air filter every 15k. Transmission fluid and filter ever 30k.
Brake fluid and power steering periodically. The only thing I went over on the first time was the timing belt. Nobody told me it was a 60k belt. That was replaced whenI started hearing a slight flapping noise on the belt at 72k.
I eventually sold it with 233k miles because I just wasn't driving it very much. By then I had gone from the wholesale auction block to a retail car dealer.
Two owners later it had 350k and someone decided to roll back the odometer all the way to 150k. The Camry had failed emissions for three straight years and was barely driven according to the Carfax.
A young lady in high school got it from her uncle in 2017. Eight years later it's still on the road in a small rural Georgia town that has no emissions.
Probably has over 400k miles now. Still going.
1965 Ford Falcon wagon. Got it first year at college. Did mostly minor maintenance work on it.
'54 Ford 4 door. I had hung around with my grand dad and uncles who did their on car work so knew a little. I think it had a 239 Y block with a three speed over drive. I worked on it till everything was fixed I could do then traded it for another Ford money pit.The first car I regularly worked on was my grandpa's 1980 Rabbit that he gave me when I turned 15 in 1991. I also maintained my mom's B4 Passat. My dad only let me wash his cars.
Triumph Spitfire. It had to be worked on regularly or you didn't go anywhere. It was during the British Leyland days and I learned the meaning of "those parts you need are on backorder ".
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SammyChevelleTypeS3
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Probably my dad's 1965 GMC step side with a 6 cyl 292 cui? and 3 on the tree.
Those trucks were so much fun to drive and work on. Giant engine compartment.
Those trucks were so much fun to drive and work on. Giant engine compartment.
SammyChevelleTypeS3
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My dad always bought GMC autos , and then FORD trucks for many years. I loved all of my FORD trucks and even my late 80s full size Bronco. Drove it across the USA several times to take sons and wife on vacations. Did not pass many gas stations.
Yet Dad used to always joke and say FORD = Found On Road Dead. Or his favorite F.O.R.D. = Fix Or Repair Daily! LoL
Then a buddy at work kept trucks as long as possible like me. He drove a fine old FORD pick up from the 60s he had restored to sweet mint / oem condition. Funny thing he did was put a joke screen across the back window that was a pic of an old WII era hand grenade with the slogan underneath FORD hand tool kit!
When I was a kid, Ford enthusiasts said First On Race Day.
