What was your first vehicle....?
- Thread starter GI-John
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- Wasatch Range
72 El Camino
Cowl hood, fresh 350/TH350, 10 bolt. Added a Crane 350HP grind 327 cam, HEI, tuned the Q-Jet, added front discs/master/booster, B+M valvebody kit & floor shifter, BB coils so I could run 15" Vette ralley wheels, Toyota Superwhite paintjob........I learned a lot on this ride, drove it hard occassionally.......lot's of win's in the stoplight to stoplight arena. Had my license revoked twice due to points violations.........spent 5 years and countless hours and $$$ on the buildup, sold it after storing it for a year, following my first marriage........wish I had it still........the truck, not the ex.
Cowl hood, fresh 350/TH350, 10 bolt. Added a Crane 350HP grind 327 cam, HEI, tuned the Q-Jet, added front discs/master/booster, B+M valvebody kit & floor shifter, BB coils so I could run 15" Vette ralley wheels, Toyota Superwhite paintjob........I learned a lot on this ride, drove it hard occassionally.......lot's of win's in the stoplight to stoplight arena. Had my license revoked twice due to points violations.........spent 5 years and countless hours and $$$ on the buildup, sold it after storing it for a year, following my first marriage........wish I had it still........the truck, not the ex.
tnxjjeeper
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- Chattanooga,Tennessee
An 89 XJ. It had electric problems, so I got it for $1500. It is tanish yellow, 4x4 of course!!, 5 speed, 183K.I had it running within a week. I had rock rash on it within a week, and major dents within the month!!! I still have it, but it hasn't run for about 5 months. I just let it sit and put the $ into the 97 XJ.
96XJCLASSIC
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- Hollidaysburg, PA
1987 Cherokee Pioneer (RIP)
Given to me by my parents. Rolled 4 or so times through a field and destroyed. What can I say I was 16.
Given to me by my parents. Rolled 4 or so times through a field and destroyed. What can I say I was 16.
yuppiexj
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- fredericksburg VA
1969 oldsmobile delta 88 "baby vomit green" 455 2bbl, th400 trans... cruise all day at 100...until you needed gas...the kicker is that interior was spotless and the air worked... Failed safety inspection for a cracked manifold so I junked it for $25.. I was 16 what can I say?
grasseater
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- Mostly hotels
1976 Plymouth Volare (in 1992).
11,800 original miles from an old lady. Sat in her garage for 10 years, never driven. Needless to say, some maintenance later it was back on the road.
The little turn signal thingys on the fenders worked, too. :thumbup:
11,800 original miles from an old lady. Sat in her garage for 10 years, never driven. Needless to say, some maintenance later it was back on the road.
The little turn signal thingys on the fenders worked, too. :thumbup:
biscuitboy87
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- CA/OR
1973 jeep cj-5 yellow no top 304 cid...bone stock with 45,000 miles on it.
great for chasing the horses out in the pastures and ripping up logging roads. i was 15...so...that must have been in 1984-85. i thought i was so cool.... its sitting, waiting for attention as i write this.... when i drive it i feel like 15 again....if less than cool now. lol.
great for chasing the horses out in the pastures and ripping up logging roads. i was 15...so...that must have been in 1984-85. i thought i was so cool.... its sitting, waiting for attention as i write this.... when i drive it i feel like 15 again....if less than cool now. lol.
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BrettM
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- Location
- michifornia
87 nissan stanza!
I wheeled the piss outta that thing and it just wouldn't die! my brother put another 30k on it after i was done molesting it too. there was the one time i put a hole in the tranny wheelin it, but a little JB weld and all is good
and 35 mpg, man i miss that car...
I wheeled the piss outta that thing and it just wouldn't die! my brother put another 30k on it after i was done molesting it too. there was the one time i put a hole in the tranny wheelin it, but a little JB weld and all is good
and 35 mpg, man i miss that car...
REDXJ4FUN
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- Location
- fredericksburg VA
ok first was 72 AMX then
81 amc eagle
80 amc amx
78 dodge 3/4 ton
71 amx 401
83 J-10
79 amx
89eagle medalion
88 fiero formula
83 RX-7
88 eagle medalion
74 chevy 1 ton
88 xj
88 mj
99 dodge 3/4 cummins
89 xj limited
89 xj larado
89 chevy K3500
And i feel like i'm missing one somewhere.
81 amc eagle
80 amc amx
78 dodge 3/4 ton
71 amx 401
83 J-10
79 amx
89eagle medalion
88 fiero formula
83 RX-7
88 eagle medalion
74 chevy 1 ton
88 xj
88 mj
99 dodge 3/4 cummins
89 xj limited
89 xj larado
89 chevy K3500
And i feel like i'm missing one somewhere.
LBEXJ
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- Location
- Parke County, Indiana
'72 Dodge Charger ... bought it with 13,000 mile on it in 1973. Many, many good memories of that car. IIRC I paid $3300 for it and the payments were about $120.00 a month. I was working for $2.00/hr then.
Les
Les
woodrock03
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- Location
- Divide, Colorado
'64 Austin Healey 3000 - 3 Litre 6 cyl., 4-speed trans with electric overdrive, wire wheels, & soft-top. Great car. Too bad they're so expensive now (some top $50K restored). I bought mine for around $2500 way back when...
John
John
StuckXJ
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- Location
- Massachusetts
My first vehicle was/is my 92 xj 4.0... just got it in Nov '03 it's already the best car I've ever owned... but really it's great!
-Steve D
it's already the best car I've ever owned... but really it's great!-Steve D
XJ Dreamin'
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- Huntsville, Texas
Wow, it's hard to say...
By the time I got my DL the drivers in the family included Dad, Mom, two older sisters, and an older brother. I was driver number six, all in Dad's hardware - almost all Mopar and Dad liked to keep one extra around just in case. Dad would buy old CDPD's with worn out trannies or siezed motors for $100-$200, put in a rebuild kit and run them for another 200,000 miles.
When I started driving there was a '51 IH pickup with a straight 6 L-head painted bright Halloween orange (the paint can said "Red" but when it went on orange the old man was too cheep to repaint it), a red-n-white '61 Dodge Pioneer w/ a 318, a '62 Plymouth Golden Commando w/ a HP383 4-barrel and LSD, a '64 Dodge 440 w/ a slant-6, a '64 Dodge 880 Station Wagon w/ a 383, and a '65 Plymouth Fury II w/ a 318. And that was only 1976. Over the years, including spare parts cars, I've counted over 20 including a VW Bug during the '80's fuel crisis. Also, a 1960 Triumph TR-3, but after years of cursing and kicking it Dad finally gave it away before I got a chance to drive it.
The very first thing I drove was the truck. That's where I learned the clutch. When I went out on my own Dad signed over a '68 Plymouth Fury III w/ a 383. When I finally ditched it with a leaking front trannie seal (no tools, far from home) it had over 350,000 miles on it. I hopped a Grey Hound back home and picked up a '72 Plymouth Grand Fury w/ a 360. After that I bought a Ram Charger and in 2002, my Jeep.
From now on, it's Jeep for me!
XJ Dreamin'
'93 XJ 2WD stock, 4.0l HO, AW4, open D-35c, LT235/75R15 A/T's
By the time I got my DL the drivers in the family included Dad, Mom, two older sisters, and an older brother. I was driver number six, all in Dad's hardware - almost all Mopar and Dad liked to keep one extra around just in case. Dad would buy old CDPD's with worn out trannies or siezed motors for $100-$200, put in a rebuild kit and run them for another 200,000 miles.
When I started driving there was a '51 IH pickup with a straight 6 L-head painted bright Halloween orange (the paint can said "Red" but when it went on orange the old man was too cheep to repaint it), a red-n-white '61 Dodge Pioneer w/ a 318, a '62 Plymouth Golden Commando w/ a HP383 4-barrel and LSD, a '64 Dodge 440 w/ a slant-6, a '64 Dodge 880 Station Wagon w/ a 383, and a '65 Plymouth Fury II w/ a 318. And that was only 1976. Over the years, including spare parts cars, I've counted over 20 including a VW Bug during the '80's fuel crisis. Also, a 1960 Triumph TR-3, but after years of cursing and kicking it Dad finally gave it away before I got a chance to drive it.
The very first thing I drove was the truck. That's where I learned the clutch. When I went out on my own Dad signed over a '68 Plymouth Fury III w/ a 383. When I finally ditched it with a leaking front trannie seal (no tools, far from home) it had over 350,000 miles on it. I hopped a Grey Hound back home and picked up a '72 Plymouth Grand Fury w/ a 360. After that I bought a Ram Charger and in 2002, my Jeep.
From now on, it's Jeep for me!
XJ Dreamin'
'93 XJ 2WD stock, 4.0l HO, AW4, open D-35c, LT235/75R15 A/T's
XJ Dreamin'
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- Huntsville, Texas
How do you drive a slant six into the ground? :explosionplanefixer said:
XJ Dreamin'
'93 XJ 2WD stock, 4.0l HO, AW4, D-35c
XJ Dreamin'
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- Location
- Huntsville, Texas
What we used to do with the push buttons, in a '62 Dodge 4-door w/ "Golden Commando" 383, Carter 4-barrel and LSD:Glenn said:
You push the "1" (not the "D", not yet) then STOMP on the gas. When you're thinkin' it can't wrap out any higher you push the "2" (you'll want to be holding on to something, hopefully the steering wheel). When that's about wrapped out - then you can hit the "D". Sometime after that the suspension starts to float which gets really scary cause that thing weighs like 5,000 lbs.
Dad traded it even to my Sister's boyfriend who was going away to grad school and needed a ride. The boyfriend had a '63 Dodge 330 slant-6. That's right! My Dad traded a Golden Commado 383 4-barrel for a slant-6. And then the boyfriend dumped my sister. A total SNAFU deal :firedevil
XJ Dreamin'
'93 XJ 2WD stock, 4.0l HO, AW4, D-35c, LT235/75R15 A/T's
XJ Dreamin'
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- Huntsville, Texas
'65 was the cable link from a column shifter. There are three different ways for a '65 727 to not go in Reverse and the cable link accounts for two of them :laugh:Boatwrench said:
XJ Dreamin'
'93XJ 2WD stock, 4.0l HO, AW4, D-35c
jeepxjga
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- Atlanta, GA
1977 International Scout II, 345, no cats, true duals with flowmaster 40s, i set off 4 car alarms at once in my high school parkin lot when i started it up. the tranny went bad about a year after i got it, then i stored it in my friends barn until about 2 yrs later they got drunk as hell and shot the piss out of it with a shotgun. i parted out the drivetrain, still have the rear 44 under my jeep
Churchlady
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- Bath, Maine
I've had 4 cars that were actually my own. First was a 1957 Morris Minor 1000 Traveller wagon, real wood trim (think even part of the frame was wood--is that possible?), black w/red leather interior, 5-spd.
Then came many years of driving one of my auto-nut husband's endless string of cars--Morgan, MG TD/TF/A, Austin Healey (2 at least), Cadillac Seville, Mercedes (3), etc. etc. etc.
When the kids got to driving age I got so sick of having them take all my stuff out of the car I considered mine (clothes to go to the cleaner, library books to return, sunglasses, etc.) & change all the auto settings on the radio if they just drove 3 blocks for a gallon of milk, I demanded a personal car--all keys to be in my possession. It was a 1986 Toyota Cressida wagon, silver w/grey leather. Beautiful, wonderful, car. Wrecked it on ice in 1990.
Third was my 1991 Isuzu Trooper II I drove for 13 years & loved like a child; just lost it to frame rot this winter.
After driving the new Subaru Forester & Outback, Hyundai Sante Fe, Honda Element, & others I've mercifully forgotten, I stumbled on a mint condition 1996 red XJ Classic w/decent mileage (90000ish) & fell in love w/it because it looks & drives so like my Trooper. Same firm ride & steering, great visibility, MANUAL d/w/sunroof, beautiful boxy shape. (Sure hope it's as reliable as the Trooper: besides tires & LOF, that car cost me almost exactly $1500 in maintenance over 13 years!) I read every Jeep board on the web for several weeks before I bought it, doing research; & now that it's mine I've joined two of them (Ultimate Jeep &
) for help in making it my LAST car. I hate auto shopping.
Sorry to run on so. Got caught up in reminiscence.
Then came many years of driving one of my auto-nut husband's endless string of cars--Morgan, MG TD/TF/A, Austin Healey (2 at least), Cadillac Seville, Mercedes (3), etc. etc. etc.
When the kids got to driving age I got so sick of having them take all my stuff out of the car I considered mine (clothes to go to the cleaner, library books to return, sunglasses, etc.) & change all the auto settings on the radio if they just drove 3 blocks for a gallon of milk, I demanded a personal car--all keys to be in my possession. It was a 1986 Toyota Cressida wagon, silver w/grey leather. Beautiful, wonderful, car. Wrecked it on ice in 1990.
Third was my 1991 Isuzu Trooper II I drove for 13 years & loved like a child; just lost it to frame rot this winter.
After driving the new Subaru Forester & Outback, Hyundai Sante Fe, Honda Element, & others I've mercifully forgotten, I stumbled on a mint condition 1996 red XJ Classic w/decent mileage (90000ish) & fell in love w/it because it looks & drives so like my Trooper. Same firm ride & steering, great visibility, MANUAL d/w/sunroof, beautiful boxy shape. (Sure hope it's as reliable as the Trooper: besides tires & LOF, that car cost me almost exactly $1500 in maintenance over 13 years!) I read every Jeep board on the web for several weeks before I bought it, doing research; & now that it's mine I've joined two of them (Ultimate Jeep &
) for help in making it my LAST car. I hate auto shopping.Sorry to run on so. Got caught up in reminiscence.
- Location
- West Sacramento, CA
Until the end of March, I'd been driving/building/wheeling a 91 longbed MJ. It was officially in my dad's name - and he bought it new - but that was just a paperwork matter. Besides, I'm Phil Jr.
Now I'm in a 1994 2-dr XJ. It's got the 4.0L, AW-4, Hack'n'tapped 231, and my spooled 4.88ed MJ D44 is going to go under it - along with my MT/Rs - once I get an insurance settlement. Hopefully, it's inaugural run, for me anyhow, will be the Rubicon in June. I can't wait to enjoy all the work I did on the MJ. :looser:
Now I'm in a 1994 2-dr XJ. It's got the 4.0L, AW-4, Hack'n'tapped 231, and my spooled 4.88ed MJ D44 is going to go under it - along with my MT/Rs - once I get an insurance settlement. Hopefully, it's inaugural run, for me anyhow, will be the Rubicon in June. I can't wait to enjoy all the work I did on the MJ. :looser:
