Your very first auto was a ......

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1973 FJ40. The motor seized on the way home from buying it.. Shortly it got a 2F and 4spd after that.
 
69 GTO - 400 cu.in. - automatic turbo 400 (ROCK CRUSHER) PS, PB, AIR - expresso brown, black vinyl roof, stock black steel wheels with lug nut covers. Awesome sleeper. This was one fast gas sucking goat. I often thought about replacing the gto emblems with lemans. Muscle cars were cheap during the gas crises in the 70's. Long lines, rationing. Gas jumped from 37.9 to 74.9 almost overnight. Ahh, the good old days.
 
First one ever was a dark green Morris Mini Van. In Zimbabwe.
Amazing thing. 1st gear was completely superfluous... I would love to have one again.
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The first one I bought (in this country). 1979 Toyota Corolla SR5
Another great car!
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Well, in Kansas you can get a restricted license at the age of 14, so you can drive to/from school/work. My first was a 67 VW Bus that I restored and then bought a 1970 beetle which I then put a Baja kit on and slowly turned into a show car. Right after my 16th birthday, I realized the Baja was too nice to be a DD and bought a 83 Toyota 4x4 SB that needed a timing chain. That was the 1st 3 of now over 50 cars since 1986. I stopped counting at 50 but I do know that I have had 13 Toyota 4x4 trucks or cruisers.
 
Mine was a 1989 Buick LeSabre. Light blue metallic, whitewalls and wire wheels. It was known as "the Sword". The first one I bought was a 96 Ford Exploder; I have been burned on both Fords I have owned in my life :flush:
 
1984 Pontiac Firebird. Midnight blue, louvers on the back window. Great thing about it, people thought it was fast, but it had a 151 ci engine. Had less horsepower than my 80 does.

Cannot remember how many U joints I went through doing neutral slams.
 
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1980 VW Scirroco was my first car, I paid for half of it. Loved that car.
 
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