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A volkswagen 1300. A rare car even then. It was a coupe version of what became later the volkswagen "variant". It was built like an army tank, and my very first accident was colliding with a small brick wall in Spain; The wall collapsed !
 
Off the road, an International Farmall Super A and/or an Austin A30. On the road, an Austin A40 Somerset aka the Somersault. Ohhh, now I feel old........ /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/nopity.gif
 
1970 Epic GT.. Backed it across two lawn's and crushed my neighbors garbage can ( they were metal then ). It was shades of things to come... I'm a terrible backer still!
 
'71 Chevy Kingswood Station Wagon. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/square.gif With the funky "clamshell" rear gate. I learned to parallel park that boat, and have never had a problem parallel parking anything else.
 
1961 Anglia (105E)! Very reliable, basic transportation. It wasn't the one that turned me to LBCs, but I'll bet it influenced my appreciation of small vs big cars!
 
I grew up in rural upstate New York. Friends of mine had what were refered to as "field cars" that were driven by under age drivers around the farm lanes and fields. An Austin sedan was one of these, but it had a siezed engine. After we worked on it most of the winter we got it running. No new parts were used, no repair manual consulted, even the old head gasket was reused. The car was missing the front seat so we used a potato grate and a folding lawn chair, but the leather rear seat was luxurious. The trunk lid was hinged at the bottom so it made a kind of rumble seat. The car also had a sun roof, so you could climb out a go to the rumble seat without stopping. The car lasted the summer, but the engine block cracked in the fall since we didn't have any anti-freeze. This didn't stop its use, you just had to carry extra water to replace what you lost. Unfortunately, early in the winter, it skidded into a deep ditch that smashed the radiator and damaged the front suspension. That was the end for the car. This little car with a 4 speed manual gearbox was a fun car to drive for a group of 13 and 14 year old boys. I wish I could find another like it now.

Safety fast,
Dave
 
Great question!

Mine was a '60 VW Karmann Ghia. Loved that car, and had a bunch of fun in it.

But I also took driver's ed. at the same time, in a '65 Ford Galaxie. Interesting contrast to a 15-year-old.

Mickey
 
I grew up in rural upstate New York. Friends of mine had what were refered to as "field cars" that were driven by under age drivers around the farm lanes and fields. An Austin sedan was one of these..................

This is a remarkably similar story to mine. In the central NJ Pine Barrens, we called them "woods cars". I guess laws were more "common-sense" back then, and folks were less concerned about being sued. Even my brother the lawyer had a woods car. So did the police chief's son. Many of our "repairs" involved reusing old worn-out parts in "creative" ways. One of the most popular cars was my old Austin A-40 with a fold-down trunk lid that kids would stand on while I drove. It burned more oil than gas and we were always begging for the used oil that resulted from oil changes on our parent's cars. One time, in desperation, I substituted some old oil-based paint (hey, it had "oil" in the name). Eventually, the Austin snapped a rod (I still have the mangled rod), so we removed the piston and pushrods from that cylinder (using primitive tools) and used it for many more months. Many other stories related to our woods cars. Here's the Austin and me (around '67).

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This is an interesting thread.

My first "vehicle" was a 49 John Deere B; the hand clutch was a lot of fun. The next was a 47 Willys CJ3. It had been sitting for about 10 years before I decided that I wanted to try to get it running again. I had my uncle pull the Willys with the John Deere to jump started. The first car I legally drove on the road was a 77 VW Rabbit. Great little car; been driving Rabbit/Golfs ever since.
 
I first drove a '92 Mazda MPV minivan, the first manual transmission I drove was a '97 Chevy pickup, the first lbc i drove was a BugEye Sprite. First car i've ever owned by myself was a TR6. well thats my story.
Eric
 
The first car I owned and drove was a 1968 Datsun 2000 roadster and it is what got me hooked on LBC's. It is still the best Japanesse car Ive ever driven. I soon evolved from LJC to LBC and havent looked back. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cheers.gif
jv
 
1st car was a Mini, hoever it was'nt long before I got to play with this car
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then it was back to Mini's & more Mini's!
 
A 1949 Plymouth 4 door delux sedan. It was the family car and my mother taught me how to drive around the neighborhood streets in Jacksonville, Fla.
Bob
 
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Is that a Monza-nose Frog or one of those Sebring-Sprite Frogs? (or something else?)


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Well - I WAS a long time ago - and its a basic Frog Eye (Bug Eye) Sprite, the fiberglass bonnett (hood) came from who knows where but I just had to have it. Even made up Perspex (Plexyglass) headlight covers. A coat of paint and some 'go faster' stickers and I had me a babe puller - until they tried to get in and out of it!
 
1956 Nash Rambler and a '64 Ford Falcon Station Wagon. I worked for a year and purchased a 1939 Ford Deluxe, it set me back $300. too. I 'graduated' to a 260 Ford Cobra "Slabside" and a trip to the Bonderant School at Riverside, CA in 1965 as a graduation gift, I guess my Dad was amazed that I did actuall graduate. I wish I had that car now!
 
First was 56 Dodge Regent 6 cyl. 3 on the tree followed by
59 Alpine then 61 TR3A, all before 1968. Yikes someone's getting OLD!
 
First car steered, step-dad operating pedals, was the 1959 TR3A.

First car actually driven (around the barnyard) was the restored 1966 Pontiac GTO with the automic shifter on the console.... funny thing, I was always embarassed to ride in this car when I was a kid since it was so old... Why don't we take the new car, Mom??? I wish we still had that car!

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My first car was a 71 Chevy Monte Carlo, It was my cousins, I think I was only 12-13, He took us to the drivers course at his school.
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