How expensive was your first car?

[harman/kardon]

Please tell me if this has been discussed already. In this case I will delete the thread.

1968 Volkswagen (Beetle) "1300"; 900 Deutsche Mark in 1980. (Maybe some 300 dollars back then...)

 

[2011etec]

1974 my dad bought me a 64 4 door chevelle with the mighty 230 cid straight 6 and 2 speed powerglide tranny.150 dollars and i had to pay him back.I loved that car.File picture

 

[gadget73]

1998 I bought a 1968 Beetle for $600. When I wrecked it a few months later, the replacement was a 1973 SuperBeetle with no engine for $400. Engine came out of the 68 and into the 73, done.

 

[shrinkboy]

my first car was a 1963 VW Beetle, $300

 

[harman/kardon]

The Beetle has always been so successful in the United States, and now has become a Collector's item...

 

[James Hart]

$900 in 1985 for a 1967 Mustang Coupe

 

[dcmfan]

In 1977 I paid $ 500 for a secretary's car:

1967 Mustang Coupe with a 289 V-8.

In 1980 I had a chance to buy one of these for $ 1,800 but I didn't like the blind spot created by the high-back seats and rear pillars. So I passed on it. Stupid! Stupid! Stupid!

 

[steerpike2]

About 5 years ago, my Aunt commented that she had just paid for a full tank of fuel (VW Golf) exactly the same amount that her first new car had cost in total (VW beetle from about 1963)

 

[usedto]

My first car was a '55 Chevy 210 Del Ray 2-door 235 6 cyl with a Powerglide. We worked on the ranch and didn't get paid, so Dad bought it for me for $500.00 That was in 1966. Wish I had it back!!!

 

[whoaru99]

$400 for a 1973 2-door Olds Delta 88 w/455.

 

[petehall347]

£5 for a hillman imp . was a long time back .

 

[hugo454]

1966 chevelle $85 only had reverse when I got it

 

[4-2-7]

Please tell me if this has been discussed already. In this case I will delete the thread.

1968 Volkswagen (Beetle) "1300"; 900 Deutsche Mark in 1980. (Maybe some 300 dollars back then...)


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Chris what a fun thought for a thread...

 

[satellite]

1968 Camaro in 1985 for $800. Only had the 250 straight six and a three speed transmission though. Ran great and never let me down for six years until I sold it for $2000 in 1991. Thought I was making a killing! Should never have sold it.

 

[rkgren1]

I paid $400 for 1966 VW Beetle in April of 1977.
Mine was beige, with a Blaupunkt AM radio.

 

[beat_truck]

My first CAR was a 1986 mid-sized Ford LTD. I was 17 in 2001 and my dad bought it for me for $75. I got my first vehicle a few months prior, a 1976 Chevy 1/2 ton 4x4 short bed pickup. My dad bought it for $1500, which was probably more than it was worth. It was a hodge-podge of god only knows how many trucks put together. It had an 83 cab, 80s fleet side bed when I heard it was originally a step side. The previous owner threw a little 267 v8 in it after the original 400 small block went bad. After my dad wrecked it, I put an 83-87 style front clip on it. By then it was about 6 different shades of paint and primer. I pulled the 267 out and put a 305 in it, which ran little if any better. It got 11 mpg and I got tired of pissing with it after a while, so I gave it to my uncle who was a Chevy truck freak.

 

[KingBubba]

I paid $2200 for a 1966 V-6 Jeep CJ-5. I worked for Summer after Summer and saved every scrap of Christmas and birthday money to buy that car. I have always been a saver and always will. The V-6 model was a Buick 155hp and it had quite some zip. I could lay down 6 ft of rubber in second gear.

In a way, my jeep was a sleeper. The only other Jeep type vehicle I lost to in a streetlight drag was a 289c.i. Ford Bronco. I had a lot of fun with that Jeep but it was a lemon. On a regular pull out from a stop sign, the transmission popped out of first and the chunks of gear floating in the trans chewed up the entire transmission. The V-6 was attached to the 4cyl transmission with a bell housing adapter. The V-6 was too much for the poor little trans. When reversing, you had to let out the clutch first, before you applied power or the entire powertrain would shake horribly. I can't count how many times I had to replace the motor and trans mounts. I swore I would never buy another Jeep, but I did and it was a horrible lemon too. Never again.

 

[2011etec]

dcmfan if it makes you fell anybetter in 76 i passed on one of these for 4000

 

[55Redneck]

First car I bought for myself was a black 65 Pontiac Parisienne 2 door HT, 283/Powerglide . $740 in 1977. Let a buddy borrow it to drive some girls home from a party and he ran over something on the road, blew both drivers side tires and bent the frame. I wasn't to happy about it.

 

[kjello]

1974 Toyota Carina TA12
Back in 1988 300 dollars