Has anybody hunted down their first car?

[calais]

I've still got mine..... It'll never be disposed of or sold.

1983 Mitsubishi Scorpion in white, 5 spd........ good times every time I drive it.

[Andy777]

My first car became a cube, after i sold it to my cousin, it went around the family for about 8 years before it went to sims!

[InfernoSR]

still own it.

[Barnaby]

First car was an XR falcon wagon, stock as a rock 6. A bloke bought it, chucked a 460 in it, painted it white, lowered with 12 slotters and its getting around in the riverina of NSW somewhere I think. Yes I would like it back!

[Resurrection]

Originally Posted by calais

I've still got mine..... It'll never be disposed of or sold.

1983 Mitsubishi Scorpion in white, 5 spd........ good times every time I drive it.

Nice. My first car was a 1979 GH Chrysler Scorpion. Miss it very much.

[Polyal]

Yeap mine is well dead, helped the guy who brought it off me part it out..LOL

[HULK EF]

mitsubishi scorpion.. 80's orange painted.. 5spd.

Probably rusted.. although i guess that tough lil big 2.6 litre astron motor is doing well.

sold it back in 1998.

[Envi XR8]

I bought an XB in 1993. Called her Bertha. It rusted into pieces until the A piller broke away from the sill in 1996. It was stripped and sent to scrap because in 1996, XBs were still readily available and a good one was about 2500-3000 and the repair bill was over 5k.

I have photos, and am restoring my current XB because of that car, as a tribute to the car that started my passion for Fords.

[Ben73]

I saw my magna being driven around by a p plater twice after I sold it. Then one night at about 2am I saw it parked on the side of the New England Hwy near nothing in particular. I'm assuming it was not going anywhere. Lol old POS.

[randel]

yep, still own it <---. 29 years now.

[scottyg938]

I found mine at a used car dealership a few months back, spoke to the salesman who told me when it came in the clutch was completely worn out, all 4 tyres where down to the wires and was covered in bumps and scrapes.
I don't get how someone can let they're car get like that, it really isn't hard to look after a car and take some pride in it.

[T3ts50]

First car was stolen after 2 months of ownership and found all smashed up. Was written as well.

[galaxy xr8]

Originally Posted by gtxb67

it's a good feeling isn't it

It sure is.

[TUF_302]

Mine lives about 55k away, havnt seen it since selling it 6 years ago though, wouldnt mind having it back though, was a 93 eb gli

[aualright]

My first was a white Capri, 1970 vintage with a 2L motor from an Escort with Webers, extractors, etc. Sounded and went great but looked relatively mild. This is circa 1989.

There was an advert on TV recently for some energy drink where they transfer a relatively plain looking white Capri into a monster (you may have seen it?).

I have wondered if that was mine...long odds but then again, how many white Capris could there be in this country?

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[jrfttf]

Mine went through the crusher at the local wrecking yard, was knackered after it served my 2 years. Have more cancer than steel left in her hence its gone. Still see similar ones to mine go down the road and it takes me back to when i had mine!

[Mr Hardware]

yeah apparently the previous owner of my first car came across it a few years ago and it belonged to someone other than who i sold it to!

so the 4th owner met the 7th owner!

and i spotted my wife's first car a few months ago, looking identical to how it was when we sold it 3 years ago.

[BENT_8]

I've actually been down this path a couple of times.

My first car way back in 93, a 79 2.0l Cortina which i bought back from a car yard some 3 years later.

The second was a 3.3l LH Torana, which was my second car, sold to my brother, modified to run a 253 and then returned to my possesion a year or so later.
Always loved the compact torana, and although only a 6 to start with, went really well.

[janddbone]

My first car is sitting in a mates shed and I will get it back on the road one day. 1967 Rover 2000TC...

[BPXR6T]

I could be drinking out of it right now...

[2011G6E]

Originally Posted by calais

I've still got mine..... It'll never be disposed of or sold.

1983 Mitsubishi Scorpion in white, 5 spd........ good times every time I drive it.

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Sweet Scorpion! I assume its the great 2.6 ltr? A boss of mine from many years ago had one new, with air con, in red with a 2.6 and a five speed, with cloth interior. Used to be fights with sledgehammers and Stanley knives anytime the boss chucked the keys on the table at lunchtime and said "Someone needs to go and pick up some seals from the produce agency"...

[fordman302]

In the shed

[ebxr8240]

Morris 1100 I DON'T THINK SO !!!

[rochey]

would love mine back. but after 3 months of gravel roads doing skids sliding of the road 3 times and then on the last night drove it to the wreckers late at night playing silly buggers . man what a cool car that was, so much fun got pulled up heaps in it. drove that thing round. but that was 13 years ago now, learnd a lot from that car, one is your life, came so close coming of a hill side.
car was a 83 silvia, like this but silver
http://images03.olx.com.my/ui/11/74/...7363-sabah.jpg

[aussie muscle]

my first car was a very rare Mazda 1500 SS. wrapped it around a tree. it donated its engine to another 1500, i guess the rest ended up in landfill. in fact, i've never seen any of my old cars after i sold them, except my AU, which i sold to my brother.

actually this thread puts me in two minds about selling my current ute. on one hand, i'd like to keep it as it'd be good to have a nice boss v8 when they are 40yo. but then a new car would also be nice.

[2011G6E]

While I'd love to find my first car, I'm actually more interested in what happened to my third and fifth cars...

[BA-XT]

1974 FJ40 Land Cruiser - Rolled it down a hill. Was stripped for parts.

Sold my 1985 HJ60 Land Cruiser for my current BA. Don't miss it surprisingly as I thought I'd never part with it.

[sd1800]

Gave my EB2 Fairmont P-Plate mobile to my father and he still uses it as a daily.

61yr old non-car enthusiast cruising around in a EB2 with Pacies/Loud Redback System and riding on superlows & turboblades.

At least i know where it is and it hasn't been parted out!

[Ducati888]

Originally Posted by aualright

My first was a white Capri, 1970 vintage with a 2L motor from an Escort with Webers, extractors, etc. Sounded and went great but looked relatively mild. This is circa 1989.

There was an advert on TV recently for some energy drink where they transfer a relatively plain looking white Capri into a monster (you may have seen it?).

I have wondered if that was mine...long odds but then again, how many white Capris could there be in this country?

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I like your style aualright. My first car was a '71 GT Capri, bought in 1988 for $300, into which I installed a 2.0L from a Cortina, and painted white.

I then painted it metallic blue & wound up getting a 302W & C4 in it for a while, then back to the 2.0L, then holed the sump, blew the engine then sold it for $300.

Happy memories. Ace car.

[Powdered Toast Man]

Mine will have rusted away by now, or was parted out - it was an XA coupe