Remember Your "first" car?

Charles Reese

Charles Reese

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Most of us have some deep-seated connection to our vehicles. Same is true for “first car” … :)
Find your first car or the one you drove to high school; hopefully your car brochure is available. This is a web site featuring the original factory brochures or advertisements for nearly every American car you have ever owned. Pick the manufacturer, the year and the model.

http://www.lov2xlr8.no/broch1.html
 
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sure. in 1956, .. it was a 1940 ford opera coupe with fold down rear seats,, dechromed, nosed and decked and lowered in rear with arched rear spring about 2 "... painted mandaran red..... 49 mercury engine.....gas heater,,, oh also had bubble skirts..... hot!!!
 
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http://www.lov2xlr8.no/brochures/ford/29_1.html

The above referenced site has the cabriolet ad posted which depicts my car. My first car was the '29 cabriolet, originally purchased by my father, but by 1959 heavily worn and not truly original. It had BLC sealed beam headlights, unk. Horn, wipers, 16" wire wheels, etc. My father insisted I put on hydraulic brakes before doing anything else. Ultimately I got the car running well with the original motor, new paint, chrome, J.C. Whitney seat cover, new white top, and 15" Mercury wheels, and of course the hydraulic brakes.

I am rebuilding that car now, mostly as it was back in the early 1960's.
 
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It wasn't my first car but close. I drove A 1930 Ford Coupe to H/S Class of 1958 and still have it as well as the tires on it are still the same ones I drove to H/S on. Two of the tires have the side walls breaking down now so have a couple of new Coker tires to put on it. By the way I am not driveing it at present so no worry about the old tires but they still have the same air in them and they were used when I put them on right after I got the car.
 
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I like the "AD Talk" of option names.

"Super Hydro Turbo TipToe Matic Vision Adjuster" for a headlamp dimmer switch.
 
My first car was a 1950 chevy fast back, paid 50.00 dollars for it. I was 16. Worked on it with my dad in the back yard. painted it with a electrolux sweeper. I sure mis thos days. Any one remember the paint sprayer attachment for the electrolux sweeper
 
1955 Chevy cameo truck, straight six with 3 on the tree. So rusted the front fenders waved and you could see the road through the floor whilst driving. I know it has nothing to do with a Model A but you asked first car, oh wait, mine was a truck, sorry.
 
My first car was my 1929 Standard Coupe...then the family's 1955 Nash Rambler with fold down front seats;):D:D:D and a arm rest in the center of the back seat which allowed one to go back and forth to the trunk area;) to sneak friends and cold beverages;):D into the Drive-In Movies (got ribbed by my friends about the naked woman as the hood orniment)...then it was a 1963 or 1964 Ford Galixie 500...then my 74 Ford Mustang II.

Pluck
 
1931 Ford Coupe. Bought it when I was 13 entering high school. A friend of mine and me split the purchase price of $30.00 That was in 1960. We worked on the car for a while but we found ourselves going our own ways and the car was sent to a junk yard. Ugh! My first driver was a 1960 Austin Healy Sprite which I rebult as I drove it. Fun! I now have a '29 Tudor and am loving it!
 
1941 Chevy coupe in 1961 paid $45 for it at a Rambler dealer. Everything worked in it,clock,radio and heater and a perfect vacume shift. ken ct.
 
'52 Plymouth Cranbrook with sunvisor. Got it in '59 when started college Floor boards reinforced with metal from 5 gallon bucket as rusted out along the edges. Dad had purchased from auto repair place for $300.00 a year earlier when owner lost a rod bearing and started knocking and owner did not want to pay for repair. Definately would not want one now.
 
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