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Old 18-08-2006, 11:12 AM   #1
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Default Your Very First Car - The Good Old Days

Just wondering what everyones very first car was when you got your license.

Mine was a 1999 A Class Mercedes Benz (7 years ago)

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Old 18-08-2006, 11:17 AM   #2
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1965 mini about 4 years ago.
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Old 18-08-2006, 11:26 AM   #3
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1990 EAII Fairmont Ghia, 4.5 years ago. I'm still driving it.
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Old 18-08-2006, 11:27 AM   #4
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1978 TE Cortina.
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Old 18-08-2006, 11:35 AM   #5
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XF Fairmont Ghia EFI what a ****ter lol
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Old 18-08-2006, 11:38 AM   #6
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Old 18-08-2006, 11:43 AM   #7
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1972 XA Falcon coupe with a 302 and C4 complete with sagging sunroof and so much rust in the floor of the boot Im amazed the petrol tank never fell out.
And it also burnt 4 litres of oil every few hundred kays. Ah, the good ol' days, that was 9 years ago.
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Old 18-08-2006, 12:34 PM   #8
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Old 18-08-2006, 12:38 PM   #9
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december 1983 XE S Pack EFI 4 speed manual monza red with orange stripes, i got it 6 months ago, and going for my l's in about a year, (im 15 1/2)

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Old 18-08-2006, 12:48 PM   #10
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FC Holden ute... wish i still had it
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Old 18-08-2006, 12:52 PM   #11
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Old 18-08-2006, 01:33 PM   #12
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Old 18-08-2006, 01:40 PM   #13
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1964 Cortina - $125.00

Repairs to enable it to be registered and driven - $125.00

Total outlay for 12 months - $250.00 plus petrol and oil.

Sold it for $500.00 - bald tyres, needed new springs all round, rear door catch needed repairs (kept opening unexpectedly), oh, and if the starter motor played up you either hit it with a hammer or used a spanner to turn the gear around a bit....... and there was a significant amount of piston slap in the motor.....

Ahhhh......the good old days - when petrol and bananas were affordable
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Old 18-08-2006, 01:39 PM   #14
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My first (and still current) car is a 1987 XF falcon, 'S' pack sedan. 3spd auto, duel fuel and only 82,000km when i got it back in 2002.
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Old 18-08-2006, 01:49 PM   #15
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$2000 1984 Xe S-Pak in purchased in 1997, got my p's in 1999 when i turned 18. Was a great first car after i'd lowered it and put a nice exhaust on. Replaced it with my 99 AU Forte in 2000 and then upgraded to the XR6T in Jan 05. All great cars
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Old 18-08-2006, 01:56 PM   #16
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bought it in 1977, and still own it
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My friends started a rumour that I wont sell it because I had my first one in there
First what I ask?
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Old 18-08-2006, 01:59 PM   #17
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Originally Posted by TS50
1970 Datsun 1600
bought it in 1977, and still own it
Love the old Dato
My friends started a rumour that I wont sell it because I had my first one in there
First what I ask?
: First burnt out maybe :
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Old 18-08-2006, 02:01 PM   #18
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1979 XD Fairmont Ghia

Dad sold it to a friend of his who is killing it. It hurts to see it in such a state whenever he comes over.
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Old 18-08-2006, 02:02 PM   #19
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1990 VN SS 5 Speed 5 years ago. Still got it too and has been one very reliable car considering how much **** i give it.
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Old 18-08-2006, 02:05 PM   #20
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Old 18-08-2006, 02:32 PM   #21
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1992 mazda 323 astina hatch, 2L engine, 5sp, went pretty awsome till i crashed it and ended up with a ford :P
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Old 18-08-2006, 02:33 PM   #22
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Old 18-08-2006, 02:45 PM   #23
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1964 datsun fairlady..... sold it to a freind that still owns it.....
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Old 18-08-2006, 02:53 PM   #24
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A metallic blue Meyers Manx beach buggy, my father hated it, I loved it (except in winter!) That was 25 years ago. (S**T, i'm OLD!!!!)
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Old 18-08-2006, 04:12 PM   #25
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Old 19-08-2006, 03:15 PM   #26
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my first road car was a el gli and my first project was a hillman hunter tried to jam a 351 in it when is was like 13
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Old 03-01-2007, 04:19 PM   #27
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Old 03-01-2007, 04:28 PM   #28
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1985 XF GL EFI auto. Surprisingly fast, 0-100 in 8.x seconds. Absolutely no rear end grip, was almost a neutral handler under no throttle, and was an oversteering fish tail machine under any throttle.
Perfect car for a P plater - and no, I never crashed it : The gods were smiling on me!
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Old 03-01-2007, 04:37 PM   #29
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1976 Ford Escort RS2000 Replica. Love that car only sold it recently, Twin webers. Was a money pit because I thrashed the ***** out it =) So it kept on breaking down. I am still on my P's because of that damn car, lost my license twice because of it :evil3:. My current ride as my login says is a 1985 Ford Fairmont Ghia XF on LPG with non working air-conditioning =(
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Old 03-01-2007, 08:38 PM   #30
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Mine was a XF falcon 85 model..white.
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