Title: What car did you learn to drive with.
Post by: Darko on March 17, 2021, 03:20:22 PM
Post by: Darko on March 17, 2021, 03:20:22 PM
This became an interesting subject on another thread.
What car/vehicle did you learn to drive?
In my case it was my dad's 1970 Buick Riviera with a 455 V8 under the hood.
What car/vehicle did you learn to drive?
In my case it was my dad's 1970 Buick Riviera with a 455 V8 under the hood.
Title: Re: What car did you learn to drive with.
Post by: stubblebum on March 17, 2021, 03:46:15 PM
Post by: stubblebum on March 17, 2021, 03:46:15 PM
Mine was a 1973 Buick Regal with a 350 4 barrel carburator. That thing was huge. Plenty of room for friends but not very good gas mileage. One benefit to a new driver was that it had such a stout front bumper that if you made a mistake it would break off and bend over a street sign on a 4x4 post and not even mar the rubber. Or so I heard.
Title: Re: What car did you learn to drive with.
Post by: JEBIV on March 17, 2021, 03:48:02 PM
Post by: JEBIV on March 17, 2021, 03:48:02 PM
Very 1st car was a 59 triumph tr3a, I was 12 and got.my ass beat for taking it out, after that 68 impala with a 350 hp 327
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Title: Re: What car did you learn to drive with.
Post by: bamakettles on March 17, 2021, 04:58:09 PM
Post by: bamakettles on March 17, 2021, 04:58:09 PM
Learned to drive in my dad's 1974 light blue (very close to Glen Blue) Dodge Coronet. 318 V-8 and that car would haul a$$. This isn't it, but looks just like it. Lots of memories in that car....
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Title: Re: What car did you learn to drive with.
Post by: HoosierKettle on March 17, 2021, 05:30:05 PM
Post by: HoosierKettle on March 17, 2021, 05:30:05 PM
72 nova handed down from 2 brothers. Three on the tree and straight 6
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Title: Re: What car did you learn to drive with.
Post by: michaelmilitello on March 17, 2021, 06:11:46 PM
Post by: michaelmilitello on March 17, 2021, 06:11:46 PM
1992 Mercury Topaz. Not much to look at but as others said, many memories in that car.
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Title: Re: What car did you learn to drive with.
Post by: Fhar on March 17, 2021, 06:29:56 PM
Post by: Fhar on March 17, 2021, 06:29:56 PM
69 datsun 210. Picture not from the one i drove(i wish it was that nice lol)
Title: Re: What car did you learn to drive with.
Post by: Cellar2ful on March 17, 2021, 07:14:19 PM
Post by: Cellar2ful on March 17, 2021, 07:14:19 PM
63 Dodge - 880 Special, tan colored just like the one in the photo below. It was originally my Grandparents car. It had a 383 V8 with a non posi rear end. Had to put a new tire on one the rear drive wheel about once a month. Man that thing would do amazing burn outs with smoke billowing out of the one wheel well. It had a push button transmission on the dash board. Thing weighed a ton.
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Title: Re: What car did you learn to drive with.
Post by: pbe gummi bear on March 17, 2021, 09:33:33 PM
Post by: pbe gummi bear on March 17, 2021, 09:33:33 PM
I think we had Ford Focus's during drivers Ed but my first car was a 1994 Acura Integra LS. Also drove my parent's Yukon Denali and GMC conversion van.
Title: Re: What car did you learn to drive with.
Post by: AZ2FL on March 19, 2021, 04:03:09 AM
Post by: AZ2FL on March 19, 2021, 04:03:09 AM
My stepdad taught me how to drive a three on the tree in a mid 70s Ford econoline van. I took my driving test in a 75 Chevy Nova, that had been converted to a four speed manual.
High school drivers Ed car was an early 80s Dodge Aries K-car. With three students and an instructor the K-car would have trouble topping 60mph. Maybe that was a good thing lol
High school drivers Ed car was an early 80s Dodge Aries K-car. With three students and an instructor the K-car would have trouble topping 60mph. Maybe that was a good thing lol
Title: Re: What car did you learn to drive with.
Post by: DrewZ on March 27, 2021, 03:45:02 PM
Post by: DrewZ on March 27, 2021, 03:45:02 PM
Quote from: HoosierKettle on March 17, 2021, 05:30:05 PM
72 nova handed down from 2 brothers. Three on the tree and straight 6
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Mine was its cousin -- '77 Olds Omega. Same three on the tree but with a 231 V6.
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Title: Re: What car did you learn to drive with.
Post by: 22ket~tle on March 28, 2021, 06:34:17 AM
Post by: 22ket~tle on March 28, 2021, 06:34:17 AM
66 mustang - 200ci inline 6 -pretty but slow. 2nd car a couple of years later was 67 fastback mustang 351 cleveland- punched out w/N2O. kinda ugly but very fast.
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Title: Re: What car did you learn to drive with.
Post by: 1spacemanspiff on March 28, 2021, 10:17:39 AM
Post by: 1spacemanspiff on March 28, 2021, 10:17:39 AM
Learned to drive in a 66 Cal Bug. First car was a Mazda RX3. Not as badass as the photo but it was fun to drive and no one else had one. Which was good..... and bad
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Title: Re: What car did you learn to drive with.
Post by: Garvinque on March 28, 2021, 04:42:13 PM
Post by: Garvinque on March 28, 2021, 04:42:13 PM
Grandpa's Chevy pickup with a three speed manual on the column! I was 14yrs old and he being from the south thought that was a good age to learn 
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Title: Re: What car did you learn to drive with.
Post by: bbqking01 on March 28, 2021, 05:50:34 PM
Post by: bbqking01 on March 28, 2021, 05:50:34 PM
If I remember correct it was a Datsun pickup. I remeber it was a 4 speed but don't remember what year. I was only like 11-12 yrs old.
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Title: Re: What car did you learn to drive with.
Post by: Harbormaster on March 30, 2021, 01:22:05 PM
Post by: Harbormaster on March 30, 2021, 01:22:05 PM
First learned in a '51 ford 1/2 ton flatbed, but that was only in the fields.
On the road I learned to drive in a 1971 Datsun LB110. It was an unadulterated piece of shit.
On the road I learned to drive in a 1971 Datsun LB110. It was an unadulterated piece of shit.
Title: Re: What car did you learn to drive with.
Post by: Darko on March 30, 2021, 04:54:40 PM
Post by: Darko on March 30, 2021, 04:54:40 PM
This is the closest picture I could find of Riviera similar to my dad's.
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Title: Re: What car did you learn to drive with.
Post by: Vwbuggin64 on April 01, 2021, 01:45:53 AM
Post by: Vwbuggin64 on April 01, 2021, 01:45:53 AM
1988 dodge shadow and a 1995 chevy astro van. I worked 4 summers and every weekend with my dad to pay for that shadow, which promptly grenaded 1 week later. After the shadow, I picked up a 1990 buick skylark.
Title: Re: What car did you learn to drive with.
Post by: glend123 on April 16, 2021, 06:06:04 AM
Post by: glend123 on April 16, 2021, 06:06:04 AM
1969 Volvo 144, 4 door, 4 speed. Was my dads car, Also known as the "Safety Box" Lol
Title: Re: What car did you learn to drive with.
Post by: Foster Dahlet on April 16, 2021, 12:42:45 PM
Post by: Foster Dahlet on April 16, 2021, 12:42:45 PM
Ford LTD station wagon and VW Rabbit with 5 speed golf ball stick shift.
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Title: Re: What car did you learn to drive with.
Post by: bbqking01 on April 16, 2021, 02:20:44 PM
Post by: bbqking01 on April 16, 2021, 02:20:44 PM
77 Chevy Nova, 4 door, V6. Mine was canary yellow with dark brown vinyl top.
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Title: Re: What car did you learn to drive with.
Post by: Hollando on April 16, 2021, 03:04:27 PM
Post by: Hollando on April 16, 2021, 03:04:27 PM
Quote from: JEBIV on March 17, 2021, 03:48:02 PM
Very 1st car was a 59 triumph tr3a, I was 12 and got.my ass beat for taking it out, after that 68 impala with a 350 hp 327
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COUP or SEDAN on the impala?
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Title: Re: What car did you learn to drive with.
Post by: JEBIV on April 16, 2021, 06:09:39 PM
Post by: JEBIV on April 16, 2021, 06:09:39 PM
Station wagon
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Title: Re: What car did you learn to drive with.
Post by: Hollando on April 17, 2021, 05:10:21 AM
Post by: Hollando on April 17, 2021, 05:10:21 AM
Quote from: JEBIV on April 16, 2021, 06:09:39 PM
Station wagon
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The plot thickens. Thanks for sharing. I asked because this was my fathers first car, the was later written off as an act of god.
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Title: Re: What car did you learn to drive with.
Post by: Easy on April 22, 2021, 04:34:41 PM
Post by: Easy on April 22, 2021, 04:34:41 PM
Back when I was wee little I lived on a farm,so started out on old tractors, and then combines then on to pickups 63,to 67, and 2 1/2 ton grain trucks. Finally I got my Lic. In a 62 Buick Electra 225.
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Title: Re: What car did you learn to drive with.
Post by: Vwbuggin64 on April 27, 2021, 07:05:58 PM
Post by: Vwbuggin64 on April 27, 2021, 07:05:58 PM
There are alot of 70s colors flying around here and they look so ugly they are beautiful.
Title: Re: What car did you learn to drive with.
Post by: Darko on April 29, 2021, 05:38:48 PM
Post by: Darko on April 29, 2021, 05:38:48 PM
Quote from: Easy on April 22, 2021, 04:34:41 PM
Back when I was wee little I lived on a farm,so started out on old tractors, and then combines then on to pickups 63,to 67, and 2 1/2 ton grain trucks. Finally I got my Lic. In a 62 Buick Electra 225.
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Title: Re: What car did you learn to drive with.
Post by: PotsieWeber on May 02, 2021, 03:41:42 PM
Post by: PotsieWeber on May 02, 2021, 03:41:42 PM
The first car I drove (other than a driver's education car) was a 1964 Plymouth Valiant with a hole in the floorboard and stick shift.
It was older than I was. I didn't drive it very often and never really learned stick shift on it.
About two years later, I bought an old Volkswagen Rabbit that was a stick shift. That is how I learned how to drive a manual transmission.
The first two days were super embarrassing.
It was older than I was. I didn't drive it very often and never really learned stick shift on it.
About two years later, I bought an old Volkswagen Rabbit that was a stick shift. That is how I learned how to drive a manual transmission.
The first two days were super embarrassing.
Title: Re: What car did you learn to drive with.
Post by: Vwbuggin64 on May 03, 2021, 01:35:45 PM
Post by: Vwbuggin64 on May 03, 2021, 01:35:45 PM
Quote from: PotsieWeber on May 02, 2021, 03:41:42 PM
About two years later, I bought an old Volkswagen Rabbit that was a stick shift. That is how I learned how to drive a manual transmission.
The first two days were super embarrassing.
That is how I learned stick also. I bought a 1966 VW beetle as a baby Airman in the Air Force and had to drive it home 20 minutes in Las Vegas traffic :o
Title: Re: What car did you learn to drive with.
Post by: 1MoreFord on May 26, 2021, 08:43:54 PM
Post by: 1MoreFord on May 26, 2021, 08:43:54 PM
The first vehicle I drove was a 55 Ford F-100 6cyl 3 speed. I passed my driver's exam in a 66 Merc Comet 289 auto. My first car was a 68 Mustang 200ci 6cyl 3 speed.
Title: Re: What car did you learn to drive with.
Post by: brucemcclure on June 15, 2021, 04:25:51 AM
Post by: brucemcclure on June 15, 2021, 04:25:51 AM
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My father loved his Chryslers. I loved driving this car and wish I still had the damn thing. Dad's was jet black with red interior. Slick.
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Post by: MoparProud on June 15, 2021, 06:36:44 PM
Post by: MoparProud on June 15, 2021, 06:36:44 PM
My dads 88 F250. 460/5 speed. The rule was, learn manual or you can't drive. I'm passing that down to my own...
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Title: Re: What car did you learn to drive with.
Post by: KirtonAlan on August 21, 2021, 08:22:05 AM
Post by: KirtonAlan on August 21, 2021, 08:22:05 AM
1953 Austin A30. Ran it for about three years until I threw a big end shell and drove it 20 mile home with high revs to keep it going!! Hey! I was very young at the time!! Replaced it with an engine from an A35 which ran fine until someone T-Boned me :(
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Post by: 65Westy on November 03, 2021, 09:10:59 AM
Post by: 65Westy on November 03, 2021, 09:10:59 AM
84 Pontiac Gran Prix.
No wonder i got into Volkswagens!
No wonder i got into Volkswagens!
Title: Re: What car did you learn to drive with.
Post by: Veekz on November 03, 2021, 10:39:07 AM
Post by: Veekz on November 03, 2021, 10:39:07 AM
69 Datsun 510 sedan with a stick. Looks very similar to this one. I was 12 at the time. Most fun at that age besides puberty.
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Title: Re: What car did you learn to drive with.
Post by: crowderjd on November 03, 2021, 02:39:52 PM
Post by: crowderjd on November 03, 2021, 02:39:52 PM
1986 Chevy Caprice Classic. The Tan Tank.