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Darko

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What car did you learn to drive with.
« 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.

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Re: What car did you learn to drive with.
« Reply #1 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.

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Re: What car did you learn to drive with.
« Reply #2 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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Re: What car did you learn to drive with.
« Reply #3 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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Re: What car did you learn to drive with.
« Reply #4 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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Re: What car did you learn to drive with.
« Reply #5 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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Re: What car did you learn to drive with.
« Reply #6 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)

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Re: What car did you learn to drive with.
« Reply #7 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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Re: What car did you learn to drive with.
« Reply #8 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.
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Re: What car did you learn to drive with.
« Reply #9 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

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Re: What car did you learn to drive with.
« Reply #10 on: March 27, 2021, 03:45:02 PM »
72 nova handed down from 2 brothers. Three on the tree and straight 6


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Re: What car did you learn to drive with.
« Reply #11 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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Re: What car did you learn to drive with.
« Reply #12 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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Re: What car did you learn to drive with.
« Reply #13 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 [emoji23]


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Re: What car did you learn to drive with.
« Reply #14 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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