My grandpa's 1985 Olds Delta 88. Pretty awesome car. Wrecked it a few times, but she never showed it. Had some good times in that car. Front seat is big enough dont have to go to the back! :laugh: :3gears:
My older sister and I learned at the same time...she was 15, me 13 and I could not wait (of course!) At the time dad was in his "mileage experimentation" stage and we had a 73 VW Dasher 4-speed That was a POS and we got a 74 VW Dasher auto, also a POS. (hey the 1st one may have been an anomoly) We would go to Spring Grove Cemetary and practice starting the 4-speed on the hills. One time after we sorta knew what we were doing we took Dad's 1941 Cadillac (three on the tree) and I got to drive that! :Brow: That was a smoooooth running car, shifted great. Took lessons in a 76 (?) Volare coupe 4-speed (geek) The teacher pretty much knew they were a formality. Then took the driver's test in Mom's 71 Valiant - ubiquitous blue 4-door slant 6...maybe it was B-5 blue:eek2: Then fixed my 68 Skylark convertible and drove the wheels off that Ted
I learned to drive on a tractor, cutting grass starting when I was about seven or eight years old. I took my real drivers training (six hours back then) behind the wheel of my mother's 1969 Electra 225. My intructor put me through some skidding in the parking lot at the high school on snow/ice. Then for graduation training,he made me drive down to the Chicago loop on the expressway in rush hour traffic and then drive around down town for an hour or so in the heart of Chicago. That was combat training to say the least, for me, at that time. Talk about nerve wracking...
My drivers ed car was an 79 Plymouth TC-3. Slow little hatchback looking thing. I learned on my Dads 73 bondo bucket Malibu (this car ws so rusty my Dad wouldnt let me near the drivers test center with it , he was afraid it would be impounded by the state police) My sister brand new 1980 Chevy Citation(No pressure there , car only had 35 miles on it the first time I drove it:eek2: ) And the one I took my test in was my brothers 1974 Dodge Monaco coupe. 30 foot long , 30 foot wide big ole gashog. My family had the opinion that if I could pass the test in that , then I could drive just about anything. Dan
First comment: Loved Hi desert 57 spl's avatar of the great Curtis Turner! Second comment: You farm tractor guys make my third comment appropriate. Third comment: My dad sold small quantities of lubricating oil to the Boston & Albany Railroad in the late '40s and early '50s. On occasion, he would take me on his sales calls. In November of 1949 - I was just 5 - we were at the B&A's Riverside yard in Newton, MA. (Very near where the Weston exit of the Mass. Pike is located today). Dad knew some of the engineers, and we were invited into the cab of one of the commuter steam locomotives. After a bit, the engineer said that they had to move over to the water tower. He held me so that I was standing on a little shelf below the right side cab window and put my hand on the big throttle lever that hung from the right side near the roof of the cab. With his huge hand over mine we opened the th:grin: rottle. I can truthfully say that the first piece of powered transportation machinery that I ever operated was a standard gauge steam railroad locomotive. If any of you are railroad junkies, it was an ALCO D 1A, number 403 4-6-6T. BTW - The first car that I drove (and on November 21, 1960 passed my drivers test in) was my mother's 1949 Plymouth 4 dr.
Nash Rambler station wagon, don't remember the year. 60 Studebaker Lark wagon. 56 Buick Super. Mike D.
I learned in a 59 Lesabre. My parents always had 2 of the same cars. His always a 2 door, Moms a 4 door. We would take Moms 59 to K-Mart and I would drive around the parking lot hitting a few shopping carts with my Dad....Great memories. Hell I almost forgot about this stuff until I saw this question.
Driver's Ed car was a '67 Valiant, Dad had a '66 Bonneville 4-door then I bought a '63 Catalina convertible for $75.00.
My parents always had 2 of the same cars. His a 2 door, Moms a 4 door. I learned in a 59 Lesabre. We would take Moms 59 to K-Mart and I would drive around the parking lot (13 years old) bumping a few shopping carts with Dad...Hell I almost forgot this stuff, until I saw the post...Great memories!!! The 1st car I purchased was a 68 AMC Rebel for $35.00 with a full tank of gas! It smoked like a steam engine. A couple gallons of kero. and a box of straws to clean out the sludged up oil returns and it was good to go! 290 V8 with thrush mufflers. We just couldnt kill this car even though we tried daily.
I learned to drive in my Grandpa's '55 jeep CJ5 when I could reach the pedals. In a round-about way that eventually led to my Buick obsession since Jeep used Buick V6 and V8 power in '60s CJ's and J-series trucks.
Summer of 1979. My deceased grandfathers 413 powered '62 Chrysler 300 willed to my oldest brother. I was 14, two years before legal age in Colorado. The site was the old abandoned Century 21 dragstrip in east Aurora throughout that summer. Learned to manual shift the push button torqueflite, do a burnout and haul down a two ton beast from 100mph on really lousy drum brakes. The coolest dashboard glow at night you've ever seen............ The smell of the old leather seats and slidin' across 'em 'cause of no seat belts........... BaWHHAAAAAAAaaaaaa................... Hooked on V8 horsepower ever since. Steve weim55 Colorado
Started out on Dads lap steering the 55 Buick"Olde Blue". When I was 10 dad bought a 58 Buick wagon, I could reach the pedals pretty good by then so I bugged the hell out of Mom & Dad to let me drive on the back roads.Still had it when I got license, a kid at school bet me it wouldn't peg the speedometer, proved it him and scared the crap out of him all at the same time. Took my test in a 63 Wildcat. Nuttin but Buicks for my Dad, guess he passed it on to me as I have owned at least one Buick since I was in 8th grade. Yes I am getting to be an old fart! Looking back on all the dumb stunts I pulled with those old Buicks it's a wonder I am still here. Thanks for making me remember all the good times!
Long time ago, My grandparants 1954 4-door Chevrolet and my uncle's (drivers ed. car) 1954 Mercury. Both where 3-speed colunm shift cars. Sam
