What's the oldest car you've ever driven?

[TheMightyFavog]

'79 2 door Mercury Cougar Took it for a test drive as a High School Senior. Damn, that thing had some balls.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. A 1969 Toyota Corolla.

But then, that was in 1971.

[RevolutionaryActs]

2. '79 Chevy Impala, it was the car I learned to drive in.

Needless to say I can parallel park pretty much anything. :rofl:

[WhollyHeretic]

3. I owned a '71 Grand Prix for about 6 months

[pokerfan]

4. 1946 International

A truck we had on the farm back in the sixties.

The starter was this plunger gizmo on the floor.

[Miss_Strawberry]

5. 93 Chevy Baretta

You guys are old!
:rofl:

[idgiehkt]

6. 1979 Toyota Corolla

For about 9 years. I have no idea how many miles it had on it but it was a great car. I only changed the oil in it like 3 or 4 times the entire time I had it. :blush:

[Manifestor_of_Light]

7. '57 Chevy, 4 door. copper w/white top.

Damn I wish I had that car still.

[rug]

8. 1960 Studebaker Lark VI.

Black

[hellbound-liberal]

9. 1970 Fury III with a 383 engine and all power!

I had to jack it up to change the spark plugs!

[marzipanni]

10. My first car was a 1960 Volkswagen

No gas gauge, I kept track of mileage, or when it sputtered a bit I had to kick a lever to switch to the one gallon reserve tank.
I'm glad the speed limit on freeways was 55, I didn't hold up traffic too badly!
This isn't mine, I just like the photo-

[flvegan]

11. 1963 Corvette (split window coupe)

She was awesome.

[GoneOffShore]

12. 1939 Oldsmobile 4 dr Sedan

Belonged to my dad. Had a 3 speed column shift. 6 volt electrical system.

It was still running in 1966-7. He was using it as a truck by then.

Added on edit:
Engine: Oldsmobile Flathead Six Cylinder
Engine Specifications: 230 C.I.; 95 HP at 3400 RPM
180 Ft. Lbs. torque at 1600 RPM
3-7/16 bore; 4 1/8 stroke
6.1 to 1 compression ratio
Precision insert engine bearings
Features: Automatic Choke
Column shift transmission
Dual horns
Dual wipers
Independent front suspension with stabilizer bar

[Poiuyt]

13. 1960 Austin Healy Bugeye Sprite

Like this one:



It was like riding in a roller coaster car

[Nikia]

14. I win. My great-great-great grandparents' model T car, 1916

My father now owns it and drives it (although not as his main vehicle).

[GoneOffShore]

18. I thought I was going to be the winner with the 39 Olds,

but you got me beat.

:toast:

[pscot]

58. She trumped my '37 Hudson too

n/t

[TheMightyFavog]

15. I damn near took a '69 Corvair for a test drive.

Beautiful car, they wanted $4500 for it in '99.

[Cobalt-60]

36. They were pretty - '65 and later

[momophile]

60. my dad was supposed to rebuild one for me

told me that when I was in the 5th grade. It's still sitting in the driveway and nowhere near being done. I'm 34 years-old now.

Would have been cherry though - a red convertible... I tease him that maybe he can have it finished for my daughter - she's 19 mos. old.

[ScreamingMeemie]

16. 1968 Chevy one ton.

:hi:

[aquaman]

17. I currently own and drive a 1972 VW Superbeetle.

It's my fun car.

[ironflange]

22. I drove a '74 SB for many years

Great summer car, not so good in the winter. Feeble heater, below a certain temp you had to carry a co-pilot to man the scraper, so you could see where you were going. Incredible traction though, Beetles never got stuck in the snow. They just froze up on you.

[aquaman]

31. Very cool car I agree.

I don't drive it much in the summer, it is purely a "pleasure" vehicle. Although winters here, in South Carolina, are not cold, so I do drive it some in the winter. Looking forward to the spring and summer to drive it more. I have had it for a few years. Bought it in tip top shape.

[Ahpook]

19. 70'some Mustang II

What a POS. I remember it would not start after parking on a incline for some reason. Also had to hold it in gear when in reverse, or it would pop out.

Earl Schieb(or how ever you spell it) made the bastard look pretty for about 3 months:)

[AllegroRondo]

47. that was one bad car

how do you ruin one of the greatest muscle cars ever made?

put it on a Pinto chassis. voila! the Mustang II.

[Ahpook]

50. Terrible, terrible idea wasn't it? :)

On the bright side i never had to change the oil. It leaked/burned a quart a day. Always had fresh oil in it:) The radio sounded pretty good as well while it sat in the driveway broken down.

[qwertyMike]

20. 1958 Morris Minor

In England.

Split windshield. Max speed 50mph.Had those hand window wiper things and little amber pop-out directional arms.

Drove from London to Portugal in it.

I think they used the same engine in the Mini-Minor


Ahhhh - memories

[trof]

40. My very first car was a '52 or '53 Minor convertible.

[ironflange]

21. This

The guy down the street had one.

[mentalsolstice]

23. '72 Toyota Corona

I loved that car, except for the fact it would not stay in park. That was a problem!

[Oeditpus Rex]

24. A '36 MG

Rather like this one:







It was at the Christie's auction at the Pebble Beach Concours d' Elegance in 1995. I was with a non-profit group hired to drive the cars onto the platform where the bidding took place. I also drove a '48 Cadillac V-12 (so quiet you couldn't tell it was running), a '53 Mercedes sedan and a '72 Ferrari GT-4 once owned by Mel Blanc. (There were five or six Ferraris from Blanc's collection; the one in front of me was the one driven by Raul Julia in "Gumball Rally." If I remember correctly, the one I drove went for $440,000.)

[Poiuyt]

57. Now THAT would be a fun job!

[jakefrep]

25. 1978 AMC Pacer

My grandma's car. I had to take it to the gas station to fill it up once.

[dysfunctional press]

27. Pacers were GREAT cars.

i owned 5 different ones at various times- including one i bought during a 3 month stay in hawaii.

[jakefrep]

42. Grandma drove that car until she died...

15 years or so. Then my aunt and uncle drove it for a few more years after that.

[dysfunctional press]

26. it was a classic old rolls-royce...i'm not sure of the year.

i've "driven" A LOT of expensive/old/classic cars- although not very far- i used to valet at a semi-posh exclusive country club in an upscale repug sub-urb of chicago. i once almost got trapped in a delorean because i couldn't find the door handle(it was night, and i couldn't find the inside illumination, either)

[Kat45]

28. a 1967 Mustang - my first car.

a V-8, that car had some serious balls too. :D

[Scooter24]

29. A '96 Mercedes SLK230

was a birthday gift for my 16th birthday.

[krispos42]

37. 1978 Chevy Caprice (barf)

On the plus side, when you floored it, it made it's own smokescreen!

I drove it once, I think. One trip, 3 hours total. With no radio. And the front seat wouldn't move.

[LSK]

30. 74 Malibu

[mopinko]

32. 1963 vw beetle, my first car. 1978 mercedes, my last car.

love my beaters. right now driving a 93 suburban with 287,000 miles on it.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

33. My husband taught me (brave man!)

to drive his '51 Ford!

It was a stick......

And I did all the driving on our dates....

I got pretty good with those damn gears, even on the Berkeley hills...

Ah, memories, indeed........*sigh*

[Starbucks Anarchist]

34. '84 Mercedes.

Broke down once a month.

[Cobalt-60]

35. 1964 Corvair

I felt like a member of the Science Patrol

[Guava Jelly]

38. My old 1970 Chevy Malibu

400 small block..The thing could leave scratch half a block long..
Well until I hit a bus with it :hide:
:disclaimer: it was a rusty abandoned bus.

[YankeyMCC]

39. 1972 Chevy Nova nt

[baldguy]

41. 1966 Impala

[Trailrider1951]

43. 1959 Chevy Impala

Built like a tank and had a 3 speed shifter on the column. Cool? Not when I drove it....1971, college student, I was so ashamed of it, I considered driving it around with a paper bag over my head! :P

[seemunkee]

44. 1963 Austin Healy 3000

[kwassa]

45. First car I bought was a 1941 Nash

for $235, purchased in 1971.

Like this, but in black. A big, cartoon car, where everything leaned forward to show that it was streamlined. Wide whitewall tires, giant steering wheel, big AM tube radio.

[noonwitch]

46. 1968 Olds Cutlass F-85

It was our family's "kids car" when I was in high school. I drove it from 1980 to 1983 or so.

It took leaded gas, so at the time, it was actually cheaper to fuel. It got horrible mileage, however. It did have pick-up and a huge engine. I drove that thing all over Grand Rapids and the surrounding areas.

[RetroLounge]

48. 1960 Ford F-100 Pickup...

My first vehicle. I restored it and drove it to high school in 1978 and 1979.

Then I sold it and bought a Gibson Les Paul Custom and a 1965 Impala SS.

RL

[Maineiac]

49. Dad had a 1942 Ford Tractor

when I was 12, he let me drive it around the wood lot. In Maine, a tractor or a log skidder qualifies as a family car. Or, I got to drive his 1957 Chevy Bel Air station wagon around the back yard that same year.

[Bassic]

51. 1985 Jeep Cherokee

I called it Dave.

It was battered, but I loved it :D

[guitar man]

52. 1945 Chevy

1 and 1/2 ton truck. It was an old WWII military truck originally, we used it for a hay truck on the farm. I learned to drive in it.

It had a 4 speed unsynchronized transmission and a manual 2-speed rear axle, so there were 2 sticks in the floor. It was a pretty cool old truck to drive, took a lot of work to manage.

[SteppingRazor]

53. Hot rod built from a '36 Ford coupe...

I guess, technically, it's not really old, since almost nothing on it was original. And I only got to drive it around the block. ... but it was sweet!!

The oldest car I've ever actually owned myself is a '91 Cavalier.

[Left Is Write]

54. 1973 Monte Carlo.

[happyslug]

55. Does a US Army 1949 2 1/2 ton Truck count????

It was ONLY 30 years old when I was driving it in the late 1980s. Sometime in the mid-1980s my National Guard unit had me drive it from Pittsburgh to Ft Indian town Gap and back. Later the same year it was towed back to the Gap where its Gasoline Engine was replaced by a Diesel (also new Transmission, still a Manual five Speed).

It was great when I went to fuel it in Bedford a Major pointed to the other 2 1/2 ton trucks and I had to yell at him I was a Mo-Gas job and had to follow the Jeeps, he just acknowledge I was in the Right lane after all.

[NMDemDist2]

56. my first car was a 1954 BelAir coupe

I loved that car, in spite of the fact it was a year older than I was


:rofl:

but the oldest vehicle I ever owned was a 1949 Dodge truck

[JackBeck]

59. 76 Buick Le Sabre. Eight track included.

Plus cassettes: Godspell, Chorus Line, Country Hits from the 70's, and Hair.

If anyone doubts that God hates the gays, I've got proof that She doesn't.

[momophile]

61. guess it was my '66 bug

wish I still had him...