First car ever owned?

[orange&black]

Mine was a passed down British car called a Vanguard 6. It had no syncro in first or second gears so had to double shuffle the clutch (some of you young ones might need to look that up). It was built like a tank in dull grey with red and cream bench seats and a gear stick that came up from the floor like an old truck.
It was fabulous!! Really learnt a lot about driving with that beast.

 

[Tucker]

Just a query whilst thinking first cars, youth and days gone bye- I presume most people learnt on a manual? My 14 year old daughter looks at me weirdly when I talk about a manual as against everything auto these days. I miss being able to really 'drive a car' but having said that my knees after 2 x ops like the auto 🙂.

I was always vehemently manual - autos were for the ladies and the boys who put gel in their hair.
About 7-8 years ago, I was on a trip to the cape and one of the 70 series that were with us had an auto conversion. He handled every river crossing and embankment with ease. I had a drive and its chalk and cheese. If you want to do tough tracks off road, a manual doesnt compete with an auto. Not long after I noticed that the 4WD 24/7 crew on Youtube were sprouting autos for the same reasoning.
I ended up relenting and bought an automatic 200 series. My daily driver is still manual though.

 

[Suzie-Q]

'63 EJ wagon towards the end of 1972 ... followed closely by an upgrade 64 EH wagon the following year.

I have one of those my shed 😍 EJ Special Sedan, not wagon. She's slowly being rebuilt.

 

[yeti]

'63 EJ wagon towards the end of 1972 ... followed closely by an upgrade 64 EH wagon the following year.

An EH sedan was my second car - memories of resting my left hand on the gear stick to prevent it from jumping out of 3rd! I bought it off the original owner - I still remember the tears in his eyes when I drove away in it.

 

[The Chad]

Am I the only one who Carolla'd along?

 

[magpies forever]

Ah the old days of basic cars- the quarter vent window, a AM transistor radio hanging from the rear vision mirror, foot operated high beam switch, manual door lock buttons, lights that didnt auto turn off and returning to a flat battery, no head rests, front bench seat, lap seat belt- all the fun from my family's second car. The 2nd car was a 1959 VW Beetle with the turn indicators on the mid cabin mount.

Edit- the front bench seat wasnt the VW. In case thoroughly knowledgable are wondering.

 

[cktiger]

Found a pic of me and my EH … both classics around 1973 🤣

 

[yeti]

Found a pic of me and my EH … both classics around 1973 🤣

One outta two ain't bad

 

[InBenjiWeTrust]

Renault 4 - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Demps]

Subaru Liberty Wagon
White, Manual

🔥

 

[kiwitiger]

Was given a ford escort matchbox car when i was 4. Sweet car. My kids have it today

 

[Ron Brodrick's Spirit]

Tarrant Automobile.
2 seater
2 cylinder

 

[innsaneink]

Ah the old days of basic cars- the quarter vent window, a AM transistor radio hanging from the rear vision mirror, foot operated high beam switch, manual door lock buttons, lights that didnt auto turn off and returning to a flat battery, no head rests, front bench seat, lap seat belt- all the fun from my family's second car. The 2nd car was a 1959 VW Beetle with the turn indicators on the mid cabin mount.

Edit- the front bench seat wasnt the VW. In case thoroughly knowledgable are wondering.

My mate In primary.school.his.dad had a VW... I remember us crushing into a small compartment at the back this be lucky to fit a suitcase into

 

[426Tlgerland]

1964 EH. Special wagon , auto 179
Then moved up to another EH Sedan. but we did this one up
186 s motor bored out to 192 , yellow terra head stage 3 with oversized valves etc , mid range cam , 350 Holley carb , headers
Gearbox was rebuilt 3 speed with Chrysler Valiant floor shifter I think from the hemi pacer cars , she was a real power machine back then , you could hold second gear to about 70 mph and she did just over 100 mph Great western hwy prospect

 

[Merlot]

The days when you could wind car's up after midnight,take a suburb to hit top speed,doing 3,4 suburb hot laps passing beers n water pipes from 1 car to the other,with the rest of the world peacefully asleep

 

[upthetigers]

The days when you could wind car's up after midnight,take a suburb to hit top speed,doing 3,4 suburb hot laps passing beers n water pipes from 1 car to the other,with the rest of the world peacefully asleep

Did you do laps of Norton St?

 

[Merlot]

We stayed mostly local.North end of Pacific Highway

 

[Suzie-Q]

We stayed mostly local.North end of Pacific Highway

GWH for me. Once i did get the "sporty Corty" to hit a ton, but it blew the head gasket 🤦🏻‍♀️

 

[Merlot]

GWH for me. Once i did get the "sporty Corty" to hit a ton, but it blew the head gasket 🤦🏻‍♀️

Foot to the floor ,bug eyed laughing like hyenas, Dato's n Valiants took heaps of punishment back then

 

[AmericanHistoryX]

First ever car i owned i crashed. As you can tell - I made it out alive - more importantly- so did the other party.