Wanted: Photos of you and your first ride!

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Baha (Shawn)

#15
March 16, 2009, 08:56:59 AM Last Edit: March 16, 2009, 08:00:13 PM by Bahaha
Posted for VWTrike

My 1932 Ford
When I was 16 my father gave me $400.00 to buy the car. By the time I got it on the road for the first time I was married and had a 1 year old son.I picked up a 327 Chevy engine, mated it to a 4 speed, changed to a 8 in. Ford rear end. I drove it to Florida one year, and New Hampshire another year. I thought I would never sell it, but money, lack of skilles and a couple of other reasons said it had to go. I sold it 4 years ago. What hurts is I held onto it for 45 years. At leased once a DAY I think about it.   

P.S.
There are times I feel like I bought it when it was new.





The VWs you can sleep in are more gooder

There are 3 kinds of people in this world, The kind that can count and the kind that can't.

Mikecoast

#16
March 16, 2009, 11:04:58 AM
You got to like a VW club that members first rides go from cool hot rods to big American iron to Euro cast aways and everything in between.Keep the images coming ... we have a bunch of members not heard from yet.
You know how you are!

Baha (Shawn)

#17
March 16, 2009, 11:35:09 AM
Yeah...Let's go guys. Jack, Joe, John, Martin, Frank, the entire PA contingent, the snowboarders... Let's see those first cars... or horseless carriages as the case may be  LAUGH@
The VWs you can sleep in are more gooder

There are 3 kinds of people in this world, The kind that can count and the kind that can't.

6T5 square

#18
March 16, 2009, 12:25:03 PM
Hey Rich, you didn't buy that car new, did you? :icon_eek:







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John
60 Beetle- Ned
65 1500S Squareback-Weezer gone but not forgotten
2014 Jetta
Dont know everything but I'll try and learn
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Mikecoast

#19
March 16, 2009, 01:14:45 PM Last Edit: March 17, 2009, 11:00:45 AM by Mikecoast
I'm posting this image for a SJVWC member that will be named later. Please take your best guess who's in the image ... he'll post the details soon.

njgt-1

#20
March 16, 2009, 03:15:55 PM
QuotePlease take your best guess who's in the image ... he'll post the details soon.

Too small to really tell but is it Martin??

Quote...but WOW! this is his first car!

Nice Ride! beats my $50.00 stationwagon!

Quotewe end up with the mothers euro cast aways, usualy something like this, 950cc wont pull the skin of a rice pudding!

Axl give us a clue?? is that a 3 cylinder Ford Festiva?? - nice job on the 1303/Super!

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Ben Franklin

AxlFoley

#21
March 16, 2009, 04:42:43 PM
its a 4 cilinder ford firsta mk1

Super beetle wasnt so super underneath, I spent too much money on the wrong things, namley beer haha, i should have spen it on getting the welding done properly, it rusted to death in the end :(

njgt-1

#22
March 17, 2009, 01:14:01 AM
QuoteI thought I would never sell it, but money, lack of skilles and a couple of other reasons said it had to go. I sold it 4 years ago. What hurts is I held onto it for 45 years. At leased once a DAY I think about it.

thats kind of sad, too bad you couldn't hang on to it. had to be a cool ride.
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Ben Franklin

Dasfusca

#23
March 17, 2009, 11:45:56 AM
Quote from: Mikecoast on March 16, 2009, 01:14:45 PM
I'm posting this image for a SJVWC member that will be named later. Please take your best guess who's in the image ... he'll post the details soon.



This was the first car I ever bought with my own money.  Look how happy my dad was in the picture.  This picture was taken 20 years ago this summer.
I still have this car.  It sits on my property.  It has become kind of a junker.  Still has the auto stick trans in it but not much else.  When the front beam rusted off the car, I took its rebuilt motor and used it as the first of many motors in my 1972 Blue convertible that I still drive today.   When I bought the yellow standard bug the non running convertible was part of the deal.  All for $550  Thats me in the green shirt. One of the few people in this picture with hair.
Martin
1972 Convertible Super, 1970 Dodge Coronet R/T, 1978 D150 Dodge Pickup, 1971 Convertible Super, 1964 Beetle

matt

#24
March 17, 2009, 12:41:52 PM


Nice Pic Martin, would never had guessed it was you. Neat that your first purchased car was a vw - ever not have one?



  Matt
1955 3-fold semaphore Oval beetle
1971 Convertible beetle
1977 Westfalia, FI,  Berlin interior

Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And, weak men create hard times.?
― G. Michael Hopf

Dasfusca

#25
March 17, 2009, 01:12:57 PM
Quote from: matt on March 17, 2009, 12:41:52 PM

Nice Pic Martin, would never had guessed it was you. Neat that your first purchased car was a vw - ever not have one?



  Matt

I have always had a VW of some kind.  A had a bus for a while 4 diffeent beetles.  It has been a few years since one has been my daily driver.  I keep my 72 vert and 63 rag for nice weather and shows mostly.  I have a rust free 67 beetle that was going to be my new daily car...haven't had a chance to finish it.  I use the Honda or the really big old Cadillac for daily use right now.
1972 Convertible Super, 1970 Dodge Coronet R/T, 1978 D150 Dodge Pickup, 1971 Convertible Super, 1964 Beetle

njgt-1

#26
March 17, 2009, 02:40:59 PM
QuoteToo small to really tell but is it Martin??


Hey my guess was right! Whats the prize??  :icon_cheesygrin:
\\\\\\\"Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing\\\\\\\"

Ben Franklin

lovebus (jack)

#27
March 17, 2009, 02:45:18 PM
No pictures, didn't have camaras back then, but my first car was a 49 flathead Ford cope that I got in 1956. I use to use the 25 cents lunch money I got each day for gas and my friends use to chip in. It was much more cool to drive around school then eat lunch.


KUDAY HAS COODIES  LAUGH@ LAUGH@ LAUGH@
I don't have to go to work in the morning....

RT 66 June 1, 2015

"Why restore it to its former short comings
When you can modify it too its full potential."

Dasfusca

#28
March 17, 2009, 03:08:58 PM
Quote from: njgt-1 on March 17, 2009, 02:40:59 PM

Hey my guess was right! Whats the prize??  :icon_cheesygrin:


How did you know it was me?

You did win....I'll buy you a drink at the next meeting!
1972 Convertible Super, 1970 Dodge Coronet R/T, 1978 D150 Dodge Pickup, 1971 Convertible Super, 1964 Beetle

njgt-1

#29
March 17, 2009, 05:22:16 PM
QuoteHow did you know it was me?

Lucky guess, I remember you mentioned your first car was yellow .

QuoteYou did win....I'll buy you a drink at the next meeting!

thanks!  :cheers:
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Ben Franklin
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