What car did you drive in High School

so not to hi-Jack a different thread and kind of an interesting question.

I inherited my Grandpa's Mercury Monarch (1978?).
It was abused (sorry Grandpa Joe) and later my sister took out a church's mailbox with it in a snow storm.

Two other guys had Ford Granada's (basically the same as a Monarch) and we would posse around!

 

I had a '74 Chevy Caprice. It was an absolute boat, didn't look cool, and guzzler of gas. However, I could dig enough chance to keep gas in it at the prices back then.

 

84 Chrysler LeBaron convertible, leather and a full digital dashboard with a little electronic voice that talked to me and warned me of ajar doors and other problems. If only I had listened all those times it kept telling me my oil pressure was low...

 

My ride alternated between various mid- 80's Models of Nike, and an early 80's Blue Bird.
I did get to drive a 1981 Chevette a few days of my senior year.

 

87 Ford tempo. I can't believe the amount of abuse that car took

 

Graduated in 1976. Drove my grandfathers 1952 Chevy Deluxe fastback. In high school my peers laughed. When I took it to college, everyone was jealous of it. Funny how context is everything!

 

I also relied on a pair of Chucks or KMart special mountain bike for transportation during my high school years. First car was an '88 Pontiac 6000. That car took everything I threw at it, well, except a Volkswagen, and even then it was only a TKO.

 

1977 Mercury Cougar XR-7

 

My mom's vw Rabbit (fuel-injected).

In college, my first car was a '72 super beetle, then a '78 Honda Accord fastback.

First car I ever bought myself, was a '76 Gran Torino (351w-2v)

 

When I graduated college, I bought a brand new '80 Honda Accord LX 2 door hatchback. Great car. Wish I had bought 5 of them and stored them away.

Then in 1985, bought a new '83 XJ550, my first and only motorcyle. Still have it!

 

Yeah.... Small car, but the longer back made it look sweet-- and a lot better than the civic ( sister had one of those....). The accord won every time--- loved that stick shift, too ..... Couldn't stall it. Most fun car I ever had. Most comfortable, ever, was my '92 Crown Victoria.....but am quickly falling in love with my current '95 t'bird

 

Bought and learned how to drive a stick with a buddy in a ford pinto then mom made me get my $ back (it had tickets).
Bought a datsun b210 that started and smoked like hell cause the head was cracked. Yep, mom and $ back. So I bought a 26" ten speed and a walkman. First car I bought and kept was a '79 Toyota Celica in the mid 80's.

Gary H.

 

Ford Winstar, It to was abused. But there real question is how many people could you pack into your ride?

 

1974 Nova, bought it myself. I put on aluminum mags and wide tires. Rebuilt a 350 for it and it would run pretty good.

 

I always loved the Nova. It's one of my favorite cars.

 

1964 Olds Starfire. Wish I would've hung into it. Fun first car but didn't know what I had.

 

1981 Chevy cavalier drove it to the ground and sold it to be demo derbied, 1998 Ford crown Vic brother blew up motor, 1995 olds 88 snaped frame in 3 places after filling up with gas then rode the bus my senior year bought a 1998 Dodge grand caravan and drove it to the scrap yard

 

I didn't have it in high school but my first car was a 92 VW Cabriolet convertible. I loved that little car!

 

Never had a car but my first truck was right out of high school and it was a 1983 Toyota 4x4. Loved that truck and should've never sold it.

 

My first car in high school was a 66 Mustang coupe with a strait 6. Drove that sophomore year and half of my jr year. We moved from Texas to Utah my dad sold it before moving. Then I bought a Subaru Brat. It went about anywhere i asked it to.

 

Most of the time I had to ride the bus but sometimes I drove my Dads Vett, A 1976 Chevette 4 door. He called it the best first car for a teen, 4X4. 4 cylinder with 4 doors.

 

350 with a 2 barrel.

Then this car in the same condition as the Firebird. That 430 flew! Beat early to mid 80's vettes all the time with zero road feel! I'm sure it ran 14.5-14.7 quarter miles.

Paid $200 for one of these at 15 years old. Wish I still had it!

 

This is a good thread.

Gary H.

 

No car in high school, Rode a 1972 yamaha 125 enduro to school. after graduating I bought a 1970, I think, pontiac lemans. it was a rust bucket, but ran good. Then a 1969 chevy camaro, good car. after that all trucks to this day! many motorcycles along the way.

 

This winter I noticed that many of the high schoolers in Tomahawk drive their snowmobiles to school when the snow is on the ground.

I have found that snow removal up here in northern Wisconsin is a lot different then what it was in Milwaukee.
Often times they may spread a little sand in the middle of the road, and only plow main arteries, other than that - it's called winter learn how to drive in snow!!

 

I grew up in Chicago, and my middle name was 'black-ice'. I still remember the first time I drove a front wheel drive car... WOW

I had two cars in High School, first a black 1957 Chevy BelAir 2 door I bought from my step dad, and then I sold that and bought a 1959 Triumph TR-3... *that* was a fun car!

 

I had one of those! I loved that car, except mine was a station wagon.

 

1988 Chevy Sprint Hatchback. Three cylinders. Half the length of an Olds 88 (we measured). I did a front flip in that car!

 

Drove 1973 Ford Torino in high school. Plenty of room to place two flower pots on the front bumper, it was so big. Drove a 79 Ford Fiesta in college. That was a fun a little car. First purchase was a used 1982 Toyota Supra. Nice car at the time until I overheated and cracked the head.

 

Had a 75 Malibu with a 350 and 2 barrel carb, 0-60mph in 4.7 secs. even with all the spare parts and toolboxes in the trunk, when it was hit broadside at the rear by a 1980 mustang doing 70mph. Then it was wasted money. I the started driving a 1988 sprint I got only a couple years old, and 1980 chrysler newport for taking the girls out, lol.

 

A 1957 general motors Holden FC sedan that had been my grand mothers, 132 cu inch of straight 6 get up 'n go, vacuum operated wind shield wipers that slowed down when you put your foot down. That was my last 6 months of high school .. 18 is the driving age here, but I was out and free on the road at last. In these colours..

 

66 Grand Parisenne 4 dr battleship
Gold brocade interior, red with black top
Seated 8 in a pinch

 

1972 OLdsmobile Cutlass 2 dr vinyle top. It felt so comfortable at 85 mph I almost fell asleep while driving a couple of times.

 

1974 Mercury Comet. 200 inline 6 cyl. 3 on the tree. Gutless, but lots of good memories. Everyone called it "The Vomet".

 

My first truck was a 81 Ford F-250 4x4 Custom, 302 4speed and 4 bald tires.

Ran that for a year then upgraded to a 78 Ford F-150 4x4 xlt Ranger extended cab. Had a 400ci with a C6 auto and the two little jump seats in the back. It was painted crazy 70's colors, orange and tan with a brown interior.

Then I got a 89 Ford Bronco Xlt 4x4, 351 C6. Took it wheeling and found a really deep stream crossing, hydrolocked the motor and bent 3 connecting rods. Took me a whole year to save up enough cash to rebuild the motor, then I traded it in on my current ride. 98 Dodge Ram 2500 4x4 Quad Cab with a Cummings 12 valve motor.

Also had a 78 Cadillac Coup de Ville for a couple of years. Had a 425ci motor, and just floated down the road.

 

In 1986 mine was a 1973 Toyota Coralla in factory bright orange with a white vinyl top, that I bought for $300. Test drove it and the front end vibrated bad at over about 20 mph. Borrowed a wrench from the owner and tighted a front end bolt on either side and it never did it again.
Might have been ugly, but was one tough car. Drove it in swamps and even jumped it a few times. Was the perfect first car, except the color.

 

1967 Dodge Charger....paid $550 in 1976! Really wish I had held on to that car....only had a 318 2v....although it looked fast, it was actually quite pathetic. I was styling with my Gabriel Hi-Jacker air shocks lifting the rear end nearly a foot!

 

1971 Volvo 142. There is no swede who has never own'd a Volvo

 

Looks like the Australian interpretation of a "Yankee Tank" - Its actually kind of cool car, similar to the '57 Chevy my parents brought me home from the hospital in.

 

I had an 82 lebaron. Good car.

 

Hi cgutz ... yeah know what you mean about it's looks, I rarely see one on the road but always enjoy the fact that it's still lookin' good when I do. The guy I sold it to did something like this to it ..

 

High School Wheels--1959-1963
Day wheels--Cushman Highlander and then the Mighty Eagle.
Night, especially date night--Mom and Dad's Rambler with the fold down seats--what a car!
First car I bought in college--Rambler American, flat 6, straight stick. Great little car.

 

1974 Mustang II:

Same s**t brown as pictured, was already 11 years old and showing it. Fun little 4-banger, though.

 

64 chev belair, 4 door230 six with 3 on the tree, am radio, then upgraded to a 69 Datsun pickup 1600 cc engine 4 speed. They never stranded me we lived 10 miles from town.

 

Oh hell my next door neighbor when I was a wee lad had two, one identical to that brown one, as well as a baby blue "fast"back with vinyl landau top. Back in the late 70's, as an impressionable youth, I actually thought they were pretty hot.

 

78 Buick LeSabre, my dad said if I could get it running I could have it. After some adjustments to the carb, I was off and running! The biggest boat I ever owned.

 

This thread popping up reminded me I ran across an old pic. This was my Junior year in spring 96. Mom looks thrilled after learning car had a 394 big block when I took her for a ride.

 

95 Yamaha warrior...not technically a car I know but in the mountains a 4wheeler is better transportation!

 

Didn't get a car 'till out of college :-(

But another "Never should have sold it" ... 85 Toyota Celica GTS

 

Yamaha 50cc FS1E moped, at 16...didn't own a car, properly until I was 24......, the it was a Ford Capri 2 Litre