Your First Car

[someonestolecc]

1985 renault fuego gtx.

that car went hard and for some reason everyone thought it was a turbo (which we didn't get delivered here).

put mags on it because it would cost the same as putting michelin tyres on it that were specifically made for the wheels of the fuego (go figure those crazy frenchies!)

[DHK]

88 prelude lowered with chromes.. n nice system...

got bored sold it... got a 89 celica... got bored sold it...

by this time saved enough money and recently got my r33 gtst

[HCR32]

First car was a Diahatsu charade 1992 Gtti model with 3cylinder injected twin cam turbo motor

Had the usual 2.5 turbo back exhaust, air filter, bov.

It was a gun that little thing, i loved it and i miss it...

Had to sell it because bottem end crank bearings i think it was, were on there way out...i could get replacement bearing but had to wait 3 months...couldnt be stuffed...

[LANFOH]

I had an 86 Mitsubishi Cordiaboghini Turbo. Resprayed in dark purple with purple bit s everywhere... proper sh:T box

[NS2500]

Feb '00 - 1990 Cressida GLX Auto

First car, absolutely loved it. Good go with the 7MGE 3L, but wanted to add the T and a 5 speed from a Supra. Written off - my fault.

Feb 02 - 1996 Skyline GTS

Always loved the Skyline. Non-turbo due to cost, and P-Plate laws in Vic at the time. Written off - P-plater ran a red light and took me with him.

Feb 04 - 1997 Fairmont

I'm a Ford man! What can I say? I had a set budget and this is what I could get. No accidents in this one!

Feb 05 - Time for something NEW

[NickR33]

1978 Mercedes Benz 280E, with faded paint (except on the panels that had been resprayed to fix accident damage) and rust holes so big if you lifted up the floor mats you could watch the road go by... I tinted the windows and put in stereo etc... I drove it for like a year with a blown head gasket, damn thing just wouldn't die! was an a bit of a pig to drive fast... understeeeeeer... but fun in the wet though!

[Col-GTSX]

Well my first car was a GTR.....

LOL

73 LJ Torana XU1-GTR - tripple carbs were a pain to tune but thet car flew....

It still counts as a GTR....

[krzysiu]

My first true car (which I owned and drove all by myself and didn't have to share with any other family member was in 1996 a......

1984 Subaru Sherpa

2 Cylinder Carby 665 cc (0.7L) engine

Power 27 KW  

Torque 54 Nm  

http://athene.riv.csu.edu.au/~ajohns31/sherpawebpage

CAN YOU FEEL THE POWA! lol

this was replaced by a 178rwkw CA18DET strawberry face 180sx in 2001

A little car for a little man

[83_R30_Hatch]

My first and current car: 1983 Skyline MR30 Hatchback, Very good condition inside, just a few niggling mechanical problems.

[Brackez]

Excellent thread! Paid $1500 for a rusty LX hatch Torry b4 I could drive. Spent three years beating the crap out of the gutless 202 & doing minor mods: 14" wheels, extractors, twin SUs. Learnt a lot, saved again & spent $4k building a 186 (192 after 60 thou overbore ). Built it myself, had triple SUs (yes, a bugger to tune but so worth it!), 3:2 rollas & solids in a custom ported 173 head with o/s valves. 11:1 compression (had to put hard valve seat inserts in to run 98 RON unleaded, or AVGAS when I could get it) with a 300degree 296 thou lift cam. Was a great pleasure to chew up & spit out VN SSs, SSS pulsars etc in a car that looked like shit on the outside. Still have it, but off the road thanks to a d*ickhead in a mobile crane have a brain failure on a wet morning & getting sideways when I was off his back corner. Time & money permitting, might rebuild the car or get hold of a little rail/altered dragster to slot the engine into. Hello methanol & triple sized jets for the SUs if I go that road.

[MirKz]

1st: '92 Holden Vp Commodore - stock as they came

2nd: '84 Mazda 929 2 dr coupe (RWD - rarity in aus) had seatcovers neons in footwells and above head on roof and a stezza that was about it, oh and a 'sports muffler' that still sounds like ass (My bro has it now and has bombed it out since... and still doing it up)

3rd: '93 Nissan Skyline R33 GTS, cat back exhaust, kyb adjustable shocks, lowered springs, 17inch rims, half a stezza setup, neons in footwells!