[Tom63LeMans]

My first car was a '67 Camaro 327, 3 spd car. I bought it in 1971 for $300. It was pretty rusty so I turned it into a rat rod 35 years before they were popular. Added all steel IROC style flares and Firebird 400 frontclip. It went by the name of "Half-breed". Built the 327,12-1 compression. angle plug head and muncie 4-speed. Dismantled and sold off the parts in 1980.

[uneasyrider]

Originally Posted by Tom63LeMans

My first car was a '67 Camaro 327, 3 spd car. I bought it in 1971 for $300. It was pretty rusty so I turned it into a rat rod 35 years before they were popular. Added all steel IROC style flares and Firebird 400 frontclip. It went by the name of "Half-breed". Built the 327,12-1 compression. angle plug head and muncie 4-speed. Dismantled and sold off the parts in 1980.

I love it Tom! It looks like something one of my uncles or one of their buddies would have had when I was a kid. I can't tell you how many times I was clinging for dear life to some interior part on a car something like that one with my dad, uncle, step brother or one of their buddies driving. My love for hot rods grew out of cars like that whether it was a Ford, Chevy, Dodge, etc. it’s all the same flavor! Sure brings back some fond childhood memories of clinging to the dash and listening to Molly Hatchet or BTO blaring on the 8-track while my step brother was token on a number and sliding sideways up to our bus stop to drop me off in his ‘68 Charger. If my mom had known I don’t think half my male relatives or my dad for that matter would have lived long!!

"Those were the days my friend we thought they'd never end..."

Thanks,

[MikeCio1]

Originally Posted by Tom63LeMans

My first car was a '67 Camaro 327, 3 spd car. I bought it in 1971 for $300. It was pretty rusty so I turned it into a rat rod 35 years before they were popular. Added all steel IROC style flares and Firebird 400 frontclip. It went by the name of "Half-breed". Built the 327,12-1 compression. angle plug head and muncie 4-speed. Dismantled and sold off the parts in 1980.

Very cool, love the hood tach!

[72pontiac]

my 1st was a 72 f250 camper special but my 2nd was a 76 astre 3rd 70 bonneville 4th 72 lemans endura front still have it and 5th 65 gto not done yet besides my bought new 87 seirra classic 4x4 99 savana and my current 2001 suburban 4x2

[Thumpin455_GTO]

First car was a 67 Cougar, second was a 72 GTO. Bought the Cougar when I was 13, worked my ass off all summer and paid $450 for it. Picked up the GTO from a junkyard for $175 on my 17th birthday, drove it home with no front bumper, a severely bent hood, and only one set of headlights working. Good thing it was daylight.

Still have both of them, and a bunch of others. The Cougar is in my shop right now, just got the paint done, the headliner, front and rear glass in, and currently the door glass is the project kicking my butt. I am doing a ground up rebuild and so far the only thing I havent done myself is machine work on the engine. It was a bare shell in 06 and I hope to drive it in June for the first time since 87. I beat that car mercilessly when I was 16. I am lucky to be alive and still have it in one piece.

This pic is from 1986 right after I got the 72.



This is what the Cougar looked like after I finished buffing the paint.


A 79 TA SE is next and then the GTOs. Once again only thing anyone else will do is machine work.

[Tom63LeMans]

Originally Posted by uneasyrider

I love it Tom! It looks like something one of my uncles or one of their buddies would have had when I was a kid. I can't tell you how many times I was clinging for dear life to some interior part on a car something like that one with my dad, uncle, step brother or one of their buddies driving. My love for hot rods grew out of cars like that whether it was a Ford, Chevy, Dodge, etc. it’s all the same flavor! Sure brings back some fond childhood memories of clinging to the dash and listening to Molly Hatchet or BTO blaring on the 8-track while my step brother was token on a number and sliding sideways up to our bus stop to drop me off in his ‘68 Charger. If my mom had known I don’t think half my male relatives or my dad for that matter would have lived long!!

"Those were the days my friend we thought they'd never end..."

Thanks,

Definitely had the BTO going on that underdash 8-track tied into the factory am radio. The best was Steppenwolf "Born to be Wild". That was our theme song. Looking back it was a pretty cool and much easier time. thanks for the comments.

[mjm421]

My first car was a 65 Catalina with Ventura trim. Nightwatch blue. 421 H.O., 400 Turbo, 3.90 gears. It was my dad's first new car. Got it for graduation in 79. Still have it today. We're growing old togther. It's aging a lot better than me! Mike

[uneasyrider]

Originally Posted by Tom63LeMans

Definitely had the BTO going on that underdash 8-track tied into the factory am radio. The best was Steppenwolf "Born to be Wild". That was our theme song. Looking back it was a pretty cool and much easier time. thanks for the comments.

You're welcome Tom.

Steppenwolf... I remember my aunt and uncle sneaking me into “Easy Rider” at the drive-in on the floorboard of my uncle’s new Chevy 4X4 PU. This was 1972 (1973 body style truck) and the movie had been out a few years of course. I was seven and my aunt had my eyes covered through most of the movie. Damn Hippies! LOL! In late 1971 he bought a new 1971 Plymouth ‘Cuda 440, auto, purple with the white top, stripes interior and a set of rally wheels. He set me on his lap and let me drive it. That was the first time I ever drove a car over 70mph. My dad had let me drive before but only a real low speed, because he was saner, maybe? In 1977 my uncle bought a new 400, 4-spd black and gold TA. Man was that cool riding around in with “Smokey and the Bandit” out. It didn’t have T-tops though.

[gto4life]

My first car was a 67 Firebird 400 car. I got it in 1979 when I was 15 years old. My Dad woke me up late one night to help him put the car in the garage after some late night partying which resulted in front end damage of the bird. He said you fix it up and its yours. I put a bone yard front clip on that car and drove it to school when I was 16 years old. My buddy had a 70 Chevelle with a 396back then and he wanted a piece of me. I told him bring it on. Well I beat him many times and never heard the end of it. None of my friends cars could beat me at that time. Thats what started it all. since then I have owned:

1965 GTO convert/4 spd
1974 Trans Am/4 spd
1969 GTO/4 spd
and currently own a 65 GTO hdtp/4 spd
I guess you could say I'm hooked!

[triathlonx13]

Originally Posted by Tom63LeMans

My first car was a '67 Camaro 327, 3 spd car. I bought it in 1971 for $300. It was pretty rusty so I turned it into a rat rod 35 years before they were popular. Added all steel IROC style flares and Firebird 400 frontclip. It went by the name of "Half-breed". Built the 327,12-1 compression. angle plug head and muncie 4-speed. Dismantled and sold off the parts in 1980.

Gotta love those extended rear wheel flares !

[Pontiacmuscle]

1st car: 1970 GTO Convertible 400 3spd std, polar white, black top and interior, one of 887 made.

[oldtimer]

my first pont was 1964 gto that i still have, thats as far back as i will go.

http://ultimategto.com/cgi-bin/showc...964/64_00161_1

L Evans

[arob63]

seems like I'm younger than most on here but...

my first car was a 1993 grand prix 4 door...I beat the he!! out of it lol
had a 2 door 1993 GP
a 1990 thunderbird
a 1998 grand am
and currently have a 2004 impala and a 1980 firebird

I dont know why I love pontiacs either...I just do...maybe it was the 1972 grand prix with a 455 that my father had...or the 79 formula...in any case, pontiacs ar ein my blood lol most of my family too

[71GP76TA]

1966 2+2, 421 4bbl, auto on the column. Bought it when I was 15 (1983) for $250. Wish I still had it.

[bossbirdta]

1964 GTO paid $200. for it in 1980. my Dad painted it PPG black lacquer then had Art Himsel flame it.
sold it in 1983 at the harrahs swapmeet in reno to pay off my 72 T/A that i still own today.

[ponderopa66]

64 LeMans white on red 326/4bbl; I totalled it. Speed shifted into 3rd in a tight curve down at Lake Greenwood and spun off: cut down 2 pine trees. I was 14 and didn't even have a license yet; just a permit.

[dhutton]

68 Firebird I bought in 1975. It had a non original 400 with a solid lifter cam, 12 bolt rearend, Muncie 4 speed, traction bars, headers, scatter shield, the whole load. I added fender flares and a hood scoop. I ran 15x10 aluminum slots with N50 tires. I learned quite a lot about cars keeping that thing running. It had a very nice black deluxe interior with a fold down rear seat and tinted glass.

Don

[dhutton]

Originally Posted by oldtimer

my first pont was 1964 gto that i still have, thats as far back as i will go.

http://ultimategto.com/cgi-bin/showc...964/64_00161_1

L Evans

Beautiful car, congratulations on having the good sense to keep it so nice all these years.

Don

[65 Cat 2+2]

I may score as the oldest first car (or at least oldest first car that was also a Pontiac) here.
I was 17 and only driving one year in 1962. I bugged my father for months to let me buy a car. The sales pitch that finally got him to relent was that I would then start paying for my own gas, and promised to continue washing the family car (a new '62 Pontiac Starchief 4-door hardtop).
After much shopping, my choice was between a '57 Belair convertible, or a '58 Bonneville convertible. I chose the Bonneville, mainly because it was Tri-Power equipped and really fast. It was turquoise & white, white top, leather bench seat interior. Wonderbar radio, Speedometer "Cry Baby". Tons of chrome. It had about 35K miles, and I paid $1,000 for it.
What a blast to drive! Spent my time drag racing around the streets of Baltimore. It seems as if at least one or twice a month I'd find myself at the same stoplight as another kid my age who drove a '57 Chrysler Imperial convertible, done all in gray primer (I always thought that was a neat thing to do to a big luxury boat). Our races always were a dead heat. We never met. Weird.
I had that car for 31/2 years. It was rear-ended by a Corvair and totaled - bent frame. Shockingly the little Corvair suffered minor front end damage. I wish I had kept the intake set-up before it went to the junkyard.
I've always missed that car.

[PONTIAC LARRY]

68 LeMans 2 dr Hardtop , White, Red bucket seat interior, 350-2v , M20 Muncie 4-spd, 3.23 single-track, PS , manual drums, air shocks , Cragars.. dent in rt front corner , purchased in 1985-1986 from brother-n-law for $500 while I was in high school (North Garland,TX)
.. This the car that made me the Pontiac man I am(fell in love with body style immediately)...1987 first motor swap..68 -"YH" 375 hp 428 from a wagon and a 68 GTO 3.23 Safe-T-Track rear ...