Machine, Human, First Love Affair

Mine was a 1978 Mercury Zephyr 'Z-7'.

Just like this one, except, not so shiny

i was 17 in 1989.

(btw, although you might think it, that is not me in the pic)

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I drove my grandpa's car when I got out of the Navy. He died in 1987, just when I went into the Navy. When I was discharged in 1989, I needed a car. Grandma never drove, so she let me use his car.

It was a brown-ish 1969 Oldsmobile Delta 88. And it was fabulous.

It was just like this...

nayroo2002 said:

Machine, Human, First Love Affair

Mine was a 1978 Mercury Zephyr 'Z-7'.

My mother had a Zephyr for a while when I got out of the Navy. Not sure why or how she got it. It didn't seem like her type of car. We always, always, had a Cutlass Supreme. Even the car my high school used for driver's ed was a new 1985 Cutlass Supreme. (My teacher, Ernie Daniels, used to let us play cassettes sometimes, and we used to blast Ice Cream Castles a lot.)

Whaaaaa?

i owned a pristine 1974 Cutlass in 1997 till my x totalled it.

i paid 1.300 for it. It had 73.000 miles on it.

i sold it to a mover for 5 dollars just to get rid of it.

Just like this one:

nayroo2002 said:

Whaaaaa?

i owned a pristine 1974 Cutlass in 1997 till my x totalled it.

i paid 1.300 for it. It had 73.000 miles on it.

i sold it to a mover for 5 dollars just to get rid of it.

Just like this one:

My parents had a '71 (or so?) Cutlass, gold w/ white interior. It still had that sporty look about it. After my folks divorced, mom got a Cutlass that was late 70s. They split in 1980, so it was older than that, but not by much. It was white with black interior. And in the Oklahoma sun, those seats were HOT AS FUCK!

Looking at Google images, I think mom's was probably a 74 or 75. I looked at the later 70s models and I just don't remember them that way. By 1979, it started to get more linear and squared off like they were in the 80s (before they did that chopped-off back thing).

I was always in love with Oldsmobile 442's as a kid. I just thought they were the coolest thing in the world.

Back in the 80s, when you bought an Oldsmobile, you got a cassette in the glove compartment, that had the Olds theme song on it. Paul and our friend Mike and Paul's cousin Mike went out to make their own Olds commercial. The car in the ad is Paul's car. They filmed it in and around Oklahoma City, in cousin Mike's neighborhood.

Here's their commercial for Paul's 1985 Oldsmobile Brougham.

Here's an original retro 1986 Cutlass commercial.

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kpowers said:

EmmaMcG said:

kpowers said:

I prefer the car you had in 1989.

But it was my first car

TrivialPursuit said:

nayroo2002 said:

Whaaaaa?

i owned a pristine 1974 Cutlass in 1997 till my x totalled it.

i paid 1.300 for it. It had 73.000 miles on it.

i sold it to a mover for 5 dollars just to get rid of it.

Just like this one:

My parents had a '71 (or so?) Cutlass, gold w/ white interior. It still had that sporty look about it. After my folks divorced, mom got a Cutlass that was late 70s. They split in 1980, so it was older than that, but not by much. It was white with black interior. And in the Oklahoma sun, those seats were HOT AS FUCK!

Looking at Google images, I think mom's was probably a 74 or 75. I looked at the later 70s models and I just don't remember them that way. By 1979, it started to get more linear and squared off like they were in the 80s (before they did that chopped-off back thing).

I was always in love with Oldsmobile 442's as a kid. I just thought they were the coolest thing in the world.

Back in the 80s, when you bought an Oldsmobile, you got a cassette in the glove compartment, that had the Olds theme song on it. Paul and our friend Mike and Paul's cousin Mike went out to make their own Olds commercial. The car in the ad is Paul's car. They filmed it in and around Oklahoma City, in cousin Mike's neighborhood.

Here's their commercial for Paul's 1985 Oldsmobile Brougham.

Here's an original retro 1986 Cutlass commercial.

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The coincidenses just keep getting greater cuz i bought that car when i was a soldier stationed at Ft. Sill

No Joke!!!

A 1976 Pacer was this first car I bought for myself in 1983. It was a piece of crap. I knew NOTHING about cars and this is painful eveidence.

Yes I know this is a 75 model.

My first car was a 1970 Mach 1 Mustang - gold and black. It was in rough shape, holes in the floorboards and a gas guzzler like you've never seen, but totally awesome nonetheless!

LadyLayla said:

A 1976 Pacer was this first car I bought for myself in 1983. It was a piece of crap. I knew NOTHING about cars and this is painful eveidence.

Yes I know this is a 75 model.

I kinda like it, very retro

nayroo2002 said:

The coincidenses just keep getting greater cuz i bought that car when i was a soldier stationed at Ft. Sill

No Joke!!!

haha I was born and raised in Oklahoma City.

talk about coinkydinks, Paul and I have had parallel lives. Both our parents divorced when we were young, dads moved to Tulsa, remarried, even wives names were similar. Both had step brothers. We both ended up Tulsa around the same time. I moved to NY in Oct 1997, he moved to Long Island for a job in 1998. Our maternal grandparents all died (or even were born) near or on the same dates in August. It just goes on and on. We've known each other since 1st grade, so I guess we'll always be tied.

I wish I could've been there to be part of his car commercial. I think it's rather impressive considering it was edited on a VCR, not a computer.

1970 Ford LTD 4 door. Brown

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kpowers said:

My first car was a '68 Rambler my Grandmother gave me when she couldn't drive any more...

LadyLayla said:

A 1976 Pacer was this first car I bought for myself in 1983. It was a piece of crap. I knew NOTHING about cars and this is painful eveidence.

Yes I know this is a 75 model.

I remember the Pacer with that big ass mirror window shield in the back

ThisOne said:

My first car was a 1972 Rotary RX3 It was an old piece of junk but all i could afford and yes i just loved that wreck!!!!

Nice ride!

But, what's up with those mirrors?

Was the dislaimer:

"Objects Are WAAAAAAY Closer Than They Appear"?

Mine was a 1970 red Ford Maverick I was driving around in 1986.

It belonged to my grand uncle who drove it sparingly as he got older.

His wife gave it to me after he passed in 1984. He also had a big green Pontiac Bonneville. I opted

for the sportier cooler looking Maverick.

Seems like a lot of us had hand-me-downs from relatives as first cars...

Late sixties Rambler that had the stick shift on the column ("three on the tree") - got stuck in second gear and I drove it until it stopped running. Alot of alleys and back routes

16 years old and this was the first of several cars I was ripped off on...

S2DG said:

Late sixties Rambler that had the stick shift on the column ("three on the tree") - got stuck in second gear and I drove it until it stopped running. Alot of alleys and back routes

16 years old and this was the first of several cars I was ripped off on...

Yeah, my brother went through that getting ripped off on first cars! That old Rambler was still running when I decided to move to another state, even though it leaked onto the driver's side floor board, the stick would get stuck, and the git-up-and-go was getting slow... I can't believe I was actually able to sell it for $600.

Empress said:

My first car was a 1970 Mach 1 Mustang - gold and black. It was in rough shape, holes in the floorboards and a gas guzzler like you've never seen, but totally awesome nonetheless!

now thats one sexxxy car right there....dont you miss it sometimes? .....ever catch yourself feelin nostalgic....missin that car...? or were you glad when you got rid of it? ....this is quite pricey these days....if it is in good condition....sexxxy car...the 70s...so hedonistic......miss those days...we were so kinky back in those days...the cars looked so erotic ha ha ha

purplethunder3121 said:

S2DG said:

Late sixties Rambler that had the stick shift on the column ("three on the tree") - got stuck in second gear and I drove it until it stopped running. Alot of alleys and back routes

16 years old and this was the first of several cars I was ripped off on...

Yeah, my brother went through that getting ripped off on first cars! That old Rambler was still running when I decided to move to another state, even though it leaked onto the driver's side floor board, the stick would get stuck, and the git-up-and-go was getting slow... I can't believe I was actually able to sell it for $600.

I think that's what I paid for it!

S2DG said:

purplethunder3121 said:

Yeah, my brother went through that getting ripped off on first cars! That old Rambler was still running when I decided to move to another state, even though it leaked onto the driver's side floor board, the stick would get stuck, and the git-up-and-go was getting slow... I can't believe I was actually able to sell it for $600.

I think that's what I paid for it!

If you were a preacher's wife I'd ask you if you were the person who bought it from me!

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nayroo2002 said:

nayroo2002 said:

Whaaaaa?

i owned a pristine 1974 Cutlass in 1997 till my x totalled it.

i paid 1.300 for it. It had 73.000 miles on it.

i sold it to a mover for 5 dollars just to get rid of it.

Just like this one:

My family had this model of Cutlass but with convertible roof. Pretty cool first car!

1976 Grand Prix but mine didn't come with a model. I was so proud of the black pinstipripes at the time. When I found this inage, it said that this is for sale for $15.95.