SSScout Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 Well, back in my day, Cubs didn't have PWD! But that got me thinking. I posted that my first (owned) car was a 1948 Ford F1 panel truck, and that is true. But the first car I DROVE (dad wouldn't let me try the family cars yet, and I doubt if he ever found this out), belonged to the next door brothers, who were about ten years older than I at the time and had a good garage (the family owned a farming/sawmill/logging business). I was , oh, maybe 12 or 13. They were what we might call "modifiers" now. They took a 1948 or so CROSLEY (!) and shoehorned a small Ford V8 and 3 speed manual into it. That thing could burn rubber, or at least tear up the farm roads behind their house. I remember the floor board under the front seat was non-existant, being that the transmission took up most of that space. Ah me...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oilman02 Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 My first car was a 1969 Chevelle SS396. Solid white exterrior with solid black Interior. I bought it after I graduated from high school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skeptic Posted June 6, 2011 Author Share Posted June 6, 2011 Oilman; that must have been hot, literally in the summer. A black interior in Texas during the summer. Ouch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HerpetologyScout Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 1974 Lemon Yellow VW Super Beetle. Purchased used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldisnewagain1 Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 >You all call yourself Scouters but NO ONE has reported that their first car was a Pinewood Derby car!< Oddly enough... The pack I was in didn't do pinewood derby until a few years after my crossover to the troop(This message has been edited by oldisnewagain1) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allensz Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 1973 chevelle 2 door. my dad purchased it new in memphis in 73 as a left over fleet vehicle. 250 inline 6, 3 on the tree, no radio, no ac, etc, all for $2200. I saved my money and had a 350 dropped into it when it went to me in 1983. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papadaddy Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 The first car that was truly "mine" was a 66 Mustang convertible that we bought used for $700 in 1971. When the top started leaking, sold it and bought a 69 VW beetle that I loved and drove for 250,000 miles. Prior to that, I drove my mom's 69 Pontiac Tempest Custom S (4 dr version of the LeMans), or my dad's 63 Rambler American stripper model (no radio, carpet or AC and 3 on the tree). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skeptic Posted June 6, 2011 Author Share Posted June 6, 2011 oldisnew: Some of us are soooooooooo old that we predate Pinewood races. If I had been a cub, it would have not been a part, as I joined as an 11 year old in 1955; so the Pinewood Derby was just being developed. But I did have some toy cars of some sort, likely models of early 20th century cars; don't really remember when I started building them. And of course, surely I had some kind of basic toy car; but only remember mm dump truck, which was cool because it actually had the back tip if you wanted it to, using a lever on the side; and it was one of those larger metal ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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