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Re: How much did your first car cost
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02/10/21 05:16 AM
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I think it was $2500 for a 79 Pontiac Grand Prix with a 301, 400 turbo transmission, and a sun roof in 84. My dad took be to the bank and I took out a loan with him co-signing and the family car as collateral. I can’t remember how much the monthly payment was or the length of the loan but I do know I never missed a payment or late.
I had looked for a 64-69 Mustang for a long time and couldn’t ever find one in my price range and settled for Pontiac from a used car lot on Buckner Blvd in Dallas. In the lat 80’s I was looking for a 67 - 69 GTO and couldn’t find one in the $5000 range I sure wished I would have saved up a little bit more for one. I still want one to this day.
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Re: How much did your first car cost
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02/10/21 12:39 PM
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1949 Chevy PU $150. Dad took me to drive and check it out. I was 15yo.
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Re: How much did your first car cost
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02/10/21 12:57 PM
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Bought a 1974 Army Green Toyota Pickup in 1992 and paid $600 cash for it. Drove the heck out of it and sold it 2 years later for a downpayment on a different truck.
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Re: How much did your first car cost
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02/10/21 12:58 PM
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67 chevelle ,$1000.00 , last one was 42,000.00
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Re: How much did your first car cost
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02/10/21 01:06 PM
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Mine was a 66 Studebaker 4door coupe for $75
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Re: How much did your first car cost
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02/10/21 01:19 PM
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$21k for a 1999 2-door Z-71 Tahoe in black. It was tricked out with a lift/ 33" tires and 2 12" subs that would rattle your brain. This was in 2000. I had the only one in Dublin, Tx at the time, by the time I graduated there were 5 in the school parking lot.
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Re: How much did your first car cost
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02/10/21 01:22 PM
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$375 for a 64 Dodge Dart featuring 2 stunning colors of primer. She was ugly but that was a tough car. Got me to school and work
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Re: How much did your first car cost
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02/10/21 01:27 PM
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$300 in 1991 for a 1977 Oldsmobile Delta 88 with 250,000+ miles. I drove it to Phoenix, AZ where the car promptly decided I did not need A/C
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Re: How much did your first car cost
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02/10/21 01:35 PM
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$900 in 1974....
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Re: How much did your first car cost
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02/10/21 01:55 PM
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Re: How much did your first car cost
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02/10/21 02:03 PM
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Around $2700 or so for a new Chevy Nova in 1974.
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Re: How much did your first car cost
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02/10/21 02:59 PM
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$1500 in 78 for a 73 tbird
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Re: How much did your first car cost
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02/10/21 03:02 PM
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$200
1964 Chevy Impala 4 Door
Mint condition
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Re: How much did your first car cost
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02/10/21 05:07 PM
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My mom gave me my first vehicle. My parents had just divorced and she had an extra truck and allowed me to have it. It was a 1985 GMC Sierra (I got it in 1989)...I did have to pay the insurance, repairs and gas. Insurance was $168/mo.
I did buy a 1966 Mustang when I was 12 for $200. I had hopes of restoring it so by the time I was 16 I would be driving it....After the divorce, my father didn't pay the bills the judge ordered him to, including child support...I had to sell the Mustang and I gave the money to Mom to save the house. A man in the next town over did buy it and restore it....and I used to see it for about 20 years. He sold it about 10 years ago and at least I don't have to see it and think about what could've been.
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Re: How much did your first car cost
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02/10/21 07:47 PM
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in 1983 I got a '72 Nova for $200 - it ran so poorly I had to tow it home from the sellers lot. It ran, kinda, but rings were so shot on the 305 that came in it I had to put oil foulers on all 8 cyl to keep it running more than a couple days without fouling out- but I had bigger plans. 4 mos later we swapped a 350 high-torque into it, and that thing ran like a beast for the next 2 years I had it.
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Re: How much did your first car cost
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02/10/21 08:38 PM
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1000 for a 1974 Plymouth Duster in 1979. Had a 198 hillside Hemi with a three speed on the floor.
My Yote toys, Ruger 77 22-250 Foxpro 416B & numerous hand calls ************ God would never send Firefighters to Hell because we would put the fire out!
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Re: How much did your first car cost
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02/10/21 09:01 PM
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My Moms' 72 Monte carlo with nylon spun seats. Very comfy and warm. The back seat smelled like a chit house door on a tuna boat.
Life is too short, as is. Don't chance it. Don't text and drive.
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Re: How much did your first car cost
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02/10/21 11:09 PM
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1992, I was 16, and i paid 900.00 for a 1967 chevrolet short bed stepside. I still own it and put it back on the road a few months ago. Never could make myself get rid if it. Still a work in progress.
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Re: How much did your first car cost
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02/10/21 11:33 PM
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Mine was a 2 door 1963 Chevy Impala 327 and 3 on the tree. Paid $750.00 for it was working at a Turkey ranch feeding and shoveling turkey sh*t. Got the car before I had my license a few months later. Dad would let me drive it in front of the place. Fun times, And being young.
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Re: How much did your first car cost
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02/10/21 11:46 PM
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$1600 for a 1971 Mercury Capri that I bought in 1977-got tired of driving in the snow on my motorcycle in Illinois. Pops said I couldn't drive it until I replaced the exhaust. It had Thrush header exhaust with Cherry Bombs on it and it was loud for a small car.
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Re: How much did your first car cost
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02/10/21 11:51 PM
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$900 in 1974.... I bought a 68 charger when I was 25, 383 4 speed. Worked on it for 5 years, never completely finished it. Regret letting it go, but kids and bills forced the sell!
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Re: How much did your first car cost
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02/11/21 02:23 AM
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68 Impala Think I paid $800 for it in 78 with a rebuilt engine.
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Re: How much did your first car cost
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02/11/21 02:35 AM
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1992, I was 16, and i paid 900.00 for a 1967 chevrolet short bed stepside. I still own it and put it back on the road a few months ago. Never could make myself get rid if it. Still a work in progress. Great pickup! Those are harder and harder to come by
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Re: How much did your first car cost
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02/11/21 03:48 PM
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Back in 1972, brand new one and it cost $2,000. My dad paid half and I paid the other half, wish I had bought a pickup instead of a car.
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