How did you pay for your first car?

I think I paid pritty close (same way) to this....

I sold our 85 Mustang convertable last nite to a kid, his first car, his Dad aproved it.

$550 cash in hand......over $400 of it in 5 and 10 dollar bills and $30 in change!

I threw in a set of mags also

 

I paid $700.00 for a 75 Matador coupe in the fall of 1980

 

Spring 1980 $1250 for a 1972 Challenger.

 

You guys were big spenders! I paid $10 for a 1960 Mini-minor, did some cosmetic work on it and sold it to the famous rally mechanic who screwed up the brakes (Red Mitten), for $300 and he ate the brake job.

 

$500 for a 1993 jeep cherokee in 1998

 

$425 for a 1967 Plymouth Belvedere convertible in 1976. Paid for with Washington Post paper route money saved up for over a year.

 

I slopped pigs all summer to buy a car. I ended up buying a '71 Chevy Impala 2-door sport (with the curved back glass and louvered trunk lid) that an old lady traded in to a friend's dealership. It was in good shape, nice interior, had the original 350 with 95K miles on it, all for $400. It was a fun car till I hit a deer at 60mph and totalled it.

 

Great idea for a thread.

1964 - got a 1932 Ford Truck, 1/4 ton, flathead V8, very nice original. My dad actually gave it to me for my 15th birthday, a surprise in a big way. He paid $15.00 for it and I drove it home on my learners permit. It was a great little kick around vehicle until it got cold outside, then it got sold. Sure do wish I had that little puppy in the shop today.

 

I think the year was 1955. I bought a 47 Ford Club Coupe, flat head V8 for $125 that belonged to an old lady. It was in great shape. I paid for it with money I earned working at my dad's gas station after school and on weekends.

 

In 1955, my dad made $110 per week as the shipping manager for GM Canada! He bought a new 1955 Ford 4-door sedan for $1,555, when our dollar was 70 cents USD$. You got a steal, SF.

 

WHOW, Memory Shaker $12 in the fall of '54 for a '36 Phord 2 door Sedan. It'd set under an Avacado tree in Whittier,Ca. so long that the canvas roof had rotted out and "over ripe cado'z" were everywhere:banghead3: Stuffed a $5 used battery in along with 2 gallons of .19 leaded an drove it home. Drove it to school for the better part of a year with no plate or Ins Thanks Fat, Yeah Made My Day

 

Now there's my price range!

You have to wonder why kids today don't go on barn-find hunts and get some of the rides our members do, instead of car-jacking and risking their futures.

 

It took me 2 months to save up the $200 for my first car in 1985, a 1969 Chevy Malibu 307.
I worked on 9th street at Espositos meat market in South Philly.
Where I grew up kids bought their own cars or they didn't drive.

 

My first car was in 1979. It was a '71 Mercury Comet 2-door w/ a 4-speed and a 302 for $600. I saw it for sale, and asked my Dad if I could buy it. He told me I had to have a job first to pay for gas and insurance, and the next day I came home in a McDonald's uniform...

 

Nice dad. When I was 15 (1982) living in Oklahoma, a neighbor had a white '66 GTO sitting in his driveway. Every day, I walked past that car on the way to school. Finally, I stopped and asked the guy if the car was for sale. He said, "I've been thinking about it". I asked him if it ran, but he didn't know since it had been sitting for about 10 years. He said "Let's find out!" In about 15 minutes, we fired the car up. It was sweet music listening to those 3 carbs sing. Then he said, "Son, if you want this car, I'll sell it for $1000 today". I ran home to tell my dad, but I got the "You don't need a fast car like that". Needless to say, I didn't get to buy the car. About a month later, the car was gone. It was all original, 389, 4-speed, Posi, in beautiful shape, all it needed was a windshield.