Your First, Not A gun

cirelaw · 08-26-2013, 02:28 PM

YOUR First Car! I came across this picture of me driving my moms' 1968 Chevy Malibu with a 283 HP. Tag RXB-908. First thing I installed an 8 track in the glove. The one picture united me with a past 40 years ago. I would invite all to post your beloved past.~~~Eric

Vlim · 08-26-2013, 03:06 PM

I'm still trying to forget my first car, an Opel 1.3s from 1980.

I'll show my first 'real' car instead (still own it after 15 years now). The first photo was taken in 2001, when my 500SEL was the first W126 series S-Class to be shown as a club car at the Techno Classica in Essen, Germany.

The other photo was taken at the Bremen Classic motorshow where it was on display in 2009.

cirelaw · 08-26-2013, 03:09 PM

How was the Autobahn?

Vlim · 08-26-2013, 03:15 PM

Not as fun as it used to be. They invented laser guns and speed limits during the last decade.

But it's still a good cruiser at an average 160kph. Top speed a respectable 225kph, not bad for a 30-year old car

Ron Wood · 08-26-2013, 03:18 PM

Here I am in my 1930 Model A Ford Sport Coupe just after I got back from Viet Nam (1968). I bought it in 1957, the same year I met my future wife Sarah. Both are still with me!

cirelaw · 08-26-2013, 03:18 PM

Do they serve beer at you rest stops??

cirelaw · 08-26-2013, 03:20 PM

Ron that is simply beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!both you and the car!

NoncomRetired · 08-26-2013, 03:30 PM

I have a bit earlier, if I can find it.

NoncomRetired · 08-26-2013, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Ron Wood

Here I am in my 1930 Model A Ford Sport Coupe just after I got back from Viet Nam (1968). I bought it in 1957, the same year I met my future wife Sarah. Both are still with me!

A TET survivor!!!!!!

cirelaw · 08-26-2013, 03:33 PM

God Bless You Both!!

NoncomRetired · 08-26-2013, 03:38 PM

On Boot Camp graduation day, all the wives, girlfriends, sisters and mothers gathered around me. 1970, I haven't changed a bit.

Zorba · 08-26-2013, 03:40 PM

Its not a real car, unless it bears the 3 pointed star.

Learned on a '71 MBZ 220D - AND - a '63 1 ton GMC. Still carry a torch for that old truck.

Owned a '74 240D, and now an '85 300SD (W126) for the last 13 years.

cirelaw · 08-26-2013, 03:42 PM

My father told me, "They are all suckers for a man in uniform"

NoncomRetired · 08-26-2013, 03:53 PM

I landed in March 4th 1968, in the middle of Tet, this was taken about four months later. My wife, at that time, was superimposed in the lower left corner in her wedding dress. I was sure a happy camper when photoshop came along.

NoncomRetired · 08-26-2013, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by cirelaw

My father told me, "They are all suckers for a man in uniform"

They sure were and I didn't complain.................

cirelaw · 08-26-2013, 05:15 PM

Wasn't that their holy New Years!

ithacaartist · 08-26-2013, 05:23 PM

If the pics taken of me back in the day with my first car still exist, I have no idea where they might be. I searched the Google images available and didn't find one of an example with the same color combo--cream over silver-grey--and this one is two years newer, a '61.

If you zoom on the pic, you may be able to discover the make and model. I'm guessing most of you will say, "WTF?" ... aber meine deutschen Freunde werden wissen! The distinctive lines--grille and tail lights--give it away.

NoncomRetired · 08-26-2013, 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by ithacaartist

If the pics taken of me back in the day with my first car still exist, I have no idea where they might be. I searched the Google images available and didn't find one of an example with the same color combo--cream over silver-grey--and this one is two years newer, a '61.

If you zoom on the pic, you may be able to discover the make and model. I'm guessing most of you will say, "WTF?" ... aber meine deutschen Freunde werden wissen! The distinctive lines--grille and tail lights--give it away.

That is sharp!!!!!!!

Zorba · 08-26-2013, 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by ithacaartist

If you zoom on the pic, you may be able to discover the make and model. I'm guessing most of you will say, "WTF?" ... aber meine deutschen Freunde werden wissen! The distinctive lines--grille and tail lights--give it away.

Pretty car. Its nagging me as to what it is, but not quite sure. I want to say Alfa, but that doesn't seem right...

saab-bob · 08-26-2013, 05:31 PM

Nice!
So you started driving in a Borgward sedan?
Did you have the column shifter?
I always liked the old Borgward Isabella. Its a neat car.
Just the kind of cars I like,obscure old European cars.

Bob

08-26-2013, 02:28 PM	#1
cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,133 Times in 2,173 Posts	Your First, Not A gun YOUR First Car! I came across this picture of me driving my moms' 1968 Chevy Malibu with a 283 HP. Tag RXB-908. First thing I installed an 8 track in the glove. The one picture united me with a past 40 years ago. I would invite all to post your beloved past.~~~Eric Attached Thumbnails

08-26-2013, 03:06 PM	#2
Vlim Moderator Lifetime LugerForum Patron Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Europe Posts: 5,031 Thanks: 1,018 Thanked 3,873 Times in 1,184 Posts	I'm still trying to forget my first car, an Opel 1.3s from 1980. I'll show my first 'real' car instead (still own it after 15 years now). The first photo was taken in 2001, when my 500SEL was the first W126 series S-Class to be shown as a club car at the Techno Classica in Essen, Germany. The other photo was taken at the Bremen Classic motorshow where it was on display in 2009. Attached Thumbnails

08-26-2013, 03:18 PM	#5
Ron Wood Moderator 2010 LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Santa Teresa New Mexico just outside of the West Texas town of El Paso Posts: 6,986 Thanks: 1,065 Thanked 5,088 Times in 1,674 Posts	Here I am in my 1930 Model A Ford Sport Coupe just after I got back from Viet Nam (1968). I bought it in 1957, the same year I met my future wife Sarah. Both are still with me! Attached Thumbnails __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction

08-26-2013, 03:42 PM	#13
cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,133 Times in 2,173 Posts	My father told me, "They are all suckers for a man in uniform" Attached Thumbnails

08-26-2013, 05:23 PM	#17
ithacaartist Twice a Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Atop the highest hill in Schuyler County NY Posts: 3,282 Thanks: 7,007 Thanked 2,476 Times in 1,319 Posts	If the pics taken of me back in the day with my first car still exist, I have no idea where they might be. I searched the Google images available and didn't find one of an example with the same color combo--cream over silver-grey--and this one is two years newer, a '61. If you zoom on the pic, you may be able to discover the make and model. I'm guessing most of you will say, "WTF?" ... aber meine deutschen Freunde werden wissen! The distinctive lines--grille and tail lights--give it away. Attached Images __________________ "... Liberty is the seed and soil, the air and light, the dew and rain of progress, love and joy."-- Robert Greene Ingersoll 1894

08-26-2013, 03:09 PM	#3
cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,133 Times in 2,173 Posts	How was the Autobahn?

08-26-2013, 03:15 PM	#4
Vlim Moderator Lifetime LugerForum Patron Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Europe Posts: 5,031 Thanks: 1,018 Thanked 3,873 Times in 1,184 Posts	Not as fun as it used to be. They invented laser guns and speed limits during the last decade. But it's still a good cruiser at an average 160kph. Top speed a respectable 225kph, not bad for a 30-year old car

08-26-2013, 03:20 PM	#7
cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,133 Times in 2,173 Posts	Ron that is simply beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!both you and the car!

08-26-2013, 03:30 PM	#8
NoncomRetired Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 719 Thanks: 144 Thanked 306 Times in 146 Posts	I have a bit earlier, if I can find it.

08-26-2013, 03:33 PM	#10
cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,133 Times in 2,173 Posts	God Bless You Both!!

08-26-2013, 03:38 PM	#11
NoncomRetired Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 719 Thanks: 144 Thanked 306 Times in 146 Posts	On Boot Camp graduation day, all the wives, girlfriends, sisters and mothers gathered around me. 1970, I haven't changed a bit.

08-26-2013, 03:40 PM	#12
Zorba User Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Merritt Island, Fl Posts: 951 Thanks: 776 Thanked 526 Times in 289 Posts	Its not a real car, unless it bears the 3 pointed star. Learned on a '71 MBZ 220D - AND - a '63 1 ton GMC. Still carry a torch for that old truck. Owned a '74 240D, and now an '85 300SD (W126) for the last 13 years.

08-26-2013, 03:53 PM	#14
NoncomRetired Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 719 Thanks: 144 Thanked 306 Times in 146 Posts	I landed in March 4th 1968, in the middle of Tet, this was taken about four months later. My wife, at that time, was superimposed in the lower left corner in her wedding dress. I was sure a happy camper when photoshop came along.

08-26-2013, 05:15 PM	#16
cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,133 Times in 2,173 Posts	Wasn't that their holy New Years!

08-26-2013, 05:31 PM	#20
saab-bob User Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: So Cal Posts: 459 Thanks: 774 Thanked 143 Times in 87 Posts	Nice! So you started driving in a Borgward sedan? Did you have the column shifter? I always liked the old Borgward Isabella. Its a neat car. Just the kind of cars I like,obscure old European cars. Bob __________________ "I think,therefore I own guns"