Category Archives: First Car

Don Stough’s Chevrolet Biscayne

Posted on January 14, 2011 by First Car

Background: My dad was a career Navy Officer. We moved a lot while I was growing up so I really didn’t have any place I called home. However, when I was in the fifth grade, my dad was assigned to … Continue reading →

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Niels Nielsen’s First Car was a 1960 VW Bug

Posted on January 14, 2011 by First Car

This is the story of my first car, a ceramic–green, 1960 Volkswagen Bug. It had been our family car since new, so when I brought it to college with me in 1971 I was already intimately familiar with most (but, … Continue reading →

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Leslie’s Fleshtone Chevy Citation – Part Deux

Posted on January 14, 2011 by First Car

I was thoroughly enjoying life with my first car, despite the fact that it was a 1984 flesh-tone Chevy Citation. Its primary use was as a conveyance back and forth from Boston to Providence, where I was going to school. … Continue reading →

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Lowell Darling’s Citroën

Posted on January 7, 2011 by First Car

My first car was a Citroën, circa 1948, the one you see in French film noir. I owned this car on the island of Rhodes, in 1963–64. I am still in love with the girl who I seduced (or who … Continue reading →

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Warren Chism’s Opel Kadett

Posted on January 7, 2011 by First Car

My first car was about a 1968 Opel Kadett. My bride and I bought it from her dad. Not one to pamper his kids, he charged us $500 for it. It was 1976. It had been his “work car.” This … Continue reading →

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Jessica Peirce’s Candy-apple Red Plymouth Duster

Posted on January 7, 2011 by First Car

My first car was a candy–apple red 1976 Plymouth Duster. It had been my mother’s car, and no one in the family had thought about its muscle-car reputation. Cars in general were just boxes that got you from place to … Continue reading →

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Ted Morrison’s Ford Falcon(s)

Posted on January 5, 2011 by First Car

In 1987, I came home from a summer spent with the Canadian Forces Reserves with a big hangover and a bigger cheque. I was seventeen, and had been itching for a car for quite some time. Since I was 15 … Continue reading →

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Adam Burlock’s Renault Dauphine

Posted on January 5, 2011 by First Car

My first car was a 1960 Renault Dauphine. Remember those? They were the French alternative to the VW bug. Despite that they weren’t bad cars and a lot more comfortable and quieter than the bug. My parents passed the Dauphine … Continue reading →

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Pete Watson’s Model A

Posted on January 5, 2011 by First Car

Head Gaskets to the Mile — or spending time working on a model “A” Owning your own car meant learning how to fix it, and preferably cheap. As I began driving my own car during the late fall and winter, … Continue reading →

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Claudio Miranda’s First Car

Posted on January 5, 2011 by First Car

My first car was a 197? Honda Civic. It was canary yellow and did not even make it home from the used car dealer were I bought it! This is how this great tale went: I had been living in … Continue reading →

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