Sam Cates Posted August 15, 2011 Posted August 15, 2011 Anyone else get excited about your first time driving dad's old car? I am getting sooo stoked about it, we finally got my pop's '49 Studebaker Land Cruiser running, I have never driven it before and he is letting me take it to the Goodguys show this coming weekend! There is just something amazing about getting to drive the old family car! He bought it when I was about 5, the car has a lot of history just in my fathers hands. It has been stolen 3 times, rolled off a trailer into a garage wall, the cooling system didn't get drained in '96 when we had a REALLY bad ice storm, cracked the head and the block... I am afraid though, that after driving this amazing machine, that I will get addicted to it, and there are seven of us children fighting over who gets it when my parents are gone... When he told me that he wanted ME to drive it to the show, I swear it was the best feeling in the world! I was in shock, I didn't know what to say, like a little school girl had jumped inside my mind and was telling me to do cart wheels and back flips and what not! Anyone else get that feeling before? I will take some photos of the old boat when I get a chance this evening or tomorrow and post them!
diymirage Posted August 16, 2011 Posted August 16, 2011 i wanna say the first time my dad let me drive the family car it was his landrover discovery...i felt like i was driving a semi it was really cool of course, thats nothing compared to a stude' so are you the oldest of the (brady)bunch ?
Rob Hall Posted August 16, 2011 Posted August 16, 2011 Lots of memories...I'll never forget the first time I drove my Dad's 69 Mustang, '67 (289) & '68 Cougars (302 and 390 XR-7) This was after I learned to drive in the contemporary family cars back in the mid '80s ('84 Lincoln Town Car, '84 Ford Escort diesel (which became my first car), '83 Thunderbird).
Foxer Posted August 16, 2011 Posted August 16, 2011 I never WANTED to drive any of my father's cars, I'm even embarrassed to say what they were! He was NOT a car guy. He had a '65 Ford Galaxy that made me nauseous on curves ... and under the speed limit at that. I learned to drive on his VW Bus ... in '64 before they became cool. Having the Stude that's that old and DRIVING it is pretty amazing.
Lunajammer Posted August 16, 2011 Posted August 16, 2011 I'll never forget when I got to drive my dad's Pinto... again and again and again. God help me I'll never forget.
Sam Cates Posted August 16, 2011 Author Posted August 16, 2011 i wanna say the first time my dad let me drive the family car it was his landrover discovery...i felt like i was driving a semi it was really cool of course, thats nothing compared to a stude' so are you the oldest of the (brady)bunch ? I'll never forget when I got to drive my dad's Pinto... again and again and again. God help me I'll never forget. The oldest is...38 I think, youngest is 15, I am right in the middle at 23 with two older brothers, an older sister, two younger sisters and a younger brother... Believe me, I wasn't proud to drive the things I was allowed to before (Celebrity wagon, 80-something Dodge Ram van, Astro van, Caravan, Aerostar...frickin vans!) My dad gave me the keys to his '53 Willys pickup a few years ago, it is a blast to drive, especially in the mud, that thing, in 1st gear I can hop out of the truck, and walk next to it while it idled in first climbing a 30 percent grade. But the Stude' I have sooo many fond memories of, my dad and I driving around town, the car is simply amazing.
moparfarmer Posted August 16, 2011 Posted August 16, 2011 I was a car guy. My mother and father could care less. They had to work hard for every dollar they made. Mom never worked either, and dad didn't drive. Mom learned when she was she was about 50 yrs old. My uncle had a Plymouth/Chrysler/Fargo truck dealership in the country. Our first car was a 58 Plymouth Savoy 4 dr sedan. Black/white spear with red/black interior. Bought it from the uncles dealership and was a Chrysler Corp demo car. No power steering and a V8. I can't describe how it was to drive it up and down the back alley before I got my learners permit. After I got my license, two years later I talked them into a 66 Plymouth Satellite with a 383/2bbl. Wow, I had a car now to pick up the babes. End of story. Sorry for the rant.
CAL Posted August 16, 2011 Posted August 16, 2011 Anyone else get excited about your first time driving dad's old car? I am getting sooo stoked about it, we finally got my pop's '49 Studebaker Land Cruiser running, I have never driven it before and he is letting me take it to the Goodguys show this coming weekend! There is just something amazing about getting to drive the old family car! He bought it when I was about 5, the car has a lot of history just in my fathers hands. It has been stolen 3 times, rolled off a trailer into a garage wall, the cooling system didn't get drained in '96 when we had a REALLY bad ice storm, cracked the head and the block... I am afraid though, that after driving this amazing machine, that I will get addicted to it, and there are seven of us children fighting over who gets it when my parents are gone... When he told me that he wanted ME to drive it to the show, I swear it was the best feeling in the world! I was in shock, I didn't know what to say, like a little school girl had jumped inside my mind and was telling me to do cart wheels and back flips and what not! Anyone else get that feeling before? I will take some photos of the old boat when I get a chance this evening or tomorrow and post them! Nope, my dad had a 1972 Porsche 911 E... never got to drive it. I did get to learn how to drive a manual on customer Porsches though.
High octane Posted August 16, 2011 Posted August 16, 2011 My dad was never a car guy and I learned how to drive on the family car which was a '60 Oldsmobile Dynamic 88 four door. Dad only had to drive one week out of the month and sometimes when I left for school while mom was sleeping I would take the car to school which was only a block and a half away.
DanielG Posted August 16, 2011 Posted August 16, 2011 (edited) The old man taught me to drive the '52 chev on logging roads while we were hunting so he could get a better look-see. Graduated to a Jeep Wagoneer which I got my licence on. My first Car? '52 bug, beat the bejeepers out of it on those logging roads! Edited August 16, 2011 by DanielG
MoparWoman Jamie Posted August 16, 2011 Posted August 16, 2011 The first time I got to drive, was when I around man I would say I was 10 years old come to think about it. I set on my dad's lap and he used the pedals and let me steer his 1974 Ford Pick-up. Then I finally got to drive it later on when I was around 12 back on the old farm. The first car I drove out on the road one night with my parents in the car was a 1984 Ford LTD. Dad was the only one in the family that had license. He got sick on the way home half way. Mom had to left feet, so dad told me to get behind the wheel (I had no driver license yet) and drive us home. I was around I would say 15 at the time. First time for me driving on a back road at night. After we got home I told mom not to blame me as it wasn't my idea to drive. I was hooked though after that on driving.
Sport Suburban Posted August 16, 2011 Posted August 16, 2011 It's a cool feeling! I grew up around T-birds. My dad had two 58's and a 59 when I was learning to drive. I was not allowed to drive them much but I did get to occasionally. Here is a recent pic of one of his 58's. I spent most of my driving behind the wheel of mom's car. It's a 71 Plymouth Sport Suburban. It eventually became my car and is my first car. My Mom recently passed away this past May and I still have the wagon. This is how it looks today.
Agent G Posted August 16, 2011 Posted August 16, 2011 1963 Chevy II, six cylinder, four doors, power nothing. Our driveway sloped down toward the street. I'd hop in, put her in neutral and roll backwards into the street. I'd start the car and motor merrily away. I was 12. G
Dr. Cranky Posted August 16, 2011 Posted August 16, 2011 My dad's car was a 1965 Dodge Dart. Nice car. As a kid I could fit on either side of that engine. LOL.
Guest Johnny Posted August 16, 2011 Posted August 16, 2011 Well it was grandpa's car and it was a 2 door hardtop 54 Ford Victoria with a 3 deuce 312 that purred like a kitty until you stepped on it and then she roared through the dual straight pipes! Unfortunately it was not to be my first car. He gave it to my uncle and I wound up with his next car. A 4 door 54 Chevy Belair inline 6 powerglide with power steering, seat and windows (front only) oh! and an automatic headlight dimmer option!
SuperStockAndy Posted August 16, 2011 Posted August 16, 2011 I first drove my dad's 99 Silverado when I was nine. Now moving cars around is a normal job for me
CorvairJim Posted August 16, 2011 Posted August 16, 2011 Ah, hand-me-down cars. My dad is a closet hot rodder while claiming not to care about cars. We're talking a Fuelie '57 Bel Air hardtop, a '58 Impala 348 Power Pack, and a '62 Impala 409 4-door sedan as a family car when we kids started coming along. In 1969, we got a new Kingswood Estate wagon powered by a 427. That thing would MOVE! It was replaced by a '77 Impala wagon set up to Police unmarked specs. By that time I was only about 2 years away from my license and my mom (who, sadly, does NOT share my dad's penchant for powerful cars) wanted to trade in the '65 Chevy II sedan she inherited from her mother when she passed in 1968. The dealer only offered $50 trade in on it for a new Pacer (!) so, with two sons nearing driving age, my folks kept the car instead. My older brother wanted nothing to do with a boring little sedan with a manual transmision, opting instead to go out and buy himself an old, beat-up '68 Mustang coupe with a 200 cid six and an automatic. The Chevy II became my first car, with that seriously quick Impala wagon sharing the driveway with it. Personally, I would have much rather have had the '69 427 wagon and, when I mentioned that to the folks, they asked why I hadn't said so at the time! (Hey, mom and dad: I'm your motorhead son! The wagon has a thumpin' huge big block under the hood, not to mention an AM/FM stereo and A/C! Why even bother to ask whether I'd prefer it to an underpowered, rusty little sedan with an AM radio and precious little else?) I did have the chance to drive the Impala from time to time, and it was the very image of a sleeper. NOBODY saw that thing coming! (... And my 194 sraight-6 powered Chevy II sedan had no trouble whatsoever dispatching my brother's Mustang! He didn't like that!) Fast forward 7 years. My mom is getting tired of the Pacer's 3-on-the-tree hanging up in second, the same problem that made her want to get rid of the Chevy II in the first place. My (now-ex) wife and I needed a second car, and the dealer once again offered only $50 in trade on a new Chevy Nova (the rebadged Toyota Corolla), so my folks gave me the Pacer. At leat their hearts were in the right place! I brazed up the bushing in the shift arm and redrilled it to do an economy rebuild on the shifter and it never gave me a moment's trouble after that. In 60,xxx miles, my mom had already gone through 2 clutches and the one in the car was beginning to slip. I managed to make that clutch last for the two years I drove the car as my daily ride. It was in pretty sad shape cosmetically when I got it because she never let me detail it for her. She said that wax takes paint off a car (!) so she didn't want it to be waxed! I detailed it all the way the first wekend I had it, and the red paint that had chalked down to pink came right back to a bright shiny red with just a quick hit with Meguair's #7 with a buffer. I did a custom pinstripe on it, feathered out the stone nicks along the rocker panels and resprayed them in semi-gloss black, slapped a set of beauty rings around the poverty caps, added a set of whel lip mouldings, and basically made it into the best looking base-model Pacer I could. It was still slow as molasses, but at least it looked good doing it. When my dad told me he was thinking of trading in the Impala wagon, I told him I wanted it... but my little brother totaled it before I could get my hands on it. Dad's out of the hot rod habit now. He'd driving a Saturn LW300 wagon today. Frankly, I don't really want that one.
Sam Cates Posted August 17, 2011 Author Posted August 17, 2011 Well here is a few photos taken today. As it sits it needs the interior completely redone (Frickin' mice) new paint, and just today I located a freshly rebuilt 16A 245 C.I. flat six to replace the cracked one. But it runs and drives! It was painted around 15 years ago, and has since been dinged and chipped being moved from place to place, but it is the original color.
Junkman Posted August 17, 2011 Posted August 17, 2011 (edited) My father is not a car guy at all, hence we never had anything special to drive. When I got my license, he had a Renault 16 TX exactly like this one: and my mother had a Renault 4L exactly like this one: and a Citroen H-Van for her business, exactly like this one: I would drive whatever was available to me, on weekends that was mostly the H-Van. Came in handy at all those open-air festivals. Edited August 17, 2011 by Junkman
Darin Bastedo Posted August 17, 2011 Posted August 17, 2011 Dad lets me drive slow on the driveway. But not on Monday, definitely not on Monday.
Guest Markus355 Posted August 18, 2011 Posted August 18, 2011 Well, My wife and i just got married this past sunday, and we used my grandfathers 57 chevy convertible for pics. leaving the park we took pics in he asked if i wanted to drive. He made what was already the greatest day of my life, even better.
bandit1 Posted August 18, 2011 Posted August 18, 2011 (edited) Well, My wife and i just got married this past sunday, and we used my grandfathers 57 chevy convertible for pics. leaving the park we took pics in he asked if i wanted to drive. He made what was already the greatest day of my life, even better. no correction to your statement i always heard this from my father but the greatest time will be when you two have your own child(ren)! Edited August 18, 2011 by bandit1
bandit1 Posted August 18, 2011 Posted August 18, 2011 it wont let me edit! \ but my first vehicle to drive was my grandfathers s10 i think it was an 87 ...first gen... and it had a matching s15 nose on it surprisingly and boy did that v6 have some power to it if you are not careful the wheels would spin out on you and you would get kicked sideways ooohhh fun! lol! but that was about 10 - 15 years ago! my how time flies! geez!
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