I wasn't even thought of yet.

that's "Mr. Punk" to you, grandpa.

Ummm, no...that's "Dirty Ol' Man".

Earthlings had landed on the moon when I was 5 months old.:cool:

Oh, yeah. My first car was a '72 Ford Gran Torino with a 351 Cleveland. That was in '86. I drove it for several months, and the day I got my license, the transmission gave out.

It couldn't handle your exuberance, huh.:D

My first car was a 70 something VW rabbit , i don't rember the exact year BUT it was the second year that rabbits were made
( and YES that did mater , there was 3 different clutch cables , 4 different starters , 3 different starter solonoids , 2 different sets of piston rings , etc... , it all depended what month of what year the car was made ) , origanly bought in Germany by an airforce officer , brought to the states , federlized ( made leagle to drive in the US ) , and given to his little brother , this kid drove it for a while and when he went to collage his parents sold it off . I was home on leave from the USMC , i was going to be stationed in Cali , i snaggen this little car for $750 , thought well it will get me to Cali ( hopefully ) and a month or 2 later it will kick its little wheels up and die .
How WRONG i was !!!! This little car got me from Memphis Tn. to Camp Pen. Cali . ALL over southern CA , to Vegas , to ensanda Mex ( a few times ) , to west yellow stone MT ( over the contentinal devide ) , back thru Kansas , back to memphis , and i drove it for about 2-3 years after that . MANY MANY MANY adventures were had in that little car . My wife talked me into selling it off . DAMN I WISH I STILL HAD IT !!!!!

So, were you driving the car by yourself before getting your license? If so, it would seem that it was karma. :)

That would have been 1976... the Rabbit debuted in 1975 and people forget how revolutionary it was as a car.

My 95 GTI is the modern grandchild of it and is starting to show its age. But I think if I get a new car I will keep the GTI. It's got a lot of utility about it for a car.

The problem with the 70s Rabbits was rust, which would eventually eat the whole thing. Supposedly VW finally figured out their rust problems in the early 80s. My 95 has a 2" rust spot near the back window for the last year, and I keep forgetting about it and not dealing with it.

Ut you nailed it !!!!:D
It was made in Oct of 76 .
4 cly with a 2 barrle holley carb ( i took a vette off the line on the sunset strip once , just the hole shot , after 10 feet he passed me at about 80mph) , front wheel drive , could seat 4 marines reasonably comfortably ( though i did stack 14 in it at one point ) , i riped out ALL the emmition control stuff ( the CHP HATED this car , but there was nothing they could do about it , i was in the millatary stationed there from another state !!!)

Sweet!

I still love veedubs but these days they aren't making one I'd want... but the Audi people, that's another story, oh baby.

Yeppers Audi are cool .
I have my eye on a VW Thing under a tarp in a neibors back yard . I think they are moveing soon and may try and snaggit .
That or i have sighted an old Land rover sitting in a drive way not far from here . It hasen't moved in 5+years that a friend knows of , that sounds like a challange to me !!!

There can be no substitute for BIG STEEL!

An original un-rusted-out Thing would be the coolest vehicle to own in the world. Except that it probably has no floorboards left and might run on a 6v system and have no heat and thin little tires and you would instantly die in an accident. But it would be cool as hell.

I also would love a Thing.

There was one up by West Chester in the early 80s. It bore a vanity license plate that read "THING."

One of my sad memories is of getting onto 202 heading for the Denny's and seeing a VW Rabbit with the "THING" license plate on it. :(

What I really want is an Opel Manta. Four Speed. Any model year from 1972 to 1974, although I'd prefer the '72, and the RallySport paint job.

I verry seriously doubt i could find one that is 100% orignal( but ya never know ) Hell the first thing i would do is put a roll bar on it !!!! No heat and no AC no problem , it would be for bopping around in the summer any way . I would like it if i could figuer out how to make it 4wd with a porche engine though . May be i need to to look about for an old german staff car that the thing was based off of :confused: