What was the first car you remember falling in love with?

[SteveSS]

I know the exact moment I became a car guy. '62 Thunderbird. I was 6 years old. I was playing in a sandbox, and the neighbor had a toy model of this car. Before that toy cars were just lumps of pot metal or wind up toys with details printed on them. I had a toy Ford with the wind-up retractable top but I didn't love it.

 

[SteveSS]

As for as Mopars. 1971 at the drive-in theater, watching Vanishing Point.

 

[1KoolBee]

My uncle’s 67 4-speed GTX. I was 16 and he was going to sell it to me for $150 and I could pay him later. She was tired and a little rough around the edges, but still managed 110 mph with the pedal about an inch off the floor. I cleaned her up, painted it Omaha Orange, and changed the clutch. Then my dad tried to get insurance with me as a secondary driver. Insurance man said “ We won’t insure a 16 year old in a Datsun with a 4-speed, let alone that thing”. I was crushed, had to give it back to my uncle. He traded for a ‘61 Ford pickup with my retard cousin who wrecked it. Silver lining, I picked up my ‘68 Bee 2 months later for $400.

 

[hemi71x]

For me, seeing a 1970 Plymouth Cuda, back in September 1970.
Must have just been purchased.
I probably looked at the car for 15 minutes or more.
Then in 1971, i ordered a Cuda, and kept it for 39 years.

 

[44070dart]

Worked at a gas station in '65 as a kid. Owners son, who was the mechanic there, had a '57 Vette 283, 3-speed. That car sounded incredible, like nothing I heard before. Cam making it jump around. Beautiful red with a white cove and tan interior. Riding in it was not good, but the car looked great. Like this

 

[eldubb440]

I had to discover Mopars on my own, it didn't take long........ My first car was a 68 Chevelle, SS hood, 350 4 sp, and a Cal Custom foot gas pedal...... nailed a babe in that car first weekend on the road......it has a special place in my memory bank

 

[68BabyBlue]

There were many I liked, but the "one" was the '69 GTX owned by the local Plymouth dealer. Possibly the most heavily optioned '69 built, and his personal car for 15 years. I finally bought it, 52 years after a test drive in 1970.
It's the last Mopar I plan on owning, there's nothing I'd trade for it. Original owner's son passed all the dealership documents and memorabilia to me. His son will get the car when I'm gone.

 

[chargervert]

The first time I saw a 68 Charger R/T, I was hooked. I said that is the car I want to own! Two years later there was a brand new 70 Charger R/T SE in our driveway! I have been a second generation Charger guy ever since.

 

[YY1]

When I was 3-4, my mom and I would walk to a friend's house.

Circa 1971/72.

On the way there, I would always stop and look at a 1954 buick and then a 1967/68 fastback Barracuda.

Same two cars, every trip.

 

[Ronnman]

A black 1958 Thunderbird hardtop setting in a field, like the one below.

 

[Coelacanth]

My earliest memory of seeing a car that really caught my eye, I must've been in Grade 1 or 2. I was walking to school with an older kid and a Dart very similar to this drove by. It's funny how you can remember some details so vividly, but I asked the older boy, "What kind of car is that?!" and he replied, "It's a cool car." Something about that general Mopar body stuck with me and I fell in love with it. Later in my teen years, I built a Monogram model of a red 1974 Charger, and that fascinated me for a while, but my tastes changed slightly when I was old enough to buy a car, and it ended up being a 1970 Charger. I love a lot of Mopars, but none more than the '70 Charger.

 

[mmissile]

When I was 8 yrs-old.....

 

[6PKRTSE]

The first time I saw a 68 Charger R/T, I was hooked. I said that is the car I want to own! Two years later there was a brand new 70 Charger R/T SE in our driveway! I have been a second generation Charger guy ever since.

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Pretty much same for me. My parents have always said when I was a kid I would save my allowance and buy Charger die casts, models and hot wheels car before I was even really old enough to know what a Charger was or how to tell them from any other car, but I could already. Then seeing the movie Bullitt as a kid and then when the D.O.H. came out. That sealed the deal. I always said as a kid, I was going to own a Charger someday. I bought my first 70 Charger R/T at 15 years old before I had my license and have never been without at least one 68-70 Charger under my ownership since.

 

[Just Send It]

My Dad's 86' GMC Sierra 2500. This is me when I was 7 years old.

I was obsessed with it. He ordered it from the factory in Dark Blue. I got to choose the color. When it was delivered, I felt like a King riding in it with him. School-front pickups were the best. I was so proud.

I can still remember the feel of the bench seat and roar of those 35" mudders going down the road. God, I miss those days.

 

[Curiousyellow71]

I was 7 when I fell in love w the Bandits Trans Am in the theater 1977. The Kenworth was also cool. Not a mopar but likely earliest car that made an impression on me.

 

[theman440]

'68 Barracuda Fastback.

 

[threewood]

 

[SteveSS]

I used to walk by a '69 Mod Top Barracuda. Pale yellow. I didn't love it though. I assumed it was some lady's car. Later in High School I loved a friend's '70 Super Bee. It was bronze with a white top. Pistol grip 4-speed. Skyjackers with big wide meats on the rear. He was the son of our local Mopar dealer.

Unfortunately, Terry offed himself about 20 years ago. I wrote a letter telling his parents telling them how much we thought of him and that car. I bought my '70 Coronet with the idea of making a tribute to his car.

 

[RemCharger]

I was 7 when I fell in love w the Bandits Trans Am in the theater 1977. The Kenworth was also cool. Not a mopar but likely earliest car that made an impression on me.

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Yup.

 

[GASSR]

I was a teenage biker in the UK. Saw one of these at a race meet and that was it ... the love affair with American cars of the 50's and 60's started.