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View Poll Results: What was your first car and when did you buy it?
My first car WAS a Ford 112 58.64%
My first car WASN'T a Ford 58 30.37%
I bought my first car before I got my license 77 40.31%
I bought my as soon as I got my license (less than 1 month after) 19 9.95%
I bought my first car a few months after I got my license 12 6.28%
I bought my first car 6-11 months after I got my license 8 4.19%
I bought my first car 12-23 after I got my license 7 3.66%
I bought my first car 24 months + after I got my license 8 4.19%
I was given my first car before I got my license 20 10.47%
I was given my first car as soon as I got my license (less than 1 month) 12 6.28%
I was given my first car 6-11 months after I got my license 2 1.05%
I was given my first car 12-23 months after I got my license 2 1.05%
I was given my first car 24 months + after I got my license 0 0%
I haven't got my own car 1 0.52%
I don't drive 3 1.57%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 191. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 19-03-2009, 01:22 PM   #61
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1961 Studebaker Lark .. 259V8 auto
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Old 19-03-2009, 01:25 PM   #62
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My first's my Ba falcon see link in sig
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Old 19-03-2009, 10:12 PM   #63
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My 1st car was a FORD PREFECT, (paddock basher piad $10 for it) but my 1st road car was a 1966 2door XP FALCON.
Good old reliable cars that ran on the smell of an oily rag. Hindsight I should have kept them and the XBGT COUPE. :
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Old 19-03-2009, 10:15 PM   #64
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xf panelvan,had some fun in that car.
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Old 19-03-2009, 10:33 PM   #65
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My first car was a 1966 XR wagon i paid $100 for with no motor or gearbox. If i can find some pics i'll post them up.
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Old 19-03-2009, 10:44 PM   #66
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TE 250 cortina..... ... pretty much just used to do skids all the time
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Old 20-03-2009, 12:26 AM   #67
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i was given my first car before my licence, XA sedan, used it as a paddock car for a few weeks then its turned out to what it is now.
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Old 20-03-2009, 12:26 PM   #68
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Old 20-03-2009, 12:32 PM   #69
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My first rego'd car was a Brabham Torana, had it six months, blew it up and sold it to the wreckers imagine what it wold be worth now.

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Old 20-03-2009, 01:06 PM   #70
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in 1987 a hq premier 253 for $1800 lots of rust my dad wanted me to buy a 1965 2 door pontiac with a big block in it lots more rust .
A month after I brought it a lady from 2 houses away said I didnt know you wanted to buy a car ( as if you would want to ride a bicycle to work in Townsville for the rest of your life ) my son in law is selling his car but you wouldnt like it its only got 2 doors and when he changes gears it makes a horrible noise and lurches forward he wants $2200 for it . It was a rust free hg gts monaro I will never forget that day!
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Old 20-03-2009, 08:31 PM   #71
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Holden HQ Premier. Dark purple, white interior. 202 with 3 on the tree manual.
Cost me $3,500. It was 7 years old and in mint condition.
I worked as a detailer at the car yard I bought it from, so before I bought it, it got special treatment :
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Old 20-03-2009, 08:35 PM   #72
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Old 20-03-2009, 09:22 PM   #73
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xa coupe.........and umm still have it!!
similar - mine was an xb fairmont coupe, bought on june 3 1987
a day before i got my license - we had searched for three months and looked at over 30 coupes to find one worth buying - it worked though, because as with oxa384 i still have it
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Old 21-03-2009, 10:12 AM   #74
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my first car was a range rover Vogue 1996 (with air suspension). given to me by parents when i got my license. Then, i was given my xh falcon ute which I had for over 10 years (recently sold). First car I actually purchased was the F6.
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Old 21-03-2009, 10:19 AM   #75
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Old 21-03-2009, 01:10 PM   #76
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Old 21-03-2009, 07:22 PM   #77
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1971 Xy 351 G/S Fairmont with factory toploader ( followed by another 15 or so) and I paid $1250.00 for it and still have the receipt from 1985
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Old 21-03-2009, 07:30 PM   #78
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1981 XD falcon, 250 crossflow with 4 on the floor. I bought it when I was on my L's, cost $700 in 1997.
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Old 21-03-2009, 07:40 PM   #79
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I had a D Chazza given to me before I got my licence
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Old 21-03-2009, 09:25 PM   #80
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My first rego'd car was a Brabham Torana, had it six months, blew it up and sold it to the wreckers imagine what it wold be worth now.

Neil
i spotted one of those Brabam Toranas at Bundaberg car show last weekend. dont think there would be many of them left now.
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Old 21-03-2009, 09:30 PM   #81
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my first car was a white XW sedan, 188 big block 6 cyl, 3 on the tree, green interior trim, paid $1400 of my own money earned by mowing lawns for old ladies @ $2.50 an hour.
bought it and drove it home a week before going to get my "L"s.
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Old 21-03-2009, 09:33 PM   #82
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1st car was an 1994 EF dark green 5 speed 6 with a capa charger kit,paid 10,000 when I was 18. loved that car. GO TAXI!!!!
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Old 21-03-2009, 09:38 PM   #83
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Old 22-03-2009, 06:28 PM   #84
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I got my licenece in year 12, then when i got my job the next year, i bought a 1981 XD V8 sedan as first car, and still only car i have owned 18 years later
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Old 22-03-2009, 08:24 PM   #85
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Old 22-03-2009, 08:28 PM   #86
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Leant to drive off road when before I got more licence in all sort of cricumstances
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Old 22-03-2009, 09:31 PM   #87
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Old 23-03-2009, 11:00 AM   #88
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1968 Renault 10 that I bought for $550 in 1983 with money earned from working after school in a shoe shop.

I had the S version that was the sports version that had a weber carb and tacho but still had 135 wide tyres.

They were rear engined and had the petrol filler in the engine bay. Every time I went into a fill service petrol station the attendant would spend five minutes wandering around the car hose in hand puling at the number plates and trim till you showed them where the filler was. They would then invariably say "What a stupid place to put the petrol filler. Funny cars these Fiats."
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Old 23-03-2009, 11:36 AM   #89
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First car.... 1948 Austin A40 sedan. 1200cc of pure british power. 4 speed glovebox. Hydraulic drum brakes up front, mechanical drums at rear. Thrill a second in emergency stops. Bought in 1958 for $650 in to-days money. Still on learners permit at the time. Great car for its time but I prefer my AU Fairmont Ghia......just love being spoilt. :eclipsee_
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Old 23-03-2009, 11:51 AM   #90
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First kid on the block with a STEREO CASSETTE PLAYER (4 speakers too), no hubcaps AND a straight through exhaust with a 24" hotdog muffler. :
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