My First Car
My First Car – a ’57 delight
I started drawing cars at 9 years of age in 1953. Some days I would draw five cars or more. All my designs were advanced. More
My first car to drive
My first car that I started to drive when I was 16 and 17 was a 1986 4 door Plymouth Horizon. It ran good and More
No Problem, I can do it!
The first time I was ever behind the wheel of a car was with my father, an engineer no less, so he should have known More
A Piece of American History
This was the first vehicle I restored. I wanted to restore a vehicle that had a place in American history. This is a 1966 Ford More
My First Car – 1964 Ford Falcon
I got my first car when I was 17, back in 1972. My Dad bought it for me for 95.00; it was a dark green More
My First Car – 1979 Volkswagen Diesel Dasher Hatchback
You either loved your first car growing up or you hated it. Some people spend their summers off from school working at dad’s shop turning More
Zero to 60 MPH – fast
In 1976 my parents gave me their 1967 Pontiac Lemans Sport Coupe. It was light green with a black Vinyl interior – hot in its More
It Just Kept On Keeping On
After I got a job, then my license at 16, prerequisites in that order, my father bought me an 8 year old 1969 VW Type More
My Little Bug
The portals of my senses were opened wide, as the hushed early morning silence ended, at the crest of the hill on the back-road, a More
My Gal For Over 40 Yrs.
My first car is a 1964 FORD GALAXIE 500. I bought it in April 1971. I am lucky enough to still own it. I drove More
My 1936 Ford
I bought my 1936 Ford out of a farmers field. I towed it home with the farm tractor because it didn’t run. After about a More
My first car: 64 1/2 Ford Mustang
Right out of high school, having landed a job with the State, I wanted to buy my very own new first car. I was somewhat More
Not my dream, but next to it
Photo Credit: aubie1716 My dream car was a 1957 Ford convertible, I never could afford one when I was young. I drove them and I really More
A Love Lost
Photo Credit: Norm_A A Love Lost First Car; Old ’39 Ford My first car was fully loaded until the driver’s side door fell off into the More
1982 Ford Fairmont Futura
Photo Credit: JVLIVSPhoto My first car was a brown 1982 Ford Fairmont Futura. My mom gave it to me so I had it to get back More
From Black to Red
Our first new car, this 1958 Volvo saved our lives and turned red in the process. On an initial trip back from parents in Denver More
Morris Minor Clubman – the ‘bargain’ from the Cornish Mid-wife
I love cars, although living in London England, I no longer own one. I chose and drove several for my mother, a Austin Mini Metro More
1986 Pontiac 6000
My name is Dylan and I am 22 years old and from Frederick, MD. This is my first car, a 1986 Pontiac 6000. My great-grandmother More
My 1949 Ford
At 16 years old I was really interested antique cars and managed to purchase a 1928 Model “A” Tudor. After working on the car over More
Yellow Beatle
Hello, I am from Finland. I bought my first car year 1970 and it was a Beatle, colored beige and it was built 1957. The engine More
Best friend fender bender!
Photo Credit: fortfan I bought my first car from my best friend! Which for any 16 year old girl, is not the ideal first car! More
66 Mustang
Photo Credit: i_am_whiteye My first car was a brand new gold 66 Mustang. When I bought the car I thought it was about as cool More
Dirt Road Racer
Photo Credit: sleighboy My first car was a 1982 Chevrolet Citation. While the X-2 engine was great, the electrical system had issues e.g. turn on More
Mud Bogged Cavalier
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Boom!
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Caledonia
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Stunt Driver
Emily Great stories inspired by Driving America at Henry Ford Museum. What’s your first car story?
Lime Limo
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The Cop Car
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A Letter to My First Car
Photo Credit: NicFitKid Dear Car, I have owned you since my junior year of high school, which was a full six years ago. You were More
Haters Gonna Hate
I was a very lucky and fortunate child. When I was a freshmen in high school my dad bought a fire red Mitsubishi Evolution X. More
Our T Model
This 1925 Model T was bought by my great, great grandfather in 1925 in the small town of Rural Hall, NC. The cars were brought More
Nifty Fifty
Photo Credit: Dusty_73 It was a Dodge, a 1950, in Wisconsin, and I bought it in 1960, with only 10,000 miles on it– it could More
My Fairmont
Photo Credit: B&B Kristinsson When my Grandpa Gardell passed away in 1984 my mom inherited his 1978 Ford Fairmont. It set in our backyard till More
My first car, a 1957 Ford Custom 300
Photo Credit: bballchico Although it was only 8 or 9 years old when I got it, it was pretty much worn out. It had been More
A Tale of Two First Cars
Photo Credits: Chevy SS King & Michelle My wife, Mindy, and I come from very different backgrounds. I am one of twelve children; Mindy is one More
My First Car a 1955 Ford
I Grew up in Grand Blanc, Michigan, just outside Flint, Michigan, an Auto Town. Our Cars Were a Big deal. My 1955 Ford was my More
1930 Ford Town Sedan
In 1957 when I was 15 I bought my first Ford. It was a Model A, 4 door sedan that cost me $25. I kept More
My Ford Explorer – My Friend
My story begins in 2001, when I purchased my brand new Ford Explorer. I spotted it on the lot at Herb Chambers Ford in Braintree, More
Father Son Project
Photo Credit: wilsonti It was 1990. My dad asked what car I wanted and told me they were only ever getting me 1. As a More
My little Focus
Photo Credit: Jsimpson My first car was a little Ford Focus and it was in really bad shape. It started to rust. One day when More
’69 VW Kombi
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Big Shot
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“Cow Mobile”
Great stories inspired by Driving America at Henry Ford Museum. What’s your first car story?
My little mazda
Photo Credit: Clampants Who can forget their first car, mine was a 92 Mazda 626. I was 15 and had worked all summer in hopes More
Driving the 1931 Bugatti Royale Type 41
The first car I ever got behind the wheel of was the museum’s 1931 Bugatti Royale Type 41. When I first saw the car, I More
Trade My 10-Speed?
Photo Credit: Jon Matthies My very first car was a creme colored four door 1966 Ford Falcon. I had to trade my 10 speed for it More
1982 Buick Skylark- 2.8 liter V6
Photo Credit: Ralph’s Stuff 2 My first really great car was my Buick Skylark. My kind friend, Ed, sold me it for $400. It had sat More
The tuff Chevy Silverado
Photo Credit: ML Pro Account I had a 1991 Chevy Silverado 1500, it had a body lift. I know bad! but this bad boy got me More
The Blue Fish Mobile
Photo Credit: benteen I inherited my first car from my older brother. It was a hand-me-down, but I didn’t care. It was a ride and I More
Sheila Shogun
We’ve been through a lot. I named her Sheila after the song…I think it was named….Sheila. I used to drive that car from Orlando to More
’63 Dodge Dart, 3 speed on the column
Photo Credit: Telstar Logistics My parents bought a ’63 Dodge Dart for me to drive to college in ’72 for $100.00. She name was “Blue.” My More
Spring Break
I had my first car for 3 years, this car took me and my friends everywhere, to whatever destination. We took so many trips. We More
’57 Plymouth
My first car was my father’s 1957 Plymouth Savoy. He bought another car and gave me his in 1968. It was black and white but More
The car that started it all
The beast in the picture was my first car. It came into my life by way of my Aunt Pat who bought it new in More
King of the road — for a while
Photo Credit: Dusty_73 The first cars I drove, as a 10-year old, were family cars – my grandfather’s 1949 Buick Roadmaster and my father’s 1946 More
My first pony
Photo Credit: shop4bodyjewelry For my 15th birthday I stayed at my grandpas. I came out into the living room and he gave me a portfolio which More
1973 Gran Torino Sport: $300 of fun!
I got this car in 1987 off a Swiss family that had bought it when they first moved to Canada. They had lived in Alberta More
My freedom
My first car was a 1995 Honda Accord, 4 door, 4 cylinder. It was a hand me down from my sister. My parents bought it More
My first car
My parents had a new 77 Ford Maverick. Not exactly a big smooth cruiser. So when I got my drivers license I saved up and More
The Old Goat 1969 CJ5
The Old Goat 1969 CJ5 It was definitely not love at first sight. She had skinny whitewall tires; rust spots and a strange metal hardtop More
1921 Willys – 1929 Model A
It was 1935. I was 15 years old and lived in Toledo Ohio. Walking to a high school football game on a Friday night, I More
My prom car
My first car was a 1975 Camaro. This is a picture of me going to my senior prom. Now 48 years old my 15 year More
My first car – a Ford Maverick
I lived in New Windsor, Illinois with my big brother Jeff and my mom & dad. My parents bought my brother a used Ford car More
The car that saved Chysler
This is the car that saved Chrysler (the first time, at least)! My parents traded in their 1979 Plymouth Horizon (!) for this car. My More
My first NEW car – 1964 Pontiac GTO
It was my first NEW car, and I loved it. I bought it after university-graduation as a new Air Force 2nd Lt. pilot-trainee . It More
My first drive
Hillman Avenger GT….My First Drive…… I would have been around 17 when my father purchased a new Hillman Avenger. Ever since I could remember my More
What SHOULD have been my first car…
In the late 1960′s and early 1970′s, the Holden Monaro was THE glamour car down here in Australia. A sleek two-door coupe, which won the More
A Hornet as first car
In 1981 I bought my first car, an AMC Hornet 1973, I paid 375 $ for it, The car had snow tires with spikes, I More