What's the Oldest Car you've Ever Driven?

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Jim Prower
Now, there's been quite a collection of neat vehicles, but one in particular caught my eye...and, unfortunately, had very little description...



Well, well, well! Please, Do tell us more!

Also, @ socomplayer2, Good on ya, enjoying an aircooled VW!
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Well there's not much I can tell you the way it drives cause I was about 7 years old last time I was driving ( more like steering and pushing gas pedal) on my dad's lap. All I can tell you it was a head turner. It was his dream car he bought it when he was in his late 20's. It was two tone color Dark ren with light red. Originally had Swastika on the side doors I believe. (The car had that when he bought it not that he was a nazi or anything :D) But Police in our country stoped him and told him to either cover that up or take it off. At that time our country was occupied by Russia. That car would be worth a lot of money these days with that swastika and all the other original parts. I would post pictures but I don't have a scanner. Unfortunately my dad had to sell this car in order for us to come to U.S.A. I don't even remind him about his car anymore cause it hurts him so bad. That is the most beautiful car in his opinion.
 
My 1960 Chevrolet Biscayne. Both iterations of it.

Stock Stovebolt/Saginaw 4 speed
305/TH350.

It's in purgatory now...
 
Toronado
An omigod-this-thing-has-too-much-power-for-a-starter-driver 1970 Plymouth Duster 340. It was a lot of fun until dad yelled at me because I drove it into a ditch.
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Oh, man! still, not everyone can claim to have a true vintage muclecar as one of their first cars nowadays.
 
Nothing wrong with a 500, In fact, it think those little guys were pretty cool. ^^

and the 1000TCRs were absolutely insane for a car that small.
 
Well, as a matter of fact, The Fiat Abarth 1000 TCR was based upon a fiat 600, and not on a fiat 500. The biggest engine on the fiat 500 modified was the Abarth 795 (if I recall correctly).
My mom's one was a full stock vehicle, twin lined cylinders, air cooled, maybe a dozen hp... but cool, anyway...
 
That's the thing...I'd hardly call Grandpa's "T" fast, but it's fun as all get out to drive.
 
Kylehnat
My dad's 1963-1/2 Ford Falcon. Before he upgraded the front brakes to discs, it required both feet to stop. It turns as quickly as a Nimitz carrier, and has an awesome 2-speed Slug-O-Matic transmission.
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My folks had a tons (like 4 or 5) of these cars from model year 1961-64.
I don't recall any of them with a two speed auto.
Chevy used to use a 2-speed (PowerGlide) tranny.
But I've never heard of one in a Ford.:confused:
 
I drove 1967 Ford Mustang GT-A, but only for 3-4 minutes. It was a mechanic's car, he was going to work on it, and he'd finished a client's car of mine, so he flipped me the keys to save us both time. I wasn't going fast, but it was neat to drive anything but a Lexus at work.

I also drove a 1973 VW Super Beetle. With a flapping fender. And holes in a floorboard. In horrible conditions. A buddy of mine from college and I were coming home for Spring Break: A true college experience. Car creaked, bits of rust flaked off every where, the dash rattled, body parts clanged, the alignment was way off (worse when you got hit with a gust of wind, or overcorrected), the shocks were Jell-o, and the car felt like it was airborne on every overpass on I-75. We clocked an amazing 85mph on Alligator Alley at one point, but we were afraid our feet might actually penetrate the firewall.

I never grinned so much in my life. Without much of a shock, the car wouldn't run two days before having to go back, so I "Go Greyhound"-ed the way back (another interesting experience).

Other than those two, I've driven no cars from before 1984 that I can think of.
 
lol i beat all of you when i went to this place caller waterville there was a group of people with cars from the 1900-1910. there was a car there called the "Coopercar" made in 1907. it's like one of the only one's made and the guy who owned it let me drive the car up the main drag of the town.
 
BayConRong
lol i beat all of you when i went to this place caller waterville there was a group of people with cars from the 1900-1910. there was a car there called the "Coopercar" made in 1907. it's like one of the only one's made and the guy who owned it let me drive the car up the main drag of the town.
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So how did it operate?
 
'52 Morris Minor. To sum it up in three words: Not. Enough. Power. or Can't. Reach. 100.
 
JCE3000GT
100km/h or 100mph? :sly:
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When new, it's maximum speed was 62mph, did 0-60 in 52.5 seconds and could run the quarter-mile in a heart-pounding 27.1 seconds. In it's current state, however, it would be lucky to even top 70-80kmp/h. 👍
 
Jim Prower
Seconded. I have my suspicions.
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lol your jealous... that's like kitten with a ball of yarn!

it was half dead when he bought it so it needed a lot of new parts i do know that it had no doors it was yellow and was like the size of a semi. it was when i was 11 so i can't remember too much. it had one of those double clutch thingies and had the top speed of about 40 miles an hour though it could have been slower since the lack of anything protecting you from the wind made it seem fast

and after looking for a picture of the blasted thing i can't find it though i can say that it looked a lot like a mercedes of the same era but with larger fenders that covered the wheels had no speedometer was yellow had only one row of seets had the name of some furniture company or something along those lines on the back rear. the wheels were about 3.5 feed wide. with the bicycle tires. if i spend a while looking for it i might be able to procure a picture. i'll ask my grandmother if she has any pictures of it since she was there when we saw it.

edit: it was diesel powered if that helps but i think a lot of cars were powered by diesell then. it also was rather tall making it hard to climb in by two kid's who were no more than four and a half feet tall and a touch hard for even an old man in his 70's to climb.

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it looks a lot like that except the driving position was a lot lower and the steering wheel was at more of a 50 degree angle. it was a touring car basically. it was manufactured by Mercedes.

i honestly can't get a good enough description from my mind but my grandmother has a good memory. i'll try her.

and before you dismiss me yes i have ridden and driven the thing i am trying to find.
 
Dang Jim it sounds like that car was a handful just to get out of the driveway.
I have been driving old vehicles my entire life but none were any older than 67. My very first vehicle was a 67 Chevy truck when I was 16 years old. From that point to this day (now I am 30) I have always owned old vehicles. Some were daily drivers and some were just for fun but there was always some sort of old vehicle or vehicles in my driveway.
Currently I still have my 69 Camaro with a 6 speed tranny which most of you know about already and it can be daily driven if necessary. We also have my girlfriends 67 Mustang which is a major work in progress. The funny thing about her car is that her windshield washer fluid is a manual pump that you hit with your left foot. Thats right a washer fluid pump you pump with your foot. lol
Some of the older vehicles I have owned.
1. 1967 Chevy truck
2. 1967 Mustang (Heathers car)
3. 1969 Camaro (My current car in avatar)
4. 1971 Chevy truck
5. 1972 Olds Cutlass
6. 1973 Olds Cutlass
7. 1977 Chevy 4x4 step side (mud truck with 44" tires and 16" lift lol)
8. 1979 Chevy 4x4 step side
9. 1979 Chevy 4x4 short box (my white truck that I sold this year. Loved that truck)
 
LOL floor washer pump, course I was just as suprised when I got my '73 Chevy truck and found out the high-beam switch is on the floor....funny thing is it's alot easier than using the stalk on the column in other vehicles!
 
buickgnx88
LOL floor washer pump, course I was just as suprised when I got my '73 Chevy truck and found out the high-beam switch is on the floor....funny thing is it's alot easier than using the stalk on the column in other vehicles!
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Oh yeah I have grown up used to the high beam dimmer on the floor. BUt I was just blown away when I saw that windshield washer pump. It is in the exact same location as a parking brake. So I hit it with my foot and "squirt".
Of course once I figured that out I was stomping the heck out of it and shooting all the way over the back of the car. :lol: The fluid is held by a sack on 2 hooks in the engine compartment.
 
buickgnx88
:confused::confused:
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exactly 3.5 feed wide slap 7 feedfags togerther and divide tthat by two then you measure the legther of that half of feed against the length of rim. then you multiply the entire thing bye the square root of whatever you got. then you decide wheather you would make a square pentagon or whatever and you find the angle of the sides and divide that down til you get a reasonalbe answer...

3.5 feet....duh
 
CAMAROBOY69
Dang Jim it sounds like that car was a handful just to get out of the driveway.
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What can I say? Henry made the "T" one of the wierdest cars to drive, ever.

@BayConRong: I think you mean 3.5 feet in diameter...which is pretty big, even for that era. I'd say the wheels were acutally around 26 in around...which actually, when I think about it, is about two feet, and given thickness of the tire, the whole thing was around 33 inches. When referring to width, we usually refer to the tire across the tread. You'd be lucky to get three inches at the turn of the century. I still don't know about your claim. You had me at everything but your tire width.

EDIT: WAIT!!!! It was an old truck, Probably originally owned by a Cooper, or Barrel Maker! It all makes sense now!!!!!

Given that, It may have been an old mercedes, though more likey, it was a Mack or Diamond T
 

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