What Vehicle Did You First Learn to Drive

[CarlS]

I will go first. I first learned to drive this.



And then I learned to drive this. My dad owned a dry cleaning plant and he had two panel trucks for delivery. I learned to drive the 1958 Chevy. These are not photos of his; his was all white.





I took my driving test in this on July 1st 1969, the day I turned 16. It was my mom's car. Her's was all white.





My everyday ride was a Fiat 600 Multipla. No power; but loads of fun. Mine was the color of the first pic. I used it to deliver dry cleaning to special delivery customers.

 

[keystiger]

Carl, SIR....this is an AWESOME IDEA! and a great post.
I have never even SEEn a Fiat 600 Multipla!!!!

Well mine is not so glamorous I learned to RIDE on one of these 49 cc's of damn near indestructable fury!


I learned to drive and drove for 3 years (and multiple speeding tickets) this beast, 1977 Chevy Monte Carlo with (thank you Grandpa Paul) custom ordered 454 chevy BIG block V-8 with dual 4 barrell carbs and a positraction rear end and anti sway bars.........in this same color but with Cragar rims and white letter tires......

 

[hemibee]

My first ride. . .

The second ride

First motorized ride

And then I got my license. . .

 

[keystiger]

Oh good call Hemi very good call.

O.K. heres my very FIRST ride then! Rockin the checkered pattern !

 

[hemibee]

I've been

 

[Rocky]

This is a cool idea for a thread
The absolute first machine that I drove and was in control of was a bicycle.
Next came a farm tractor exactly like the one you posted Carl. That pic sure brought back a lot of memories.
When I turned sixteen my father taught me to drive the family car. He would take me out in the country away from traffic - which wasn't all that much around here in 1953/1954.
I didn't get a driver's licence because he wouldn't let me drive our car alone.
When I turned 18, I scrapped enough money together to buy a second-hand BSA Golden Flash and got my "motorcycle only" driver's licence. I rode that for three years and sold it to buy a beat up 1950 Ford and got my full driver's licence.
I went through a series of old cars, but don't have pics of any of them.

 

[DaveM]

My first ever was a Yamaha 50cc, then at 18 I got my big bile licence and had various bike. I did also get my car licence at 18 but for the most part that was because I had to have it for work. I never owned a car until well into my 20's

 

[CarlS]

Rocky, was your 1950 Ford a coupe or a sedan? I assume it was a flathead V8? Those were great engines.

 

[Rocky]

Carl, the '50 Ford was a two-door coupe just like the black one in the pic.
Take away the front bumper accessory and the windshield visor (and think deep blue) and that's the exact car I had.
It had a flathead V8 and stick shift. I put fender skirts on it and a dual exhaust system and thought I was king of the road .
It kills me now to think that I don't have a picture of it anywhere

 

[CarlS]

And not just a pic, I'll bet you wish you still had the car!

 

[Rocky]

And not just a pic, I'll bet you wish you still had the car!

You can say that again!!!
We have a very active classic car culture here and at car shows, parade's, etc., I often see beautiful examples of the 1949, 1950 and 1951 era fords that make me drool.

 

[CarlS]

Those are my all time favorite Fords.

 

[hendo]

The old mans 42 Harley pulled the chook pen fence plenty of times

 

[Tassie Tiger]

I hot wired my Father's 1948 Holden when I was a kid (was about 13 years of age at the time) & drove it to my mates place.
It was night time & I didn't have the lights on.
The first car I owned was a 1945 Singer 9 I paid $50 for.
It was lacking a soft top but had the frame & the side curtains so I used an old blue shower curtain with red roosters on it.

 

[CarlS]

I hot wired my Father's 1948 Holden when I was a kid (was about 13 years of age at the time) & drove it to my mates place.
It was night time & I didn't have the lights on.
The first car I owned was a 1945 Singer 9 I paid $50 for.
It was lacking a soft top but had the frame & the side curtains so I used an old blue shower curtain with red roosters on it.

I would like to have seen that shower curtain top!

 

[Terps02]

What I learned to drive on. Grandpops Caddy Eldorado.

What I learned to drive stick on. Step dad's Datsun pickup.

My first motorized 2 wheeler.
1983 Yamaha YZ

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[hendo]

My first bike was a Honda ,90 step though took the big plastic fearing of had that for a few years till showing of to girls on school bus smashed into side of bus the old man would not let me ride after that stunt ridding for a bit it was all mower and yard work to pay for the bus repairs

 

[devo]

forget the bus
were the girls impressed or wot.?

 

[CarlS]

Devo has his priorities right!

 

[hemibee]

Yeah, what about the girls? You know girls dig scars!!!


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