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Pete92FS wrote:My first car was a 1970 Chevy Nova.

My second was my 74 Nova. If only it wasn't in pieces right now....

austinrealtor wrote:Had that same 3800 V6. That is hands down the best engine of any car I've ever driven. Plenty of power

I love those V6s. The car I upgraded to from the catalina was a 1998 Pontiac Grand Prix with a series 2 3800. Of course, mine is a GTP model so it has a supercharger on top of it.

Its a peppy little car. Still my daily driver.

Since terrygs thread about his daughter driving, I thought it might be fun to go back and talk about your first cars.

Mine was a perfect car for a 16 year old driver. A 1973 Pontiac Catalina that I bought in 2000 with less than 30K on the odometer. I was the second owner, little old lady drove it to the grocery story and the beauty parlor. I bought it at her estate sale.



This thing was longer than a suburban, handled like an aircraft carrier, could comfortably seat 8, and could have won a wreck with anything short of a freight train. It had a pontiac 400 cu motor in it, but it was only a 2 barrel carb and it needed all 400 inches to get this sucker up big hills.

I unfortunately had to sell it to buy a more reliable car for college in 2005. I would have loved to repainted it, dropped in a modern motor and some decent suspension and kept it as a cruiser.

Do you still have your first car? What was it? And if you've got pics, show em off!