What was your very first car?

[sickpuppy1]

Back in the day, I must of been higher than I thought, cause my 1st car was a 1973 Ford Pinto station wagon in Baby blue!!! And I bought it brand new! What was I thinking,lol. I actually had a blast with that car and ran the hell out of it. I had the 2000cc engine instead of the 1.6. The 2.0 was german built instead of england. It was a overhead cam engine, and while ford red lined it at like 5800 rpm, I found out from a hot rod magazine that it was good for over 7500 rpm! I routinely shifted at 7200, and after reversing the jets in the carb,cutting a 1/2 loop off the coil springs and koni shocks w/michelin radials I ended up running a fair amount of gymkhana races with it! The standard Pinto was so light in the rear it was useless in the corners. The wagon added just the right amount if weight on the back end to balance it bit better. It was so funny to see a baby blue pinto wagon beating the times of Porshe 914 's and Trans Am's back then. This isnt my car but it looks close!
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