What was your first car?

My first car was a 1970 Dart Custom 4 door Slant Six Auto P/S A/C. I was living in Las Vegas at the time,and I was 13. My mom worked for an old doctor,and in the mid 80's his 90 year old mother stopped driving.He flew out to Florida,and drove the car home to vegas and it sat there in his garage untill my mom bought it in 2000 with 14,000 orignal miles on it.This thing was a time capsule! Original tires,hoses,belts...etc... you name it and most likely it was still as it came from the factory in 1970.I saw it and fell in love.She originally bought the car for my older brother who just was about to start driving,but when I saw it I had to have it.I had been washing/detailing cars since the age of 10,and saved just about every dime I had made.I handed over 1,000 cash to my mom,and the dart was mine.I started tearing into it right away,replacing everything and learning as I went.I never had a father or anybody to teach me about cars,so it was just me,my haynes manual,slantsix.org,and my 70 Dart learning as I went.I now know how to rebuild carbs,engines,transmissions as well as solder,rewire and trouble shoot just about any problem. That car gave me the confidence to fix anything that went wrong(not much did on the Dart,but I have fixed many friends cars!) We lived in a community in Vegas that was basically built around a little park,so it was a giant circle,for the next two years,I would drive that circle over and over,untill the sun went down.I let my brother use it as his car untill I was 16.

I drove the car around for about six months after getting my license when the performance bug bit me.I was no longer interested in my boring (but dead reliable) 4 door dart,I wanted a two door mopar! I sold it for 800 bux and never saw it again.I have owned lots of mopars in the short time since getting my license,but none of them hold a place in my heart like that 70 4 door dart,untill I saw my 67 GT. I knew it was my chance to redeem myself for selling the Dart,and I will be driving the 67 into my grave!!!!!!!!

I wish I still had that car though.