Your First Car

My first was a 1964 Dodge 880 Custom 4 door. It was a pretty unique car then and there are not many of them out there any more. It had a 318 and a pushbutton automatic which I thought was cool! My dad originally bought it in about 1970 or 1971 and it became mine about 4 years later when I was driving it on the way to work in slushy conditions and I steered around a corner but the bald front tires refused to follow. I hit a tree and nearly turned it upside down. The hood was buckled up and the fan went into the radiator. My dad told me if I could fix it, I could have it. I straightened the hood with the only body working tool I had, a 10 pound sledgehammer. Got the radiator repaired, diagnosed and repaired a broken fuel line and I was on the road!