I was 15 and it was a brand new at the time Honda 250 Nighthawk, just like this one:









I still to this day dont know how my dad pulled that one off with my mom and her 15YO son. I drove it to school and work and I paid the notes and insurance. It was sold when I was almost 17 for my first vehicle, an 87' Suzuki Samurai hardtop. Loved that little truck and spent almost every weekend at the West End of Dauphin Island fishing.

In 1988 I inherited my Dads old mine truck. 1972 Ford Courier. Floor boards and the bed was rusted out and no matter what you did to fix it you had to pump the brakes to stop. I loved that P.O.S. all I saw in it was my ticket to freedom.

A baby blue 1972 Chevy LUV truck.

1988 chevy 1500 truck.

'66 Chevy LWB pickup I bought when I was 15 for $300 250 inline six and three on the tree.

1994 Ford Ranger 4x4

1970 vw bug. been many a deer hauled on the hood of that thing. it would go in many places get stuck pick the rear end up and move it over then go on.

scott

In 1985 I bought my first vehicle for $400:

1972 Suzuki LJ20 4x4 "jeep"
2 cylinder, 2 cycle, oil injection, water cooled engine
Large Super Swampers tires
Top speed: 35 MPH down hill with a tail wind

Similar to this one but it was well used, bright yellow and named "Suzy"

1981 Datsun 210 station wagon

1955 chevy hardtop with racing stripe, $400

1988 Chevy S-10 Blazer...red with grey on the bottom...4.3L V6...my mom bought a brand new ford thunderbird about 4 months before I turned 16 and the blazer was her ride before that...they kept it for me and gave it to me with the understanding that it would be washed and kept as clean as my dad kept it, and I kept my grades up...very nice ride for a 16 year old I thought

1967 Plymouth Barracuda

1972 VW bug. Drove that sucker around the track at BIR.

I turned 16 in 95. In 94 mom and dad bought me a 88 or 89 Mazda mx6 for about $1500. Said I could drive it for a year and they would upgrade a little bit. It was a 5 speed and I wrecked it about 2 months after I turned 16 just as dad predicted. After that he gave me a budget number and told me to go find what I wanted in that price range. I think the budget was $4k. So I went out and got a jeep Cherokee 4x4. Over the next 2 years I would sell and buy the following:
jeep cherokee
ford probe gt
Chevy s10 blazer 4x4
jeep grand Cherokee

these never cost dad any more than the initial budget. Once I landed my athletic and academic scholarship dad went out and bought me a new ford ranger extended cab 4x4. Loved that truck and drove it for many years. My college didn't cost him a dime and I lived at home through school so. That was the deal we made my senior year of high school and we both lived up to our ends of the agreement

1963 Ford Fairlane

A 1978 dodge diplomat that was a hand me down from my mother in 1986. Leather seats and an 8 trac .....

1967 Ford F150 Army green with headers this was in 1988

1986 Mazda 626 that was handed down from my mom. It was a 4 door. Even though it wasn't a hot rod, girls didn't seem to care to much. I had lots of fun in that car. Kept it for 2yrs and dad bought me a 93 Nissan 4x4 regular cab.

My Dad was a car dealer and had his carlot on hwy 431 north of Anniston, so I had the chance to drive hundreds of different cars over my teenage years. I turned 16 in 1981 and the big trend was to have a Camara, Firebird, or anything 4WD. I wanted something a little different. Hey, my dad was a dealer so it was normal for me to trade a lot of them. The first vehicle I ever bought for myself (to keep) was a 68 Mustang. It had a couple of unusual features like a bench seat. That was cool to me and great for having my sweetheart of the month in the car with me.(no serious girlfriends back then) It also had a pedal in the floorboard next to the dimmer switch that would make the wipers cycle one time. I guess it was the predecessor to intermittent wipers. It had a 289 and the five hole rims. I bought it for $800.00 and then spent about $1500.00 more putting in new carpet, windshield, tires, wheels, paint, air shocks, traction bars, cam, carbeurator, intake, and a few other things. It was really sharp when I got done with it, and not real slow either. LOL

1980 Datsun 210. Hated it.