My first not to hit the road was an 1971 Opel GT.
The first on the road was a 1980 Pontiac Sunbird, 2.5 4 cyl with a 4-speed. It was fun to drive but not real fast.
Was the Sunbird an oil leaker like they were notorious for. I had an '84 Chevy Celebrity for a while that would loose about half of whatever you put it it.
However the floorpan never rotted out either... I did a buch of stuff to that car
that probably started the whole "ricer" trend back in the day. It had a scoop from
a Dyer 6-71 blower (leftover parts from a monster truck that my brother used to work on) I used a bicycle brake cable attached to the throttle body that would
open the butterflies whenevah you whacked the throttle. It had a Camaro wing on the trunklid, a chain steering wheel, and then I painted it with blue spray bombs.
A fey days later my buddies dad helped me tape it and paint 2 gold rally stripes on it. Then we covered it with a bunch of racing stickahs. Ohh yeah, it had a load sound system too. SuCka can attest to that. We used to stop at a Dunkin' Donuts before work. Our boss knew when we were almost there because he'd hear us turn down
the sound system to order our coffee...(about a half mile away :rofl; ) Good times...
I'll have to find some pics...