What is the oldest car you have ever driven?

[bugo]

I don't believe Dodge made a "Ram" in 1971.

[kphoger]

I don't believe Dodge made a "Ram" in 1971.

Good point.  A 1971 Dodge whatever-you-call-it, then. 

[Stephane Dumas]

I don't believe Dodge made a "Ram" in 1971.

Good point.  A 1971 Dodge whatever-you-call-it, then. 

Dodge truck line-up was Sweptline, Custom Sweptline, Adventurer, "the Dude" classed as D100/D200/D300 or W100/200/300 if it was a 4x4.  http://web.archive.org/web/20110226103944/http://www.sweptline.com/hist/68-71.html

[PHLBOS]

Unintentionally driven (I was about 4 at the time and I shifted the car into Neutral and the car rolled down our driveway): 1964 Ford Country Squire circa 1969

Oldest vintage car actually driven: test-drove 1967 Buick Skylark 4-door sedan, 330 cid V8 somebody was selling back in 1993.

Oldest vintage car owned: my first car, a 1969 Ford LTD Brougham 4-door sedan w/the base 302 cid V8 I bought in May 1982.

Oldest age car driven: My brother's 1969 Ford LTD coupe (w/the 390 cid V8) circa 2003-2004.

Oldest age car owned: My 1976 Ford LTD Landau coupe (w/base 351M V8) when I stopped driving it in 2007 (when I bought my current 2007 Mustang convertible).  I utlimately sold it in 2010.

Oldest vintage car I've ridden in but too young to recall/remember: My father's 1959 Chevy Impala convertible he had until 1968 after the engine caught fire.

Oldest vintage car I've ridden in but do recall/remember: the fore-mentioned 1964 Ford Country Squire wagon my mother had until 1971.

Oldest vintage car I sat in but not ridden in: a 1959 VW my father briefly had in 1977 that he completely disassembled for a project that never came to fruition.

[djsinco]

Unintentionally driven (I was about 4 at the time and I shifted the car into Neutral and the car rolled down our driveway): 1964 Ford Country Squire circa 1969

Oldest vintage car actually driven: test-drove 1967 Buick Skylark 4-door sedan, 330 cid V8 somebody was selling back in 1993.

Oldest vintage car owned: my first car, a 1969 Ford LTD Brougham 4-door sedan w/the base 302 cid V8 I bought in May 1982.

Oldest age car driven: My brother's 1969 Ford LTD coupe (w/the 390 cid V8) circa 2003-2004.

Oldest age car owned: My 1976 Ford LTD Landau coupe (w/base 351M V8) when I stopped driving it in 2007 (when I bought my current 2007 Mustang convertible).  I utlimately sold it in 2010.

Oldest vintage car I've ridden in but too young to recall/remember: My father's 1959 Chevy Impala convertible he had until 1968 after the engine caught fire.

Oldest vintage car I've ridden in but do recall/remember: the fore-mentioned 1964 Ford Country Squire wagon my mother had until 1971.

Oldest vintage car I sat in but not ridden in: a 1959 VW my father briefly had in 1977 that he completely disassembled for a project that never came to fruition.

I once owned a '68 Skylark, that was a solid piece of metal!

[PHLBOS]

I once owned a '68 Skylark, that was a solid piece of metal!

True.  But the '67 & '68 Skylark, as with all other '67 & '68 GM A-body mid-sizes, were two different vehicles.

1967 Buick Skylark


1968 Buick Skylark

[djsinco]

Thanks, I never realized I was so unlucky. I remember paying $800 for the car (in 1979,) being hit twice and collecting cash from both other drivers who wanted to keep insurance out of it. I drove it as is for a few years and sold it for a net profit!

[kphoger]

sold it for a net profit!

If only that could be true.  With insurance, tags, gasoline, and repairs, cars are basically never a net profit.

[agentsteel53]

If only that could be true.  With insurance, tags, gasoline, and repairs, cars are basically never a net profit.

with the IRS's 55.5 cent per mile reimbursement, it is possible.  my '89 Escort ($80 insurance every 6 months, 44 mpg, about $1000 in repairs... over 41000 miles) actually turned a profit for me.

[djsinco]

If only that could be true.  With insurance, tags, gasoline, and repairs, cars are basically never a net profit.

with the IRS's 55.5 cent per mile reimbursement, it is possible.  my '89 Escort ($80 insurance every 6 months, 44 mpg, about $1000 in repairs... over 41000 miles) actually turned a profit for me.

True, but you still had to drive an Escort. (That sounds dirty!) 

[cpzilliacus]

True, but you still had to drive an Escort. (That sounds dirty!) 

I would much rather drive a Crown Vic in that case.

[formulanone]

my '89 Escort ($80 insurance every 6 months...)

What...$160/year in California? I can only assume it's essentially not covered for anything but property damage (one minor accident, it's effectively a total loss).

[agentsteel53]

What...$160/year in California? I can only assume it's essentially not covered for anything but property damage (one minor accident, it's effectively a total loss).

I was living in New Mexico at the time.  and yes, liability only.  indeed, someone took it out in a minor accident.  his insurance company paid me $269.  woo hoo.

[A.J. Bertin]

Mine is not too exciting at all. The car I learned to drive on was a 1994 Ford Escort 5-door hatchback. It was my dad's car, but I drove it quite a bit for a few years.

It's slightly possible I've driven cars older than that, but it's not likely. Lame I know.

[bugo]

So far, I win with the '22 Dodge!  The second oldest vehicle that I've driven (1959 Ford F100 pickup truck) is a contender.

[tchafe1978]

Oldest I've driven is my Grandpa's 1977 Chevy Impala, followed by my parents 1980 Ford Country Squire LTD station wagon, complete with the fake wood grain paneling. Oldest car of my own I've driven was my 1991 Ford Escort, which was also the first car I owned. I still miss that car for some reason.