What were your first mods on your first car?

[Katshot]

The only reason that I was a 'mature' customizer is because my father was already in the business. He not only did collision work, but he did some custom work. He purchased a 55 Chevy pickup and he completely made the be from scratch.....so you can say he had skillz......so I had a head start on most when it came to my first car.

My second car was not as nice of a car to start with, but we kinda hooked it up. It was a 80 Regal, with a 78 front end on it, it was painted all white, with tinted windows. I had Camaro wheels on it painted blue a blue crushed velor (stock if you can believe it) interior and a stereo in it (that I installed of course). Then I lowered it by heating up the springs....talk about a rough ride....but it looked kool.

So, you can say that I had a leg up on some because my dad was in the business......sorry I was lucky in that sense.

Hey, don't be sorry, be grateful to your dad. I WISH I had that beginning. My dad barely knew how to change oil. He was an design engineer for Rhom and Haas. He could DRAW cars like a pro but had little or no interest in cars themselves as far as I ever knew. I had to learn the hard way, through trial and error. I picked up knowledge from anyone I could.

 

[mach8]

Now THAT's what I was looking for! Silly stuff that kids do. So far, an aweful lot of the people here seem to be listing stuff done to their "current" car, or they were damn mature with respect to their first car. When I was a kid, many cars in the school parking lot were loaded with mods that by today's standards we would call "Ricer".

Most of the stuff I label "Ricer" are mods that give the impression your Civic is a real sleeper, like hanging VTEC labels on it.

My first car was a "69 Firebird convertable which got air shocks, fat tires, free flow exhaust and or course, the apex of sound technology, a auto-reverse cassette deck. And a CB! (everyone had one then)

 

[Randeaux]

That's kinda what I thought.

Bingo...That was the fashion in San Antonio in the summer of 1987. At that time and place,clothes was as important as the car with the ladies, you could be seen in an Gremlin and still be cool by what you wore. It was that messed-up then.(Actually still is like that today.)
But I'd also have to say the RICERS(then, called "New Wavers" back in '87) were the ones driving in either a NEW Escort GT or a NEW Nissan Sentra with the "Ultra Hot" sticker in the middle of the rear window. And this is where the social "sub-groups" fall into place, but that's not really the subject of the moment, I digress.

PS: Thanx for elaborating Oldschool1!

 

[SC_Steve]

Hey, don't be sorry, be grateful to your dad. I WISH I had that beginning. My dad barely knew how to change oil. He was an design engineer for Rhom and Haas. He could DRAW cars like a pro but had little or no interest in cars themselves as far as I ever knew. I had to learn the hard way, through trial and error. I picked up knowledge from anyone I could.

werd... same here. I WISH my old man was into cars... but to him, their just a way to get from point A to point B. So I have to learn off of my own and other resourses (internet, friends, mechanics, books, trial and error, ect...)

 

[CaptainZilog]

Um, let's call it "weight reduction". Remove dash, remove rear seat, remove numerous panels, etc etc... Barely install a crappy $10 secondhand stereo (it did work, but one side played tapes too fast and the other too slow.)

 

[Bob Hubbard]

:dancefool "Love thoes Fords"
Boy this takes me back.
I was 17 when I got my first car.
In october of 1956 I was the first one in my small town to buy a 57 ford.
Back then you usually took what the dealer had and there weren't to many options.
I bought a fairlane 500 convertible and I did have some modifications done to it before I took delivery.
If any of you are familia with the 57 fords, you will know what my car looked like the day it was delivered.
For the rest of you, I guess you will have to use your imagination.
Speaking of "delivery", that is what alot of dealers did back then.
They actually delivered the cars to their customers homes or businesses.
Now as memory serves me;
The car was painted dark purple on the sides, below the "gold hockey stick" trim.
The trunk, hood and area above the hockey stick trim was colonial white.
The top was white.
The continental kit was purple and white, seperated by a chrome "v" which extended to the edges of the tire cover.
The car had custom skirts and was lowered 2" all around.
Back then, there weren't any goodies like cd players or for that matter, fm radios.
The interior was stock black/white.
It was a great eyecatcher, especially when it was the only one in town.
Boy, what memories this thread has dug up.