CMDChase Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 I don't know if this topic is a repeat or not. If it is, I apologize, If not, maybe it'll be some fun. The first car I washed was my dad's '59 Ford. I was about 12 years old. The car was an ugly peach color with a puke green interior. Anyway, I got my galvanized bucket, a hose, some Ivory dish liquid and a bunch of old tee shirts my mom used as rags and went to town. Man, was I proud with the job I did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marylander Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 When I was about 4 we had a ford pinto wagon (yellow with woodgrain!) and a 64 Corvette convertible. It was probably one of those. The first car I ever really washed on my own, at least as far as I can remember, was probably our family's 77 Chevy Malibu Classic wagon. I would have been around 10 at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonicHD Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 I have no freakin clue! But I bet it was with Dawn dish soap, thats what was used back in the day LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBlack151 Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 I was either 9 or 10 years old and the vehicles were a black 1957 Thunderbird and a red 1962 Corvette. I was only an assistant to washing these, just to be clear, but I consider this my first experience cleaning a vehicle(s). I will always remember that Saturday for sure. A few years later the 62 Corvette came back into play as the first car I ever drove when I was 12 years old. Very cool thread idea! Let's keep'em coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scootertrash19 Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 I have no freakin clue! But I bet it was with Dawn dish soap, thats what was used back in the day LOL I always used Dawn, I was around 9 or 10, washed my dads '73 El Camino SS, every Saturday morning, after cartoons, of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Slow Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 The earliest I can recall was my aunt's '70 Chevelle and Grandma's '72 Matador at Grandma's farm. She used Ivory Liquid for dishes so that's mot likely what was used. I do know both vehicles got Turtle Wax. This was in '73 or '74. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris@Adams Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 I can't remember for sure but it may have been my 1972 Chevelle... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DenaliDan Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 It was probably 1984 and the car was a '74 Ford Galaxy 500. It was heavily oxidized and partially rusted. It looked like crap and I was tired of it. I put a lot of teenage elbow grease and Turtle Wax polish into that thing and got nothing in return. I vowed that when I owned my own cars they'd never get into that condition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc2hill Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 My mom's land yacht. Same light green body and dark green vinyl roof, but she had the 4 door. I probably used dish soap, but I do remember cleaning the roof with a scrub brush and Comet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Periodic Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 My dads black 1998 silverado 4x4. Sent from my Galaxy Note II using Tapatalk 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwag one Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 My first car, a white 93 rx7 twin turbo which was one hell of a car for a 16 year old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blcksilv08 Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 Probably either my moms 1992 Olds cutlass ciera or my dads 1995 Chevy k2500 i helped with, cant remember which though. On my own was my grandpas 1990 454 ss, proud day.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smith Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 Dads restored 73' Nova is the youngest I can remember washing one. Was suppose to be my 16th birthday present but times were hard and had to sell to finish our house when I was growing up. Will have to search some photo albums for pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z71_Denali Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 probably my 94 firebird formula when i was 16. i used dawn dish soap back then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuckdaddy Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 Pops 99 wangler and that thing took forever to wax with the bumpers racks lights and all sorts of offroad crap. It began my hatred for black. Used Meg's until I found Adams! The first thing I washed that I drove was my old 07' 4x4 TRD offroad Tacoma! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddimac Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 My Dad's 1974 Peugeot @#$%mobile. That thing was red, horribly oxidized. One-bucket wash, dish soap, old sock as wash mitt, dried with natural chamois. No wax. Later, we had a 1977 Volvo wagon. That is the first car I waxed, probably Turtle wax - do not remember. Then I started washing and waxing neighbors cars. The worst was a neighbor with an old Chevy wagon. He smoked stogies in that thing, and the nicotine was just oozing off the seats, which I cleaned with 409. Later, we had a 1974 Benz 240D, and that was when I first started using dealer-purchased products like Klasse and things like "#7" chrome polish. That car had a ton of chrome on it. Great thread! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marylander Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 My first car, a white 93 rx7 twin turbo which was one hell of a car for a 16 year old. Good heavens. I'm surprised you're still alive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuckdaddy Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 This^^ That would have been fun to grow up in driving! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwag one Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 Good heavens. I'm surprised you're still alive. Me too. It was awesome, but somewhat of a POS, when you made really sharp left turns the keys would come out of the ignition and keep going. If you shut it off after it had been driven for a couple hours, it wouldn't start again until it cooled down. - but that turned into a good thing in high school because if I was ever home later than my parents wanted me to be, I jut blamed it on my car. Snow? Not getting out of the driveway. Rain? Was a blast to drive in. The headlights would randomly close. Sunroof after a rain? Find a spot to leave an empty cup for drinking water the next morning....sure everything was a minor fix, but I was young and dumb working my tail off just to pay for insurance. - that was part of the deal with my parents. But I would love to have another and do a 350 swap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Machine Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 My dads triple black 69 caddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE Mook Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 1973 Firebird (Mom's) 1986 Cutlass Supreme (Dad's) The latter is what I learned to polish on also...at like 8-9 years of age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LimitedDodge Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 (edited) I think it was probably when mom bought a 95 Z28 at the end of 94. I was around 12-13yrs old. I remember taking carboard and cutting it the size of the rim and wrapping it in packaging tape so that when I sprayed the greasy tire dressing on it wouldn't get all over the wheels. I saw some years back that you can buy those now for different size wheels. Edited May 1, 2013 by LimitedDodge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorsager Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 My grandparents mid 1970's BMW. I remember waxing it with Turtle Wax afterwards. I was about 8 years old. That was almost 35 years ago! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmethystBMW Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 The first car I washed was my 1989 Toyota Supra non-turbo I bought myself after graduating high school. It had a light blue paint and navy blue interior. Man I miss that car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marylander Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 But I would love to have another and do a 350 swap lol... my brother in law used to have a 93 or 94; I think he had to have the apex seal changed more often than the oil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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