The first manual car I owned I never got to drive :(
It was an '83 RX-7 I bought as a project. I couldn't for the life of me get it running right, so I eventually worked out a trade deal for a '67 VW baja bug.
Other manual cars I've owned include a 92 Taurus SHO, 99 Contour svt, and a 79 GMC...