If you want to learn more, check and see if their are any adult education classes available, and if a mechanics class is one of them. Im about to look into that myself as I am a novice as well. Fortunatley my brother is a mechanic, and been handy with a wrench since we were kids, so ive had a lot of help along the way.
As far as what kind of cars they are, like the other guys said, it just depends on how well they were taken care of. However, their are some things that cant be avoided. Mechanically, if the car was taken care of, it will probably be ok, but their will be lots of little things to mess with. Some of the things ive had to fix are: seat belt retractor, windshield wipers, fan motor, just to name a few.
As far as what kind of cars they are, like the other guys said, it just depends on how well they were taken care of. However, their are some things that cant be avoided. Mechanically, if the car was taken care of, it will probably be ok, but their will be lots of little things to mess with. Some of the things ive had to fix are: seat belt retractor, windshield wipers, fan motor, just to name a few.