I bought 2 68 Chevelles for $500 when I was 15. One ran, one didn't. Should have kept the non runner it was in way better shape but dad said if I drug home something that didn't run II would be looking for a bridge to live under. Both 307 powerglides. The non runner got sold for $600 from the original seller's yard to a guy with a 68 SS396. The extra $100 bought me a set of 14" torque thrusts. My first choice was a 57Chevy 4 door wagon with no motor or trans for $500, but that whole living under a bridge thing.....
Your first set of wheels......
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Always liked the B body coupes, even briefly owned a sideswiped 71 that I bought from a coworker to fix my dad's 71 sedan that my brother wrecked. Looked for years for a decent one, then the donk thing happened and now they're stupidly expensive. GREAT roadtrip cars!
Thats funny, all my co-workers with Chevy trucks complain about them in one way or another. Yet I have zero complaints about my Tacoma!
The first car I got was my Uncle's '75 Camaro LT. Never got it going - but, the seed was planted. First car I bought was a '83 Monte Carlo CL. Never got it on the road either. First car I got to drive regularly was an '88 Z24 with a 5 speed. My parents lent it to me, I beat it to hell and back (I went through 3 clutches). Shortly after that I bought my MCSS and the rest is history.
I really like my Tacoma. 19 MPG back and forth to work. 4x4. Pulls boat fine. I also have no complaints
My first car was a hand-me-down from my mom, a 1971 Ford Torino 500. At first it looked like this, but with standard wheels and no hood stripes. Buy the time I was done with it it had a yellow 1970 Cobra hood (the hoods were so long that almost everybody bent them if you forgot rock them side to side when closing them), silver driver's door, and a white driver's seat. I replaced it with a 1978 Malibu longroof, followed by a v8-powered 1973 Vega, 1976 Camaro, 1988 C/K1500, and a 2001 F150 with a 1978 El Camino project/toy.
My dad popped for my 1st car. It was a $40.00 Galaxy 500 pig with a brush paint job. The 1st car I bought was a 1970 383 auto Road Runner. I got my 1st loan (I was 17) for $1000.00 and paid back $100.00 a month. High risk insurance for a 17 yr old in a big block car was also $100.00 a month. Loved that car. Traded it for a stereo when I joined the Army. My car looked just like this one except it has way more tread on the tires. 
My first one was a '70 Opel Commodore Coupé, fuel injected 2.5 inline 6, 4 on the floor.
Never really got it on the street, so I build a Opel Manta (2.4 4-banger, 2 dual 48 Weber carbs, cam, ported head etc.).
Switched over to Ford Capris real soon after and went completely over the edge building different engines for them. Starting from a built 3.0 V6 Essex, which gave the first BMW E30 M3's a run for their money, up to turbo-charged 2.8 V6 with either 3 dual Weber carbs and fuel injection later on.
At this time I worked for a BMW dealer and on a sidejob I built autocross cars and raced them with a friend.
Pics are all random internet pics (Wikipedia).
Never really got it on the street, so I build a Opel Manta (2.4 4-banger, 2 dual 48 Weber carbs, cam, ported head etc.).
Switched over to Ford Capris real soon after and went completely over the edge building different engines for them. Starting from a built 3.0 V6 Essex, which gave the first BMW E30 M3's a run for their money, up to turbo-charged 2.8 V6 with either 3 dual Weber carbs and fuel injection later on.
At this time I worked for a BMW dealer and on a sidejob I built autocross cars and raced them with a friend.
Pics are all random internet pics (Wikipedia).
