First car was a 1961 chevy corvair station wagon, bought two years before i could drive, for $900. Spent about a year restoring the engine and other mechanical systems, so that it could be "safe at any speed". Being a 16 year old i totaled it, bought three parts cars just like it, and had another runnig car in about a month. A year later, tired of having a money pit daily driver, I sold the running car and two parts cars. I miss them
