Question: What was your first car?

My first car was a 1960 black and white Chevrolet Malibu.  It was an ugly little car and I got it in 1971, so it was already old.  It was in good condition though.  A retired farmer had it and it didn't have very many miles on it.  It had always been kept in a garage, so it was dependable.  It wasn't the car that was special, but the way I ended up with it . . .

On my 13th birthday, my mom and dad -- (this was my mom's idea!) -- gave me $100 in a savings account.  They let me look at the little book it was recorded in.  That's it.  That's all I got for my birthday.  "THAT'S ALL", you say????  Well, to a 13 year old, I'd rather have gotten new clothes or shoes or barretts for my hair, or makeup that I had just started experimenting with, or some cool music.  But . . . you guessed it . . . that's how I got my first car at age 19 when I got a job about 20 miles from home.  I paid $125 for that car in 1971.