[wisbangman]

My first 4 cars, bought between 59 and 62, 53 Merc hardtop $100, 40 Ford Standard 2 door $40, another 53 Merc Monterey $100, and a 54 Olds Super 88 Convertible for $95. They were all drivers and they were all maintained as well as any teenage boy with $5 or 10 bucks a week - maybe, could maintain them. Cars like this were all over the place. My best friend at 16 , talked his mother into buying a 54 Corvette for $1200. She was a single parent. He said it was a 6 cyl. and had automatic so it would be good on gas!