[OBeer-WAN-Kenobi]

Still have and drive my '59 Willys pickup. The only changes I've made are adding a V8, bigger tires and an overdrive last year. I fried the overdrive a couple of weeks ago unfortunately.

My uncle and I bought it for $250 when I was about 14 or 15 years old. Then we bought another parts truck for $100 and made one good one out of the two. It was a complete frame-off "restoration". I put that in quotes as I only had so much money to spend and it was more like a rebuild and repaint. It ended up costing me less than $3000 with the biggest expense being the actual rebuild on the engine. There were pistons with holes melted right through them.

It was done in time for my junior year in high school.

Makes you appreciate your vehicle a lot more when you've personally handled every nut and bolt that it's made from.