I don't think I had $10 when I was 12. What the hell were you growing on that farm??
By about age 8, every kid around here with any ambition can make ~$6/hr for a couple months every spring helping the farmers pick up rocks in the fields (rocks can do some serious damage when run through a combine)
My first car was a -76 corvette, which I stil own. I was 17 when I got that beast. At the time I was a exchangestudent in Chicago (2001-2002). I got the vette from near by Chicago and shipped ower the Atlantic to Finland!http://finnshark.com/forum/attachmen...1&d=1158086486
This is how it looks now after 3 years body off build up!
and stripe...swivel buckets. It was a hand me down that I drove for a year. Starting of my senior year of HS, Sept 81, my folks said they would help me get another car. We were on our way to pick up a 69 Camaro SS, 396/375, ralley green. On the way my parents said "would you rather have a corvette?"...at the time, YEA! Passed on the Camaro and got a 1978 Silver Anniv. L-82. Still wish I had gotten the Camaro. I did not find out how rare that car was until a few years later. Price for the Camaro was $1500 Price on the corvette was $8000. Working part-time making $3.35 an hour paid the $263.73 payment. Parents must have been pretty smart. I worked all of the time and weekends to make the payment...kept me out of trouble and girls pants. I made up for it in college.
The first car I bought was a 66 4dr Chevelle that had lost a fight with a telephone pole. I got it in 76 a year and 1/2 befor I got my license.
Took me that long to teach myself how to straighten the frame and replace the dog house.
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1969 Camaro/ Tom Nelson TT 434 / Wayne Due C5 / DSE QLink / and a bunch of other stuff...
My first car was a 1972 Demon with a 340. Bought the car from my father for $800.00 I sold it 2 years later for $2500. I would love to have another one!!
Dave