My first ride was a rusty 1976 Chevy Monte Carlo. 350-4bbl, TH350 trans. I bought it from the original owner, and it only had 48K miles on when I bought it in 1990. It lasted me 8 months; I beat the death outta that poor thing!
Someday, when I'm rich, I'll own another, but it'll be slammed to the weeds on 18" wheels, and have an injected 502 with a Richmond 6-speed. Hey, we can dream, right?