A friend in high school had one of these....

I had my 1950 Mercury which I bought with my own money from working various jobs including working at  the drug store, cutting people's  lawns and washing and waxing people's cars and this before minimum wage.

@bob-jackman That's how I got my first car... also a Mercury - a '56 Montclair 368.

My 1st car was a '68 Impala Sedan I also got from working odd jobs, babysitting and then working at A&W when I was 15. I had a friend in High School with a '67 Mustang fastback. I had to tow it three different times with the Impala. He actually sold the Mustang and bought the Impala from me when I got my '66 Cadillacs.

Very nice Mustang John. DM's trio of '65 2+2s are all awesome.

My first car was a 68 Dodge Dart that I bought for $300.  Drove it for 8 years.  Try buying a driveable car today for $300.  I feel sorry for all the kids of today, that if they wanted to buy their first car, they would need to save for years to get something decent.

I didn't get my first car until I was 18, didn't have one in high school and had to use my parents cars. I went into the Air Force 3 months after graduating HS and when I got to my first duty assignment one of the guys working in the squadron admin office told me there was a newly retired AF guy who was working at a local (Eglin AFB Fla.) GM dealer who would give squadron members a nice deal. Knowing what I know today I should have run for the hills. Like a dummy the thought of having my own car overwhelmed me, so I bummed a ride, got to the dealership and asked for "Lew", ending up driving out with a 1972 Pontiac LeMans, the luxury model with vinyl top, bucket seats, AC, AM-FM radio, and the factory mag wheels. I thought it was a cool car. It had the 350 engine but it wasn't that fast. I figured the monthly payment was manageable, boy was I wrong, I was probably making $300.00 a month (back in 1975) and was always out of cash a few days before payday. Got rid of it when the transmission started slipping and got a 72 Chevy Malibu, boy was that a pig of a car, kept it till I was discharged and drove it home from Florida where it sat in our garage until I paid off the loan. It always had one problem or another. Those lessons I learned early in my life have stuck with me until today and have made me a much better buyer of cars or for that matter anything.

My first car was a 1949 Willys Jeep Wagon that I purchased from my older brother.

Nice to see that many of us "earned" our first cars and pretty much the same ways.  Mie was a 64 Pontiac Catalina that I paid 1500 for in 67.  That was money I'd saved from girts over the years and my own labors.  I bought it and, lo and behold, it still needed gas, tires, and oil.....and some other things. Looke at it this way my friends'  We have memories that the kids of today will never have

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Nice to see that many of us "earned" our first cars and pretty much the same ways.  Mie was a 64 Pontiac Catalina that I paid 1500 for in 67.  That was money I'd saved from girts over the years and my own labors.  I bought it and, lo and behold, it still needed gas, tires, and oil.....and some other things. Looke at it this way my friends'  We have memories that the kids of today will never have

Well, maybe I didn't "earn" mom's station wagon, but I always had after school and summer jobs to pay for my gas and dates. My siblings and I had to share that old wagon and, when  it finally conked out, I bought a used Vespa to get me to classes. That and a bicycle were my only transportation for a while. During college, I delivered pizzas, had a work-study job, played in bands on weekends, and I finally saved up enough to buy myself a new (but no-frills) '72 Chevy Vega. Despite it's reputation, it was actually a pretty good, reliable car.