The first car(s) that I technically owned were a 57 Chevy Model 210 and a 53 Merc with a flathead engine, when I was 16. Not sure how I scratched up the money for them but they were junk. So much so that my Mom had them towed-off in front of my bewildered-eyes. They didn't look like junk to me.
The first car that I owned and my Mom couldn't tow-off was a 74 Duster with a 318 in it. I bought that as a young Marine and drove it until I started a family, eventually trading it in for a long line of garbage-cars.