John C from Bloomington, MN, shares his first car adventure with a ’71 Plymouth Satellite Sebring, purchased for $700 from paper route savings and a dad’s loan. Despite its mild 318 engine and a sticky automatic choke, John jazzed it up with aluminum slots, chrome rims, and a leopard-skin interior. A proud “fix-it” ticket for being too jacked up was a badge of honor among friends with their own quirky rides, from a ’68 Mustang GT to a project V8 Vega.