Did you drive a a body to school?
I bought my girl (73 duster) when I was 15 and was my first car. She started as a 318-904-7-1/4 combo, which then got an 8-1/4, then a 360, then another 360, and I still have her 13 years later with a 451 stroker-727-8-3/4 and the second paint job I have done . I have been through 20 some odd cars in the last few years but she has always stuck around