2nd try? On the cheap friendly comp?

Hersbird said
I'm not sure a young newbie would even be looking at v8, rwd, hard to find, probably rusted out, car that was made 15-30 years before they were even born. A kid could pick up a 1st gen Neon that needed a head gasket for $500 put a few more bucks in it and run the mid 14's get over 30 mpg and then put all these cars to shame on an autocross track. I think the only v8 RWD mopars most of them would consider would be the trucks. Also the first 5.7 Hemi Chargers are starting to get affordable (I've seen cop cars go $5000 in great shape) at least compared to a 60-70 A body.

At 16 (2006 AD), my first car was a '72 4-door dart with the slant six. Noone in my family has ever kept or worked on classics or hot rods, nor did I have any help picking out, buying, or fixing it. I drove it for three years before I tried to turbocharge it, but ran out of steam troubleshooting it. I also had a solid half dozen kids at my high school who drove olde classics every day.

'course, I live in the south, dunno if it's different for y'all yankees.