How much did you pay for your A Body

I paid $250 for my first car. A buddy in highschool had drove his grandmothers tan 73 Scamp to our schools autoshop for a tune-up. I looked it over and performed the maintenance on it. When she came to pick it up that evening i asked her if she was willing to sell it...she said sure and handed me the receipt for the tune-up(shop fees, oil/filter and plugs) and said give me this much and its yours. I had the car all through highschool, it was a /6 two door car, completely rust free. I collected and rebuilt a 383, 727 and 8 3/4 for it over the course of 3 years. I never got to finish the car as i enlisted in the AF that fall and had to sell everything to fund my and my wifes wedding.

Fast forward 13 years and ive finally been able to find a old A body to do right... I paid $850 for my 66 Valiant rust bucket. Slowely restoring it as it need a ton of body work and rust repair.

-Jake