True car people are becoming a thing of the past

I had two cars when I was 13 and three when I was sixteen. I bought them with money I earned cutting grass, cleaning roofs and gutters and anything else I could to earn money. I never had anyone buy a car for me.
The first one was a hand me down from a cousin ...six cylinder 72 dart. The parental units funded a 74 duster and then after that Sears Roebuck &Co funded the rest after I went to work for Sears. I started in Jewlery, then baby apparel and finally Tool Territory which was like working in candy land.
They never let me work in the auto center but it wasn't for lack of trying.