El Camino-(translation - spanish meaning The Road)

My first (drivable)car was a rusted out 1972 El Camino ... A pretty sweet car for a fourteen year old. I purchased it at a shiners automotive swap meet I attended with my uncle and grandpa. I was just kicking around the rows when my mom called me and asked if I had bought anything and I replied,"Yeah a car!" she asked something along the lines of of what kind what color and I said an el camino and its silver....well mabey primer. She said okay kind blew it off and didn't take it seriously because I honestly hadn't bought a car....well..at least not yet. Right after I got off the phone I looked over to the car corral and sure enough a primer gray El Camino rolls in. I go running this was the most beautiful thing I have ever seen in my young eyes.I think to myself, it must be FATE! I met the man driving as he was slapping a for sale sign on the window  with a hefty price of $1600 it was a price way out of my league but after much hard haggling I had struck a smooth deal and we settled on $1000 cash if he had it the next day. I walked away knowing  that would be my car. I took my hard earned grand out of the bank damn near wiping me out.But the next day I was back with the cash in hand and rolled out with me sweet new whip. Over the coming months I hid the car from my parents at my grandparents and wrenching on it each weekend I got it closer and closer to being  a somewhat safe car. That didn't stop me and my friends though from being the coolest cats around with a set of Texas tags (Texas plates don't have an expiration date) we drove everywhere and we were riding sooo dirty.No insurance no license no registration and possibly stolen pates. Looking back if I met my fourteen year old self today id slap him I was so dumb to do it but man I was free!