My first car was a 1966 Chrysler Newport. I bought it when I was 12 years old for $500 from an woman who had left it in the garage for decades. Over the next four years, my father and I fixed up the neglected engine, replacing all the rubber, the alternator, and the carburetor, and got it ready for the road. We even had to drop the gas tank because the gasoline had been left in it got so long it had turned to sludge.
It was a great car. Pretty much indestructible, and I made so many great memories with my dad taking that car apart and rebuilding it.
I do love your Karman Ghia, however!!