My first car was given to me by my dad and it was a crappy bodied 1977 Chevy Monza Towne Coupe with a factory 305 V8. I ended up finding and buying a near mint(body wise) 1977 Chevy Monza 2+2 with a frozen 4 banger for $50. I then took the 305 from the original car and put it into my 2+2. That engine didn't last too long(too weak) so I bought a slightly built 355 V8 and threw it in there and drove the car off and on for 4 years until the transmission went out on me on the way home from work on a Friday night and I ended up buying a nice SRT-4 Sunday evening because I couldn't get the Monza up and running in time and needed a car to drive to work. The Monza sat in my fathers yard for 2 years before I decided to sell it to the crusher/wrecking yard for the exact same $50 I originally paid for the car.