My most influential car was the 1968 VW beetle that I had in college. It was a POS and it influenced me to make good grades and make something of myself so I would not have to drive pos cars like it.

The only good thing about it was that after the engine died, I rebuilt it myself and upgraded the engine with larger cylinders, polished racing heads, headers, an oil cooler, light weight lifters with a high performance cam shaft, glass pack exhaust , a 2 barrel Weber Carburator and a heavy duty porsche clutch plate. Then i Baja'd the body. I doubled the horse power and ended up selling the thing to an old lady whose beetle caught fire and burned up.