Um, as long as I owned it my goal was to have it stolen. :-)
Just kidding, I couldn't have afforded theft coverage. I paid $100.00 in 1977 (when I was 20) for my 1971 Gremlin. It was definitely a 3-speed, floor shift. I was able to squeeze about 100 miles out of the existing clutch before needing a new one, adding another $150.00 to the cost of the car. I managed to keep it on the road for about a year and a half, at a maintenance cost of about $100.00 a month (brakes, starter drives, starters, flywheel, alternator, etc.) before it literally disintegrated on me.
The drive train was fine on the one I owned but you needed a crow bar to open the doors. The hinges due to the long doors wore out. My first car though I learned to drive in was a 55 Plymouth Belvedere wagon. Very worse car I owned was a 69 Renault. Piece of Junk. Only car stolen from me was my 61 Chevy somebody stole while I was away at boot camp.