Classic Car as first car?

I know I'm gonna get a lot of flack from the adults here but I'm 15 1/2 and I wanna get a 1969 chevy chevelle convertible( since I live in LA I can drive the top down everyday) or a 1971 Ford Torino Gt and pretty much any car that fit the models of the previous two that I stated, a lot of the older people I know tell me to get a Honda Civic, but they also tell me I'll wreck my car in the first year, might as well have fun cruising in my 69 Chevelle and get it wrecked than cruise in my boring average Honda Civic and get it wrecked. If any of you have had any of the two cars I stated or any classic car as your first car any help would be nice.

If you have a lot of cash go for it buying parts for old cars puts can cost a lot of cash due to supply and demand. Every young bloke wrecks there first car buy a late model v8 to drive every day and drive your classic on weekends when its not raining. I wrecked my first 5 cars.

Do you need reliable transport?

Then don't buy a 40 year old car. Sure they are cool, but any car that old is NOT going to be reliable, and you are likely to have trouble getting even common parts them. Assuming you need the car to get to work every day, this isn't a good thing.

Get something more practical and save up some money to buy yourself a project car for Sunday cruising that you can tinker with as needed.

You would have 2 basic choices with either of those vehicles - buy a fixer that requires lots of work and $$ or buy a restored vehicle and pay lots of $$… There's no in between especially for those vehicles that are more scarce each day ( PS that lots of $$ would be in the $ 30000 range at least and probably more )