Tesla CEO Elon Musk is today the world's richest person - but there was a time when he could not afford to pay for a mechanic to repair his car. To fix his first car - an old 1978 BMW 320i that he purchased in 1993 - Elon Musk bought replacement glass for $20 from a junkyard. This snippet of information Mr Musk revealed on Twitter when an old photograph of him fixing the car went viral on the microblogging platform.

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I bought the replacement glass from a junkyard for $20. They’re great places to get spare parts.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 11, 2021

Couldn’t afford to pay for repairs, so I fixed almost everything on that car from parts in the junkyard. Ironically, that’s me replacing broken side window glass. The circle is complete lol.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 10, 2019