My grandpa drove a 39′ Olds sedan that he bought new in 1940 just before WW2, until 1971 when grandma made him trade it for a 56′ two door Merc (two tone black and white). The 39′ Olds still had running boards and tear drop head lights and a fine chrome grill and hood ornament. My dad was a Desoto man…those beasts were built like tanks and had the most incredible chrome grills and bumpers. You could carry a family of eight in a four door! He bought his last Desoto in 57′ which had big fins and killer tail lights then he switched to Buick Electra’s (four holes). We had a game as kids that if you could’nt name the Buick model by looking at the number of holes in the cowling your buddy could punch you in the arm. I got my drivers license in 64′ and bought a 28′ Model A Ford with a 326 old engine for $150. That one required alot of work and I sold it and bought a 55′ Chev Bel Aire for $150…great for the outdoor movies and back seat fun with my girl friend… drove it for a year and sold it for the same price before I went off to the university. Being a poor college student when wages were like $1.50/hr for part time work, it was hard to save up for “wheels”, but I managed to do it and bought a 1950 Olds Rocket 88 (with a window visor) for $75 which had actually been owned by an old lady and had the original seat covers and tires and had less than 25,000 original miles.

The list goes on:
1961 International Harvester TravelAll
1953 Chevy pick-up
1951 Chevy Pick-up (traded for a 1951 DKW 150 cc motorcross bike that I bought in Belgium for $20)
1949 Chevy Sedan Delivery
1953 Chevy Sedan Delivery
1957 GMC pick-up
1959 GMC Carryall
1950 Jeep Wagon
and my last “old car” was a 1950 Willys Jeepster rag top that was all original (Nassau Cream) with a 4 cylinder Hurricane engine.
Today my daily driver is a 1982 Jeep Scrambler (only 29 years old) which I intend to drive …. well until I can find a deal on the one that always got away, a 37′ Ford covertable.