[ansel12]

My first car was a 1955 Chevy Bel Air 4 door.

Same here, and it didn't need a key either, the ignition switch was worn and would turn without a key.

[Gaffer]

It was a complex quasiquiddity of beast, coolness (IMI) and technology.:0)

The radios in them had a vibrator tube and sometimes you literally had to pound the dash to get the radio to play (at least in old ones).

I hit that dash so hard sometimes it hurt my fist, but not one dent I could see.