[KC Burke]

The two old cars that I drove in highschool were a 57 Dodge with the push button automatic (it would start in-gear as the interlock was broken -- made for cool getaways) and a 56 Pontiac Station wagon much like the Chevey you show. The station wagon would really lay rubber turning a corner due to the suspension -- made leaving a parking lot a joy of noise.

The brakes failed on that wagon once pulling into the local drive in resturant. Hit the walkway curb the car hops used, flew two feet in the air, and bounced to a stop in the parking space on the other side. I killed the engine and ordered on the speaker on the passager window side as if nothing had happened.

[Roses0508]

The ONLY car my mother was ever able to drive was a 57 push button dodge - yellow and white with those big fins. She drove it until it was impossible to find someone to repair the transmission - it had holes in the floor where it had rusted through.

We tried her with an automatic transmission, but she could never get the hang of it. I actually think my Dad was relieved when she quit driving.

[Constitution Day]

Heh. Nice driving!

The '56 Pontiac, now that's a fairly rare car today. Did it have Powerglide, or the 3-on-the-tree?

Mine has the bone-stock 235 inline 6.
When I was about 19, and stupid, I got it up to 120 MPH...with no seat belts.

I'd never do that again.

[carlr]

Still sitting out in the weeds behind my barn is the shell of a 50 something Sierra station wagon with the push button shift.
The transmission went out in the late sixties and my father replaced it with a 1961 Buick Special wagon.