We have a Family Superpower (or maybe it’s a Stupor-power):
We buy really cool cars and get rid of them a decade before the rest of the world decides they’re Classics.
‘57 T-Bird (352cid, black w/white interior, Continental kit)
‘63 Galaxie 500GT Convertible (406cid with Tri-Power)
‘67 Buick Skylark
‘69 Torino GT (351cid w/’shaker’ hood and vinyl top, not the ‘fastback’ body)
It only gets worse the farther back I go, although nobody in the family ever owned a Duesenberg, a Stutz, or a Cord so there’s SOME degree of relief.
They don’t build cars the way they used to; and they never did.
Odd...I had a beautiful ‘67 Buick Skylark, white with black vinyl top, black interior. I loved that car. It took us from Fremont, CA to Olympia WA, and then from Olympia, WA to St. Charles, MO, pulling a 19’ Nomad RV (HEAVY ol’ thing) with absolutely NO problem whatsoever. Igor decided “we” should sell it (it was MY car) because he wanted a new Chevy Monza.
I still miss that Buick. :o|