[Kickass Conservative]

My Mother had a Pink 59 Coupe DeVille just like that. She traded up to a Gold 63 Coupe DeVille a few years later (sigh).

I took my Driver's License Road Test in the 63. The DMV guy couldn't believe I was in that 19 foot long two 1/2 ton behemoth. Thank God they didn't require you to parallel park by that time. The Y turn almost did me in though.

[WVKayaker]

I bought a 73 Calais for my (then 16) oldest daughter's first car. It weighed 4850 pounds, had a 502, and could carry 6 in style, and relative safety. She replaced it with a Jeep! Since it was a gas hog, too, it kept her driving to a minimum.

Last summer, when visiting her (now 30), she told me she's looking for another one like it. She doesn't have the Jeep any more. With 2 kids, she's got a Taurus, but longs for the feel of that behemoth!