Comes when everyone else is rhapsodizing over '68 & later boulevard cruisers when your first was a '51 Merc eventually running through a third junk yard flathead.
Next came a '53 Ford with a 312/4Bbl from a '58 Turnpike cruiser (great sleeper), then a '58 Fairlane & 312.
Only new cars I've ever owned were a '66 Falcon "Sport" and '71 or 2 Comet "GT". Comet was first automatic and first not to leave U-joints scattered across So Cal and parts of Texas and Arizona.
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Hollywood & Sunset Blvd (Tiny Naylor's), Colorado Blvd (Bob's Big Boy at each end & in between, plus a nice strip of freeway for "real" racing), selected Foster Freeze, and A&Ws.