"Jenny was sweet...She always smiled for the people she'd meet."
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At 16, in 1967, I got my Dad's 1966 Chrysler Newport up to 110 mph.
A week later,
I did it again with a carload of school pals that said I was lying.
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That song didn't come out until 1978.
Back then it was probably Rolling stones - Satisfaction.
The Newport was a nice looking car. This was what the inside of my Dad's '68 model looked like except his also had an 8-track mounted under the dash. I learned how to drive in that car and passed my road test with it too.
Check out the AM only radio. Everything was pretty much single function and very basic. A perfect car for a kid to drive on a hot summer night with the windows down and the radio blaring.
