[CaptJohn]

Originally Posted by senior citizen

I think my boyfriend (now husband) paid $350 for his.....but his mom bought a Plymouth for $35. Can you believe it? Considering what cars cost today. Later, my dad gave him a '55 Chevy when he could no longer drive it. Both were two tone, kind of pale aqua greenish.

Our Chevy took us everywhere back in 1962 and beyond.....but once the "rear end" of the car konked out and he had to drive backwards.......I swear. He did fix it. Another time we had borrowed his mom's Plymouth and we were just getting off the N.J. Turnpike when the steering wheel came out of it's whatever........and he had to shove it back down and press in order to get off the highway and make the turn.........I was so relaxed back then........now I'd probably have a heart attack if the steering wheel came out.

Thanks for posting this. I got a great laugh and rememberance from it.
I didn't think anyone would believe you could buy a car that cheap but it happened.
I can also identify with the steering wheel problem and rear end. Now that's funny! A Ford I had back then would occasionally lose the brakes since their system used a single master cylinder instead of the duals used by GM and all the later vehicles. It's a horrible feeling when you press the brakes and they're not there! I learned how to coast down to a stop and learned how to drive without brakes (yes it can be done). That's why today I cringe when someone runs up behind me and doesn't apply the brakes until the last minute. i was also rearended that way once so I tend to start stopping way ahead of time since the early days of no brakes, to the aggravation of those behind me.