[old_tv_nut]

My dad, who had been a dealer service manager but had developed health issues that prevented him from working, took me to a dealer he knew to get a very cheap used car ($400, about $3300 today) right after I graduated from college (1966), so I had something to drive to work until I built up some savings to make a down payment on a new car. It was probably used in racing, and was blue with one green fender. The engine smoked from the crankcase breather, and the turn signals sometimes didn't work. I had to buy two tires for it immediately because the fronts were bald. But it started and ran OK (at least during the summer) and the automatic transmission worked OK. That fall I bought a new 1966 Mustang, and have owned only new cars ever since.