Thread: Where were you in 1957? (Tulsa inspired!)

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I was 7... Biggest thrill of the year was going to town with Dad one Friday evening and riding home in his BRAND NEW 1957 Ford Fairlane 500 2 dr hardtop!!!!! On Saturday I got to "help" put a coat of DuPont #7 polish on the car, and 2 coats of paste wax!!!! It was a two tone, Cocoa Brown Metallic and white!!!! Even got to ride in the front seat with him and Mom when we went to church on Sunday with our brand new car!!!! Had to show it to all my buds after church. Dad was out there showing all his buds, too!!!!!! I thought (and still am inclined to believe) it was the most beautiful car ever built!!!! The most impressive part of the car was opening that front hinged hood and showing everybody that big V-8 Y Block engine!!!!!

As I stated in another thread, I was 11 years old in 1957, still in elementary school (back then ours were grades 1 - 6). Had a crush on a girl in my class who had no eyes for me, not then, not ever. I got over it. My dad bought a new 57 Chevy that year and it was pretty cool. He kept it until 60 when he bought a Ford wagon (UGH) . Not cool. Walked to school everyday as we lived in a small beach town population 300 in winter, about 600 in summer. Always enjoyed those lazy days of summer, part time beach bum, part time renter of umbrellas and rafts (good way to meet girls). What I remember most was the issue with Sputnik, my first sighting of a huge aurora borealis, my first time at a Buddy Deane hop and listening to the music of the up and coming rocker, Buddy Holly.

Those days are gone forever, but the memories are still fresh.

Bob
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