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Remember the cars you wanted to buy—many of which are now “classics”—but didn’t?
There were lots of them in my life…in fact, almost as many as the cars I bought. No sooner had I purchased my first car, a 1951 Mercury, than I lusted after a 1952 Oldsmobile 98.
It was faster than the Mercury because it sported a 1959 Oldsmobile V-8 displacing 394 cubic inches. Its owner claimed it had a 1939 La Salle three-speed transmission. On the test drive, shoulders pressed into the seat, the torquey V-8 lifted the front end and tires burned holes in the pavement.
But that was just one of many lusted-after autos that passed this author's eyes. What were some of yours?
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