I also think too that cars play a role in how bad drivers are now, parking....my drivers test was like this....pull alongside another car, manual steering, push in the clutch, change gears, turn my body to see, feather the clutch, steer the car backward, clutching all the while, get her straight, clutch, shift into low, inch ahead and wonder if you did good. That was just to park, remember when you got a car that would do the ton? (100mph), but were too scared to actually go that fast? Tires that let you know you were pushing your luck, cars that leaned going round corners, points that needed changing, plugs that went bad, huge cars, teaching your sister how to use a clutch? Now.....not so much, the car parks itself, tires hang on till its absolutely too late, 100 mph is common, pickups that will back up travel trailers by themselves, lane change warnings, driverless cars, you can be a complete imbecile and still drive nowadays. Use to be you had to know stuff just to drive a car, hell, I get to drive a 625 horse dump truck that will go as fast as you want, literally, and NEVER runs out of power, loaded or not. My first truck had a leading cl*** 250 ***mins in it that I coaxed along, shifting a 4 and 4 straight cut main box, you had to know what you were doing. Not now......
Another excellent article by Pat Ganahl ... just click on the link: https://patganahl.com/2020/11/30/thoroughly-dangerous-dragsters/
When the '58-'60's have the reverse slanted actuated rear windows, they are Continentals. Lincolns of those vintage have standard looking rear rear windows, different front and rear grille designs, and do not have the 6 taillights. Also, the multi-carb 430 was only an option on the Continentals.
The '58 Olds 4dr. hardtop wagon was the Fiesta, the '58 Buick 4dr. hardtop wagon was the Caballero Estate wagon.
The quality of the photos is still amazingly good despite sitting undeveloped for 70 years. I found a roll of film once that I had forgotten to develop for about 10 years or so and they didn't look all that great. It was color so that may have played a part in it.
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