My favorite Year -- 1955 -- The Golden Age of the Automobile at its best!

Hi folks -- far more coming on 1955 and autos in the days ahead! Brace yourselves.

 This Buick Century was a solid, upper middle-class symbol in 1955.  It was far out of reach for my family at that time. It was as solid as America -- the nation's economy and stable society.  But the winds of change were beginning to move.

 One of my first memories of riding in a convertible and the freedom derived from such a ride was from an experience with a 1956 Chevy convertible, not terribly different than the 1955 Indy pace car shown here.

 This Chrysler 300 C may be considered as America's first Post-WWII muscle car.

 I had a neighbor, John Healy, who destroyed one of these 1955 Thunderbirds in the early 1960s by putting a Pontiac 421 in this Bird. A crime against humanity, for this was one fabulous car, inside and out.

A Chicago street corner in 1955.  Trolley tracks have not yet been taken out. Note how difficult it was to negotiate the streets with that trolley in the way!