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A Long and Winding Boomer Road

A car biography is like a map of your life. Case in point:

*58 Chevy Impala convertible (mother’s car, greatest chick magnet in auto history)

*58 Cadillac Coup Deville (father’s car)

*58 Nash Rambler (older brother’s car)

61 Cortina (lost in a poker game but the engine was shot)

62 Volkswagen Bug (cherry red,drove from Illinois to California, where it belonged)

66 Thunderbird 4 door (father-in-law’s car loaned for honeymoon)

69 VW Bus (stolen, never recovered)

70 VW Hatchback (transmission went bad, couldn’t fix, junked)

74 Dodge Country Squire station wagon (antiques business, totaled, suffered a broken pinkie)

79 Pontiac Grand Safari station wagon (antiques business)

81 Delorean (coolest car I ever owned, girlfriend—a professional belly dancer—ended up with it, end of story)

84 Ford E350 Cargo Van, windowless, super suspension (antiques business, graduating to furniture)

90 Mercedes (second father-in-law’s car loaned for honeymoon)

69 Mustang (back to the future, early midlife crisis)

02 Lexus E300 (a Toyota Camry with almost imperceptible upgrades, which cost $5000 more)

46 Ford Woody Station Wagon (full blown midlife crisis)

04 Mercedes C-Class Mini (Italian vacation rental, unavailable in the U.S.)

09 Lexus E330 (why did I buy this car again?)

*driven without license and/or permission

Terry Hamburg writes the Boomer to You blog about the exciting and revolutionary baby boomer years.

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