1956 Dodge Texan

In 1956 mom and dad bought a new (demonstrator), red and white, 4 door Dodge Texan. We kept the Plymouth for a while - parking it in the side yard.

This is me at 14 with the Texan. This is the car I learned to drive in. Notice the Lamar sticker in the rear window. This is a souvenir of Dad’s college experience. Notice Terry photobombing in the rear window. Finally look at my church stuff on the rear fender. From that and my dress I infer that this is a post church photo on 1960.

This car had a small block V8 displacing 270 cubic inches. It was the first car we had with an automatic transmission. Chrysler’s two speed TorqueFlite transmission was controlled by pushbuttons on the left side of the dash.