1955 Ford Victoria

In 1962 Dad used money from my savings account to buy my first car, a 1955 Ford Victoria two door coupe, red and white. 272 V8 with a two speed automatic tranny. I got this car in 1962 and it served me through high school, summer jobs and dating as well as in my second year at Rice. My freshman year it remained in my folks’ driveway. Memorable aspects of this car were that it was not air conditioned, I installed seatbelts in it, it had a vacuum tube radio with a crappy speaker. I rebuilt a lot of it…good education: Rear end, oil pump, engine, steering gear.

This is a photo from the internet and not my car. But this is pretty accurate in terms of how it looked. Aside: some McDonalds have a wall mural showing a late 50’s drive in showing this car.