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It is 1957, you need a new car, you are 30 years old, you make a comfortable wage, you have a family of four, you need at least a 4 passenger vehicle, it will be your only vehicle, your daily driver. What new vehicle would you buy?
My choice is the Desoto Fireflite:
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I'm stuck on this color combination for 56, 57, and almost in 58.
My choice is...
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PICS - For 1957.… Roadmaster
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1957 Buick Roadmaster Hardtop
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'57 Ford Fairane 2-dr. Hard Top "F Code", yel/wht w/blk/wht interior, automatic trans.
Saint Clair Shores, Michigan
PIC: I'm going with the car my neighbor had in 1957.....
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John Bono
North Jersey
Beautiful, my second choice.
(PIC) My is a 1957 Ford Country Squire
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Mercury Montclair 2 dr hardtop, orange (whatever they called it) and white.
My choice...
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And in 1:24 scale...
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My choice is:
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PIC: I'm getting the newest of the new
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John Kuvakas
Warrenton, VA
Nash Ambassador, just like this one...

Newer than new, lol!
Always an Edsel fan. Yours must be 1 of 8 pre-production models built on 4/15/57 in Mahwau, NJ.
John Bono
North Jersey
LOL! I traded my Packard on it...now I have to wait and walk again!
John Kuvakas
Warrenton, VA