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26/06/2024 11:36 am
!958, you are 25 years old and you just came into some money and decided to buy a new [American] car for your everyday uses, what would be your top three choices be, in the order of the most desired.
My picks:
Dodge
Thunderbird
Ford
PS; luxury cars were not everyday drivers to me, two seaters were totally impractical in my life [other wise the '55 & '57 Thunderbirds as well as the '57 Caddy & '56 Lincoln Premier would have been on my list].
If they would be everyday driver's for you definitely put them down, just explaining how I choose my picks,
26/06/2024 1:03 pm
My favorite everyday drivers for '58 in order of preference:
26/06/2024 7:48 pm
Jack, I go along with your picks.
26/06/2024 7:52 pm
They are all beautiful ! My Dad had a 1958 Impala and one neighbor had a 1958 Pontiac while another neighbor had a 1958 Oldsmobile.
26/06/2024 8:38 pm
I like Jack's picks too but I think my first choice would be the Ford. I love the T-Bird but too impractical for me.
27/06/2024 12:41 am
To be honest, there weren't many cars of that year I liked. The Corvette or Thunderbird if I could afford one. Just keep my 1957 and wait till 1959.
27/06/2024 7:34 am
My #1 Pick for '58...
John Bono
North Jersey
27/06/2024 10:40 am
@sizedoesmatter GM sure offered some fantastic looking color combos for the '58 Pontiac. Here are a few of my favorites:
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27/06/2024 10:48 am
27/06/2024 10:54 am
I want the first one, the GREEN one.
Yes that metallic green is one color that pictures can't do justice....another is my last pic...the 2-tone blue metallic, which is gorgeous up close.
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27/06/2024 11:43 pm
@jack-dodds that two-tone blue is probably the nicest combo I've ever seen on a '58.
John Kuvakas
Warrenton, VA
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28/06/2024 8:38 am
@jack-dodds Jack, back in the day I had a buddy who had a '58 Bonneville 2dr ht. His was silver with a white spear...that car was DDG. 60 plus year latter we still talk about it.
John Bono
North Jersey
28/06/2024 9:50 am
@jack-dodds Jack, back in the day I had a buddy who had a '58 Bonneville 2dr ht. His was silver with a white spear...that car was DDG. 60 plus year latter we still talk about it.
This is the closest example I could find John...
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