James Hagan:
CLASS OF 1954
Ridgewood High SchoolClass of 1954
Ridgewood, NJ
Fair Lawn High SchoolClass of 1954
Fair lawn, NJ
Radburn Elementary SchoolClass of 1948
Fair lawn, NJ
John Y. Dater Elementary SchoolClass of 1947
Ramsey, NJ
James's Story
I bought my first car in the summer of 1955. I paid $35 for a piece of running junk, a 20 year old Ford V-8 convertable with a rumble seat. The convertable top, hand made by the previous owner's mother leaked like a sieve in the rain. The car required constant tinkering to keep it going, but I was happy to have it. I sold it for $35 several months later and the ...Expand for more
buyer's mother questioned her son's sanity paying $35 for a car with 90,000 miles on it. I didn't have the heart to tell her that since the odometer was broken I had no idea what the actual mileage was which could be as much as 190,000. Kids troday are so spoiled with new or late model cars given to them with maintenance, gas and insurance paid by mom and dad.
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