My first day/nite driving a US car..was in one like this..samo, samo..was away for 9 hrs...manual shift..bad clutch in the nite, on return..and my driver licens was 2 days old..back in 1973..Yes I still drive US cars..Nothing is better..Even for a Norwegian like me.
At 16 my first car in late 62 was a 1956 Ford SunLiner or ragtop.You could buy ragtops cheap in the winter back then.Lots of farm work money saved up.Had a bar grill,shaved hood,and lowered.292 Y-block.Really looking back I like the thin side chrome of the 55 better.