1951 Pontiac
A classic in it's time, the 1951 Pontiac was a real car.
It was the seccond car I ever owned, the first being a 1952 Henry J that had been given to me by my grandparents when I was 15. They had driven the Henry J for several years and it was close to the end of it's productive life. That didn't matter to me, I washed and polished it every week, even though I couldn't drive it on the roads.
The Heny J lasted several months and it was time to make a change in the mode of my transportation. This Pontiac was in great shape, even though it was 10 years old. It featured a straight 8 engine and automatic transmission.
I once set a speed record by driving between the Iron Bridge in Batesville Indiana to Youngman's Garage in Napoleon Indiana, a distance of about 13 miles over an extremely hilly and curvy road. Along with the help of my navigator Jim Youngman, we covered the distance in 9 minutes and 30 seconds, a record that stood for several years.
The car saw me through my high school years, and henceforth it was traded for a classy 1956 Ford Fairlane V8 with dual exhausts and all the trimmings.
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