In June of 1969 I was 17 and had just finished my junior year of high school. I had been bugging my dad to let me have a car so he finally relented and agreed to let me have one. The weird thing was that he wouldn't let me go with him when he went to the local car dealer to buy it. I had no idea what kind of car he was going to buy. I had asked him to get me a 2 door with a V8 and manual transmission so when he came home with a dark blue '65 Impala 2 door hardtop I couldn't complain. It had a straight 6 engine and 3 on the tree trans so at least it had 2 of the 3 things I wanted. Have you ever heard of anyone else getting their first car in this manner? Neither have I....
