Reply #27: 1954 Bel Aire 4door (one year older than I was) in 1971 in this color even

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It would only start if you pushed it, I gave the guy $75 and grounded the battery to the block and she ran for 4 years, then the engine was put into a pickup and last I heard was still running 3 years after that. I spent $20 more at the "U Pick" junk yard to get some handles and knobs and door panels and off I went!

Had a 3 spd on the column that you had to rest your arm on in 3rd gear cuz the shifting forks were shot and I couldn't get parts (or afford to get on machined for me)

I loved that car