1953 Chevy BelAire

... A blue & white '53 BelAire was the first car I truly recall our family owning as I was growing up... There are some very vague recollections of a beige '41 Chevy and memories of how dad replaced a rusted out fender with some wooden supports, screen and plaster of paris in order to sell the car in Kansas when we got the '53... The day he sold it for $ 25 --- it rained for the first time in about 2 years and the new owner wasn't happy that the fender dissolved --- they split the difference and settled up for $ 12.50...
... We had the '53 till 1958...