[GH85Carrera]

My former boss who took early retirement at age 92 talked about the common practice of buying a new car every year. All the manufacturers kept the new models under wraps until a certain date. They would cover the glass windows to the dealership to prevent anyone peeking in.

On the big day, the coverings came down and the crowds came in to see the new cars. Often unique to that one year and unlike the previous year. He said the well to do would come in and buy a new car every year. He had a favorite salesman and had a standing order to get a new car each year. One year the salesman sold the car my former boss was supposed to get to someone else for a huge markup. He never bought another car from that salesman, and he changed from Chevy to Ford that year, and never stopped buying Fords. His new salesman really loved the standing order. One year he arranged to get a new car in his garage at home two days before it was supposed to be out. He was asked not to drive it until that release date.

My former boss joined the Army Air corps during WW2, one day he was told to change uniforms to the USAF. He retied from active duty due to his wife insisted before the Koran war. He worked as a pilot instructor for C-47s for much of his Air Force career. He joined the CAA and had a three digit employee number and worked at the FAA for a full career. In 1947 he started the company I worked at it was raking a nice income as a "side gig" and when he retired from the FAA turned it into full time.