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A few early memories of cars, but I'm not sure which is first:

Seeing my dad & uncles fixing the rusted floor of our old black Chevy (?) station wagon using a metal Coca-Cola sign on the property of the old farm my grandparents retired to when they moved out of the city. This was sometimes in the 1959 - 1962 timeframe.

Remembering sleeping & waking up in the back of either that station wagon or the beige-brown 2-tone Dodge wagon as we were traveling cross-country. I remember a neighbor (the Andersons) had a green sedan version of our beige wagon, and we kids called them the "tan junk" and the "green garbage can".

My first "real" car memory as an enthusiast was see the "rich" neighbor down the block (this was a working-class neighborhood in Detroit) get a 1st generation Buick Riviera in either '63 or '64.

I also remember the Ford GT40's competing and winning at Le Mans, as it was a big deal in the Detroit papers at the time.