First Auto
My first car was this 1943 convertible. Since I was only seven months old, I couldn’t get a driver’s license and instead had to be chauffeured around Aqueduct Avenue in the Bronx by my mother Linda or father Arthur.
This 1950 Chrysler was the first real family car I recall. In it, while driving us to and from our summer rentals in Monticello and Mahopac, my father often got us lost while navigating his famous “short cuts.” Of course, no road maps or asking for directions was allowed.
The 1965 Dodge Dart was the first car I bought. It cost $2400 and to save a mere $50 I ordered the two-door, which I regretted every time I struggled to get somebody or something into or out of the back seat. — Richard Siegelman of Plainview.
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