The first car I remember my parents having was a 54 Chevrolet. My aunt also had one and she used to take me 'everywhere' with her.

The most unique car my parents had was a 58 Chevy that my Dad painted mac truck green....it was a manual shift on the column and the tranny was iffy, so sometimes Mom would have to raise the hood and tinker with something under there to get it into gear.
That thing was a tank but my Mom could parallel park that sucker like a pro!

They also had the Corvair, which Mom loved especially after driving the 58!!

The first 'new' car they bought, & paid cash was a 1986 Chevy Celebrity, which they drove to Michigan to visit us . While at our house the car was side swiped by a hit and run driver and almost totaled. Turns out the driver of the car was the daughter of the Base Commander!!