49k-Mile Original: 1949 Chrysler Town and Country (opens in new tab)

Thank goodness for imagination. I just spent a few minutes daydreaming that I was a well-to-do fella about town in 1949, plunking down about four grand on a new Town and Country at my local Chrysler store. Of course, this imaginary me would be better-dressed, better-mannered, and more debonair in general. I'd have a house...