The '56 - Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda
This is about one car I owned, a 1956 Ford 2-door sedan. To be honest, my '56 Ford 2-door sedan didn't look as nice as the one above. I don't remember when or where I bought the '56. I know we lived on Wall Street, in Coventry, CT. I used to drive it to school. My grades weren't very good so my mom took the keys away. I just changed the ignition switch. Then she took the plates off it. At that time in Connecticut, if you lost a plate, you could make a temporary plate. Yup, that's what I did. I think Mom gave up. It was a 292 V8, with a 3-speed manual trans. I still had it when we moved to Avery Shores, Coventry (on the lake). I don't remember if it stopped running, but I got it into my head that it needed a bigger engine, a FE! When the time came to make the swap, I couldn't find a manual transmission FE anywhere. My buddy Stan found one, a lowly 332, 2-barrel, at Parker Street Used Auto Parts, in Manchester. It was far from what I envisioned, but it w...
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