| Our first new car was
a gold 77 Buick LeSabre purchased in November of
1976 with a GM discount for $5470, shortly after
my Dad died. I flew back from Phoenix, Arizona on
the red eye flight to pick the Buick up before
Thanksgiving. The Buick had a (Pontiac
developed) 301 V8, automatic transmission, very
cold air conditioning (finally) and chrome
wheels. The only sportiness (besides the chrome
wheels) was that it was a 2 door.
When I received the car it had a LeSabre
emblem on one quarter panel and Electra 225
emblem on the other side. I mistakenly had them
put a LeSabre emblem on both sides.
We kept this car less than a year, selling
it to couple we had met in the Milford Apartments
for $5600 in October of 1977 with 14,000 miles on
the odometer. We were applying for a house loan
and needed to reduce our debt. To provide
transportation we purchased a very used 67 Camaro
RS.
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