Classic American

CONNOISSEUR’S CHOICE

If you really, really love American cars of the Fifties, you shouldn’t settle for just anything from that decade. You should consider the models where the era’s adventures in car styling produced the wildest, most exciting results; cars like this pair belonging to Wayne and Lisa Harrison.

Wayne has had a series of American classics and since he and Lisa spent a spell living in the Midwest, he’s focused on seeking out quality examples of models he’s passionate about. In practice, this means locating something in the USA in excellent original condition, usually with very few owners and a modest mileage. It’s what we all want, surely? Except Wayne doesn’t just dream about it, he buys ’em and brings ’em over.

We last featured one of Wayne’s cars in 2015, when his previous Mercury Turnpike Cruiser boggled our minds. That was a four-door, also tuxedo black like the two-door we see here, and the only one in the country at the time. There are now three – that’s

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