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I’VE BEEN A LONG-TIME SUBSCRIBER to HCC, and I still look forward to each edition with the same enthusiasm as I have right from the first. I was delighted to see February’s focus on Mopars, not as a Mopar guy myself (as Buicks seem to run in my blood), but for the memories that bubbled to the surface of the glorious Plymouths my grampa had.

I was a bit disappointed, I must admit, to not see a focus article on the ’63 models, as I seem to recall them being nicknamed the “150-mph Plymouth.” My gramps had one, and that was not as much an exaggeration as some might think. Permit me to digress.

The first Plymouth I can recall of dear Grampa’s was the then-new 1956 four-door hardtop. I was too young to remember much about it, except for the hardtop styling and blue and white color combo. He was not a car guy, so to speak, but always had to have the top model.