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First-Car Shopping in the COVID Crunch

“Not since World War II has there been a shortage like this one of private vehicles available for sale.”

My first car was a junkyard special — literally. It was smack-dab in the middle of the 1980s when I drove that not-completely-crusty ’69 Dodge Dart GT home from a local salvage yard for $300. I might have even paid the state of Connecticut its fair share of tax. Somewhere in a shoebox is the bill

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