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THE FEATURE ABOUT Frank and Cathy Stubbs’ 1957 Ford Country Sedan wagon in the March issue brought back fond memories. My father was not a car guy and was very frugal. He had three children and needed a station wagon, so he went to the local Ford dealership to look at the new 1958 models, but was instead shown a still-new, leftover ’57 wagon still on the lot. Suffice it to say, he purchased the car. It was the same color combination as the Stubbs’, and the only mechanical difference in my mind was that ours didn’t have the supercharger. That wagon created many great memories as a youngster.

−TIM FORD

Nipomo, California

I really enjoyed the great story in the April issue about the restored 1958 Mercury California Highway Patrol car, as well as any

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