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A 1963 Ford convertible. 3-speed manual transmission with electric overdrive, 352-cubic inch engine. The paint was metallic teal, which doesn't show up well in this Ektachrome slide I developed in my folks' kitchen sink. Did thousands of those. This was taken at Meramec State Park, near Sullivan, MO, I think. Almost as soon as I bought this car, I got drafted, so the guy I bought it from took it off my hands & sold it again. He was a prince. This was in an age where, as they say, hearts were light and cars were heavy.
My grandparents lived in Le Havre (France) in 1952. Here they are happy to have an aperitif with a friend (the one who takes the photo). My grandmother Antoinette was born in Corsica in 1917. My grandfather Armand, who was born in Paris in 1921, was director of a cinema in Le Havre, a port city in the North of France.