My Father died in 1972.
Me, too (in Oregon).
I got my first car - a 1964 Rambler Classic. Really pretty little car and the first of several Ramblers. (My parents had Ramblers my entire life, too. :))
Sorry about your dad. My mom died in 1971 when I was a junior in high school; my dad died in 1997.
Pretty well sucks, doesn’t it?
Meh, Things Happen.