In 1949, at the age of 13, I was given a birthday present of a model car. It was a bright yellow friction-drive “Bucktooth” Buick Straight-8 Roadmaster coupe. I was mad about cars. I could identify ...

I first wrote about the car in a January 2024 column. I had noticed it parked alongside the road the previous spring, when I slowed down to take a few photos out the window before continuing to my ...