Purchased in 1963. With an appearance and appointments that the moniker "Captain Video" aptly described, as named by Julia, who also gave it a home when she moved to Rochester.Dodge Polara V-8 '61
[I liked the clear plastic suspended metalflake elliptical steering wheel, and the space-cockpit dash with a translucent speedometer and horizontal orbital clock with a little satellite second hand, usually frozen in time. Dad, never one for "idiot lights", added several bolt-on chrome-plated gauges from J.C. Whitney: an ammeter/oil pressure duo and a water temperature unit whose sensor, being embedded in the side of the upper radiator hose, caused the latter to rupture and the car to overheat. As we were pulling travel trailers on summer vacations in those days, overheating, versus an onslaught of various contraptions to counteract it, became a constant battle.]