My mom drove a Buick station wagon in the 50s.... like this but all a dark blue if I remember correctly.
I remember her grabbing me before I fell out of it rounding a curve and the door popped open... sitting with her in the front seat.. no seatbelts. I was about 4 or 5 at the time.
@tgraph52 I remember those. Real cruisers and heavy as a tank.
If you were able to do all the maintenance and body work on a car like that in this modern age, it would be a nice model to choose.