When I was in HS some buddies and I visited a friend on Cape Cod one summer whose older brother rented a house.  We ran in to a kid with a 55 sporting a 327 Vette engine and a four speed.  We hung with him for the night but he couldn't turn the car off because  the starter had gone.  Ver y vivid memories of that night and that car.

Not a 50s guy but this is something I could get in to.