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My father bought his first car in 1939, a '29 Chev 4-door, for $75. He wanted a Model-A but those were running $90, and sometimes $100 for a nice one. He recalled that Fords were the most popular used car, other makes less so. Fords were reliable, inexpensive to repair and maintain, and relatively easy on fuel consumption. His friend bought mid-20's era Oldsmobile phaeton for $15 but regretted it - heavy, slow, an oil burner, and not exactly a babe magnet. Cars from smaller companies that died out after the 1920's you couldn't give away - that's why so many were driven to the scrapper.