`59 Driver's Ed Picture

"Your Chevrolet dealer helps make driving safer."

Came across this great looking ad a while back, when I was buying old magazines at Goodwill (click on the pic to see it larger). It depicts the sparsely appointed Biscayne sedan; from the outside we can't determine if it is the Biscayne Utility (no back seat) or the standard Biscayne. Either way, the driver was not given much in the way of comfort or convenience. This was all car and no frills. Color is Highland Green DDL-42495. Notice the lack of sideview mirrors; it's likely that the car also lacks seatbelts, as at least in Washington State they weren't required until 1964.

How nice it would have been to have a `59 Chevy Driver's Ed car, instead of in my case a wimpy Volkswagen Dasher. And when they wanted to pull out the big power, they rolled the Dodge Aspen out of the garage for our freeway test. Having this car would have been much more fun, and possibly safer given the amount of metal each one took to build.