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Art:
The Registry doesn't have the demographic data, aside from some which is anecdotal. There are, of course, references to ages, particularly if the buyer was rather young. There are a few cases of large inheritances going into the hands of an eighteen year old and his first stop is a Ford dealership, and you guessed it, he wasn't there to buy a Falcon.
CSX 2427, a DragnonSnake, was purchased for two young sons by their father who was, I believe, a major player in textiles. The car optioned out at over $9,300, which was a King's ransom back in '64. The kids raced it for two years and then stopped. Dad sold the car.
You are quite correct, too, in your point about owning a car like this in a nothern climate. California made sense, but New England or Wisconsin would have been pure folly. A rare person, indeed, who bought one of these. It took from 1962-65 for SAI to sell 600 units. As a point of comparison, Chevrolet was manufacturing 500 Corvettes a week. People wonder why they are so rare? You had to be crazy to own one if you lived anywhere near snow. These were the days before people tucked things away for winter. Daily driver meant daily driver.
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