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A Corvette, a Rolls-Royce, a Lowrider Legend: Our 10 Favorite My Ride Cars of 2024

  • Dec 29, 2024
  • 1 min read

The vehicles that turned heads this year, and the stories of the driven owners behind them



Janet Long won her 1961 Chevrolet Corvette in a raffle in 1989 from Disneyland. Daniel Berman for WSJ
Janet Long won her 1961 Chevrolet Corvette in a raffle in 1989 from Disneyland. Daniel Berman for WSJ

It was a family mystery—a pink Ford Mustang with a white and black houndstooth top. Sam McGee’s grandmother had owned it before her death in 1973. This car had been built as a Color of the Month promotion in 1968, and as far as McGee knew, it was the only one of its kind made. To honor his grandmother, he went searching for it, located it in Kansas, and spent 20 years convincing the owner to sell. McGee, the owner of a wealth-management firm who lives in Boerne, Texas, finally acquired his grandmother’s Mustang in 2022. When he drives it, “it’s almost like she’s with me,” he said, “even though I never got the chance to meet her.”


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