After I got my driver’s license in 1984, one of my favorite things to do was exploring country roads.  I would get out my Hagstrom maps and look for interesting places I had never been to, and then drive these rural roads just to see what was there.  The fascinating part is that you never knew what you would discover along the way.  There might be dense woods, peaceful farms, abandoned houses, quaint bridges–and of course, old cars from the ’40s to the ’60s scattered here and there.   So when I saw these photos of a 1957 Chrysler for sale near Reading PA, I said “Ah, yes–that’s just the sort of discovery that would have made me pull over for a closer look!”

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I was browsing Facebook Marketplace, which is what I tend to do when what I’m watching on television is not terribly interesting.  It’s something that, unfortunately, happens more often than I care to admit.  On one recent night, however, it led to a “Hey, I know that car!” moment: a 1995 Chrysler Concorde I’d seen several months earlier in motion, and not just any Concorde, but a remarkably well-preserved example with just 79,000 miles on the clock, now looking for a new owner.

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