My goodness, I just realized that I was 16 in 1959, the year my wife was BORN.
First car that year was a 1954 Ford. It even had a radio.
The trumpet was the new, improved model that had three valves on top. I was first chair trumpet player in the Oklahoma All-state band as a sophomore, but the next two years I didn't go because of football and basketball. I think it was the year they eliminated jousting as a high school sport.
DonM