Auto Biography: At 78, Westport man still driving the Buick Invicta he bought ... - The Providence Journal
Silvia said he chose the Air Force over the Army because he did not want to be "crawling through barbed wire" and the Navy because he did not want to be "bopping out at sea. ) Silvia bought the Invicta in 1960 from Merit Motors Mart, a former Desoto-Plymouth dealer in Fall River that also traded used cars. He was on leave from Columbus, Ohio, and used the savings built up from the $25 a week that he had been sending home to Portsmouth. He said he was earning $42 a week — $10 went toward an officer's uniform, $7 was spending money (including haircuts) and $25 was sent home. In 1968, he sent the Buick to his parent's house in Portsmouth to be stored. Source: www.providencejournal.com
