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Boomers continue to love the cars they grew up with and drove in their teens.

The 1956 Chevy Nomad station wagon had mighty fine lines for a family car. Click here for Boomer Jay Leno's take on this classic automobile.

With kids out of the house, tuitions paid, weekends free of family obligations. Boomer men and women start thinking about freedom ... about the open road ... about a new car or an old one that's cool. The aging Baby Boomer generation is ready to plunge deeper into their hobbies. At Barrett-Jackson classic car auction in Arizona, the growing interest in owning wheels from the Baby Boom Golden Age of the 1960s and '70s brought some astonishing sales. Imagine paying $36,850 for a 1972 Plymouth 'Cuda, $58,300 for a 1971 Ford Mustang -- or $880,000 for a 1969 Chevrolet Camaro.

Donald and Terry Lundberg's dogs might never set a paw in the couple's brand-new old car: a completely restored 1971 Buick Skylark GS. The year this vehicle took to the road, Phyllis George reigned as Miss America, Rod Stewart sang "Maggie May," and Don Lundberg turned 13.

Now awaiting the birth of their first grandchild, the Lundbergs, of Pasadena, Md., have given themselves a $29,990 birthday-anniversary-birthday gift: a classic muscle car for special jaunts, for displaying at car shows and for dazzling today's lackluster world of Sunday drivers.

Today, the median age of passenger cars, excluding light trucks, has moved up over the past decade to 8.9 years from about 7.5 years in 1994. This suggests a lot of Boomers put a high value on classic styling that lasts. Personally, I am way above average in owning two 1989 Merkur Scorpio's (they were only imported to the U.S. in 1988 and 1989 by Ford who makes them in Germany). The winter-driven Scorpio has 170,000 miles and the in-better-body-condition summer Scorpio has 130,000 miles. Since I drove a 1988 model Scorpio for over 235,000 miles before transitioning it to a "parts car," these automobiles have plenty of life left in them.