04/07/2008 10:31. Bob Brown says he bought his 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air convertible for a song. Actually, it was a much sought-after 1941 Martin guitar that was sold to provide the funds to purchase the car.

More than 50 years ago he, along with most of his teenage classmates at George Washington High School in Alexandria, drooled over the new 1957 Chevrolet models. Years later, he acquired a 1957 Chevrolet two-door hardtop. "I loved it," he says, but it was... // Washington Times