Florida man and his Saab Sonett prove car culture is alive and well

As car cultures go, it's hard to argue that America in the 1960s wasn't the pinnacle. Glorious V-8 muscle sold for blue-collar prices, and if you ask anyone who lived during that decade, they'll tell you that true car culture died in the 1970s, when insurance rates caught up with the fun and fuel prices shut it down.

And while stories of tire-churning GTOs are always compelling, perhaps the most refreshing tales derive from those that went against the grain – like the Roberts family. Having grown up in Australia and spent time living in Hong Kong, the eclectic Roberts brought their passion for oddball cars to America in the 1950s, and in 1967 special-ordered a silver Saab Sonett II. By 1980, at the age of 18, Glenn Roberts bought the car off his parents for $300 — and has driven it ever since.