I bought my 1954 MG TF in 1962 when I entered as a Southmore at the U of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana. I had completed my Freshman year at Purdue (Lafayette, IN is my home town).
In my Junior year there, my Design Portfolio was 1 of 7 selected nation wide to enter the 10 week student program in "Styling" at the GM Technical Center in Warren, MI. I mention this primarily to register the startled expressions on the Security Guards when this bozo pulled up in a TF with 2 other student Industrial Designers piled onto it to enter the Executive Garage (filled with exotics & prototypes).
Mark