Ummmm... dont remember Kowalski being given a car... and his girlfriend/wife died. Apparently we have watched two different movies.
Whatever.
Oh, and I am - regrettably! - old enough to remember the era when the original was made Ron.
I say regrettably as Im feeling pretty old today...but on the other hand, its not regrettable atall; what a great time. In fact, in one way - actually more than one - I wish I were older as the period between 1955 and 1985 (if you stretch it) was probably the greatest period in human history in many, if not most ways. As my friend AJ (born 1942) usta say 'There is a finite amount of fun in the universe; my generation used it all up. Sorry."