There has been a serious debate in cultural circles about The Last Good Year. While everyone agrees that it is sometime in the 1960s, no one has been able to agree on the exact year. Here is a formula to determine, once and for all, the True Last Good Year.

MATHEMATICAL FORMULA
TO CALCULATE THE LAST GOOD YEAR

a = 110,749	The Edsel Factor [total manufactured units]
b = 157	Color combinations available on 1955 Chevrolets
c = 4400	Weight of a 1957 Mercury Turnpike Cruiser with automatic transmission
d = 70	Speed limit in Nevada
e = 3	Average number of "B" movies at the Cactus Drive-in on Friday night
f = 409	Beach Boys Number
m = 2	Mamie Van Doren Constant
n = 31	Baskin-Robbins' Number
x = 45	Bandstand Constant
y = 33	Angle of curvature of a 1959 Cadillac tailfin
z = 1.30	Price of a case of A-1 Pilsner Beer in 1961

Proof A:  Bobby Goldsboro's first hit record, Dec 1962

Proof B:  Zip codes introduced by U.S. Post Office, Dec 1962
Q.E.D.
Conquest's Corollary:
Beatles' first album released, 1963.
Ford Thunderbird Sports Roadster discontinued, 1963.

Special thanks to . . .
Monty Webb for the calculations.
Mark Hommel for suggestions and criticism.
John Conquest for the corollary.
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