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Was recently asked this question. For me, well....I grew up with them but deviated somewhat in 1970 with 3 56 Chevies. Still had my first car which was a 66 Belvedere II during all that but after Uncle Sam got me in 71 and had to sell the 66, I came home with a 71 Stooopid Beetle (yeah, not a good experience for me) and bought a 72 340 Challenger Rallye in 74 shortly before selling the Stoopid Beetle. Next was a 67 Dart and snagged a 69 Dodge D100 gofer truck with really bad valve stem seals. Next came a 66 Mustang Fastback then a 65. Long story short, the Ferds didn't serve me very well either and got rid of them and pretty much stayed with the Mopars afterwards.
What I liked the best about the Mopars is that they held together under my abusive ways with cars and I could work on them without very many problems unlike the Chevies and the Fords. The Fords broke the most while the Chevy stuff gave me the most grief while trying to do the most simple of jobs like brake work! I had black thumbs with the GM stuff and the breakage with the Fords was frustrating to say the least but man, I really liked the 1st gen Fastback Mudstains. Had a lot of fun with them and my dog liked them too. She could ride in the back with the seat folded down and had a good view of her surroundings...plus she would scare car hops when she stuck her nose out from behind me and the B pillar when the food came out lol but then they would fall in love with her
What I liked the best about the Mopars is that they held together under my abusive ways with cars and I could work on them without very many problems unlike the Chevies and the Fords. The Fords broke the most while the Chevy stuff gave me the most grief while trying to do the most simple of jobs like brake work! I had black thumbs with the GM stuff and the breakage with the Fords was frustrating to say the least but man, I really liked the 1st gen Fastback Mudstains. Had a lot of fun with them and my dog liked them too. She could ride in the back with the seat folded down and had a good view of her surroundings...plus she would scare car hops when she stuck her nose out from behind me and the B pillar when the food came out lol but then they would fall in love with her