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There were a bunch of last call limited edition Challengers and Chargers built in 2023, so many I lost count of them all! Black Ghost, Mopar 23 Challenger, Swinger, King Daytona were a few but there are more. Most are probably stashed away in collectors garages now, time will tell if any turn...

I remember seeing the ‘68 AMX on display at the Mopar Nats one year. I wonder if any of the other cars are documented and still exist?

I’d never heard of them either. Sorry to hear they’re folding though. If Megaparts and Mancini ever fold that may be time for me to hang it up in this hobby. The parts situation seems to be getting worse all time now sadly.

I better move my Vanguard IRA to another fund company then, because apparently Soros owns Vanguard too! For some reason this song comes to mind….

I have no dog in the fight and not an insurance fanboy, but I checked and Progressive is a publicly traded company on the stock exchange, not any individual. https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/PGR/ And this link shows institutional ownership, largest shareholders being the usual suspects, Vanguard...

I think my homeowners is up over 60% in the last 5 years. 20% on my latest renewal. I have a ‘14 Dart which is my beater and insured as primary vehicle, which is accurate as it is the main car I use for commuting and errands. My Ram and Scat Pack are secondary/recreational use. I think the...

Finally a little good news from the insurance industry! I have State Farm on my dailies and house. Actually my car insurance is reasonable and hasn’t been going up recently, though from what I hear I must be in the minority. My house insurance on the other hand…. :icon_fU: MSN

Me too! I started shoveling snow, cutting grass and raking leaves in junior high to save up money towards buying a car when I was 16 and got my license! 7 years ago I got pretty frustrated when I posted on the Nextdoor website seeking a kid in my area who could shovel for me after I had a hernia...

Some collectors are into collecting cars from movies and TV. Also George Barris was involved in the building of these cudas, as apparently there were multiple examples built for the movie. So I’d think the value of this car would be mostly on it being a “movie star”, not on what anyone thinks...

I was talking to my mom last night and she mentioned she’d talked to my sister earlier in the day. Her and my brother in law are flying to California next week to visit his brother and see a winery etc for about a week, then hop on a cruise ship in might have been Santa Barbara or someplace else...

Parts and repair price inflation has been bad in recent years, but this is something I’d only expect to see for an exotic not a Dodge!

You can finance it for easy payments of only $480.03 a month though!

The effect on parts to service our vintage cars, which has already been getting worse, is my biggest concern with this. When Brake Parts started shutting down US plants, they kept one plant open in downstate Illinois to produce what they called “ends”, which were low demand SKUs not worth the...

From what I could gather, the situation was something of a Enron like situation, where a businessman played sketchy financial games with taking loans to build up his First Brands business, buying up more and more car parts companies. The whole house of cards collapsed early last fall when...

I don’t think Fram is DOA in the First Brands fiasco…yet. As I’ve mentioned in previous threads on this subject, I worked at Brake Parts through the 90s until 2005. I don’t know who was still there from the time I was there, if anyone, but news reports are that almost 400 people in the McHenry...