Yep got the Bee out today and it was nice that I didnt think about anything but cruising. Thanks again to all of you.
why do we own these cars ?
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I just don't know anymore. The OP's questions are a constant reminder for me every day. I busted my butt rebuilding and restoring my 66 Ply Sat. Spent countless buckets of money on parts and such. Body work, machine shop, newer upgrades, all of it to build my dream ride. I really wanted a 70 RR but that was way out of my meager means at the time so I settled for my 66 and built it as I would have ordered it back in the day. It is not a true RR but to me it has the same innards to be as great and as stout as the 70 RTR of my dreams. Now that I have hit the 70 years young period, it mostly sits in my garage along with my brothers 66 Chrysler 300 family heirloom and his 69 A100 which occupies a parking spot in front of the house. Yep we got a few MOPARS here but the rarely get driven as they once were. It my be just lack of desire from the anti-climatic results of the build...I finally did it myself feeling...and admired for the job I did. Really is a sweet ride if I do say so myself. It isn't registered since my move from CA to NV and only on a few rare occasions will I fire it up and run around the neighborhood where I now live. I am out in an unincorporated part of Reno and not a very large Police presence but the Sheriff occasionally cruises here but very few and far between. A risk I know but my neighbor is a Reno Cop and every chance he gets when I do take it out he tags along for the cruise, and if I do get stopped, my line is I am finishing up some work on it and testing my results out. May work but at least Reno being a very collector car-centrist town, it just might work. But that aside, I just don't know why I don't drive it as much anymore? Got my plate full with my new house so maybe that is part of the reason, And some health issues that have drained my energy level quite a bit so I am lacking that extra get up and go feeling. But I will agree that when I do get it out, fire it up, see the neighbors give me a thumbs up, and then the thumbs up I get on my short neighborhood cruises, it brings back all that blood, sweat and tears along with the money outflow in true focus as time, effort and money well spent. Now get off my *** and get it out there cr8crshr/Bill...
Lotta roads up that way that need to be explored.... I'm not a fan of the desert but Tahoe & all the mountains around the area would have me out every chance....
I finished my current Challenger back in 96, I've put over 100K miles on it since then.. It still looks pretty good but it's picked up a few little chips which basically means I no longer have to worry about putting the first chip in it....
Get out & drive it....
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Take my word for it..Don't sell it because your at a low place.. Sell it with a clear mind. I sold my 440 Dart out of frustration with an injury that was making it difficult to work on it > at that time <. Felt a bit better the next year, but Dart was gone. I wish you well.
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I hear that and is one reason I don't drive something that's really nice anymore around here no matter how new or old it is.....unless it's fairly new like a 96 Dakota lol. I'm still running the 95 since it looks like crap but my 66 was looking more like a rat rod (I hate that term) but no one bothered it in the Kroger parking lot like they might now a days. Both Dakotas have decent wheels and very good tires but man, they are sooooo freaking slow! At least the 95 is loud and abnoxious (straight pipe) and still runs a mid 16 (lol), and it will at least will wake up people sitting at a green light with their cell phone stuck in their butt! The horn makes people wanna fight around here but a good rap on the gas will wake them up and they go! Funny how that is.....
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Thanks Man!!! I agree too. I am not a Desert fan but living up here in the Great Basin area and on the eastern slope of the Sierra's I have some great roads and up into CA and the Tahoe area for cruising. As I said, I just need to get off my *** and start driving it more often. But thanks for the reply...cr8crshr/Bill
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I have been making a point to make more local car shows and events. Basically driving my car more often, and encouraging my wife to do the same with her GTO. One of the main incentives to get out more is because of the investment made, and frankly at 57 years old, I have friends who are no longer alive, and I realize my days are numbered, although I don't know what that number is.
When I think about the annual vacation we take at Cruisin the Coast, and think that if I live to 70, and can still drive at that age, that would only be 13 more Cruisin the Coast events, and that is just not enough.
When I think about the annual vacation we take at Cruisin the Coast, and think that if I live to 70, and can still drive at that age, that would only be 13 more Cruisin the Coast events, and that is just not enough.
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This is a great thread. My dad was a "dodge man" and I inherited his '55 "crusader". Learned almost everything I know on that car. Went through 3 sixes (we called them "soft cranks") 'til I bought another '55 parts car with a poly v8 in it for $10! Used the broken v8 for a casting deposit on a rebuilt, added walker continentals and a foxcraft floor shift and thought I had the world be the *** - especially with those mufflers! Back then, I could pick up a used tranny at the wreckers for $8. and change it in about 45 minutes. Next came a '64 Polara hard top with a 313 poly (canadian). Biggest day was when I ordered my new '68 Road Runner (ok, not a Dodge but still a mopar). Loved that car - 383 post, 4 speed, 323 sure grip and the $100. decor group option! Stupid me wrapped it around a tree after only 2 years. Next, picked up a used '68 GTX hard top- loaded with white buckets, 440/ 4 speed, power steering & disc brakes and magnum 500s - awesome car! Guess what, I sold it for $2500. in '71 to buy a Datsun!! Who knew? Fast forward a few decades & I needed another mopar. Would have loved a "Runner but too expensive. Had a "handshake" deal on a '67 R/T but backed out when I realized I didn't have the time money or enthusiasm to bring it back to where it needed to be. Kept looking 'til I found my '66 Coronet 500. Ok, it's "only" a 318 automatic and I paid top dollar but It's all original and and doesn't need restoration (good thing 'cause I didn't know you can't even get body parts for them) I can play with it, upgrade some things, add stuff and enjoy it for what it is - a really cool car that I love. I don't even want a "Runner" any more! My final advice - buy the best mopar you can afford and enjoy the hell out of it!
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One Friday night when we were getting the racecar ready for the Saturday roundy rounds we ran out of beer. So the guy that owned the junkyard that sponsored us offered to make a beer run. Enter the dragon... picture a 1970 Challenger RT, 440 sixpac, 4 speed convertible. Hemi Orange, white/black interior with white rag top. Never been in a big block Mopar and at the time I was basically a small block guy (no $$$) so off we go for a beer run. Holy crap, freakin John pulled out onto the road and dropped the hammer, 1st gear the whole front of the car twisted up and then bang 2nd gear and it felt like my eyeballs were sucked back into my head, 3rd gear and I had a woodie that was smacking me on the chin. After that everything was a blur, I don't even remember going into the store for beer after that, all I could think about was "**** GM I gotta get me one of these". From then on I was ruined. I have only owned MoPars since. 67 Coronet 440, 74 Dart sport sunroof car, 68 Charger RT, 82 Dodge W100 Short bed/stepside, 2013 Ram 1500 4x4 rambox short bed and a 74 Power Wagon short bed. Still have the Charger the Ram and the Power Wagon. I guess the main reason and that most here agree is, it's a fountain of youth. Nothing brings a bigger smile than that 8 cylinder orchestra under that 100 yard long Charger hood and the thumbs up you get from just about everyone. Priceless
After my son pass away I tried to finish the car we were working on, I couldn't. Every time I was under it I could feel the sadness washing over me. I'm strong, but not that strong. My wife knew it way before I ever let on. She bought me my Coronet and I sold my car, remember the song, If you can't be with the one you love, love the one you're with!
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I have heat, but No blower, ain’t skewered but just dread the hell out of it!!Sickness or otherwise, I had a decided hole in my soul the years I went without at least one Mopar to fret over as marriages, kids, all that life jazz went on.
That hole was confirmed when I decided to fetch another finally in 2011 - it felt like I was "whole" again when the GTX came here to her new home.
Whatever disease that is, I definitely have it.
Thank heavens I don't have riches or I'd turn into Tim Wellborn overnight.
EDIT: The only limitation to driving mine is the weather - and the busted heater box that I need to yank out and rebuild.
I'm skeered of that one, I admit.
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You didn't see it because you didn't read or see my post. This member took a line out of my post and made a comment.
His opinion.
Ive taken the G-kids out to see my car, sit in it many times. My hobby takes a backseat to my family
Ive taken my kids when they were young, fishing, sporting events and anything else, why do I even need to explain this.
I dont put my own self interests on my family. I held myself with him.
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Again, I didn't see where anybody had stated you did, either....sheesh.
Steve, as much as I like ya, you do have the tendency to "see" things in other peoples' writings that are either
a)incorrect, or
b)just plain not there, either implied or otherwise.
Again, to review.... NOBODY has suggested to date that the hobby or our own personal interests should take priority over our families.
That's a preposterous notion, of course.
We done now?
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I'm getting old too, and having health issues that slow me down. I think about selling my cars, but when I walk out to the garage, and look at them, I fall in love all over again, and don't want to sell them. I keep reminding myself, that if I do sell, I will never have that car again.
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No were not done. There is a reason why I replied to his post. He took one sentence out of my post and sought to make a comment. I addressed it with what I thought. He's not offended or bothered, why should anyone else be?
Bio is a nice enough person and he is a big enough person to admit the same about me to a select group that think otherwise.
We dont agree on many things but for the most part its never personal .
Im not here for a popularity contest or to kiss anyones ***. I gave another opinion and reply to his post, thats all.
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what is it with you lately man??
it isnt even wintertime yet....and you are testier than a rabid raccoon.
back to the topic...
i do cars because i like getting them out of the woods,the barns,the backyards,garages driveways whatever where they have been sitting,and getting them into the hands of people who will fix them up.
do i make good money doing it?
no,i tend to let them go cheap and quick so i can go rescue another one.
maybe some day ill finish a nice one for myself lol....maybe.
theres some great stories on this topic..hopefully,its here tomm...
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