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Runcharger said:
I know Duesenbergs and Lincolns are the popular deal but those 30's Imperials were super classy IMO.
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Mine are just the standard wheelbase, Briggs body cars. The really classy ones are the long wheelbase LeBaron bodied Custom Imperials. Five times as much bucks as mine, rivals of most any classic Packard or Caddy. V16 Caddy's and Duesenbergs are a different universe.
 
1991.

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Been in the game since 1975. The RT is a 50 year keeper. Note the Firestone Town and Country snows on the RT!

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in 1967 I had a 59 Plymouth Fury. Swivel front seats, 2 door, push button auto. Cost $175 in Hawaii.
Have an old pic at home, but I am not there.
Since then I have had a 64 full bodied Dodge with a slant six, and a 72 Fargo, new, also with a slant six.
Now I have a 77 camper van. 318, 727, dana 60.
 
68 Coronet purchased in 1974 for $750. I loved that car even though it was a 318 with a column-shifted automatic. Made me look cool :) And it always started in those cold Minnesota winters!

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My first car was a '74 Alfa Romeo in about '82 in Germany

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My second car was a '74 Charger SE bought in '84 at Ft. Gordon

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My third car was a '69 Superbee found in AZ in '88

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1st. car for me was in 79 when I was 16. Bought it from my grandparents next door neighbor who was an adjunct professor at FSU on a 1 year loan from Oxford and sold it to me for $250 when he was going back. 66 Barracuda with a 273 Commando console shift- a/c-pwr. steering & pwr. disc brakes. Guy in a big truck didn't see me and merged me off the main drag into a telephone pole. When the back glass blew it sounded like a 12 gauge shotgun going off. Been a Mopar guy ever since although my grandfather always drove Fury's so that's when I fell in love with them. My dad had bought the professor's wife's 62 more door Valiant at the same time I bought the Barracuda and gave it to me after the wreck and I drove that car till after high school. It was a downgrade but I loved that car /6 and all.
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Dang, I forgot about my first car. A first gen Barracuda. This must have been '71-'72. My dad was at an auction and there was a white one. It wouldn't start. Dad put the AT in reverse and it started. I think Dad paid $5. It had a V8 and a 4 bbl. I took it around a corner at 15 years old, and it did a 180. The car was banged up and the shifter cable always got stuck and bent. I don't know what happened to it when he bought me the nice '66 Mustang fastback for $750. Hey, I worked my butt off at the cattle ranch for no pay.

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Kern Dog said:
Spine is fine.....sort of.
I do have a bulged disc that sometimes flares up but otherwise, no lasting effects. Years of work doing wood framing was probably as much responsible for the back strain as anything else.

I would LOVE to do it again but it is funny how as we get older, we actually DO think of how it could go wrong.....as a 30-35 year old, the thought of the fun I'd have outweighs the risks!
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You’re insane! I love it.
 
This is my second one ever in 1986. Hence the mullet! lol. Factory 340 automatic on the column car. I traded 2 wheels and tires (new weld racing wheels) for a whole paint job!

The first car ever was my 1966 Monaco 2 door prior to this that I blew all the frost plugs out when it over revved during a burnout, it hit some water and I watched the tach burry briefly before it quit running.

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I got into Mopars in 1972 when I bought my 71 Challenger convertible which I still own today. In the June 1972 photo below, you can see my standing next to my 66 Impala which I used as a daily driver since I was in the Navy. I sold it when I bought my Challenger shortly after this photo was taken. This photo also shows my parents orange 70 Duster 318 car with a 3 speed manual transmission on the right and my 36 Chevrolet under the tarp to the right of my Challenger. I drove the 36 before I had the 66 Impala. It was also sold to support my Challenger.
Terry W.

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Chronologically setup….

1970 Roadrunner 6bbl 4 speed convertible, dads car, the one that started it all for my brother and I. Pictured in 1970 outside of our house in 1970

Dad traded in the Roadrunner when he and my Mom both got laid off. The trade? 1971 Duster Rallye, 6cyl 3 speed on the floor. The car my brother would get and wreck in a head on collision with the neighbor girl

Moms first car….1973 Satellite a Sebring Plus, also my first Mopar. It was a clapped out mess by the time it was passed down to me.

The future bride and I in front of my 64 Belvedere, circa 1991

The 67 GTX I traded the Belvedere for

The wife’s 66 Barracuda I spent 12 years building for her

The 70 Rodrunner that I traded for the GTX.

You could say we’ve been into Mopars for a couple days now.

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