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They're '68 caps on a '69. No wonder it looks off. Like seeing trim ring road wheels on a '68.

I kept the dog dishes on one of my seven GTXs. The fact it was a numbers matching Hemi car made it seem more reasonable.

Much like Baby Blue in 1985, when I couldn't afford anything beyond the car. Before and after.

My '69 GTX came from the factory with dog dish caps and white line tires. The original owner replaced the wheels with '68 factory road wheels before the car turned its first mile. But he kept a pair of the steel wheels, running Goodyear Suburbanite snow tires for half the year. I'm hoping his...

Same here. Seven GTXs, all factory stock cooling systems. Only two ever had overheating problems. Problem solved by re-coring the original factory radiator in each. Drove the current one to Carlisle this year, with no issues. Fellow FBBO member who parked next to me did the same with his Hemi...

Sounds like an awesome person. Would have liked to have met her back in the day.

Champagne and orange juice. My wife, who is not a drinker per se, loves them. Our favorite restaurant offers them as a Sunday brunch feature, and women mob the place to get them.

The ultimate irony of my life is that the concepts I learned in law school were the driving force behind my spending the last 18 years of my career at the wheel of a tractor trailer. The stable cash flow enabled my nest egg to grow untouched until it was feasible to start drawing from it. Many...

I was really spoiled with Baby Blue. When my friend Bob owned the car from 1974 to 1983, he replaced just about every part in the electrical, cooling, braking, and suspension systems with Chrysler NOS, because that was all that was available. Then he parked the car, selling it to me a couple...

If you're experiencing this struggle, it means you're giving the matter some serious thought. Many people don't, and regret it later. When my primary care doctor told me to plan on longevity, I consulted my elder law attorney. She gave me the green light three years ago, and I pulled the...

This one just sold for 77k at Mecum Harrisburg.

In 1970, they were available with a bench, production around 50 units, if I recall correctly. I had one with a column automatic in the late 70s. I owned a buddy seat, column automatic in the 90s. Both cars were hard to sell when the time came, even though they were nice, heavily optioned examples.

And a Dana 60 rear.

My '69 GTX, with four of my high school classmates. Time has flown by, we were all 16 when the car was new.

I got an education on this when I attended the Ford Nationals in Carlisle this year, with my trucking buddy, who is 56, his older cousin, closer to my age, and a kid in his 20s who works in the shop with my friend. The cousin was a Mustang guy from way back, but is working on a Falcon...

Congratulations on crossing the finish line! No easy job exists having anything to do with trucks. When I hung it up three years ago, I got a lot of comments that I wouldn't be able to deal with the free time after all those decades of busting my hump. I had no problem whatsoever. Enjoy it...

I just had this conversation with my friend Bob at our annual pilgrimage to the Carlisle Chrysler Nationals. Bob is the guy who sold me my namesake "Baby Blue" in 1983. He was a third generation Chevy guy, who bought the '68 GTX from a co-worker of his father's in 1974. He ran the car at...

So, are you ready to drive to Carlisle now?

Welcome from PA. Great to see a guy hang on to the one from back in the day, rather than the usual story of the one that got away. :thumbsup:

I used to have this problem with the slant six Valiants I drove back in the day, was surprised when it didn't happen with the 1970 GTX I bought in 1977. The factory vapor separator with return line in the second generation GTXs and R/Ts worked effectively. Years later, I owned two GTXs, both...