Average age of Mopar Maniacs.
WTF I'll get in on this.
I'm 73 now. Sure is neat to see the young guns here that still know a well engineered and in most cases "advanced engineered" ride.
Lets do it this way, in order of cars owned and why.
1. '49 chevy coupe that chucked a rod thru the block. (would never buy another one)
2. '50 Dodge coupe that I ran just as hard and sold two years later for the same money I paid for it. (sold me along with the fact my grandfather drove a '60 Polara with a cross ram 383, you know, a four barrel on each side of the engine on top of the exhaust manifold.)
3. '62 Dodge Lancer 225 3peed stick. new(could beat 283 chevy's constantly)
4. '64 Dart GT 225 4speed stick new(yes a 4 speed stick in a 6 cylinder, Google it)
5. '56 Dodge Royal Custom (bought it used for work so the new wife could drive the '64)
6. '69 Dart GT 318 4 speed new
7. '72 Charger 400 auto new
8. '71 Dodge Coronet Wagon used (work car that I played with, headers, hemi grind purple shaft, Holley on an Offenhauser)
9. '77 Ramcharger 440 auto new(got this one at "Dealer cost" thru a friend's brother that was manager of the tuck plant down in Detroit.)
10. '79 Horizon new
11. '79 TC3 new (traded the Ramcharger even up cause the dealer need 4X4s on the lot)
12. '70 HemiCuda used (Restoration Project in 1980) (Car in a barn, engine in a chicken coup and the carbs and intake in an outhouse)
13. '83 Lebaron 2.2L auto new
14. '86 Omni GLH Turbo 5 speed new
15. '87 Conquest 2.6L Turbo Intercooled Demo (Dealers wife's car for a year)
16. '89 Plymouth Voyager new (wifes car)
17. '93 Lebaron Convertible used
18. '97 Chrysler Sebring LSi Demo
19. '99 Dodge Dakota SLT 318 2 wheel drive used
20. '06 Mercury Montery mini van (How did that get in here?)(oh yea, it was a repo at 1/3 the sticker price with 2400 miles on it, couldn't resist)
21. '06 Dodge Dakota SLT 4.7L 2 wheel drive used
20. '09 Chrysler 300 Heritage used
21. '99 Dodge Dakota R/T used (Love them '99 Daks)
As long as I am boring you guys I would like to comment on something.
You have us old guys in a file called the "Elite".
I really do appreciate the respect, it is something not seen too often anymore.
Actually, there is nothing elite about us (or maybe I should just say me, but I doubt it), we are just a bunch of working class guys that found out early about the great products that became available to us at a lucky age. No different than the guys that have followed us by restoring and using those products. It is great fun for all of us and in choosing Chrysler products of interest that makes everyone of you guys "Elite" because you are a little bit smarter, more ambitious, and willing to spend a few more bucks on very fine cars, not those cars that are "like assh___s because everyone has one", you know what I am talking about,,,,,,,chevy,,,purposely spelled with a small "c".
Thanks for reading