How did you become a Mopar A-body Enthusiast?

My father owned a small town Chrysler/Plymouth dealership in Upstate NY with my uncle when I was a kid (I was born in '58). So I missed out on driving all the new muscle cars '67-'73. But they where always around the dealership. I got to help prep a few for sale. My cousin Jim is about 6 years older than me. He had a '70 Duster 340 (Black with white 340 stripe) that he put in low gears (2.76 or 3.23, I don't remember) and a huge carb that would do 135 -140 no problem! He always raced up the local 2 lane expressway and was never beat top end. He raced a few Corvettes, Mustangs & Camaros and nobody every beat him. He never raced anybody 1/4 mile. One ride in that thing at about 15 and I was hooked! But dad never let me drive anything above a 318, expect maybe around the parking lot.(He was a smart man!) We never drove any new cars! Those were for the customers. Our "family car" was a '72 440 Chrysler Town & Country wagon that weighted about 5,500 pounds. I tried burning the tires but ended up braking the motor mounts and a soft/freeze plug! I ended up buying my sister's '70 318 Barracuda Grand Coupe in '76 for $150 bucks and started working on it. It was a rust bucket, (remember Upstate NY) with a great interior. Dad sold it to somebody after I painted it in my 1st in college. He bought & sold me cars for a profit about 3 times when I was in school before he retired and sold off the dealership. He'd call me and tell me that I now could put my dealer plates on a slant 6 '73 Duster with a caved in 1/4 panel that had 150,000 mile on it! (Actually, that was a great car, lots of good times in that car.) After he sold, then I lost interest. Now 40 years later I'm back at it, trying to fix up a '75 318 2-door Valiant Brougham with a little 318 engine and wire rim wheel covers! And I'm lovin' every minute of it! Golf is easy, I found my hobby for retirement.