What a long strange trip it's been

Absolutely fantastic story to read here.

Only thing is to have a build date of February 5, 1969...it would be a 69 model year car. Model year was typically Aug 1- July 31

Either way, I hope you post a lot more, looks like you have some interesting adventures to share and please do

I'm probably mis-remembering, that was a lifetime ago for me. You are right it was probably 2-5-1970. I've told that story forever and that never occured to me!