Average age of Mopar Maniacs.

61 years old here.... My uncle James taught me how to drive in a '60 Lancer with automatic when it was still less than 2 years old; I was 8 years old at the time. My dad would let me steer the car for long drives (100 miles or more) on his '64 Dodge 880 wagon and then a '66 Charger (boy, was that great for a 12 year old!). My mom spent hours with me honing my skills on her '69 Dart with my learner's permit, and I drove my dad's '67 Polara wagon to central WV that year too. Those were followed by '72 and '73 3-speed /6 Demons, and then a '76 Dart Lite that I took to around 250k miles.

Now that I have a '62 Dart, it is staying the original plain-jane 4dr, /6, 3-on-the-tree, so my son (now 31) can experience this great car as it was. He really likes it that way; we have raced together in rallies a lot so he has his speed fix in other ways; he appreciates the car as it was, not as a hot-rod.