"Nice car"

I got you all beat! :p

Waiting to pull out of a parking lot into traffic while driving my Dart. I have my window down enjoying the spring air when all of a sudden a guy who was 9 sheets to the wind or high on something comes right up to my driver's window. MY first thought was to reach for my "defense" but instead he yells out:

"WOH MAN! THATS A NICE CAR MAN! ITS A DART! WOW I HAVENT SEEN ONE OF THOSE IN YEARS! "

He then starts peppering me with questions like:

"WHAT YEAR IS IT? IS IT A FOUR SPEED? WHAT ENGINE DO YOU HAVE, A 340?"

Meanwhile traffic is backing up behind me and they are all laughing their asses off. But this guy is looking all over the car including sticking his head through the driver's window to look at the interior. Then comes something I'll never forget:

"CAN I KISS YOUR CAR MAN? I'M GONNA KISS YOUR CAR MAN!"

And before I can say anything he leans over and plants a kiss on the top of the drivers side fender. You could clearly see the lip marks.

The people waiting behind me luckily are waiting patiently because they are laughing so hard by this time they couldn't drive if they wanted to.

I said "Thanks." (what else could I say because I was laughing by this time) and that "I have to go since there is a line up behind me." and then did a smoke show out of there with this guy cheering the entire time.


Other than that Ive had many people stop by and know what my car is although not exactly the year (understandable). Then I met a couple that had Darts in their younger years and even met a young guy like me who has a '69 sitting in his garage waiting to be restored.

Way too many have asked me if it has the 340 in it and many more are surprised when I say no. One even argued that since it was a GT that it was supposed to have a 340 in it, that a GT meant it was a 340 care.

Then a few have called it a Charger, Coronet, etc. Most of the time I smile and nod after correcting them and they say "they all look the same".