You might be an "A-body owner" if......

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.....if the Chebby guys think you are nuts for wanting to build and turbocharge your /6 "cus theres no way it can be fast like their 305 powered Crapmaro".
.....if the first thing you search for in wrecking yards is that elusive 8 3/4" rearend
.....if reading this thread makes you even more happy that your car has factory disc brakes.
.....if after buying a spare ballast resistor to keep in your glovebox, you find a spare burried in the bottom from the previous owner.
 
If you have pulled a 5 gallon bucket worth of pine needles and leaves out of your cowl/vent area, and still gotten a face full of trash blown in your face when you open the vents on the freeway.
 
I you take cars home like puppies.

Working under the dash is as close as you get to yoga.

If you think the smell of rust and old interior is normal and rather nostalgic.
 
when people say a 318 can't make power, when a 904 was just a slant six transmission only, when fiberglass fenders are available but reproduction metal ones will never be available, when people say "that's not a barracuda, it doesn't look anything like the Nash Bridges car", when you have more in metal and bulk shipping than the price of the car to begin with.
 
69MOPE said:
....if your carpets are wet
if you open your vents at 60MPH and get blinded by everything from bugs to stones
if replacement rear leaf springs are first on your list
if your battery falls thru the original tray
if half your dash lamps work
if your glove box won't stay shut because you tried to "disassemble" the latch
if you have outward dents in your quarter panels from the jack rolling around
if you always think you smell burning fuse link
if the 17 year old working at Pep Boys says he never saw a fuse made out of glass
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X2 definitely
 
  • Nobody can buckle the seat belts unless they've road with you before.
  • You have two working dash lights.
  • You're highbeam indicator light is burn't out and you can't reach it to swap it.
  • Your grill is worth more than your car.
  • Your rear window is worth more than your car.
  • You are used to manual 9" drum brake fade and can predict it.
  • You don't know if your car has 83K miles, 183K or maybe even 283K.
  • You've owned your car for approximately a decade and have rebuilt the whole thing mechanically, while it was a daily driver, piece by piece.
  • A trip that takes 5/8 a tank of gas one way, only takes 1/4 tank on the return trip.
  • You're temp guages normal readings change with the season.
  • You've put T-shirts over your seats to cover the holes. Only because the black ducktape sticks to peoples asses and legs.
  • You wish you had an 8 3/4" rear from the factory.
  • You wish you had disc brakes.
  • Your /6 takes 30 minutes an hour to go from 0-60 mph.
OR
  • Your /6 can run a 12 second quarter mile! :burnout:
 
Umm umm.............jeez I forgot what I was going to say.
 
69MOPE said:
....if your carpets are wet
if you open your vents at 60MPH and get blinded by everything from bugs to stones
if replacement rear leaf springs are first on your list
if your battery falls thru the original tray
if half your dash lamps work
if your glove box won't stay shut because you tried to "disassemble" the latch
if you have outward dents in your quarter panels from the jack rolling around
if you always think you smell burning fuse link
if the 17 year old working at Pep Boys says he never saw a fuse made out of glass
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:cheers: Everything except the battery tray is the truth! :p
 
Your an A body owner if people come up to you and say:

Wow does it have the slant six engine in it?

My grandparents used to have a car like that. (especially if you have a 4 door)

I used to have one of those, I paid 45 bucks for it back in '78

Wow a Dodge Dart! my buddy had one of those, it was a '69, it had a 340 hemi with a 5 speed in it , he had to sell it though 'cause it was too fast.

Hey nice car, do you want to sell it?
 
When people ask "What is that?" and when you tell them they say "No it's not."


You wear pants for long highway trips in the summer to avoid the inevitable tree debri up the shorts.
 
jimjimjimmy said:
.....when everytime you walk by the back of your car you give it a shake to see how much gas you have because your gas gague dont work.
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my wife damn near spit out her drink when she read this... she thought I was the only one that did this!!! LOL
 
70net440 said:
If you have pulled a 5 gallon bucket worth of pine needles and leaves out of your cowl/vent area, and still gotten a face full of trash blown in your face when you open the vents on the freeway.
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HAHA!!! This happened to me as I started driving my newly purchased '72 Scamp home from the seller's house. Yay, I'm a true A-body owner, not a wannabe...
 
You have drawers full of "Mopar" bolts all cleaned and sorted.

You have 3 A-body Barracudas.

You have lots of spare parts all sorted, tested and ready to install.
 
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