People's comments

95teetee said
the guy telling me I shouldn't have a Plymouth plate on the front of my Scamp since it's a Dodge.
Me: no, it's a Plymouth.
Him: NO IT ISN'T!!! IT'S A DODGE!!!!
Yeah, I think I know more about the car I've owned for 10 years than the guy seeing it for the first time. kthxby.

Yep. Scamp = Dart to the unknowing.

RaniDart70 said
i got asked if my husband minds me driving the dart ...............closer to my house everyone knows im the dart lady so they dont even second glance anymore.

Amy gets that once in a while.

I just like watching the rubber necks from a distance when she's at car cruises with it.

rmazess said
well my one car is plum crazy.. i get the dart swinger/fart slinger jokes.. a lot of people like the car.. they have no clue what it is.. I Am ok with that.. its the jit bag that rolled into the show with his moms junker and starts complaining about the correctness of my car.. i usually ask.. what do you drive.. i get ummm well ummm well.. i say thought so.

I've never had a snide comment cast, but Amy had a car full of teenagers laughing at her. No idea as to why. Fart Slinger? That's about as witted as the Mopar-No-Car. Wit needs to make sense in order to work.

hypermite said
I was at a local show a few years ago, with my 1970 Coronet, (Basin street blue, built 440 / 727) A guy & his beer gut buddy walk up & say "Sweet Superbee man." I said "Thanks, but it's not a Superbee, It's a Coronet." the guy looked at his buddy & said "Did ya hear that ? It's just a f*ckin' Coronet." & walked away.

Like it makes any difference? You could have both cars with the same "f*kin' " engine!

68gtxman said
I attended a car show once that was mostly rice burners. They gave my car a trophy and announced it as a Plymouth GTO. When I told them it was a GTX, they said they thought it was a typo because they never heard of one before.

Ex co-worker at my shop: I still have the badge from my GTO
Me: Oh yeah? Cool.
My boss: That is cool... but can you tell me, what does GTO stand for?
Ex co-worker: Oh man, I used to know... GM... Somethin'.

Yes. It stands for another acronym that clearly had a letter that was not included in the prior. Brilliant. I will never forget that.

Ironically, GTX doesn't stand for anything. If anything, it stands against the GTO marketing campaign, which was named after a race that it will never be in.

68gtxman said
One day as I came out of the post office, a little old lady of about 75 was standing next to my GTX when I got back and she asked me if my car was brand new because it was beautiful! I told her "no, it's 40 years old". She then told me that it was the nicest car she had seen in a loooonnnnnnngggggggg while.

That put a smile on my face.

72bluNblu said
I did have someone yell "Al Bundy!!!!!" from their driveway at the top of their lungs as a took the Duster out for its first drive with the 318. That was pretty awesome.

Yes. It IS pretty awesome. Awesome enough for a BUNDY plate. I triple dog dare you.

Louie70Dart said
I was working on my Dart last week with the garage door open. The neighbor next door was having a new sewer line put in. She has a contractor taking off the railings and busting up the front stoop. The guy is waiting for someone to come and cut the railing off before he can start. He see my car and comments, Dodge Dart? I was surprised, I told him he had a good eye. Look at the picture and you will agree. I asked him what he had, and he asked if I ever heard of the 'The Machine". I said the Rebel? Hell yeah. So we tralked cars for a few minutes. I was just amazed that he knew what I had. Look at the picture and you'll see why. Not exactly the same, but the grill and lights are gone still.

Some car guys who are into the oddballs really know their stuff!

Met someone at a Sonic car cruise once. Told him about the do-it-yourself auto body shop class my friend and I were in, during the fall. He shows up enrolled, remembers us and totally called out a fender, to the year, that was sitting on a work stand that my friend was doing bodywork on! '67 Plymouth Fury. I was stunned that he didn't think it was from a Pontiac.

Best compliment I've ever recieved;

Me: So, are you thinking about getting a 4 Runner or Jeep 4.0?
Amy: I need something to drive.
Me: The Jeep is decent.
Amy: (walks over to the Scamp as pictured and sits up on the fender) Yeah...
but what are you doing with this car?

Me: Just finish it up. I have no other plans for it.
Amy: The grille says Plymouth. What is it?
Me: Check the badge on the fender.
Amy: (bends down and looks at the fender) It's seriously called a Scamp? Did you do that?
Me: (getting keys from my pocket) No. Fire it up.
Amy: (starts engine) Holy crap. This thing is way f-n cooler than a Jeep.
Me: Like it?
Amy: Yeah.
Me: It's yours. I've got too many cars and you just made my day. You have no idea.