It's not about the money or the horsepower
When my kids were going to graduate High School I built them each a Mopar of their own. The 1st son received a 66 Coronet 440. My daughter got a 70 Dart. My youngest son got a 71 Duster. They weren't high powered cars but for their 1st car I felt that they were enough. I had a 71 Challenger. They were all affordable and I did the work myself. Each vehicle has some unique stories but I don't know if anyone would actually read this thread. Anyway, when I have to go food shopping with the wife I always head for the magazine racks. This week I saw a magazine showing the history of Pink Floyd. It brought back memories related to the Dart. There was a radio station (WDHA) giving out tickets for Pink Floyd for the most outrageous or the biggest pink object that showed up at the station. When I was building up my daughter's Dart she said she wanted it pink. Couldn't talk her out of it. When the time came around when they were giving out the tickets she insisted we drive to the station. We did. There were people with pink hair and pink clothing. When we pulled in people freaked out. We won on the spot. They came out with the banners and took all kinds of photos. We won 2 tenth row center seats for the concert. They announced my daughter's name and the Dart several times on the way home. We won the tickets in the summer. There were several businesses with their bay doors opened as we road by. Workers in a car wash came running out giving us thumbs up. I didn't expect to win but that was like one of the best days of my life. The car was Panther Pink with a black bumble bee stripe. It was also cool showing up at weekly cruise nights with all the cars as there were not a lot of Mopars to be appreciated at that time. My point of this thread is to enjoy what you have. If you got the money fine put a Hell Cat engine in your car, but for me I would rather have a nice looking car that I don't have to fill up every time I take it out for a drive. I am restoring a 69 Formula "s" at this time; The 340 has all the horsepower I'll ever need. As for the concert, it was great. It was weird turning around looking at 10's of thousand of people in the stadium while I was just feet away from the stage. I never could afford any seats other than the nose bleed section. Go luck with your rides.
When my kids were going to graduate High School I built them each a Mopar of their own. The 1st son received a 66 Coronet 440. My daughter got a 70 Dart. My youngest son got a 71 Duster. They weren't high powered cars but for their 1st car I felt that they were enough. I had a 71 Challenger. They were all affordable and I did the work myself. Each vehicle has some unique stories but I don't know if anyone would actually read this thread. Anyway, when I have to go food shopping with the wife I always head for the magazine racks. This week I saw a magazine showing the history of Pink Floyd. It brought back memories related to the Dart. There was a radio station (WDHA) giving out tickets for Pink Floyd for the most outrageous or the biggest pink object that showed up at the station. When I was building up my daughter's Dart she said she wanted it pink. Couldn't talk her out of it. When the time came around when they were giving out the tickets she insisted we drive to the station. We did. There were people with pink hair and pink clothing. When we pulled in people freaked out. We won on the spot. They came out with the banners and took all kinds of photos. We won 2 tenth row center seats for the concert. They announced my daughter's name and the Dart several times on the way home. We won the tickets in the summer. There were several businesses with their bay doors opened as we road by. Workers in a car wash came running out giving us thumbs up. I didn't expect to win but that was like one of the best days of my life. The car was Panther Pink with a black bumble bee stripe. It was also cool showing up at weekly cruise nights with all the cars as there were not a lot of Mopars to be appreciated at that time. My point of this thread is to enjoy what you have. If you got the money fine put a Hell Cat engine in your car, but for me I would rather have a nice looking car that I don't have to fill up every time I take it out for a drive. I am restoring a 69 Formula "s" at this time; The 340 has all the horsepower I'll ever need. As for the concert, it was great. It was weird turning around looking at 10's of thousand of people in the stadium while I was just feet away from the stage. I never could afford any seats other than the nose bleed section. Go luck with your rides.