Is anyone else "touchy" about their Mopar? (long rant...)

MrGTX......you’ve dredged up some memories for me. When attending shows or cruise nights, which there have been many for me down through the years, I like to be respectful of someone else’s ride. Whether it is $$$ or $ and it doesn’t have to be a Mopar. People I’ve found like to talk about their cars, myself included. I have to admit I’ve had, in the past, people talk trash about my car, whether it’s a gathering with different Marques of vehicles or an all Mopar meet. It used to be I’d pull in to park, and folks just couldn’t understand the car. Comments like “what a waste” or “if I owned it this is what I’d do”. I’d smile and say well there are other cars to look at here. and well it’s not your car, is it? My car in question is my 1970 Dodge Challenger with the venerable SL6 under the hood. Nowadays I believe it’s accepted a little better by those who try to understand it instead of dissecting it. I Dodge dealership purchased it with 40k miles on the clock, as a trade-in, in 1973. After a stellar daily driver service, it now has 562k miles behind it. I’m retired now and so is the car. We still attend shows and cruises, not a lot, the car and I have slowed down a bit, but we still get out there. People now admire the car for what is, but like the story better. There were those, who I believe, couldn’t accept a performance hood on a SL6 car, but I devised a unique engine call out, then the how cool comments came out. I bought this car when I was 26 I am now 72, through perseverance I’ve learned to adapt and conquer. Well I can always say “they just don’t understand me” ;) I’ll post some pics, then you can see what I drag around with me.