Early A-Bodies
I go to 1 maybe 2 car shows a year. I just went to my first show this year 2 weeks ago. An exotic, classic, muscle car show held at a mansion. Was a very different show. The exotic cats were parked all around the frt of the mansion, classics were on the side and the muscle cars were in the rear. The exotics outnumber the muscle cars by at least 3-1. The most area for traffic walking around was still in the muscle car area. The mopar were outnumbered at least 4-1 by GM products. There were 2 69 camera’s that were pace cars and a 69 Firebird. All 3 were damn nice. But the best of muscle cars went to a 70 TA Challenger. I had the only early A body there and it got plenty of attention. I don’t raise my hood up all the way because I like seeing my hood scoop so I use a 12” rod to hold hood open. It’s amazing how many people bent down to see under the hood. But it’s even more amazing how many check out the interior. I usually sit behind my car after I do my walk around. I only spend time looking at cars that I know the owner did his work. I don’t get overly excited by how much someone can spend by having their car done. The neatest part of my day was this 14 year old boy who came over and spent 10 minutes looking over my car. Then when he walked around the back I struck up a conversation and found he was interested in old mopars. He said he had no interest in the exotic cars. As he looked in the drivers window i ask him if he wanted to sit in the drivers seat. He couldn’t wait to crawl in. I used to do the same thing with my C3 corvette. I’m sure it made his day And believe me he made mine. That’s all that matters. I don’t worry about what anyone else says as they pass my little ole 66 Dart.
Rod
I go to 1 maybe 2 car shows a year. I just went to my first show this year 2 weeks ago. An exotic, classic, muscle car show held at a mansion. Was a very different show. The exotic cats were parked all around the frt of the mansion, classics were on the side and the muscle cars were in the rear. The exotics outnumber the muscle cars by at least 3-1. The most area for traffic walking around was still in the muscle car area. The mopar were outnumbered at least 4-1 by GM products. There were 2 69 camera’s that were pace cars and a 69 Firebird. All 3 were damn nice. But the best of muscle cars went to a 70 TA Challenger. I had the only early A body there and it got plenty of attention. I don’t raise my hood up all the way because I like seeing my hood scoop so I use a 12” rod to hold hood open. It’s amazing how many people bent down to see under the hood. But it’s even more amazing how many check out the interior. I usually sit behind my car after I do my walk around. I only spend time looking at cars that I know the owner did his work. I don’t get overly excited by how much someone can spend by having their car done. The neatest part of my day was this 14 year old boy who came over and spent 10 minutes looking over my car. Then when he walked around the back I struck up a conversation and found he was interested in old mopars. He said he had no interest in the exotic cars. As he looked in the drivers window i ask him if he wanted to sit in the drivers seat. He couldn’t wait to crawl in. I used to do the same thing with my C3 corvette. I’m sure it made his day And believe me he made mine. That’s all that matters. I don’t worry about what anyone else says as they pass my little ole 66 Dart.
Rod
