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BTW, ValiantBandit: I was NOT accusing you of being a worrier, but suggesting thre ARE people out in the wild who would think that banning old. Cars from the roads as aa public safety measure would be a great idea.

The entire Baby Boom Generation was raised in cars like our Slants: unbelted, unabsed, unbagged unsensored and survived. Cars just like ours drove billions of miles carrying people of all ages mostly without incident. According to Govt. Stats the death rate on the roads had been trending...

That was not in reference to anyone here or any of the comments posted. If that is the way you took it, my apologies. It has been the general tendency to legislate away anything someone deems unsafe or unappealing to themselves, so therefore no one else should be doing it. That attitude is...

Unfortunately I can't agree with you any less, Mcnoople. There's obviously enough interest in the topic and the thread that people continue to post on it. It's a worthwhile topic of discussion even though I think the bed wetting handwringing nannies out there need to dial it back on worrying...

Time to change careers, sounds like.

Ah, but you can try. That's what it's all about. I like their enthusiasm. I'd try to save it too. What a waste it would be for it to go to the crusher. If that hole in the block was in the floors and trunk maybe it would be best to leave it where it is, but this seems to be a good specimen...

I love the Slant Six. It's longevity is legendary. Yes, the column shifter is straight out of 1942, but go to a show and see how many are out there. At the Mopar meets at Woodley Park in Van Nuys, it's rare to see even one. They are the weak link in the drivetrain tho. Lots of black dots for...

70 Dart sedan: no. Not smarter at all. Just my own observations. Hated to see that car destroyed when the result was preordained. And those Mopar crash tests with the 60s Plymouths were scary. Glad to have the improvements in steering, brakes, construction and all. Vehicles are better than ever...

A few things: Those were 5 MPH bumpers in the 70s allegedly to control costs of parking lot accidents. Later found to cause a higher cost in repairs, not lower. Well documented in the magazines of the day. There was no 15 MPH crash standard. The Pinto, statistically, was no more prone to...

159,000 known miles on my 63 Valiant Signet. It used so much oil when I got it, though, that the 13,000 the odo read might have been 213,000. New remanufactured 225 in 1988 that may have replaced a 170. [I had mistakenly assumed that the 225 was std. on the Signet, but given the original car...