Recent content by 68BabyBlue

Welcome from PA. Had one just like yours as my daily driver in the late 70s. I replaced most of the rear trim while I was still driving the car, wasn't easy to get back then, internet has actually made the process a bit easier. Looks like you have a really nice starting point.

Much like PA. Philadelphia and Bucks County really skews it for the rest of the state. Twenty miles from where I live, pricing starts to resemble West Virginia. The presence of Penn State sets pricing in my immediate vicinity. Higher end housing is typically owned by couples, where one member...

Nothing wrong with owning a house paid for with "free" money. After I locked in the 3.5% rate, I had a lot of folks asking why I didn't just pay it off. They couldn't process the fact that I was making way more than that by utilizing the capital at a higher rate of return elsewhere.

I rented for a decade after getting burned in the real estate bust when interest rates went nuts in 1980, after buying high, and selling low. I've lived through two major real estate busts already, and folks never seem to expect them.

I figured this process out my first year out of college. Got a "good" job as a writer for a medical newspaper group in the D.C. metro area. Got lucky, and landed a rent controlled apartment when a co-worker got promoted. Rent consumed nearly half my take home pay. Quit a year later, moved back...

I've heard the same, and the factory sales brochure and print advertisements showed them that way. But stripe delete was available as an option code, and the second '69 GTX I owned had a broadcast sheet coded for white side stripe with red line tires, ordered car. The two others with broadcast...

I thought the car looked terrific before, but this is even better!

I did this stuff with my daily driver Valiant back in the day. The dealer who owned my GTX used OEM sheet metal, but it's an understatement that he had deeper pockets than most guys driving those cars in the 70s.

Cars at this level are entering the arena of fine art, but still on the low end price wise, hard as that may be to believe. The idea having an artifact that no else can have is a huge draw to those with essentially limitless funds. The provenance (history) becomes a major factor in appeal...

No longer mine, but also retired, after 1.7 million miles. Head of maintenance for the company I leased to bought the truck and restored it. He ran a Peterbilt 379 flat top like it when he was on the road in the 90s.

I registered early last year, and spent a week drying the car out after the show. This time around, I'm not going to commit until the day of the event. So maybe we won't have rain this year.

Saw the same issues discussed back in 1971, when I was a subscriber to Car and Driver. Road test of the 1971 GTX. When asked about the headwinds the high performance market was facing, Chrysler's CEO said you don't give away sales, unless they drop to an unprofitable level. They did, and that...

Knowing what I do about your situation through your posts on this site, I think you made a wise decision. On the advice of my doctor, and one of the top elder law attorneys in PA, I took my social security at 70. It depends on the interplay of multiple personal and financial factors, and the...

Went to the kick off of the weekly cruise in at the local VFW. "Baby Blue" was attending as well, first time I've seen the car since the sale three years ago. I was a bit sad to see most of the original patina that had survived my two periods of ownership was now gone, but I'd discussed this...

Old car hobbyists have to think analytically to keep their rides running, and by that measure alone fall outside the mainstream. I think Mopar guys take it a step further than brand X owners (everyone has one.) We experience the pain of poor quality parts on an up close and personal basis. And...