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I bought Baby Blue in 1983 because the car had an NOS trunk panel and tail light bezels. Guy who used to own my current GTX was selling restored trunk panels for $1800 two decades ago. My car has one, and it’s perfect, actually better than the 5000 mile OEM that it replaced. Exhaust vapors...

Single cooler of beer - Yuengling.

I’ve been watching its travels, and if the “Demonstrator” hadn’t landed in my lap, that Road Runner would be in my garage today. Has a similar color combo to the one that got away. It was R4 red, looks more orange in the photo.

The original engine in my former Hemi GTX found it's way back to the car after being separated for over 20 years. Guy who owned the GTX for 31 years finished restoring the car after he found the engine at the 1997 Carlisle Chrysler Nationals. I've never missed that event, and was there, was...

Not surprised by these numbers. My platinum rebuild with four years warranty cost me $29500 in 2019. I had five days down time. Seemed a no brainer to spring for a quality rebuild versus the problems I saw with the late model post emission company trucks. I paid $43500 for the Peterbilt in...

If my experience was an indicator, the good cores are still at work in the truck. I had my C15 CAT rebuilt three times during the 16 years I ran the Pete, and I would have done another, but the the frame rails and my legs both gave out about the same time.

Not an apples to apples comparison, but shown to illustrate how inflation has impacted the cost of an engine rebuild. During the 1.3 million miles I ran the C15 CAT in my Peterbilt, I had the engine rebuilt three times, by two authorized CAT shops, block milled each time. First one in 2009...

They would have been rare, like the factory head rests on Baby Blue. When Bob owned the car before me, he stuck them in the trunk, and taped over the openings in the bases. I put them back in place. When I got the car back in 2013, the headrests had been restored by the guy who used to own my...

Welcome from PA. I spent 42 years in the tank truck industry, and appreciate what it takes to build one of those 15 liters properly, spent my last 16 years in the business sitting behind one.

Another one staying there.

Best wishes on the procedure.

I'm running it on my 440 A/C GTX, and it's worked well. Original 26" radiator, and shroud. Went all in and bought the date coded version for another ten bucks.

Baby Blue's original interior was the same, with one difference. That piece of plastic trim surrounding the rear window was light blue, and was pretty sun damaged. When I got the car back years later, it also had the black surround, that was the only color available at the time, which may...

There are outliers in both eras that seem to defy the demographic trends. I agree that the mainstream nostalgia driven 50s market has faded as that generation has aged out. What appears to buck the trend somewhat, is the super rare high end Forward Look car, such as seen in the McCandless...

When I was in the tank truck business, I worked with an old school terminal manager who had started driving tractor trailers in the late 60s. He told me a story to illustrate the point that natural selection produced great truck drivers in his era. During his teen years, Larry was racing a guy...

Back in the day, the actuator in my '70 GTX failed at about 80,000 miles. No warning before it quit.

Seems to parallel my experience in fleet safety when I was in the tank truck business. Less experienced drivers had more accidents, but usually minor. Guys with over 10 years experience had the lowest rate, but the highest severity. Over confidence was a killer that overcame skill.

Every year, I make a trip to the Chrysler Nationals in Carlisle, with my friend Rob, whom many of you have met at the FBBO tent. He worked with me in the tank truck business for many years, and back in the day, was a body man at the dealership that sold my GTX. Some years we come down in a GTX...

Without seeing it in person, who really knows what condition it's in. I nearly didn't go to look at my former A33 GTX based on photos, which showed stuff that pointed to a quickie flip. After talking to the seller, I gambled on a plane ticket, and was pleasantly surprised, many high dollar OEM...

Happy birthday Don, and many more.:bday::bday: