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Back in the day, my former brother in law was the service manager at the local Plymouth dealer. He had a sweet perk: any new car he wanted, as a company vehicle for a year. In 1969, he chose a green Hemi Road Runner, with a column automatic. Five decades later, I have the GTX that his boss...

Carlisle used to have some nice giveaway cars, used as a tactic to prevent the current mass exodus after Saturday. It appears it didn't work, so they gave it up. Some lucky Mopar guys did well while it lasted.

I really appreciate the skills and talents of my friends who are capable of excellent mechanical and body work. I've done enough to know I'm not in that league. However, if you can afford to buy one of our beloved B bodies done by someone else, odds are you are extremely skilled and talented...

I wrenched on my tractor trailer when I was young, and had abundant time and energy, but no money. Even then, I farmed out maintenance on my daily drivers, so I could devote all my energies to my money making vehicle. If the night shift guys in the shop had the time, I'd slip them cash so I...

Mack's R model tractors, built from 1964 to 1989, could be broken into, and driven off in under a minute, with no damage. The vent window on the driver's door could be popped inside out with a well placed fist, and the inside door handle was within easy reach. Touching a quarter to the...

I was still doing it in the 90s with this one. Drove it from San Diego to Chicago, then put on another 50,000 miles. Kept the single pot and drum brakes.

Eric, at your age a night under those conditions must seem like a year in regular time. In the future, I hope it ends up looking like a millisecond compared to a lifetime of good results.

I put over 150,000 miles on my two 1960s Imperials when I was daily driving them in the 90s. Both cars were completely stock, with re-cored original radiators. Never had a cooling problem, even when I ran the '62 in New York City traffic in July.

I bought my 2000 Pete in 2006 with 435000 miles on the original engine. The CAT shop was offering that 10K rebuild, but I elected to buy extended warranty instead, did the first overhaul at 700,000. Worked out pretty close. New member here who just retired from truck engine repair says...

Happy birthday Steve, and many more. Lucky devil, you already have the car:)

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.