[philss]

I was a Plymouth fan (had a '69 electric blue Fury work car and a 1970 Custom Suburban sw with a 383 4bbl - we had three daughters). We entered a sports car rally with it. There we are with this huge sw, two kids, and an 8 month pregnant wife among these MGs, Triumphs, Corvettes, etc. We came in THIRD! Just used the bezel on my dive watch. I also drag raced with it.
You'd be surprised how much dive eqp. you can get in one of those big old sws.
We kept that sw seven years. 10mpg in town and 15 on the hiway.

Then I had a 1972 brown Fury work car that looked like the state police cars. More fun.

Anyway my wonderful dealer had sold a 1970 Challenger RT in orange with a 440 six-pack. The speedo did not work. They asked if I wanted to drive it until the new one came in. I sure did!
I had more fun with it. It was just about as fast as the hemi and I tore up the roads.
A few days later I had to take it back.

The sad part is that the kid who bought it totaled it about 4 months later - could not handle the power.
I'm just rambling on about good old memories with my Mopars.

[christer]

A great story with a sad ending. Thanks for the time capsule report. Let us know if you have got any more stories to tell.

[Adrian Worman]

Excellent idea Christer, I'd like to year more of that too

[philss]

Thanks guys.
Five quick ones.
My wife was alone on the road and some punks were trying to force her off. She floored the sw and left them in the dust. They had surprised looks on their faces she said.

Once I carried about a ton of loose gravel in the back. I had no choice. She did well but a real mess cleaning up.

The kids liked riding in the "way back".

One of the cars my ol' wagon beat was a Mach 1 with a 351 Cleveland at the drags.
Another drag story. I was in the staging lane when a guy pulled up behind me in a new 1970 442, yellow with black stripes. He got out and said "$5,000 I paid for this car and you know what beat my doors off? A crummy Duster 340".
There was a guy who dragged a Duster 340 with auto. Beat everyone in bracket and drove with one arm out the window. Pissed them off.
I did get to know Sox and Martin, great guys.

For years I used premium gas, a lot of it was Sunoco 240. Then came the gas it hated, lead free regular.
I had to mix that crap with Amoco lead free premium when I could get it. Terrible times.