If you're an old hot rodder

A friend of my dad's has a 66 convertible Cuda. I can't remember what's in it. But ti's a pretty car. I think it's more of a top down cruiser than a Racer for him. He bought my old dart. It's his nephew that had the 69 Dart. He had several cudas at one time.

These posts are gonna make me do something stupid and buy a damn car I can't afford and don't have the time to tinker with lol

If it's a convertible it's probably a 67. 65 and 66 had the big back glass. I would buy the 65 or 66 cudas when I found them if they had the Commando 273 from the factory. I had 6 cars but sold one and am planning on only keeping a 65 4 speed that I have.  I have most of the stuff restored for the 65 but needs some body work that I can do but don't like to . Had an estimate to do body work and paint for 16k .  

When I was a teenager in the 90s I ran in a circle with a bunch of Mopar guys. One of our little group had an absolutely beautiful 70 GTX 440 white on white. When his old lady told him to sell the car or else he sold it. Everybody said he was crazy and they'd never get rid of their car(s). Well she ended up leaving him after he sold the car to buy her a house. I guess in the end it worked out because he ended up with his daughter. But I remember all the marriage aged guys saying g he was crazy for selling it in the first place. One of the guys was married to a woman that was well....a bitch. She never wanted kids he wanted kids. So "sell the cars we will have kids" Sold some of the cars except a couple and no kids. So he found a woman with kids already that didn't mind having more. He's never been happier. He still has his 70 Roadrunner (plum Crazy 440 4 speed) a 68 Dart GTS Big Block. And I believe his 69 Sport Satellite convertible that won best of show at the Mopar nationals a couple of years. It was a 318 car but mint. He had a panther pink Challenger he was restoring during the split and at least a half dozen other rare cars in various stages of restore. That dart GTS was white on white. But the new wife wanted it some ugly candy cherry color. I hate red.

We’ve all made mistakes 😉

For a long time I thought that Ker-chunk halfway through the song Freebird was part of the sound track. 😳

I was always a small block guy. I don't know if there was a better engine than the 327. Great stroke and bore. The entire family 282/302/327/350/400 were great engines to play with. Performance parts were plentiful from the factory and at a reasonable cost. When Chevy came out with the first set of high performance hydraulic lifters in the L-79 it was a game changer for the street rod guys. 

I did own a '67 Chvelle SS with a L-34 396, 350 hp and a '69 Nova with a L-78 396, 375 hp. Heaven only knows what the true HP ratings were as the factory lied their butts off due to insurance. 

The L-79 was rumored to be 420 hp range, the L-34 was rumored to be in the 430 hp range and the L-78 was allegedly up around 450 hp. Ordered correctly in a lightweight body with few accessories You could get one off the showroom floor for $3000 or less............with a factory warranty (36/36).   

Back in the early '60s, a friend's folks bought him a Studebaker Lark to play with. Basic plain Jane car with a small V8 and 3 on the tree....it was a blast to roar around the city with. Amazing power for a small block and a real stop light sleeper.

Ugly ass car.