• Nougat@fedia.io
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    5 months ago

    My dad was a mechanic his whole life. After he retired, he got a PT, and he absolutely loved it. The only thing I can think is that after a lifetime of driving “mechanic’s cars,” the PT was brilliant by comparison.

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      5 months ago

      Hahaha, damn, that’s saying something.

      And I grew up in a shop. You couldn’t give me a Chrysler product.

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        5 months ago

        Thinking back, he drove a lot of Mopars. What I can immediately remember:

        • 67 Plymouth Fury
        • 70 Dodge Polara
        • 69 Plymouth Valiant
        • 78 Chrysler Cordoba

        All of those were in really nice shape. The one non-Mopar I remember was a 78 Cadillac Coupe de Ville, rusty as hell, which he gave me when he bought the PT so I could take it to the dirt track. And that was shortly before he retired. That Caddy had the 425 V8 making a whopping 180HP when it was new.