How I roll, (well 40 years ago anyway)

[RUNCHARGER]

Thanks guys, yes those are great memories. It would have been nice to have ordered a new 70 or 71 Challenger but I lived the next best thing I believe. I wouldn't trade those days for anything although I didn't think I'd be enjoying the same cars 40 years in the future.

[Chryco Psycho]

Love it , thanks for sharing , too many cars a no pix from my history 

[Spikedog08]

Awesome stories!   I really don't have any stories like that . . . all the MOPARS I have ever bought are still in the garage . . . 

[61K T/A]

Cool stories and pics. You had a lot of fun!

[mccannix]

Sheldon
Those are great stories and cool pictures from back in the day.
I love that stuff.
I too grew up in that era and cant get enough of the history from back then.
Did the 67 GTX convertible you bought for parts come from Ontario by chance?
I can share a neat story on the history of that GTX after the drivetrain got pulled.
I looked at one very similar to that back in that era, 440-4 speed, dana wrecked on the front as well.
I got a kick out of your comment about the Challenger' must have come from Ontario or Quebec because it was rusted and dented everywhere'

[RUNCHARGER]

Terry: Pretty sure the GTX was local, this was the good side, the other side had went sideways into a pole. It was a blue car with white interior from the factory. The hulk is buried on a friends farm, I've thought about digging it up but won't. I asked my friend to pull the Dana 60 for me and that was a mistake, he torched right through the XHD springs!
That blue 71 R/T was so bad that the front fenders had window screen in them to back up the bondo they had smeared over it. I was out in the car one day and grabbed second and the car got loud as it had blown the left muffler off, I went back to look for the muffler and couldn't find it on the road, the trunk was so rusty the muffler had caught the road and that forced it up into the trunk!
A guy plowed into my truck and it was stuck at the bodyshop for a few months. ICBC would not give me a rental so I had to drive the 71 to work 100 miles from home in January. At this time the good parts were all on the 70 so the 71 had the 383 with a jumped timing chain in it and because the rad had leaked I had sealed it up with pepper and the heater core was plugged. Well, I still remember driving that sonofagun in my snowmobile suit and heavy snowmobile mits with a scraper scraping the windshield and driving with a side window down trying to keep the windows clear in -30.
No life like it!

[mccannix]

I agree we did some things back then that people today would shudder at but I wouldn't change a thing to take away from the memories.
The 67 GTX 440-4 spd I looked at was in about 1983 likely long after you got yours.
It was later towed around a lot to various new owners with big plans and then I heard it went west, but that could have been western Ontario.
When I found it again in early 90's about an hour from me, the drivetrain had been long sold as well as the 150 cluster, and these brothers had straightened it around and installed a used front clip and were in the process of putting a big block back in it.
It looked like it had been painted with a roller a wrong darker blue and was black interior, black top then.
Told me they had an offer from some movie house in Toronto, and I said to myself  ' ya right'.
I followed up just in case and found out it went on to be purchased by Broadway Inc. for Paramount Pictures and was the 67 GTX used in the movie Tommy Boy in the mid 90's

[RUNCHARGER]

Cool story. I bought mine in 1977. I actually bought it and a red 67 GTX hardtop for $900. The hardtop was a pretty good car other than having the rear wheelwells pushed out Silver Bullet style.
I miss those days. No texting about ads, you called them on the house phone when you read the ads in the newspaper and found a lot of gold. Found a lot of parked cars in yards too by just driving around and they could generally be bought.

[nsmall]

I just started my summer break today.  Not to rub it in for those who work.  Well, loved these stories.  Thanks for sharing.  I wish these cars were more affordable as maybe some of us youngins would have more stories but I think a lot of us like myself are only going to have one or two. 

Half my family's from a reservation up in Washington and I'd like to learn more about that Hemi convertible as that sounds pretty wild. 

[RusTy/SE]

Big thanks here as well guys. Can't get enough tales of back then

[750-h2]

Thanks for sharing! Just before BJ Harold's FC7 Hemi convert certainly caused lots of controversy and spirited debating on the Mopar forums. Its neat to know how he obtained the engine.

[RUNCHARGER]

Yes: There was a bit of controversy so I don't talk much about it. Nothing to do with me really anyway though.

[usraptor]

Love the stories and pictures.  As somebody who went to high school in the '60s and whose first new car was a '70 Cuda and met my wife who was driving a '67 Cougar RX7 GT  with a 390, I can really appreciate the muscle car era and the stories that go with them.   

[303 Mopar]

Great pics!  Thanks for sharing!   

[TobiasM]

Thanks for sharing your story, Sheldon! Cherry on top is the contemporary photos you added - great!