These poor kids!

I agree. And 80 percent of the kids these days wouldn't have a clue on how to even start a carb engine much less on how to drive it. All the computer controlled gadgetry that the new cars and trucks have you only have to pay attention half the time. You don't need to let the vehicle warm up, or tune it at all. I have a modern car for daily driving that I love. I also have classic vehicles with carb engines that I love. I learned how to drive with a classic mopar. These kids today you give them anything that doesn't start in 30 seconds and there lost not knowing what to do.


commando1 said:
I don't know, Fred. The sophistication of a car like the Hell cat just does not have the sex appeal to me of the raw, crude, monsters of the late sixties.
In those days, at the greasyburger drive-in, a Ram Air Stage II GS raised 4" all around, was like having a wild gorilla entering the room looking for a fight.
Nowadays, a metric Hellcat, Zwhatever, or Shelby is like a princess, all primped to the nines and it's brain transplanted with a computer strutting in.
Rev it, park it, dust it, Jack off.
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Only 1 picture of the Imperial I'm buying.

I only have one picture so far of the Imperial I'm getting. I had some more, interior and undercarriage and such, but lost them in my phone. Will take more soon. Extremely well cared for car. Texas vehicle, nothing other than surface rust. Original paint, rebuilt 413, runs absolutely perfect. 86,222 original miles. 20150425_174359.jpg

Wollfen said:
Welcome to the forum! Lets see some pics of your car!
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bulldogchesty said:
At least they like to work on cars. Not having their face stuck in a cell phone. I give them props for that.
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Amen! So hard to come across nowadays. The girlfriends young (useless garbage, daddy has a big wallet, he'll take care of me forever :eek:ops:) brother kills me. He'll ask me once in a while for help with his little acura once in a while. I'll go to help him, and try to get him involved with whatever were doing, and he acts like he's into it. However the whole time is me doing the work while he's on the phone in the background. The mom, and dad set no rules for this kid, and wonder why he's such a F$ck up. He's had 3 jobs in the last 4 months, and has quit every one of them. All so he can sit in his room, and play his xbox. And theres daddy paying for it, not saying a word. Uhgg. He just turned 19. The sad part is, is every kid I've seen around here in this age group is the exact same way. I don't get it.

furyus 67 said:
That may be true bigblock, but the cars have zero character!! Honda is one manufacturer I don't think I could own! They make lawn mowers for god sakes and to get reliable horsepower you have to throw too much money at them. Besides has anyone ever seen a nice looking Honda???? The NSX was a fluke !
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Hate to say it, but I gotta give honda a little respect. Mom bought a new CRV when they first came out. That damn thing was as good if not better then a jeep plowing through the snow, and terrain. It just impressed me. That one got wrecked, and she bought another in '03. she still has it. The car recieves NO maintence at all, unless absolutely needed. Were talking 20,000 miles and up oil changes, and such! Its got 180,000 miles on it now, and it still powers through like a champ. If I ever own an import it would be a honda...

1978 NYB said:
In 1973 I traded the Super Bee in for a brand new 1973 Ralleye Challenger 340 with a Torqflite on the floor. Looked something like this....

Mine had a black vinyl top and a Ralleye hood. 1973 no more R/T's. They were called Ralleye Challenger's...no R/T badges anymore.

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I hope you find em again Bob! I know you're looking! This brings up another point though. What 18yr old kid can go out, and buy a new car these days?? I mean really? How can a kid get into something, that he/she can't even begin to think about because of price? No it doesnt have to be new, but look at the times...

furyus 67 said:
As long as they don't have those USELESS stacks sticking out of their pick up beds!! Diesels have come along way!! But the stacks on a pick up are stupid!
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Don't come around my kneck of the woods.. lol Thats all we have down here. Stan put it best. "Got my cummins dually quad cab, just to get the groceries up at wally world!
 
Big blubber said:
We we don't argue we friendly discuss on the forum lol
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I stand corrected. :D

furyus 67 said:
Oh no I'm still blind!!! 2.2'a are still poop and the 4g63 t engine is still infinitely better
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I believe you, you don't have to prove it to me.

63Imperial said:
I'm 19 and my first car was a 74 Dart Custom four door. After that, a Valiant. Now, I'm buying a 1963 Imperial. Always loved Mopars. There's no more pride in building cars anymore. This Imperial has more style and features than any of these new plastic pieces of garbage running around.
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Nice Imperial, I'm glad to see that some of the youth of today have some sense.
 
I'll give that to you monoco75, Honda does make good daily driver , reliable cars. I just don't think their cars have much character. Just my 2 cents on them. I will never own another 2.2 Chrysler car 65 500. I appreciate your dedication to them but my experiences with them still says they make good anchors. There's not many cars from 80's that any of the U.S. Automakers built that worth a crap. The grand national was probly the best car built throughout that while decade.
 
63Imperial said:
I only have one picture so far of the Imperial I'm getting. I had some more, interior and undercarriage and such, but lost them in my phone. Will take more soon. Extremely well cared for car. Texas vehicle, nothing other than surface rust. Original paint, rebuilt 413, runs absolutely perfect. 86,222 original miles. View attachment 50759
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Thats an interesting color you have there, cant wait to see what the rest of the car looks like, keep us in the loop!
 
furyus 67 said:
I'll give that to you monoco75, Honda does make good daily driver , reliable cars. I just don't think their cars have much character. Just my 2 cents on them. I will never own another 2.2 Chrysler car 65 500. I appreciate your dedication to them but my experiences with them still says they make good anchors. There's not many cars from 80's that any of the U.S. Automakers built that worth a crap. The grand national was probly the best car built throughout that while decade.
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Not really "dedicated" to them, it's just that the one I had was a great motor, it ran good(not a powerhouse), was dependable as could be, and was running right up until the guy I sold it to totaled it(not his fault). It had 185,000 miles on it when I sold it, and I ran the hell out of it.
 
I will always try to encourage the "car kids", no matter what they are interested in.... Same thing, different generation.

But it is sad that most car folks under 45 years never got to experience walking into a showroom in 1969 to check out the new "Supercars".

My first new car....... March 1969, the perfect storm allowed me to special order a 1969 1/2, A12 Roadrunner.
A new Hellcat might be close, but still not the same.
 
furyus 67 said:
That may be true bigblock, but the cars have zero character!! Honda is one manufacturer I don't think I could own! They make lawn mowers for god sakes and to get reliable horsepower you have to throw too much money at them. Besides has anyone ever seen a nice looking Honda???? The NSX was a fluke !
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Styling is relative and with the amount of Honda parts out there a half a season is good, soon as your car hits the track start scrounging another motor together.
 
Most of the younger crowd are into the newer plastic FWD stuff, mainly, I guess because that's what is available to them. I do find that a lot of them do like the classic cars though, even if they don't own and likely wont ever own one.

Back when I got my first car, younger guys had to have cars that they could drive everywhere, at least during the snow free months. I looked for a car that wasn't too expensive at the time and wasn't too difficult to find parts for. IMO, that still holds true, although many buy a regular late model for the winter.

There do seem to be quite a few younger people who don't just build the late model import FWD stuff though. Some are building older classic pickup trucks, including 4x4's. I had one younger guy tell me that "new cars are nothing but crap" and that he was building a '67 Dart. I occasionally see a few older Camaros, from the seventies and eighties, being driven by younger drivers. There are also a couple of cars that show up at the Cruisenights. Both are owned by younger guys. One is a Mustang II from the late seventies with a blower on the Small Block Ford. The other is a Ford Taurus that had the SHO or Shogun V6, or whatever the hell they called that thing, under it's hood. Anyway, it was a FWD car, but the last I saw it, it had been converted to rear wheel drive and now has a 5.0 V8 under the hood! So, some of the younger crowd are actually still into "building" cars and that's nice to see.
 
The guys who said post war has no class are gone now. We will follow. Just my two pessimistic Cents.
 
monaco75 said:
Amen! So hard to come across nowadays. The girlfriends young (useless garbage, daddy has a big wallet, he'll take care of me forever :eek:ops:) brother kills me. He'll ask me once in a while for help with his little acura once in a while. I'll go to help him, and try to get him involved with whatever were doing, and he acts like he's into it. However the whole time is me doing the work while he's on the phone in the background. The mom, and dad set no rules for this kid, and wonder why he's s



Don't come around my kneck of the woods.. lol Thats all we have down here. Stan put it best. "Got my cummins dually quad cab, just to get the groceries up at wally world!
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I dont mean to insult with it, they were cool until you started seeing them on gas engine beaters trucks. It just doesnt make sense to me to take up valuable bed space so you look more like a peter built! Id rather see the 22.5 alcoas on a 1 ton pick than the stacks thru the bed.
 
bluefury361 said:
I will always try to encourage the "car kids", no matter what they are interested in.... Same thing, different generation.

But it is sad that most car folks under 45 years never got to experience walking into a showroom in 1969 to check out the new "Supercars".

My first new car....... March 1969, the perfect storm allowed me to special order a 1969 1/2, A12 Roadrunner.
A new Hellcat might be close, but still not the same.
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Or, as was more often the case, walking in for a GTX :yaayy: and driving out with a Dart GT....:BangHead:
 
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