Hey Mopar guys

[Dave W]

1971 Dodge Charger RT 440

[lowend1]

That's a highly optioned car. Even has the optional factory cassette recorder. A little rich for my blood, though.

[gearHed289]

Man, that's nice! Love the dog dish hub caps on black steel wheels. Lots of nice stuff there. Couple of Broncos, and a 70-1/2 Z28.

[nofi]

i bought a new 1968 roadrunner for about 2,600 bucks. these high prices just don't register with me.

[4stringer77]

Do you still have the Roadrunner? If so, you can get much more for it now. That would resonate with me if I was in your shoes.

[nofi]

no more. i street raced it into the ground.

[Pilgrim]

I had a 'Barrier Blue 66 GTO, 389-4bbl-4-speed with positrac, bought in 1971 for $1100. An idiot in a Camaro with no brakes totaled it by taking the front end off at an intersection in 1973; its value then was about $600. 

My brother had a Forest Green '67 GTO with a cream vinyl roof and interior with the 400/tri-power setup.  He was wailing down a country road with it in about 1974 when the engine blew and locked up; since it was a 4-speed, that locked up the rear wheels. Unfortunately the clutch linkage also twisted loose, so although he had time to stomp the clutch, it didn't disengage. He left the road, the front end hit, th car did an endo and the back end hit, and it landed on its wheels. The only usable body panels were the passenger door and the roof. He and his passenger both wore seat belts and walked away.

My sister had a nice Roman Red '62 Chevy Impala with gold interior; in the late 70's she was passing a bucket loader driving along the road and it turned left, catching the rear end of the car with the bucket. Flipped it into the ditch, and ruined it. My dad made a plywood mount for the rear seat and turned it into a sofa; it's still in the office of my brothers-in-law's farm shop.

So many memorable cars, so many untimely ends.

One brother in law still has his light blue metallic 1970 Camaro; the other has a '73 or '74 red Firebird with the 400 V8.  Both are hanging onto them.  The younger of the two has the family's 1967 Impala SS with bucket seats in his shed, although I'm pretty sure it has been thoroughly mouse-assaulted.

[4stringer77]

no more. i street raced it into the ground.

Cool 😎
You got your money's worth and had fun doing it. That sounds like winning to me.

[lowend1]

i bought a new 1968 roadrunner for about 2,600 bucks. these high prices just don't register with me.

They register with me. I still have fitful dreams about finding a '68 or '69 for $3k, only to have it escape my grasp just before I wake up. Current price for a clean 383 car is $25-$30k. The only way I'm getting one now is to start peeling off guitars and amps.

[nofi]

that 1971 is the new body style that you don't want anyway. imo 1970 was the last good year for muscle. 1970 454/450hp chevelle is the last beast that comes to mind.

[lowend1]

They were still building 426 Hemis and 440 6bbl engines in '71, although in far fewer numbers. The compression ratios really started to drop in '72.