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sammons:
... My R/T gets a new custodian. The thought of me croaking with out knowing for sure what/who would end up with it was too much. I signed it over to my buddy Tom, buy the time i got to my last name, my hand was shaking bad. Told Tom that was one of the hardest things i've signed. When i was 14 and started work at the Mobil service station, i stopped at the drug store after school to get a Coke and head for work. Came out of the store where a 3rd grader on an orange Schwynn Stingray says "Man that is one neat car", later found out the kids name.... Tom😁

I've been told it was stupid to give the car away. Somethings money just doesn't matter, this is one. Damn thing would be worth a small fortune on the open market, but it doesn't owe me a damn thing. I bought it with reverse out from a Grandpa that ordered it for his granddaughter during her Junior year of high school. It was being abused by boyfriends and had knocked the tranny out for the 6th time, warrenty denied. Met the man at the dealership, he was pissed. I asked what he would take for it, he said... let me see whats still owed. He went in and got the payoff amount from Chrysler credit, $382. He asked if i could come up with that, i said yes. Dad's buddy drove me back to Bucklin to get my money and dad and we all headed back to dealership and paid the man. He went in, paid it off came back out with lien release and title. We pushed it back out of the parking spot and i now owned a highly abused 18k mile high optioned  R/T convertible. There was only 296 R/T convertibles built for 1970, base price was $3,750, this one as ordered was over $5300.

Now she has just under 35k miles, rode hard and put up wet. How she was never recked in that time is amazing.

1st pic, 7th grade 13yr old me.
2nd pic getting ready to dig it out of my backyard in '86, (had dad paint it black in fall of '74)
3rd pic 1988
4th pic 2015 where its now sat since.

EDNY:
Probably saying this a great story would probably be better described as a great emotional story.  I can understand your emotions - some sad - some happy - focus on the positive.  These hunks of metal have a way of getting inside us.

My story went the other way, bought my 1966 2dr Nova hardtop a couple months ago after a 44 year separation.

sammons:
Ya, it's a sentimental thing. Not really like i lost it, Tom said it's always yours regaurdless of paper. I did have him put an automatic transfer on death to my brother on the title.

Ed, congrats on getting an old one back. I owned my '73 Mach 1 twice. But my old '71 Dodge sweptline short bed probably 6 times. Back in the mid 80s, Tom and his dad were buying a lot of cars. They bought the p.u. from his cousin, and it was the straw that broke the camels back with his mom. They bought it on a saturday afternoon and were knocking on my door sunday afternoon begging me to buy it, i did. 383 4bbl, 727 auto, 3:23 suregrip rear end. It sat up high and the original paint was all chocked out. I lowered it, added aluminum slot wheels, chrome bumpers, buffed out the paint and added the black stripes. I'd get tired of it sell it back to Tom, he'd get tired of it and i'd buy it back. The gal at the tag office said we should just put and/or on the title and save a lot of transfere fees😁

TFoch:
At least you know the car is in good hands.  It's gotta be tough to let it go though!

sixball:
It ia not just a car our lives revolved around these things. They are part of what we were and what we loved. They can out last us if cared for. They can be made new again.

our first new car was a 1970 Blazer. I ca see it out of the window from where I am sitting right now. Neglected but there along with a '62 Porsche Super 90 coupe. The two cars we came to Nevada with in 1972. They both need lots of work and it is doubtful I'll get it done. At least my sons are interested in both. Sometimes I wonder how many one owner early Blazers are out there or matching number 356 Porsches. I'm sure they are worth something but it doesn't matter. Maybe I should find someone to put them back on the road.

I admire you for making sure your R/T has a home. It was obviously a chick magnet!

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