You forgot to add the Hellcat motor in the Pacifica Minivan. There are a few pictures floating around including a wide body version. As a minivan daily driver kind of a guy (I have a 28 model A hot rod and 2 owner 1968 Dodge Dart GTS) it’s a perfect all around vehicle and a hellcat upgrade would be just fine. Cliff Ramsdell ... View more

Love the story. I bought a 1968 Dart GTS 340 4 speed car from the original owner in 1980, great car for a 21 year old. Enjoyed that car till 1997 when I sold it and regretted it right away. The years passed by and I would pine for my old GTS and last year for Father’s Day my son found the car, bought it and gave it back to me 23 years after it left. The car is still a matching numbers car and had traveled only 5k miles since it left and has been completely restored. Cliff Ramsdell ... View more

Great article. I have a 28 model A that’s an old hot rod. Did all the work on the car except cutting the glass but I did install it. Body work isn’t perfect, paint isn’t perfect, interior isn’t perfect but it suits me perfectly and we drive it all over the place and enjoy it because we built it. I didn’t build it for others to enjoy, I built it for me to enjoy and if others enjoy it also then all the better. So to all you out there that “thought about” building some, don’t think about it just get to doing it. Cliff Ramsdell ... View more

I remember these vans well. I worked as a Chrysler mechanic for a Ford/Chrysler dealer in the mid 80’s and the Ford mechanics taunted us that no one would ever drive a minivan and yet this thing shows up in ‘86. The quality was on par with some cars of the late 70’s and my brother was the guy with the job of doing the frame recall with his tool cart of rivets, brackets and drill bits. While the early Voyagers were not the greatest the layout was and others followed. I still drive a minivan every day. Cliff Ramsdell ... View more

My favorite, my old 1986 Shelby GLHS and my old 1985 GLHT.  Light weight, fast and fun with amazing handling. My son Scott and I flew to Texas and picked up the GLHS and then “flew” home. We covered the 1750 miles in 22 hours, what fun.  Cliff Ramsdell  ... View more

Me, I would pick the Cougar first. 68 XR7, blue, black interior. Had one as a kid and loved the looks.  2nd choice would be the Hudson. Love the looks and any of the Hudson 6 cylinders are a nice motor.  Cliff Ramsdell  ... View more

My favorite winter driver is my 1999 AWD Grand Voyager. High ground clearance, 4 studded snow tires it’s a monster in the snow.  Cliff Ramsdell  ... View more

Had an 85 GLHT converted to a Tll car and an 86 GLHS that my son and I drove from Texas to Connecticut. Big fun in small cars and as I always said the best looking ugly car ever built ... View more

Like you mentioned, you had no tools. I have a 28 Model A with a flathead V8 and a 68 Dart GTS 340 and both cars have a tool kit.  Nothing fancy, just a canvas tool roll packed with the basic hand tools, wrenches, pliers, screw drivers a hammer and some electrical tape, safety wire (mechanics wire) and 20’ of 14 gauge.  it rolls up tight and stash’s easily out of the way.  Cliff Ramsdell  ... View more

My grandparents bought a 69 Model J new. 400, turbo 400 and when they moved in 1976 gave it to my 16 year old sister.  Being a year older I would use it from time to time and I was the burnout champion at my work place with distances over 100’, no problem. I still have a ticket from 1977 for “disorderly person with a motor vehicle” for one such show.  A second ‘69 Model SJ would be mine later in ‘77 and with its 428 was a great car to cruise in.  Great article and thanks for the blast to the past.  Cliff ... View more