My dad worked in a production office at Chrysler's Mound Road engine plant .. we always were able to buy lightly used cars at Chrysler's Executive lot on Lynch Road, Detroit ... I saved and saved until I had enough to buy one .. my dad got our pass to get into the lot .. the day finally came and my dad and I took off ... I was super excited ! ... but, I made a big mistake ... ALL the way to the lot, I talked about getting any car available that had the HEMI engine in it .. over and over, I told him how fast they were in NASCAR and on drag strips, 425 HP, how big the heads were, etc .. my dad just listened .. we finally got to the lot ... my dad turned off our car, looked straight in my eyes and simply said, "you can get any car you want, AS LONG AS IT DOESN'T HAVE A HEMI" ... thank goodness I never talked about a 1968 Dodge Charger R/T with it's 440 .. that's what I bought !!!!
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