Took this last Saturday

Kinja'd!!! "zeontestpilot" (zeontestpilot)
04/15/2014 at 07:53 • Filed to: None

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My family and I went downtown walked around, and saw this beauty. I couldn't get out of the car since my daughter was crying (she didn't have a nap, the poor thing), but my wife snapped some quick pics. Just wanted to share it.

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Kinja'd!!! quarterlifecrisis > zeontestpilot
04/15/2014 at 09:14

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That dent in the nose cone makes me cringe. Gotta love the wing cars though...I'm lucky enough to know a guy that had a Superbird, and saw the car parked in my dad's driveway multiple times, and to have known another guy with a freshly restored Daytona...that by some fluke, he trusted me to drive.


Kinja'd!!! zeontestpilot > quarterlifecrisis
04/15/2014 at 09:16

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Actually, I think the dent adds character. It means the car is actually being use (that being the purpose of a car), instead of being kept in a garage, pristine condition, never to see road.


Kinja'd!!! quarterlifecrisis > zeontestpilot
04/15/2014 at 09:20

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Quarterlifecrisis Sr. (aka, my dad) has a 68 Charger, for the sake of time savings, it's pretty damn rare as far as 68 Chargers go, that's covered in door dings from all the time it spent as a daily driver. They show the car was driven...but drive me absolutely nuts. I can't say that a $100k plus car with a dent really speaks "character" to me, it more says, "well...this happened...we need to fix it."


Kinja'd!!! zeontestpilot > quarterlifecrisis
04/15/2014 at 09:33

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I can understand the philosophy, I really do. Pristine old cars are eye catchers, they look amazing. That's why I won't buy one, because it'll hurt me when the car is damaged. But its also no fun to keep a car in a garage for all its life. I won't deny, when I saw the dents for the first time I cringed as well, and it is a bit sad. But, I am happy the car is being driven.


Kinja'd!!! quarterlifecrisis > zeontestpilot
04/15/2014 at 09:58

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Yeah...the other side is it's nice having a driver. we've got a 68 Super Bee that is a driver by all definition. It's had a repaint a number of years ago, but it isn't overly nice. I DD'd the car for 3 weeks a couple years ago, more or less to prove its reliability.


Kinja'd!!! zeontestpilot > quarterlifecrisis
04/15/2014 at 10:12

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I would love a older DD car, but I don't have the automotive knowledge to keep it running. Nor the technical know-how. I just truly appreciate the cars for the beautiful piece of art that it is. I also am a sucker for old muscle/pony cars with different color body panels. To me, that says "I may of been damaged, but I refuse to give up".


Kinja'd!!! quarterlifecrisis > zeontestpilot
04/15/2014 at 11:02

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The nice thing about older stuff, is it's easier to troubleshoot when something goes wrong. The 2 things I found with this were someone had overfilled the transmission, and the carb needed some tweaking...which I let the old man deal with after I gave it back. Otherwise, it just needed a little visit from the ether bunny every morning.

Usually the different color body panels speak more about the owner than the car....but I get where you're going with that.