Be "Arnie" from "Christine" if you want....Just don't expect everyone else to drink the Kool-Aid!!

I get a lot of flack for some of the things I post. Like the last post-making fun of the guy with the plain-jane Nova that he thought was "too valuable" to drive. Here's the deal people-I started this blog to help people make good buying decisions when searching for a musclecar or to let them know what was and wasn't a factory option on a certain vehicle, and to share stories about racing history, how certain models came to be, and chat about musclecars in movies, and anything related to mine and millions of other people's love for these cars. What I won't be is a cheerleading, modern parent type-"Everyone gets a trophy" just for showing up. If you didn't read the classic Stephen King novel or see the movie-"Christine" was about a nerdy 16 year-old who bought a piece of shit '58 Plymouth Fury from a miserable old bastard who died soon after and came back to haunt the kid. The car consumed the kid's life-he put all his money and time into it, alienated his parents,his girlfriend and best buddy, and started running drugs and contraband for the crooked auto shop owner he worked for. And everyone who crossed the kid, got killed, and he eventually died at the end. Read the book-( it's much better than the movie). My point being-if you want to invest hundreds of man hours and thousands of dollars in some piece of shit-go ahead. It's your time and money. But just don't expect me or anyone else to go apeshit and tell you how wonderful and priceless we think your Edsel is!! I try to tell people the honest truth. For example-in our local newspaper a guy is trying to sell a '72 Malibu for $28,000!!!  Not an SS454-a bench seat, 350 automatic 2 dr Malibu. How he came up with that figure-I don't know. Maybe that's what he spent restoring it. In the same newspaper another guy is selling a 400, 4-speed '69 GTO with "Judge" stripes and spoiler for $27,000. ( It's not an original "Judge", but it is a for-real, numbers-matching GTO ). Which is the better deal?  RK Motors in Charlotte, North Carolina-which specializes in restored classic cars has two Mopars for sale. One is a 440 / Six-Pack '69 Super Bee and the other is a 440 / Six-Pack '71 Charger. Their asking $99,000 for the Super Bee and $89,000 for the Charger. Both have Torqueflite transmissions. The Charger is the way better deal, and not because of the 10k price difference. If you have that kind of cash-they's probably work with you on the price. Here's why the Charger is the better deal. The Charger has power steering, power front disc brakes, power windows,bucket seats and a console,and factory a/c, a factory AM/FM,recording stereo and a 4.10 Sure-Grip rear end. The Super Bee is a bench seat,column-shifted model with 4-wheel drum brakes, manual steering, and has a 3.23:1 open rear end. Now which car is going to be both nicer to drive and faster? The one with power steering, disc brakes, A/C and 4.10 gears, or the 3.23 geared,drum-braked, manual steering model?  So am I an asshole for advising someone who wants a classic Mopar B-Body and has 100k burning a hole in his pocket that in my opinion the Charger is the better deal? Am I an asshole If I tell a Pontiac buyer that a 400, 4-speed, 4-wheel disc braked, t-topped 10th Annivesrary T/A with 66,000 miles on it priced at $14,900 is a much better deal than the hardtop, 403 Olds / Automatic that's priced at $11,900???   Buy anything you want-and restore it how you want. But don't expect me or anyone else to jump up and down and tell you how great it is. I have a friend whose into old Porsches. If he buys a '69 911S I'll be duly impressed. If he buys a '68 912-( the 911 body with a 4-cylinder VW engine!! ) I'll laugh in his face and say "What the hell were you thinking?"  If he gets butthurt over that-then he needs to be thicker skinned!  Mastermind