TheAnnathie
Annathie
TheAnnathie

Do you drive your '65 Skylark to get groceries? If so, I would like to give you a virtual high five.

Thank you for publishing an article on Mopar options. Just wanted to give you some positive reinforcement on that. I had no idea that "quivering" was originally part of the Air Grabber terminology.

I liked this ad! I was, and still am, a big fan of awful techno music. In fact, this song is still on my workout playlist. I remember seeing this ad and wanting an Eclipse, but then I remembered that I could download this song and burn it on a CD and play it in my 1994 Dodge Spirit and drive past an oil refinery at

This isn't a new phenomenon, which is why I follow this Popular Mechanics article's advice and drive a 1972 model year.

Oh, it is. I still think it should be an Explorer, since I see a lot more of those.

Yes. Perfect.

A Ford Explorer for my home state of Minnesota seems fair, although I am jealous of Georgia and their General Lee.

CP. I hate these cars!

I know what you mean, my car is a survivor, too. Sway bars do make a huge difference. That might make a good place to start, if you did want to change the ride.

I always thought of 3rd generation Cutlasses more as muscle cars that old man cars. I mean, it's the same body style as the 442. They're great looking cars, and I love the interior on yours. I bet with some new suspension bits it wouldn't be so marshmallow-y.

Another vote for Plum Crazy/In Violet, and really all the Mopar high impact paint colors. It's too bad they don't really make cars that look good in loud colors anymore.

But you have to memorize option codes! How else will you be able to say, "Hemi? Looks like it used to be a 318," in a snotty voice? Plus, think about how much better the world is when Mopar people have their cars to put all their crazy person energy into.

That one is probably a valet, but I've seen parking facilities in NYC where they shuffle the cars around to get them out. So if your car is on top, they move it over and forward and then down so you can get it. It's super fun to watch!

The valve seat issue is due to a lack of lead in modern fuel, not the ethanol. Some people use additives for that if they have an un-rebuilt original engine that wasn't designed to run on unleaded. In that case, I'd ask who ever I was buying the car from what they did for fuel, and just do that.

I love this story! And I love how Mike the Volkswagen Nut helps her out. I bought my 1972 Dodge Charger from a very kind Mopar nut who'd owned it for the last 25 years. I'm comfortable doing maintenance and repairs on modern cars, but the whole carburetor thing is new new to me and I pester that guy all the time. More

I'm just amazed that any car spent 44 years in Minneapolis without rusting out. Just about all the classic cars I see in Minnesota started out in other states and only come out in the summer.

The General Lee is a '69 Charger, not a '68. #corrections

And carbs in old cars. It would be nice to eliminate the crappy ethanol gas factor when troubleshooting strange old car behavior.

Thanks for the tip! I'll have to check into that. Is it really high octane like racing fuel?

That we are all men. I need a shirt that says, "This is what a car person looks like." And this glitter nail polish is for hiding the grease under my fingernails.