My dad worked for Chrysler, but except for the car I was brought home from in the hospital, after being born ('64 Catalina with a 421 4bbl)..he never had any "performance" cars. When I was around 12 or 13 a kid down the street from me who was probably 17 at the time, had a B5 blue '69 Road Runner 383 4spd. this was around the mid 1970's. He would take me for banzi rides in that Plymouth, and that's how I got hooked on Mopars....