I had started with Matchbox and Corgi toys, then Hot Wheels came out in 1968 and started getting them for my birthday and Christmas. I then started building models and showing them. Then we moved to Bristol, VA and my boy scout troop went to Thunder Valley Dragway, and I saw my first Hemi Darts and Barracudas and I was hooked! I had always liked the looks of Mopars from my dad having gotten rid of his 61 Comet wagon and bought a 65 Satellite. When I was old enough to drive my first car was a 66 Satellite, then a 69 Fury III and both of those cars broke down, so I moved to a 69 Dart GTS 383 4-speed on June 28, 1978 which I still have. I had a 64 Rambler American inbetween the Satellite and Fury which I only drove twice because the twin stick overdrive broke, then a 71 Pinto and a 72 Vega at the same time, so that soured me on those brands, LOL...