When I was in high school all the cool kids had Cameros, Chevelles, mustangs or Trans ams. Not being cool I started building a big block Dart (running summer after high school) I have always had A-bodys after that.
Did the car club thing for a while (early 80s) and the B & E body guys where again the cool guys talking about how fast thier stuff was, but would seldom race the A-body guys.
Built the Dart I am playing with now with my son and have seen things change some it's now almost cool to own a old Mopar A-body, I may have to sell it and build a Rambler.