It was 1976 and 18-year-old Pete Cellini had just graduated from high school. He shared, “Since getting my driver’s license at 16, I had been driving any $300 cars I could fix and get on the road. Coming from a Ford family, I mostly drove old Mustangs, Mavericks, F-100s and Torinos. I’d drive the wheels off it and get another.”

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How do you tell 50 years of the cars story and not once reference what engine is in the car?
Did I miss something?
340?
383?
440 6 Pack?

Never heard of him. Many mopar guys did that back then. I went through so many hot rods that I got dirt cheap, from max wedge cars to hemis. Never spent more than a few hundred for them. Lots of regrets though from scrapping 2 '63 max wedge Plymouth's.