Race this brand new '57 Plymouth?

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Jason,
I can understand your position totally. I'm borrowing a car that might be worth "God knows how much", but it doesn't really matter...it might as well be worth ten bucks...

Dan,

It's somewhat funny because I can't tell you how many people have come up to me and asked me if I'd consider selling my car. My stock response now is, "You don't have enough money." I know it's crazy because I could build one hell of a race car for this, but if somebody offered me $100,000 for my car as a rolling chassis, I'd turn them down. That would be a no-brainer for me. $1,000,000 would probably be hard to turn down, but nobody's going to offer me that, so I don't have to worry about that ever happening.

I wonder if you also have this never ending fear of something happening to your prized possession. My fear doesn't keep me from racing my car, because that's all I've ever known the car to do, but I'd be absolutely heartbroken if something ever did happen to it. I've already told my wife that if the house is ever on fire, I will get her and the kids out first, but if there's ANY way I can go back into the garage, I will to get that car out.

Stupid dads having good relationships with their sons and teaching them about cars...

Hey now! ;-) Maybe my 1980 Plymouth version is a 'step up'? Ricardo Monteban says so... ;-)

Can you say, Corinthian Leather??? I actually drove a '78 Aspen for a while, which is why I picked it. It was my grandmother's car, and I actually remember beating like a 73 Plymouth Roadrunner in a street race in that car. The Roadrunner didn't have a chance...that thing weighed like 10,000 lbs. and had the same 318 that the Aspen did. It just wasn't puke tan with 4 doors like the Aspen was.

Hey, Jason, I'll bet everybody asks you the same thing, ("Any relation to 'Barney' Oldfield???")

Yep, everybody asks me, and I tell everybody, "Not that I know of." I've always wanted to spend some real time doing my genealogy, but everytime I do I get frustrated because the stupid Internet genealogy sites can't even find my dad when I give them his birth date, date of death, and social security number. Not to mention the guy was in the Army...maybe he was like double-top secret or something before he decided to become a plumber...

All that said, I AM related to the "Barney" Oldfield who was a member of the Motown Missile Pro Stock team. That's my uncle, Dick Oldfield, who actually drove the car in 1970 before Don Carlton took over in 1971 (Chrysler actually forced my uncle out of the driver's seat, as they felt a "better" driver would help the longevity of the Torqueflite, so they tabbed Carlton as the new driver, who then refused to drive the car unless a 4-speed was put in it, which they proceeded to do).

Jason Oldfield
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