Joe from Dayton and I are in the same boat.  I have a '67 Belvedere as well.  Joe and I are different, however, in that I realize and accept the fact that '66 and '67 non-Charger B-bodies ain't the cat's pajamas when it comes to popularity and price.  Heck, even Chargers of that era aren't "hot."

A rusted Chevelle with no drivetrain is worth way more than a solid '66-'67 Belvedere with a running 318 thanks to the Barrett-Jackson mentality.  Check Ebay, you'll see it all day long.

A '64-'65 Mopar 2d post car in similar shape will probably get the same if not more than a Chevelle if the right person sees it.  '69 B-body?  Pfft.

Wishing your car to be valueable is impossible, and writing letters to the editor for pointing out the obvious won't fix it either.

So, no, Mopar Muscle, you don't owe an apology to anyone who owns and digs the cars of those years.  Those cars are a relative styling disaster, minus the awesome roofline; one that still stands 40 years later, and as a result are worth less money than the bizarrely hideous appliance-like '63-'65 models.  However, all it takes is one guy with $40k and a good eye--and a garage, and tools, and knowhow, and someone who has a legal paint booth, who is married to the daughter of a chromer, who runs a CNC shop--to make it happen.  Or another guy with $300k willing to employ all those people.

You do, however, owe the guy an apology for being nitpicky about the quality of his photos.  The nature of what was printed was petty, and the fact that you showed his car resting on grass made your snark worthless.

Also, Primedia needs to realize that being cheap about the internet won't get them anywhere.  All Primedia titles have websites so slow that the people running that portion of the company should either be personally embarrassed or flogged--unless, of course, their cash-hungry bosses have forced them to acquire the crappiest service possible in some misguided attempt to maintain print media as something relevant.  

GoodEffort:
Joe from Dayton and I are in the same boat.  I have a '67 Belvedere as well.  Joe and I are different, however, in that I realize and accept the fact that '66 and '67 non-Charger B-bodies ain't the cat's pajamas when it comes to popularity and price.  Heck, even Chargers of that era aren't "hot."

A rusted Chevelle with no drivetrain is worth way more than a solid '66-'67 Belvedere with a running 318 thanks to the Barrett-Jackson mentality.  Check Ebay, you'll see it all day long.

A '64-'65 Mopar 2d post car in similar shape will probably get the same if not more than a Chevelle if the right person sees it.  '69 B-body?  Pfft.

Wishing your car to be valueable is impossible, and writing letters to the editor for pointing out the obvious won't fix it either.

So, no, Mopar Muscle, you don't owe an apology to anyone who owns and digs the cars of those years.  Those cars are a relative styling disaster, minus the awesome roofline; one that still stands 40 years later, and as a result are worth less money than the bizarrely hideous appliance-like '63-'65 models.  However, all it takes is one guy with $40k and a good eye--and a garage, and tools, and knowhow, and someone who has a legal paint booth, who is married to the daughter of a chromer, who runs a CNC shop--to make it happen.  Or another guy with $300k willing to employ all those people.

You do, however, owe the guy an apology for being nitpicky about the quality of his photos.  The nature of what was printed was petty, and the fact that you showed his car resting on grass made your snark worthless.

Also, Primedia needs to realize that being cheap about the internet won't get them anywhere.  All Primedia titles have websites so slow that the people running that portion of the company should either be personally embarrassed or flogged--unless, of course, their cash-hungry bosses have forced them to acquire the crappiest service possible in some misguided attempt to maintain print media as something relevant.

Please re-read the response we gave to Joe. We were not bashing his photo or car, He was stating that the image used in the November Issue (Way Back), showed a car doing a burnout, when it's clearly in the dirt. Sorry for the confusion.