Keep in mind that most of these auction cars are bought by retiring guys with too much extra money to play with (No offence if you're one of them!). Many are buying back their youth and memories . I would buy a stick over an auto if it was just for shows and occasional cruses. Sadly, for a daily driver, I gotta go with an auto now. But I still have my pipes!!! I guess it's all a matter of how you grew up. I grew up racing, involved from about 14 years old. My first 10-12 cars were sticks, I wouldn't own an auto shift, they were for wimps. Eventually, I had to settle for an auto, couldn't get sticks anymore. My first auto was a 56 Nomad. Later, after the trans fell out with my wife driving, I replaced it with a 3 speed and a 409 engine. Now that was one bad Nomad. Regards and see ya in Ashville, Ray On Apr 18, 2006, at 4:01 PM, rob kern wrote: > If I saw a '56-'64 Chrysler product with a stick shift I felt that it > was weird, and that the people who owned them were somehow missing out > on fun in order to save a few bucks. Now these are commanding more > money !?? [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To send a message to this group, send an email to: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For list server instructions, go to http://www.chrysler300club.com/yahoolist/inst.htm Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chrysler300/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Chrysler300-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/