"Yes."

"So for the past couple of hundred years I had to take horse-drawn coaches—nasty, smelly bumpy things. Good thing Henry Chrysler finally invented the automobile.

"It was Henry Ford."

"Right, Ford."

"Anyway, I've always liked Chryslers, I even bought a ton of Chrysler stock when they went through that hard time period."

"So you sort of have a stake in the company."

"Please don't say that."

"Sorry."

Terror of the high-banked ovals, the special Hearse Performance aero package helped the wagon cut through the air like a bullet. Pull-along sleeper is right out of the Mr. Casket catalog.

"Anyway, the car is an extremely rare piece. It's a '58 Plymouth Suburban 6-passenger wagon that was kept by Chrysler Engineering. It even shows an experimental code on the fender tag.

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In the early '60s the car was set up for Richard Petty for use on the high-banked ovals. According to a letter I have from Chrysler historical, Richard won quite a few races with it and even set some records which still stand today. This car has quite a history attached to it."

"Did the car look the way it does now?"

"No, Richard felt that the tongue created too much of an aerodynamic penalty, and I think he used different eyeballs in the headlights. Of course, they eventually changed the car around and added that stupid extended nose and high rear wing, and, as you know, that's when he started losing races. Hey, if it ain't broke, don't fix it—if you know what I mean."

"Yes. So what happened to the car after that?"

"Well, Chrysler came to their senses and put the car back to stock and gave it to The Golden Commandos drag team for a while, and they set some records with it."

"I see. How did the car appear during that period?"

"Well, they also ran it without the tongue and also used later year eyeballs. By the way did you see what the rare NOS '58 eyeballs are bringing at the swaps? Big bucks!"