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Originally Posted by Exhibitman
The King is a favorite collecting subject....
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So in October 1973 my father bought us (actually me since I was the one with a driver's licence) a family car. It was a red 1973 Dodge Charger.
I quickly learned that Richard Petty drove a Dodge Charger superficially like my own on the NASCAR Winston Cup Grand National circuit and I became a wild-eyed drooling fan of Richard Petty. Here is Petty side-by-side with the Mercury Montego of David Pearson who at the time was his foremost rival:
Coincidentally our next door neighbour George Beardshaw (still alive at the age of 101 and now a Knight of the French Legion of Honour for participating in the D-Day Invasion) had a 1973 Mercury Montego and our two cars were parked less than a meter apart in our shared driveway!
Here's a writeup on George Beardshaw:
George Beardshaw - Queen's Own Rifles
