[Charley Dog]

That's funny, as I too actually came to own the car that brought me home from the hospital as a newborn. It was a near perfect, all original '72 Volvo 164E that was virtually new when I was born. My father kept it until I was 16, when he gave it to me with 240K on the clock. In all that time it never had a valve job or an overhaul -- just a single respray at Piper's in Culver City and a couple of rebuilt trannies. That car was a tough mother! Sadly, it was hit from behind in the early 90's. State Farm paid out $6500 on it (uninsured motorist coverage), which was about $2K more than the original sticker (I still have it). Only in California...