Currently, I am working on NASA's SLS rocket avionics. I did at one time have an Oldsmobile rocket, and a very rare one at that. It was a 1965 Jetstar I with a 435 HP 425 c.i.d. V-8. A big lead sled two-door hardtop with bucket seats, console and enough chrome to blind you on a mildly-sunny day. I learned about "switch pitch" torque convertors with that car as it had a dual stall speed torque convertor on a turbohydramatic 400 transmission with the obligatory "12 bolt" positive traction rear end/differential. Easily one of the very finest driving vehicles I have ever had the pleasure driving - unless you wanted to take a tight corner. I was quite young when I purchased it from the neighbors who were the original owners. I stupidly sold it because I had to use octane booster to run the factory high compression engine without severe knocking and was afraid I was going to ruin the pistons. It found a good home as the owner of the Dells Jetstar Inn in Dells, Wisconsin drove down to Alabama to buy it from me. He drove it back up to Wisconsin to add to his collection. He called me a few years later to tell me he did a frame off restoration and it turned out beautifully. It is a dark blue with a medium blue interior. I really miss that one.
Other muscle cars I have owned are a 1964 Pontiac GTO (Grenadier Red, 389 tri-power, 4-speed), 1965 Pontiac Ventura 2+2 (428 V-8 and 4-speed), 1967 Corvette Stingray convertible (427 tri-power - 4 speed manual), 1969 Pontiac GTO (400 auto), 1970 Dodge Charger R/T (440 Magnum auto), 1978 Pontiac Trans Am (400 auto), 1980 Turbo Trans Am, 1989 Firebird Formula (5-speed), 1993 Formula (LS6, 6-speed manual). I started driving Cadillacs after a while and have continued driving them for many years now. For a fun weekend car, I have a 2018 Corvette Grand Sport auto. Now I have my eye on a Challenger Hellcat. Either that or a new Cadillac CT-6V with the supercharged LT-1 V-8). I wish I had kept at least one or two of the old ones. Especially the '67 Stingray.....