CASPER — Steve Cutler was already preparing for retirement at age 14, though he may not have fully realized it at the time.

What he did understand is that his fascination with Mopar (Chrysler) muscle cars meant all those gauges off the B-body Dodge Charger, Plymouth Roadrunner and Dodge Coronet dashboards in the city’s car graveyards might one day be useful and valuable.

Other parts might come in handy as well.

He wasn’t wrong.

Today, the 59-year-old has no regrets that he convinced his dad to buy him a 1968 Dodge Charger R/T with its 440 cubic inch V-8 engine for $450 in 1981, two years before he could get his driver’s license.

He also enjoys a lifelong friendship with Casper muscle car aficionado and entrepreneur John Huff, who Cutler admired from afar as he drove around town in his

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