I’ve developed a habit of browsing cheap classic car ads on Kijiji and it’s a bit like stopping by the pound on your way home from work to look at kittens. If you do this for long enough, one of them will follow you home. That’s how I became the owner of this 1969 Chrysler Newport. It was covered in dust from sitting in a parking garage for three years and now it’s back on the road.

I drove it up to the 5 Drive-In movie theatre, which is the natural habitat of a giant 1960s American car and I tried to share what it’s like to pilot one of these massive yachts down the highway.