So its been quite a year in our little family.

*Carlisle, The Nats and their ups and downs
*FAST (thats all I'm gonna say about that...)
*The MegaThread
*Our Florida members getting smacked upside the head 6(?) times by hurricanes
*Tom's looking the other way on Nov 2 at the political threads
*Several members of our little family are serving overseas(come home soon guys, we miss ya)
*the enigma known as Mark Nixon
*69DartGT, DartGirl, and Peelerboy's selection to
the secret society of mod-dom

*and of course, the untimely passing of our beloved mod, Gary "Unlawfl" Davis

I know there's more-what did I leave out?

Tom-Thanks again for this little escape from reality

You missed the biggest and most talked about topic:
The 2006 Charger post.

G-Series 71 Bird at Carlisle

My biggest Moparts moment was meeting face to face with JohnRR! Also, meeting all the Moparts members from MATS to Spring Fling, to Carlisle, and the NATS! 2005 is going to be a fun year!

That this site is known, worldwide, as the place that gets it!

My Moparts Memory........ oh yea joining !
Merry Christmas Moparts

can't forget Mopar Jamie finally finished one project... I'm sorry, thats when hell freezes over.... hehe.... Just kidding. I think RangerDan sumed it up pretty well.

Ryan

Not that I think is gonna matter,I do enjoy the company(sometimes) I enjoy getting on Moparts and venting,It is like a big family, yeah wanted to beat the lleh out of brothers and sisters too,Now that I know who Mopar Jamie is( glad to see you finished one)But seriously,thanks again for letting me voice my opinons,(whether right or wrong)Not that the language on the chat is worth it, but how do you get on? Merry Christmas to all and God bles s!!!

I didn't know Gary Davis, but I heard alot of wonderful things.

How about Fred riding the rail?

Yep the most memorable thing this year was the untimely Death of Gary Davis "Unlawfl". While this was the most unfortunate thing that could happen, it did show that we DO come together and this is more than a Web Board, this is Family.

As for my year, I bought many things, didnt really sell much, but bought. Hoping next year I can add some scrappers to the list. Anyhow, these entered the yard at various times:

1970 Duster 340 (ex-JY car)
1970 Fury Gran Coupe (night haul home)
1971 Dart 4-dr (drove in, been daily till PS pump failed)
1971 Demon Slant Six (ex-JY car)
1972 Power Wagon (part of $500 deal number two)
1974 Coronet 4-dr (part of $500 deal number one, drove in, needs work)
1974 D-100 (Ex-JY Truck)
1976 Power Wagon SWB (part of $500 deal number two)
1977 Power Wagon (needs work, but it runs)
1978 Monaco 2-dr (second part of $500 deal one)
1978 Fury KHP (finally got in)
1979 D-100 (FREEBIE)
1984 Dip SE (Traded for it)
1985 Ram 150 (Nice Truck bought from JY cause I didnt want to see it get ripped apart)
1985 Ram 100 (my old BB Truck, finally got it back!)
1986 Dip SE (parts car)
1986 Ram 100 (was parts, now fixer, has smoker '72 360)
1988 Dip AHB (parts car)

I also ran my first Demo Derby (caused controversy) in a 1977 Fury 4-dr rot bucket that had a Slant and it did pretty well. Car is rebuildable.

So there is MY year in review anyway!

I too never got to meet Gary davis, but have heard lots of good things about him. I would just like to thank Moparts for being the best Mopar web site. I also enjoyed getting the oppotunity to meet as many of US as I could at the nationals. I hope to do it again next year. Maybe we can wear T shirts that say "Yeah I am a Moparts member" Sweet. Thanks to all that bought parts from me and thanks to those I have purchased from. Thanks Scott Reasoner

63 max wedge dodge real
69 post hemi road runner clone
71 340 cuda real
70 fm3 t/a real

Where was the online car show this year?

Saying goodbye to a dear friend had to be the hardest part of my year. I still don't think I have quite been able to come to terms with the whole 'goodbye' thing.

I think I'll pick 'see you soon' instead.

So no, this is NOT just another chat board. There are people on the other side of these computer monitors with real feelings, and genuine hearts.

I still shake my head in amazement at the new friends I have gained since Gary's death (Iron's family) and just have to sit back and say... "wow that is so like Gary, even bringing people together as he is leaving".

To those of you who know me personally, (and even those of you who don't) please know I wish you all every good thing. Happy Holidays from me to you and yours. I look forward to many more years in review through the good times and the bad.

Thanks to Tom for giving us a place to laugh, talk shop, rejoice, and even cry and thanks for making this the best place in cyber space. You are all greatly appreciated.

Peace,
DG

Unfortunately the most memorable moment was Gary's tragic passing. Wish it was something happier.

On the other hand, Remember when they banned us from saying Ch*cken?

DS with all the Smilies.

Cal Gecko making a ton of progress on the Dart. Cal having pics to said progress to post.

Me having to pay someone else to make a ton of progress on the Challenger. Me being too inept to get off my butt and get a digital camera to take before/after pics.

Khal440 and I frantically asking the Tech Board for advice in the middle of his Dart buildup. And being evicted for always working on it at my place.

Andy, Feets, 71TA and all the other guys installing and fabricating piles of cool stuff to retrofit.

Meeting members Bones, MidPenMopar, Pink68, 909Hemi and FINALLY meeting CalMopar.

Going to 909Hemi's with Pink68 to check out a challenger. Taking 2 "sick" days to do so. Being woken up at 3 AM in the middle of the valley with 4 more hours to go, and Jim holding the shredded spare trailer tire "I don't think we're gonna be safe on 3. Are you awake enough to drive the Challenger?"

Prowler finally catching the Chicken.

And of course...Diplomat Wagon's Dune Buggy Dart!

I have to agree that the moment that stands out most was Gary's tragedy.

There are countless other moments, but there was another added to the list within the past week. Who would have thought that Wingcars (Dave) would have given a ride to cheapstreetdustr (Jim) as a child, and they would stumble across each other so many years later on this site? Small world. Thanks, Tom, for creating this site and giving Mopar fans the world over the ability to have reunions like this.

Dan, thanks for doing the "year in review" thing this year. I had done it last year and was thinking of doing it again this year but every time I would start to thinking about stuff for the list, the first thing thar would come to mind is Gary's death and I would get to thinking about that and the list would go nowhere.

I would definitely have to say that Gary's untimely passing was the biggest thing that happened here but as DG said, even in death, Gary brought people together. R.I.P. my friend...

several members bought cheeevies this year didnt they