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Re: Official Joe Pappas Q & A Thread. **Joe's Da' MAN
[Re: chris3]
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02/02/09 07:58 PM
02/02/09 07:58 PM
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Howell, MI
Mopar Missile JP
Back To The 70s With J.P.
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Joe:
I spoke with Don, Jr. and Don's Family yesterday at the Southern Drag Expo/North Carolina Hall of Fame, in Greensboro. All are doing fine. We talked about your trip to Florida to see the Missle. Donnie said he bet that did bring a smile to your face and that you have a lot of memories of that car. He talked about your coming to visit him. We talked about Don and Clyde and the whole gang. Buddy Martin, Herb, Max Hurly, Roy Hill and the group were there.
We talked about this link on this site and his family has the information to get on and see some of the stories and all of the good comments on here about Don and the Missle.
Mike,
It sounds like your trip to Greensboro was a good one. I'm glad that you got a chance to see Don and the family. I think about them often and Lynn and I throughly enjoyed our visit with Don, him mom, and his sister Robin in the fall of 2005. That was another very special moment for me going back into the shop that I had not seen since the day of Donnie's funeral. It gave me a lump in the throat.
If Donnie were alive today he would be very proud of his son. Don has grown into a fine young man who works hard every day and does what it takes to provide for his family. We look forward to the next time we get an opportunity to head to NC and do more biking and visiting.
Joe Pappas
MOPAR MISSILE
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Re: Official Joe Pappas Q & A Thread. **Joe's Da' MAN
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02/07/09 01:26 AM
02/07/09 01:26 AM
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How many Mopar Missle Dusters are there??
1. It started off as a '72 and was converted to a '73.
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Re: Official Joe Pappas Q & A Thread. **Joe's Da' MAN
[Re: Mopar Missile JP]
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02/10/09 09:27 AM
02/10/09 09:27 AM
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Hey Joe, good seeing ya again. Got any funny stories about the brand-X guys? Particularly the Grump?? Dick was mentioning something about a midwest match-race.
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Re: Official Joe Pappas Q & A Thread. **Joe's Da' MAN
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02/14/09 10:55 AM
02/14/09 10:55 AM
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Howell, MI
Mopar Missile JP
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Howell, MI
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Hey Joe, good seeing ya again. Got any funny stories about the brand-X guys? Particularly the Grump?? Dick was mentioning something about a midwest match-race.
Mike,
This is the type of stuff that someone could write a book about... The best I can do right now is to take some of this stuff a little at a time.
When it comes to Jenkins, I'm not sure exactly what story Dick told, but my memories of him were that his nickname was very appropriate - 'da Grump. Jenkins' cars only looked really good the first day of the season. After that they went downhill. Dick and I took great pride in keeping the Missile pristine and so did a lot of other teams especially Sox, Landy, Grothier, Bagshaw, Vanke, etc. Jenkins - not so much...
One of the guys in brand X world that was really fun to race against was Nicholson. Don was absolutely a dedicated soul but you could most definitely rattle his cage. Carlton mamaged to convince Nicholson at Bristol one time that he (Carlton) was just going to get up to the tree and "leave" on Nicholson. Well, those two met in the final and poor old Nicholson starts pulling into the lights - lights up the top bulb and just flat takes off - RED LIGHT!!! We all got quite a laugh out of that!
There are a number of other stories that are probably left best untold if you know what I mean, but over the next couple of weeks I will try to gather up some of those old memories and post them here for everyone to get a few chuckles over.
Joe Pappas
MOPAR MISSILE
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