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Re: How would YOU order a new Mopar?
[Re: A12]
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01/25/24 01:14 PM
01/25/24 01:14 PM
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W. Kentucky
justinp61
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I Live Here
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I'd either order a 71 RR or GTX, curious yellow, steel wheels, 440-6 or Hemi, four speed, Dana all options. Or maybe a 69 Dart, 340, 727, 3.91's, bare bones, rubber floor mat instead of carpet, no radio, just the bare minimum. Then I'd go big block hunting.
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Re: How would YOU order a new Mopar?
[Re: JERICOGTX]
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01/25/24 01:19 PM
01/25/24 01:19 PM
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South Bend
John Brown
top fuel
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top fuel
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South Bend
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In 68 or 69, I would have ordered a 4 speed because I 100% knew real race cars had stick shift transmissions. Come 1976, when I was going faster with an automatic, using the same engine in a heavier car, I realized that between the breakage, the slower e.t.'s and inconstancy, a 4 speed wasn't really all it was bragged up to be. My big screw-up was turning down the name brand racing automatic and matching converter that one of my sponsers offered me in 1970. That was a real bone head move.
July 19th should be "Drive Like Rockford Day". R.I.P. Jimmie.
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Re: How would YOU order a new Mopar?
[Re: justinp61]
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01/25/24 01:22 PM
01/25/24 01:22 PM
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Posts: 10,201
Someplace you aren't
SomeCarGuy
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I Live Here
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Somebody wanted a price list, here’s one for 69 RR/GTX and probably same exact stuff for Satellite.
As for the wage thing, costs are waaaaaayyyyy higher today. For instance, a college professor I had went to grad school at ucla in 1964. He worked a summer job and payed cash for it, with plenty left over so he didn’t work during school. Minimum wage was about a dollar an hour, the grad school cost him 40 bucks! People make more today of course, but costs have risen all over the board at a higher clip percentage wise.
I want my fair share
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Re: How would YOU order a new Mopar?
[Re: JERICOGTX]
#3208096
01/25/24 01:33 PM
01/25/24 01:33 PM
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Posts: 6,018
Morningside
AdventurerSport
waaaay out there in left field
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waaaay out there in left field
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Posts: 6,018
Morningside
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Mine would be:
1976 Plymouth Trailduster SUV
Fulltime 4wd
440-4v
727
Factory Air Conditioning, AM/FM radio
Sport package
Russet Red with White top, white wheels with Dog Dish hubcaps
JS
76 Dodge Adventurer Sport Power Wagon W100 318, 727, NP203 Fulltime 4x4 Russet Red
06 Jeep Commander Ltd 4x4, 5.7L Hemi, QuadraDrive II
06 Chrysler 300C AWD 5.7L Hemi
10 Mopar 10 Challenger R/T, #483/500, 5.7L HEMI
10 Jeep Grand Cherokee Ltd 4x4 5.7L HEMI
11 Dodge Ram 1500 LoneStar Quad Cab, 5.7L HEMI, Fulltime 4x4, Deep Cherry Red
16 Jeep Cherokee Limited 3.2L Pentastar V6, 9 Speed Torqueflite, 4x4, Black
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Re: How would YOU order a new Mopar?
[Re: SomeCarGuy]
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01/25/24 03:24 PM
01/25/24 03:24 PM
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MN
JERICOGTX
OP
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OP
I Live Here
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MN
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Somebody wanted a price list, here’s one for 69 RR/GTX and probably same exact stuff for Satellite.
As for the wage thing, costs are waaaaaayyyyy higher today. For instance, a college professor I had went to grad school at ucla in 1964. He worked a summer job and payed cash for it, with plenty left over so he didn’t work during school. Minimum wage was about a dollar an hour, the grad school cost him 40 bucks! People make more today of course, but costs have risen all over the board at a higher clip percentage wise. Thank you. Now if I can figure out the extra cost of the 383 4 Bbl for a Sport Satellite.
69 GTX
68 Road Runner
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