Re: What made you choose the Mopar that you race or drive ?
[Re: sixpackgut]
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71 roadrunner was my first ride ,a freind down the block had one ,me and a freind would hang out with him we where 15 years old at the time ,early 1980s he was older than us by 5-6 years good old days we drive plymouths !
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Re: What made you choose the Mopar that you race or drive ?
[Re: 383man]
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We always had Mopars in the driveway as far as I can recall,save for 2 or 3 Chevy's along the way and a Ford Fairlane,but we always raced Mopars.The car I have now my Dad and I built and when he retired from racing,he put the car up for sale and had a lot of tire kickers.I was starting to put together a 69 Dart for stock eliminator and he offered me the Demon for a good price,in reality he pretty much gave it to me,so I sold the Dart and a few other cars,and got the Demon.
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Re: What made you choose the Mopar that you race or drive ?
[Re: Chris2581]
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Always was a mopar guy. I didn't want to keep racing my street car (73 Challenger) so I started looking for a mopar body. This is all I could find for a decent price at the time I started looking. Seen a lot of s-10s at the track but not a dakota, so I built one.
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Re: What made you choose the Mopar that you race or drive ?
[Re: Biginchmopar]
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My older brother, in the spring of 1969 bought a 1969 Hemi RR. 4-speed, 4.10 Dana, PS, PDB, Air grabber...
That car, started it all with me (and him, too) and Mopar!
Funny to think about now, but we went car shopping that day and he was originally looking for a 427 Vette. Three Chevy dealers later had nothing, and it was too late in the year to order a 69 with the 427. Test drove a Hugger Orange 69 'maro with a 375hp/396...4 speed it was impressive. THEN he test drove the RR, and it was a different league than that Chevy!
Would LOVE to know where that RR is today. He sold it as a roller in 1974 for $3,000 with about 36K on the clock.
One other little fun factoid: Before personalized plates, it had black and yellow CA plates that read YUF 426!! (Yes, we had a few acronyms for what "YUF" meant!
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Re: What made you choose the Mopar that you race or drive ?
[Re: smokinwoody]
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Re: What made you choose the Mopar that you race or drive ?
[Re: Daty Rogers]
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pure stupidity but i have 6 of them now. here's another one of mine
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Re: What made you choose the Mopar that you race or drive ?
[Re: Digger73]
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11/23/11 01:40 AM
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My first car was a '65 Dart GT 273. I still have it but it's way on the backburner. I'm building a '67 Dart drag car to race with as I did not want to cut up the '65, it was my parents car originally bought from my great uncle. I also have an '89 Shelby CSX that I would really like to see clean and neat again. I love so many different Mopars and I'm the kind of guy that wants to save them all. I think these may be the only ones I will keep in the stable for as long as I can. When my Dad and Mom started dating (I don't like to call him my Step Dad, he has always been my Dad.) he had a Javelin with a 390 and sidepipes that I really thought was the baddest. It was in an accident. I don't know a whole ton about cars and I'm enjoying just being able to learn at my pace. So I guess in answer to the question, I race the '67 because I have always like the 67-69 body style and have always wanted a dedicated race car. The '65 has been in the family forever and I have always thought the CSX was bitchin' since I was in high school so I convinced my friend to sell it to me. Take care.
Better get inside Ma. Looks like a storm's comin'.
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Re: What made you choose the Mopar that you race or drive ?
[Re: one bad fish]
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11/23/11 02:18 AM
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I developed an interest in Valiants when I was in my teens, an article about the 340 was in the April/May issue of Performance Street Car magazine which is no longer in print. This article put mopar onto my radar and I bought my first Valiant, a 66 VC Valiant sedan when I was 14. I've owned about 20 since, I wonder why sometimes, but it's been fun. I have had more fun helping friends with their projects and getting down the track, but am yet to finish something for myself. I have a 65 Valiant Station wagon now that should receive it's R5 powerplant next year. Should be fun to drive!
Alan Jones
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Re: What made you choose the Mopar that you race or drive ?
[Re: LA360]
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Dad had actually bought a 1969 dart for me before I can remember. It was a 318 4 speed b5 blue GT car with a 340 hood on it. Maybe it was a 340 car originally or just had the hood. Anyway, it was kind of rusty, and ended up getting flipped for a few bucks instead. Dad had a 1970 340 that he had since 1978 that he pulled out of a 1971 duster. It had a blown head gasket. He put a different 340 in it and sold that car. So, that brings us to my early teens. We were set on building a car using this 340 dad had. We looked around a bit, my favorite a body, as was my dads, was a fast back barracuda. They were out of my price range at that age though. We happened to find a 1976 dodge aspen slant 6 car with 20 000 miles on the clock. We offered $800 for it, and someone else bought it for $1000. Turns out the buyer wanted the low mile powertrain for a resto he was doing. My parents bought the car for $200 for my 15th birthday and that's where it started. It was a cream colored car with no options. True granny car. I always liked the paint scheme on the dusters using the flat black and the 340 wedge decal on the hood. My first job was at a decal shop. So, I drew up some stripes, and went down to Canadian Tire and bought some flat black cans of paint and some masking tape. Here is a picture on the return road, picking up a timeslip and my girlfriend at the time (now my wife) and yes, she is wearing a winter jacket. Gets cold up here at the end of the season haha. The car ran a best of 12.32 @ 111mph with the 340. A couple years later, I painted the car at my high school with another mopar buddy Of course, the natural progression took place, it's caged now, and it's an R3/W2 small block now. Still my leaf spring street car! Always will be. -Kenny
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Re: What made you choose the Mopar that you race or drive ?
[Re: dthemi]
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11/23/11 12:05 PM
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I never chose ANY of my Mopars....THEY CHOSE ME!! Me and Ol' blue in 1989 (it was ol' Yeller originally and was painted Darth Vader Black when I bought her in 1982.) Was a 'flip of the coin' junkyard candidate when I resuced it 'cause the guy blew the clutch and didn't have the coin to fix it. We've been together ever since although a number of mistresses (mostly Mopars but also several other 'distractions') have come and mostly gone....and (unlike a biological mate) this girl never gets Jealous
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Re: What made you choose the Mopar that you race or drive ?
[Re: steelhead]
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My Grandfather always drove New Yorkers,my grandmother had a 68 Dart GT, my uncles had 68 Formula S 340, 68 Coronet R/T,my aunt had a red 67 Coronet and my mom bought a blue 67 Coronet. Both uncles drag raced and took us boys with them so my cousin and I both have the SICKNESS!
'33 Plymouth 5 Window Coupe Blown Aluminum HEMI w/bolt ons (under construction)
'69 Chrysler 300 Convertible 375 HP 440
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