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Re: Mopar Pet Peeves [Re: Cuda340] #2819262
09/10/20 11:45 AM
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The local cruise I attend occasionally with my D150 only allows cars/trucks 25 years and older.. before my 92 was 25 years old I spent some time detailing it , I went to the cruise and they wouldn't let me in because it was only 24 years old at the time. It seems with the limited space they have to many new Vettes, Mustangs etc. that were showing up and their was no room for the older vehicles. I don't go often but it drives me nuts: they have the lot roped off with yellow tape and there is one entrance, you drive in and its a 3 dollar donation ( which they collect and at the end of the year they send it to St Judes ) Guys to cheap to pay the 3 dollars lifting the tape and coming in other entrances. There are some nice Mopars there, I brought my 68 Dart race car a few weeks ago and it was a real hit! Quite a few years ago there was a show at a Local ( now closed ) Dodge dealer I decided to bring my Dart race car , i unloaded from the trailer and drove in and parked, there were no signs, people directing were to park or anything , i parked and a guy comes up and says " you can't park here this is millionaires row, only Vipers " honest to God thats what he said. i started the car drove out loaded up and headed for test and tune at my local track ! I went to another show at another Dodge dealer many years ago, it was breezy and the race car next to me had a real nice expensive Circus ( local hero painter from years ago ) paint job ,the owner got offended when I asked him to one his lawn chair away from being so close to my car. I might not have an expensive paint job but i still don't want it scratched up. I am a drag racer, some of the people at car shows are too much for me, although i do show my D150 on occasion and have Won a couple trophies, truck show people seem to be different not as annoying and picky.

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Re: Mopar Pet Peeves [Re: 11secdart] #2819342
09/10/20 02:38 PM
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Some of my Mopar peeves, in no particular order:
The big B-body pistol grip shifter in almost anything, but especially pre-70 B-bodies. The E-body pistol grip shifter looks sharp in lots of cars.
Over-purism. I once saw a dead nuts original, unmolested survivor 71 Charger publicly denigrated at a Mopar show because it had 71 GTX seats in it. Just because the UAW guy turned left with a set of blue seats that were supposed to go on the line to the right, we're going to criticise the car? That means there is a blue 71 GTX out there with Charger seats.
Body color wheels and poverty caps on high end classics. Yes, they may have been built and sold that way, but no Turbine Bronze Hemi Daytona or Plum Crazy 440-6 shaker Cuda wore them for more than 20 minutes after the tags were screwed on. Dog dishes and steelies can look good, but the wheels have to be black, and the car has to be the right car. A 68 Hemi Road Runner? Sure. A 70 Charger RT/SE? Nope.
Poorly placed bumbler bee stripes, especially on cars that never had them.
Ugly steering wheels. And wheels. Please people, use some good taste and decorum.
Butt draggin' Mopars, because they were originally low in the back. Yes, they were. But, they all look way better with about a 1/2" of forward rake, as that's how they were originally sketched/drawn by the designers.
14" Magnums. Yes, I know. Original. However, a 15" with the chrome rims looks so much better that it simply ain't funny. Especially when paired with the right tires. You know. Bigger ones.
Under appreciation of certain stock wheels. A car that looks like crap with dog dishes and steel wheels can look pretty sharp with the simple addition of trim rings. And put trim rings on your Rallye's, guys.

Re: Mopar Pet Peeves [Re: Greenwood] #2819372
09/10/20 03:46 PM
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Nice shorty Ram pickup above. up

Re: Mopar Pet Peeves [Re: Neil] #2819388
09/10/20 04:40 PM
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Thanks I am the original owner… thats an old picture it has different wheels and LED headlights now

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Re: Mopar Pet Peeves [Re: lilcuda] #2819542
09/10/20 11:38 PM
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Originally Posted by lilcuda

Mine is when someone takes a survivor in decent condition (especially one that's fairly rare) and rather than just driving it is as-is, they do a 100% restoration on it. It's only original once!


I did that! It didn’t take too long to regret it.
This pic is before my restoration.
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Re: Mopar Pet Peeves [Re: Kidsixpack] #2819561
09/11/20 01:32 AM
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How about those ONE YEAR parts?
I don't know if GM and Ford guys deal with that crap.
Great looking cars, excellent engineering but the one year body panels makes it a bummer.

Re: Mopar Pet Peeves [Re: Kern Dog] #2819575
09/11/20 06:19 AM
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I have done flat black engine bay. But it was because it was simply too difficult to keep the paint in the engine bay looking nice. In my car the heat of the engine really faded the body colored paint and made it look terrible. A dull black engine bay simply doesn't show blemishes and is easy to keep up and touch up in the event of scratches from working on or removing motor. These cars were nice drivers and NOT numbers matching ultra rare cars.


Keep old mopars alive.
Re: Mopar Pet Peeves [Re: 2boltmain] #2820094
09/12/20 09:15 PM
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Not sure if this counts but, calling a 6 barrel a 6 pack confused tsk

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Re: Mopar Pet Peeves [Re: SportFuryS/23383] #2820097
09/12/20 09:47 PM
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Originally Posted by SportFuryS/23383
Not sure if this counts but, calling a 6 barrel a 6 pack confused tsk


So, do people calling an In Violet car that use the term Plum Crazy bother you too?

Re: Mopar Pet Peeves [Re: Pacnorthcuda] #2820106
09/12/20 10:58 PM
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people that have a part you need, they go out of their way to tell you just how many of that part they have.....then won't sell it.


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Re: Mopar Pet Peeves [Re: Pacnorthcuda] #2820286
09/13/20 04:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Pacnorthcuda
Originally Posted by SportFuryS/23383
Not sure if this counts but, calling a 6 barrel a 6 pack confused tsk


So, do people calling an In Violet car that use the term Plum Crazy bother you too?
laugh2

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