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Where were you in '89?.......A picture from '89 Mopar Nats
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There I am showing total exhaustion at the '89 Mopar Nats, out in the hotel parking lot.
The sticker shot is a little more recent.
Just a young buck. I had the GTX by then, too.
Rich H.
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Re: A picture from '89 Mopar Nats
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Nice!
I like the wheel covers. So many cars came with those from the factory but you hardly ever see them on restored cars these days.
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Re: A picture from '89 Mopar Nats
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It had cragars when I first bought it, looked amazing, then they corroded and peeled.
came with the stock wheel covers but I guess they trashed the original wheels.
Switched to Ford 14x7 magnum-appearing rallyes, basically same as the mopar road wheels but wider. It looked alot more grown up.
Once in awhile I would take the trim rings off and pop the wheels covers on, which just cleared the center caps.
Rich H.
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Re: A picture from '89 Mopar Nats
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I was there that year also. Sorry, must have missed you somehow....
1963 Belvedere 440 Max Wedge Tribute
1970 Charger R/T S.E. 440 Six Pack
1970 Challenger R/T, 528 Hemi
1970 Charger 500 S.E. 440 4 BBL
1970 Plymouth Road Runner 383
1974 Chrysler New Yorker 440
1996 2500 RAM 488 V-10 4X4
2004 3500 Dually Cummins 4x4
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Re: A picture from '89 Mopar Nats
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I only made the trip once; it was in Indy .. 94 right?
I have pics from that year .. mostly race cars brought the black cloud with and she got all crabby after the 2nd day and I tired of listening of her complaining I went home.
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Re: A picture from '89 Mopar Nats
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I couldn't hardly afford to do anything to the cars back then, but I remember when it moved to Indy that's when I gave up and skipped it entirely.
Whatever the event would have cost me all went into GTX instead, and was well worth it, no regrets.
Rich H.
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Re: A picture from '89 Mopar Nats
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I was there also.... first time I went was in '85...in Michigan. A friend of mine (Mike) won the giveaway '69 Road Runner..(black/black 383)
that same year. In '88/'89/'90/'91 I drove my bronze '69 300 convertible to Columbus.
Nice looking Charger..383 car?
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Re: A picture from '89 Mopar Nats
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Haven't missed the Mopar Nats since 1986. My first one was in 1984 at the Indy 500 track, had to hitchhike down because my 70 Duster had 4.88 gears and I had no gas money anyway...LOL. Here is the car in 1981, sold it to a friend in 1984 before I moved to South Carolina to go to college, still have the woman though. My buddy Steve won the 67 Barracuda giveaway car in 1991 and had it when he passed two years ago, his son has it now! 
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Re: A picture from '89 Mopar Nats
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I went to the Michigan one as well. Do not remember what year (years?) that was. Milan Dragway, right?
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Re: A picture from '89 Mopar Nats
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I went to the Michigan one as well. Do not remember what year (years?) that was. Milan Dragway, right?
Probably the 85 Mopar Nats, (but could have been 83) racing was at Milan car show was at the Chrysler Chelsea Proving grounds. 82 was at Mid America Raceway in Wentzville MO. I went in on Sunday afternoon and only a few cars were still there. 83 was in Michigan, not sure if it was Milan. 84 Was at the Indy 500 track. My first official year that I count as attending. 85 Michigan again. 86 National Trails in Columbus OH. 87 National Trails in Columbus OH. 88 National Trails in Columbus OH. 89 National Trails in Columbus OH. And so on.  I've got pics from that era, I need to scan them. I've been at the Nats every year since 84.
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Re: A picture from '89 Mopar Nats
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I went to the Michigan one as well. Do not remember what year (years?) that was. Milan Dragway, right?
Probably the 85 Mopar Nats, (but could have been 83) racing was at Milan car show was at the Chrysler Chelsea Proving grounds. 82 was at Mid America Raceway in Wentzville MO. I went in on Sunday afternoon and only a few cars were still there. 83 was in Michigan, not sure if it was Milan. 84 Was at the Indy 500 track. My first official year that I count as attending. 85 Michigan again. 86 National Trails in Columbus OH. 87 National Trails in Columbus OH. 88 National Trails in Columbus OH. 89 National Trails in Columbus OH. And so on. I've got pics from that era, I need to scan them. I've been at the Nats every year since 84. Here is a list: https://www.motortrend.com/news/mopp-0508-2005-mopar-nationals/
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Re: A picture from '89 Mopar Nats
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I went to the Michigan one as well. Do not remember what year (years?) that was. Milan Dragway, right?
1985: Friday was at a hotel in Ann Arbor IIRC (Hilton?) Car show in the parking lot Saturday was at Milan Dragway...my first time ever at that track...it was a blast! Sunday was at the Chrysler proving grounds in Chelsea, not too far from the previous two days events.
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Re: A picture from '89 Mopar Nats
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I was there also.... first time I went was in '85...in Michigan. A friend of mine (Mike) won the giveaway '69 Road Runner..(black/black 383)
that same year. In '88/'89/'90/'91 I drove my bronze '69 300 convertible to Columbus.
Nice looking Charger..383 car? Thank you. 318, ps/pb/ac. It doesn't look very good anymore, it was painted with lacquer and the job totally failed many years ago but it's next in line after the GTX and I hope to eventually get it looking better than ever. I'm a little more confident after all the practice I got on the GTX over the past few years, it's going to be good to strip it and do it right.
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Re: A picture from '89 Mopar Nats
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Haven't missed the Mopar Nats since 1986. My first one was in 1984 at the Indy 500 track, had to hitchhike down because my 70 Duster had 4.88 gears and I had no gas money anyway...LOL. Here is the car in 1981, sold it to a friend in 1984 before I moved to South Carolina to go to college, still have the woman though. My buddy Steve won the 67 Barracuda giveaway car in 1991 and had it when he passed two years ago, his son has it now! Also a great shot!
Rich H.
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Re: Where were you in '89?.......A picture from '89 Mopar Nats
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I was 10 years old sitting in the driver's seat of my dad's Cuda in the garage pretending I was going way to fast, one hand on the wheel one on the slap stik.
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Re: A picture from '89 Mopar Nats
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I was there also.... first time I went was in '85...in Michigan. A friend of mine (Mike) won the giveaway '69 Road Runner..(black/black 383)
that same year. In '88/'89/'90/'91 I drove my bronze '69 300 convertible to Columbus.
Nice looking Charger..383 car? Thank you. 318, ps/pb/ac. It doesn't look very good anymore, it was painted with lacquer and the job totally failed many years ago but it's next in line after the GTX and I hope to eventually get it looking better than ever. I'm a little more confident after all the practice I got on the GTX over the past few years, it's going to be good to strip it and do it right. Zippy.. what color are you gonna go with on the Charger? What is the factory original color?
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Re: A picture from '89 Mopar Nats
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Milan needs to bring back the all Mopar Day.....
1963 Belvedere 440 Max Wedge Tribute
1970 Charger R/T S.E. 440 Six Pack
1970 Challenger R/T, 528 Hemi
1970 Charger 500 S.E. 440 4 BBL
1970 Plymouth Road Runner 383
1974 Chrysler New Yorker 440
1996 2500 RAM 488 V-10 4X4
2004 3500 Dually Cummins 4x4
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Re: Where were you in '89?.......A picture from '89 Mopar Nats
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Where was I during that show? Probably on the phone yelling at the bank, the title company or the inspectors while my lawyer was trying to get the closing scheduled before we lost the lock in rate on our house.  I was at the 1985 & the 1988 Nationals & years later in 2004, but that's it.
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