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You're first Mopar #3221463
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I was thinking about this recently. The very first Mopar I bought. I'm sure it's been discussed here
in the past, but I thought I would share my first car here.
If you want, share your story, with a picture (if you have one).

My first car was a 1969 Chrysler 300 convertible. I bought it in 1984, from a
coworker of my dad, who worked at Chrysler Corporation. It was mostly all original at
the time. It still had it's #matching 350H.P. 440/727. Paint was about 90% original.
It ran good, but the car was well used by that point. I restored it over a period
of about three years, but only thing that bums me out, is my dad never got to see it
finished, since he died before I was able to get it done. This is what it looked like
after I got it finished. T7 Tucson Bronze, with black bucket seats, am-fm radio, with floor push button
to change the radio stations. P/S, P/B, not much else.

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Re: You're first Mopar [Re: RoadRunnerLuva] #3221465
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1952 Plymouth Cranbrook 4dr 6cyl stick. Given to me for free non running in 1962. Took me 2 months to get it running as it was the first car I had ever worked on. Thing was a tank.

Re: You're first Mopar [Re: RoadRunnerLuva] #3221470
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1956 Dodge Regent 2dr hardtop. Canadian car, so it was a Plodge.

Flathead, Powerflite. Not a ball of fire. Lol.

No pics of my own. It was tutone blue like the sedan pic.

Kevin

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Re: You're first Mopar [Re: RoadRunnerLuva] #3221471
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I was reading the college newspaper and as always looked at the classifieds. They never had much of anything, particularly cars. Something that day caught my eye: 1970 Plymouth, 4 cyl, not running, $100. I thought that's strange...did they make a 4-cyl car? Anyway, I called and it was a lady and she said come on down. I went with a friend and jumper cables. Went to the back yard. Car there, windows down, full of pine needles. 1970 was correct. Vit-C barracuda, console auto, black vinyl top, 318, factory luggage rack, rallye wheels. I gave her the $100, she gave me the title. No water in radiator - we filled it up, jumped it with some gas and starter fluid. WP leaking bad. I limped it home, cleaned it up, replaced the water pump, and drove the hell out of it. The thing had hi-jackers and glasspacks. Loved that car.


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Re: You're first Mopar [Re: RoadRunnerLuva] #3221472
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My first mopar and car was a 73 Charger Rallye 400 Magnum Auto.

My brother and I went in together and bought it so it was half mine. I was 13 and he was 15. He wanted a Cuda and we looked for a long time for a car. We ran an ad in the paper for Wanted 66 to 74 Dodge, Plymouth, Charger Road runner Cuda etc. We looked all over 3 states and found this car 1/2 a mile from our house in the back of the same neighborhood we lived in. Lots of stories of crazy crap happening while we were looking for them.

It didn't run because it needed a timing chain but it had a 70/71 440 HP in the trunk. We talked the guy down to $750 and we had $650 towards it. My dad said we could buy it and he would give us the other $100 until we were about to leave give him the money, then my dad said no. We went to the bank to tell the guy we couldn't buy it and he let us have it for $650 but kept the spare tire. Dad was ticked when we brought it home but it was too late. When we went to pick it up the guy's son told us he had a trophy from racing it.

We got it running and since I couldn't drive yet I built my first engine with the 440 in the trunk.

By the time I was able to drive I know we couldn't share it so I ran the same ad in the paper looked at cars over 3 states with more crazy stories and found my Convertible by accident a mile and a half from my house. It was the first car I owned alone and at $225 it was really rough and over priced. It drove home and that was as far as I ever drove it. I bought a hard top Challenger for parts, my 73 340 4-speed hardtop named Red. It was too much fun to drive so I never parted it or finished the convertible. Still have all 3 and a few more.

The Red hardtop was the first car I owned and actually drove. I pulled it off the road at about 400,000 miles.

This was my Charger and a picture of my son in Red the Hardtop.

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Re: You're first Mopar [Re: calmopar] #3221474
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69 roadrunner. 383,4 speed, console, white buckets, clean air package,rear window defrost. Bought it in 77. Senior in high school. Sold it in 2002 or 3.

Re: You're first Mopar [Re: dart67] #3221475
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"69 Plymouth Fury III 2-door. 318-2 barrel. $350 and I drove it home. I think that was 1976


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Re: You're first Mopar [Re: oldjonny] #3221476
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64 Dart 273 , push button automatic was my mothers car until the trans went ( gee wonder how that happened ? ) and she traded it in on another car , I bought it back , fixed it and ran it a few years. that was my second car .. first was a 1960 VW Bug .. all these years later and I still have a Dart !!!

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68 Dart 410 / 904
92 D150 original owner
21 Ram 1500 Quad Cab, Big Horn , Hemi ,4x4
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Re: You're first Mopar [Re: oldjonny] #3221477
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First Mopar was a 1969 Roadrunner, blue with blue interior, 383 column auto, Gave a whipping $150 for it and drove it the 3 miles home.
The car already had air shocks and slotted wheels on all fours. Otherwise box stock I think.
Spent the rest of my savings on a set of Kelly Supercharger tires from Nationwise Auto parts.

This was the summer of 1977 I think. Drove it all my senior year.

Went to school in Nashville Tn the next year. Drove it down and shortly after bought a green 383 4spd car.
Pulled the new headers and exhaust off the blue one and my mag wheels and junked the rest.
it was already starting to get rusty in the lower quarters.



Re: You're first Mopar [Re: gtx6970] #3221483
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April 1968 I bought the first 68 Super Bee to arrive at the Dodge dealership in Enid Oklahoma. Yellow 383 4 speed. Bought it off the showroom floor.

Re: You're first Mopar [Re: gtx6970] #3221484
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'67 Fury convertible, nice car but with "drunk bumps" down each side. Strong 383, my Dad drove it shortly after I got it and when he matted it and it blew the tires off he made the call that it would not be my first car after all. It got sold and I got a Triumph TR-4 because, you know, that's so much safer.

Re: You're first Mopar [Re: RoadRunnerLuva] #3221486
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'73 340 4 speed road runner. The blonde I was dating taught me about the B&Bs in that car.

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Re: You're first Mopar [Re: basketcase] #3221487
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No pics but it was a 66 Dodge Coronet 500 with a 361 BB 727 8 3/4

Re: You're first Mopar [Re: 56_Royal_Lancer] #3221488
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Bought in '72 a used and very abused '69 Road Runner.It was a 383, 4 sp bench seat car in F8. Shouldn't have bought it with the problems it had but I was too blind to those problems. Kept it through the gas crisis then sold it and bought a new '74 Duster 318, 4 sp. The guy I sold the RR to totaled it about 3 months later.


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Re: You're first Mopar [Re: Roadcuda] #3221490
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1968 road runner, 383/automatic. Bought it for $800.00 in 1986 and still have it.

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Aaron

68 Roadrunner 383/AT
69 Dart GT Conv. 383/AT
05 Dodge Ram 4x4 Cummins
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Re: You're first Mopar [Re: RoadRunnerLuva] #3221493
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1970 Charger 500, FM3 black interior 383/console pistol grip and 8.75 w/4:56s installed. Great red light to red light. Killed alot of IROCs.

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Re: Your first Mopar [Re: RoadRunnerLuva] #3221494
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Order this '69 RM23 Road Runner about this time 55yrs ago in 1969. Don't remember how long it took for Plymouth to fill the order but I think 6-weeks or maybe less? RM23 hardtop, 383, track pack with 3.91 Suregrip, 727, Air Grabber, hood stripes, A01 light package, F5 limelight GREEN black bucket seat interior, console

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Re: You're first Mopar [Re: A12] #3221495
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We were a mopar family dating back to Desoto. MY father gave me his 1970 Dodge Polara SE 2dr,318 auto,a/c car.Even had a 8track was pretty cool,I even put pieces of carpet buy the rear speakers thought it looked pretty cool.God pain black vinyl top.Great runner car just couldn't handle turns.Lol Especially with my lead foot,I wound up on lawns and fields! drive


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Re: You're first Mopar [Re: A12] #3221496
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My first car at 15 was a 70' Charger R/T and I have had a least one 70' Charger R/T in my possession every since and still have it today. Also have had other numerous 68-71 Chargers along the way. Along with countless of other Mopars as well.


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
2012 Challenger R/T Classic.
Re: You're first Mopar [Re: 6PKRTSE] #3221502
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Was about to inherit Mom's 383-swapped '57 Sport Suburban, but it got destroyed in a near-head-on where I got hurt & it got totalled.
Learned to drive on that car at around 12, I think, from Dad...
I basically commandeered her '60 Valiant after that, age 16, but it wasn't actually mine.
First Mopar I can recall holding title to was my '69 Dart, a sweetheart of a car, though just a 318/AT/AC Western Sport Special.

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