how did yall get hooked on mopars

[1970 roadrunner lover]

hi yall I was wondering how yall got hooked on mopars . for me it was me and my dad going fishing in the gray roadrunner and going to car shows in it

 

[barnfind]

My Dad was a clay modeler for Plymouth BITD, Got to hear stories of 200 mph in the superbird at the test track. We always had mopars around, one day a buddy of my dad brought over a ev2 superbird and I was hooked at 7 yrs old. He was selling it for $1200.00 I begged my dad to pick it up but no such luck. The 73 charger SE was his driver gunmetal, black roof and black leather interior, way cool

 

[TBONE]

In the summer of 76 my dad was a bodyman at a ford dealership. One saturday he brought me with him to pick something up. Back in the corner away from all the other cars was a bright blue 72 Cuda. Being 12 years I had to ask him what it was. He said it sure wasn't a ford. He added when it came in for a small dent to be removed, everyone in the dealership went nuts over it!

 

[Budnicks]

Every time I went to the track with my step father Bob as a young kid, MoPars were the fastest.... Dale the Snail Emery, Rich Guasco, Wild Willy Borsch all in Fuel Altereds all Chrysler Hemi Powered...

 

[440+6]

When I was about to graduate from high school in 79 I was looking for a new (used) car all I knew is it had to be something cool. I was thinking 1969 SS Chevelle, 1969 Olds 442, 1970 Torino 429cj, ect.
At that time with my crowd of gear head friends Mopars where kind of looked down on, everyone knew a big block Mopar was near impossible to beat in a race but still they where the black sheeps.
Well one of my best friends was selling his 1970 GTX and I knew the car well, been in it many times, I don't know what came over me but I bought it and never looked back, That's the day I became a Mopar guy.
I've owned that GTX for 34 years now and while I've bought and sold allot of muscle cars it's the only one I have ever considered a keeper.

 

[Coronet 14]

Last year I was looking for a project and wanted something different. There are way too many Camaro's Mustangs Nova's and Trans Am's Don't get me wrong I like all these cars. I decided I wanted a Mopar. I didn't think It would be a 4 door. Wells Fargo sent me some money back from an overpayment on a car A week later this was sitting in my driveway.

 

[Propwash]

My Dad........Black '69 Roadrunner with a Hemi rattling every window in the house in the morning before school. Remember being pinned to the rear seat right after saying "Hit it Dad!" Remember hitting the Beep Beep horn in the driveway to get the neighbors dog all worked up. Remember sitting on the rear bumper of our ugly green Fury with the old man, a couple fishing rods in hand, watching our bobber's float down the river.

 

[1970GTX]

In 1967 my Dad who had only owned used clunkers, a '46 chev 4 dr. something and a '57 Rambler, bought his first brand new car. a '67 Dodge Polara. He was so proud of that boat. Also the 1st v8 he had ever had. Well I was 15 and just starting to get into cars. Obviously the Rambler never turned me on much, and I liked the look of that big old 383 in the polara. Then in '68 Dodge brought out the new Charger, and I was hooked. I had never seen such a beautifully styled car. I wanted one so bad, Dad bought me a revell model of one. A year later I had gotten a job as a gas jockey at our local service station, and whaddya know, one of our customers had a '68 Hemi Charger. When ever he drove in for gas, man I was out to the pumps so fast, the boss thought i was a gas jockey super star. Needless to say by this point I was a mopar guy through and through. So when I left school and got my first real job, my 1st car I bought was a '68 Coronet 500 2dr, 318, white interior, bucket seats b5 blue. It was a dealer demo and the price was $2600.00. All my friends were jealous, and I was king of the road. Of course the local police also got to know the car, and I became a bit of a target. Oh well, ever since it's been Mopar or No car.

 

[Lowhound]

I grew up bout 3 miles from Talladega Superspeedway in the early 70s. Back then me & my family never missed a race & was a huge Petty fan.Could stand on my porch & actually hear the cars testing at times. Remember Mopars breaking the 200MPH barrier & dominating Nascar.That is until they started altering the rules so Chevys would have a chance that is. Another reason I became a Mopar fan was that all my friends were GM or Ford guys & I wanted to be the type of person that thinks for himself & doesnt just follow the crowd. In other words to be a little different I guess.

 

[Budnicks]

Oh yeah my first car a 1968 Charger R/T, I bought from a "Hot" single mother & neighbor in 1974, at age 15 y/o for $350, I use to mow lawns for her... I vividly remember going to S.F. to pick up my "Moms" new family car, a Dark Green w/white vinyl top & interior, a 1968 Sport Satellite w/383ci 4bbl 4 speed, her 1st ever new car, my step dad Bob was sly one, to pull that off....

 

[BeastlyBirdie]

My first car was a 73 charger se, back in 88. Wasn't impressed with the 318, so I got a 67 polara that had a 383 & 727. Found out a few things...1..you're supposed to change k members 2... The driver motor mount was not available new, 3... A trip to a junkyard and a slege got it in....
Lol, then I heard that mopars are like herpes....once you have them....

 

[Richard Cranium]

As a kid in the mid-late 60's, the three buzzwords on the Wide World Of Sports were Hemi, Dogde & Plymouth and somehow that must have resonated with me through the years. In 1975, around the time I was getting my license, I had no idea what I wanted to buy until a schoolmate bought a '68 Charger with a 383 & a 4-speed. At that point, I was hooked.

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Oh yeah my first car a 1968 Charger R/T, I bought from a "Hot" single mother & neighbor in 1974, at age 15 y/o for $350, I use to mow lawns for her...

Too bad you didn't trim her bush while you were mowing her lawn.

 

[joshb1983]

my dad and my cousin was the ones who got me started..my dad had all kinds of A-bodys B-bodys and E-bodys plus other muscle cars..my cousin's big into B-bodys..i loved riding in them as a kid and grew up at norwalk raceway in ohio..my favorite's were my dads gold 1967 GTX and his blue with black stripes 1970 GTX and his white 70 duster 340...my cousin actually has my dads old 70 gtx still..he sold it to him 30 yrs ago, its being restored right now

 

[747mopar]

I grew up around them (nothing cool) vans, K cars and Fifth Avenues. I knew they where GOOD cars but hadn't ever seen a cool one until I was 10, that's when I saw a 1970 Challenger for sale. In the end what really got me hooked is all the crazy things Mopar did, panther pink, sublime green, the coyote, roadrunner, cross ram intakes, superbirds, daytona's and of coarse the Hemi and it's dominance at the tracks. So for me it's the fact that they dared to be different and kicked *** at doing it.

 

[joshb1983]

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[tallhair]

hi yall I was wondering how yall got hooked on mopars . for me it was me and my dad going fishing in the gray roadrunner and going to car shows in it

Coincidence on car/color. It was my dad also. He bought a new bronze/tan interior 69 RR 4 speed AG Hardtop. Wrecked it almost immediately. I'm don't recall at the moment if it was 4 weeks old or 4 months old but it was totalled. He then went out and bought another 69, this was was a A4 Grey/silver with deluxe black bench interior, w/o AG, but had the 4 speed and he had the dealer put magnum 500's on it. He mounted a tach on the column. I still have the tach. I remember washing the magnums many a time and him explaining they were Magnum 500's because they were all chrome and had the little crossed flags in the center cones. I also recall riding in it and man I thought it was the coolest car in the world. He had that car until 1975. I think he regretted selling it as soon as he did it, and always did.

When I turned 16 we looked and looked but could not find a 69 RR for anything (1981). I finally found the 70 4 speed car I still have today, 32 years later but it's not as nice today as 440+6's car. But one day .. hopefully soon!

 

[Budnicks]

As a kid in the mid-late 60's, the three buzzwords on the Wide World Of Sports were Hemi, Dogde & Plymouth and somehow that must have resonated with me through the years. In 1975, around the time I was getting my license, I had no idea what I wanted to buy until a schoolmate bought a '68 Charger with a 383 & a 4-speed. At that point, I was hooked.
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Too bad you didn't trim her bush while you were mowing her lawn.

Yeah I would have, in a heartbeat too, if ever had the chance, but she was completely out of my league as a 15 y/o & looken' for a daddy for her kid, she was only in her early 20's, I had the biggest crush for a couple years, until she Married a Contra County Sherriff Deputy... Oh well I got her 68 Charger R/T, better end of the deal...

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Oh yeah I forgot the car came with the original 14" "Road Wheels", some people refer to as Magnum 500's/Magnum Wheels, they didn't last long thou, Crager S/S soon replaced them 15"x10"s with N50 15's rear & 15"x7"s front w/ some off brand 70's radials..

 

[earlyrides]

the Mo-Fos

When I was young, I wasn’t really a car guy at all. It wasn’t until I was thirteen that I started getting exposed to motorsports at all. My mom’s third husband was a mechanic and started taking me to NASCAR races at the old Riverside California track. Another friend of the family took me to some drag racing events at the now long defunct OCIR (Orange County International Raceway). But even with that I still never dreamed of being a “Car doctor” or the “Mopar guy” in my neighborhood.
Then the “girl” came along in my life that would change everything I thought I knew forever. (Isn’t that what always happens?) She was a tom-boy. Tough, but sexy and I couldn’t get enough. I was eighteen and she was just fifteen. (Just days away from 16 though). She bought a car with some money that she had gotten from an auto accident settlement; a derelict 1967 Camaro. Needless to say it needed help. As her boyfriend I was the one that was going to have to help her when after just a few short months the tired 327 liberated a piston through the oil pan.
That was where it started but I still had no idea even what a Mopar was. We would remain sweethearts and eventually get married when she was eighteen and I was just 21. For the next 5 years I went through several cars. A 68 Cougar XR7, 69 Firebird, 77 Datsun pickup, 69 Impala wagon 427 and even a 72 Satellite 4-door. But I still wasn’t a “Mopar” guy.
Then after some years had passed; the old Camaro needed to be painted. Our neighbor down the street; Greg Adler was the “car flipper” so I went down to ask him if he had a paint guy that he could hook us up with. We became friends and I watched with curiosity as he put back together a 69 GTX convertible with a 4 speed that had just been painted. I will never forget the day I first heard it come to life. The 440 engine was the one that had come out of the car so it woke right up and immediately was running like a bat out of hell.
Then it happened. He turned to me and said, “You wanna drive it?”
I immediately said “Yes!!! But can I go get my wife to go with us when we go?”
So he drove it over to the house and I went in to get the missus. When we came out he was sitting in the back seat with the top down. I remember the blue paint and black stripes like it was yesterday. So I started the car and tried not to piss myself since the only 4-speed I had ever driven was the Datsun. I push in the clutch and am surprised by how much effort it takes. I put it into first and let out the clutch only to have the behemoth lurch forward and stall. OOPS!
I regain my composure after some laughter from my neighbor and my wife. This time I am determined not to stall it. So I give it a bit more RPMs and let the clutch out. It takes off but I don’t want to give it too much so let it climb in RPMs and MPH. 10 – 20 – 30 – 40 MPH and we were only at 4500 RPMs and bang! I shift into second. Looking back; I figure the speedo was off but it seemed like we were flying and we were only in second gear! Bang! Third gear and I am definitely breaking the law now and I am hooked.
I knew right then and there if I ever had the chance I was going to get a 69 convertible Road Runner or GTX with a 4 speed.
Well now it’s 20+ years later. I am still with the same gal. We have 12 Mopars and one 66 Ford mustang. She says that just makes us Mo-Fos. And oh yeah; I have my 69 convertible Road Runner with a 4-speed.
Mopar or no car.

 

[tallhair]

Oh yeah I forgot the car came with the original 14" "Road Wheels", some people refer to as Magnum 500's/Magnum Wheels, they didn't last long thou, Crager S/S soon replaced them 15"x10"s with N50 15's rear & 15"x7"s front w/ some off brand 70's radials..

I know the difference.

 

[68sportsatelliteragtop]

I was born into a Mopar Family!

Dad w/ his Chrysler

Mom w/ Dad's car on a date

Me and my 2 sisters in 1964