WP29440SE
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ive read about all the CL adds i can stomach of people selling "real" 1972 challenger and charger R/Ts ....
Mopar Myths and Legends
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Bruzilla
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I've seen a wing-clipped Superbird that was up in Maryland. It looked like a 70 Roadrunner until you looked at the back window, so I know the conversion story is not a myth. What is a myth about Superbirds is their production numbers. They were supposed to have produced one car for every dealership to qualify for NASCAR, but there have been additional Superbirds turning up for years that were special order cars for racers or the government (the FAA ordered a couple of them to run underneath jet airliners as they took off to measure pollution emissions). Another myth I've heard is that the Superbird wing decal was made by measuring the bottom of a waste basket a Chrysler engineer had.
Northwest
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Several unconventional / irreverant paint names were rejected by Chrysler executives for the hi-impact line of colors in 1970-1971:
Catch Me Copper
Statutory Grape
Gang Green
Well Red
Hi-Ho Silver
One that did get in - Curious Yellow - is controversial because it refers to an early racy movie 'I am curious (yellow) from 1967.
Catch Me Copper
Statutory Grape
Gang Green
Well Red
Hi-Ho Silver
One that did get in - Curious Yellow - is controversial because it refers to an early racy movie 'I am curious (yellow) from 1967.
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My aunt ended up with a 64 Ford Galaxie 500 when her son went to Nam in 65. He came home but told her to keep it and when I got drafted, I stuck my car in my dad's garage but he wasn't happy about that so I sold it when I came on leave after basic and tech school (slipped into the AF instead) just before I got shipped over seas. That car was a 66 Belvedere II and I heard that the new owner totaled it in no time. Moron couldn't handle a mild 383 I guess....
696pack
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Well, The Darts in the mid 66s had a Charger engine option and that is where it comes from.
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That is not a myth. I once spoke first hand with one of the people that helped choose those names and told me they were shut down by the Corporate powers.
CTMopar
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Dartcharger was a 65 trim package only made in the LA plant.
With the package, specially-made Dart
Charger 273 emblems were added to the front quarter-panels and the glove-box door. A quadrant of (now rare) 13x6 Crager wheels replaced the stock 13x4.5 steel rims. All factory-built examples were painted cream yellow with a black interior and black vinyl or convertible top. According to a story that surfaced in Slant Six News #37, only 180 were built at the plant, while parts for an additional 300 possible cars were shipped to Dodge dealers in 11 western states.
Read more: http://www.moparmusclemagazine.com/...e_dart_charger_273/viewall.html#ixzz2A4ojn6td
With the package, specially-made Dart
Charger 273 emblems were added to the front quarter-panels and the glove-box door. A quadrant of (now rare) 13x6 Crager wheels replaced the stock 13x4.5 steel rims. All factory-built examples were painted cream yellow with a black interior and black vinyl or convertible top. According to a story that surfaced in Slant Six News #37, only 180 were built at the plant, while parts for an additional 300 possible cars were shipped to Dodge dealers in 11 western states.Read more: http://www.moparmusclemagazine.com/...e_dart_charger_273/viewall.html#ixzz2A4ojn6td
65 Plymouth Satellite 426
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Painted Under Richard Petty's 1973 Race Car Rear Frame "Have No Fear...The Dodge Boys Are Here". TRUE! A Message To Nascar's Tech People!
RustyRatRod
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Yes, the DartChrager was real. Sergeant Carter in Gomer Pyle drove a yellow convertible example. There's a guy over on FABO doin a literal nut and bolt resto on one. They are REAL.
CTMopar
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They only came in yellow. A guy around here tried to clone one but some of the DNA must have been contaminated because it came out light blue.
BahamaA12RR
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I used to have guys back in the day tell me that the 340 "Wedge" motors (some 71 + 72 A bodys had a big Wedge decal sideways on the hood) were different than regular 340's. They were supposed to have better heads and cam and more horsepower.
MYTH!!!!!
MYTH!!!!!
fatecaptured
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This doesn't relate to mopars, but is a funny one.
An ex girlfriend of mine said she road in a bad *** "Chevy Bronco". I busted out laughing in her face. She was serious and argued it was a chevy. Couldn't convince her other wise. Even after explaining that difference's between the blazer and bronco. She wouldn't let up.
Sometimes people are just stupid and have no hope!
An ex girlfriend of mine said she road in a bad *** "Chevy Bronco". I busted out laughing in her face. She was serious and argued it was a chevy. Couldn't convince her other wise. Even after explaining that difference's between the blazer and bronco. She wouldn't let up.
Sometimes people are just stupid and have no hope!
Northwest
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Here is a good mopar legend I read about. The last Plymouth to win a NASCAR race was a 1971 Roadrunner driven by Dick Brooks. He won the Talledaga 500 in 1973. It turns out is was a very bizzare and unusual race that is described below as the biggest upset in NASCAR history...
Everyone knows that Richard Petty won more races for Plymouth in the famous car #43 painted Petty blue than any other driver.
What most Nascar fan's don't know is that Petty did NOT get Plymouth's last Nascar win.
Surprisingly, in what some say is the biggest upset in Nascar history, the win came on August 12, 1973 at the then named "Alabama International Motor Speedway".
Dick Brooks won the race driving for the Crawford Bros. race team owned by Jimmy and Peter Crawford out of College Park, GA.
Nascar didn't think that Jimmy had enough experience to handle the 200 plus miles per hour speeds being run at Alabama International Motor Speedway, so Jimmy hired Brooks to drive the Yunick like Black and Gold #22 in the 1973 Winston 500.
The Winston 500 had an UNHEARD of starting field of SIXTY cars in a race that included what is now known as "THE BIG ONE", that eliminated over 20 cars in a wreck on the backstretch. Brooks led five laps and retired with engine problems regulating him to a 16th place finish. David Pearson went on to win the race.
The brothers, with Brooks again driving, returned for the Talladega 500 held at the "SPOOKY" track in Alabama. Weird things began happening even before the race started as Dick could not get the #22 Plymouth engine started. It was eventually fired up and Brooks regained his starting spot in the field.
On lap number 9, Larry Smith, who was the reining Nascar Rookie of The Year, spun and crashed into the guard rail.
In a crash simular to the late Great Dale Earnhart, Smith's crew was running back to the garage area to repair the car when word came that Smith had died in the wreck! Word is that Smith had removed some of the padding in his helmet to accommodate his long hair.
Smith's death was the first ever at Alabama International Motor Speedway!
Another crazy incident happened when driver Bobby Isaac pulled his car into the garage area and climbed out saying he had heard voices in his head to get out of the race.
Dick Brooks went on to win this "Wild and Crazy" 1973 Talladega 500 which turned out to be his only Nascar win and sadly, Jimmy Crawford passed away in 2007 of heart failure.
James Hylton, winner of the 1972 Winston 500, said it best. "Drivers either love or hate this place and when they get out of their cars after a race, you can see the stress in their eyes".
Everyone knows that Richard Petty won more races for Plymouth in the famous car #43 painted Petty blue than any other driver.
What most Nascar fan's don't know is that Petty did NOT get Plymouth's last Nascar win.
Surprisingly, in what some say is the biggest upset in Nascar history, the win came on August 12, 1973 at the then named "Alabama International Motor Speedway".
Dick Brooks won the race driving for the Crawford Bros. race team owned by Jimmy and Peter Crawford out of College Park, GA.
Nascar didn't think that Jimmy had enough experience to handle the 200 plus miles per hour speeds being run at Alabama International Motor Speedway, so Jimmy hired Brooks to drive the Yunick like Black and Gold #22 in the 1973 Winston 500.
The Winston 500 had an UNHEARD of starting field of SIXTY cars in a race that included what is now known as "THE BIG ONE", that eliminated over 20 cars in a wreck on the backstretch. Brooks led five laps and retired with engine problems regulating him to a 16th place finish. David Pearson went on to win the race.
The brothers, with Brooks again driving, returned for the Talladega 500 held at the "SPOOKY" track in Alabama. Weird things began happening even before the race started as Dick could not get the #22 Plymouth engine started. It was eventually fired up and Brooks regained his starting spot in the field.
On lap number 9, Larry Smith, who was the reining Nascar Rookie of The Year, spun and crashed into the guard rail.
In a crash simular to the late Great Dale Earnhart, Smith's crew was running back to the garage area to repair the car when word came that Smith had died in the wreck! Word is that Smith had removed some of the padding in his helmet to accommodate his long hair.
Smith's death was the first ever at Alabama International Motor Speedway!
Another crazy incident happened when driver Bobby Isaac pulled his car into the garage area and climbed out saying he had heard voices in his head to get out of the race.
Dick Brooks went on to win this "Wild and Crazy" 1973 Talladega 500 which turned out to be his only Nascar win and sadly, Jimmy Crawford passed away in 2007 of heart failure.
James Hylton, winner of the 1972 Winston 500, said it best. "Drivers either love or hate this place and when they get out of their cars after a race, you can see the stress in their eyes".
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