How did you become a Mopar A-body Enthusiast?

I think it was in my blood at a very young age. I was born in 68, however I vividly remember my grandpas 69 plymouth satellite. It was white with a black top and black interior. It had a funky liquid filled bubble compass on the dash that i thought was cool. As i grew up he told me it was a slant six car. My uncle had a 69 383 4 speed road runner. It was dark green metallic. I just thought B bodys were badass.

My dad had a 73 dodge polara 4 door as i got a bit older. Great car, it had a 318 in it. Fast forward to 1981, my brother buys a 73 charger with power windows, rallye dash and slap stick auto on the floor, and factory magnum 500 wheels. I think this is really cool. My cousin buys a fairly beat 68 charger 383 to get back and forth to work. I tell her, i want that car, dont sell it to anyone but me. At age 15 she sells it to me for $400. I'm hooked. Well i was hooked long before that. I was building nothing but mopar model cars before that. My interests were all B body at this time.

I went thru a succession of dodge chargers, a 1970 slant 6 barracuda, and a 318 68 barracuda fastback i drove for a little bit. I sell my last charger a 69 R/T 440 4 speed clone before moving to Texas in the mid 90s.

I get here and get the mopar itch once again and find a B5 blue 69 dart western sport special. I do some body, interior, and engine work on it. Car has a slanty, and drive it for a bit. Then sell it.

I get the itch to redo something else. I find a 1960 el camino that needs everything. I learn how to weld and metal fab with this one its pretty rusty. I put a mild 350, and a muncie 4 speed. Completely rewire it with a painless harness, and add power disc brakes. When Its about 75% finished i lose interest, and sell it.

I buy a house, get married, get involved in turbo fwd mopars for awhile, get divorced, get the itch for a mopar again. Find out in 2009 that chargers are now made of unobtanium. So I go to my local boneyard. The guy who owns the place is a mopar nut, and helped me with parts for my 69 dart i fixed and sold years prior. I ask him whatcha got in the way of project cars. He shows me a 72 dart 2 door with mega roof rot in the corners from a vinyl top gone wrong, needing full quarters, and roof skin patches. But its a V8 car, and a 67 barracuda with a slanty , 3 on the tree, and a big hole cut in the floor.

I tell him i'll take the cuda, its got the looks a little like my uncles old road runner, and its got 3 pedals, im a stick shift junkie. He also tells me about FABO for parts and advice, so here i am on the best mopar site since 2010 lol. I find a 74 dart moredoor at the police auction with a V8, disc brakes, and a solid floor. Perfect donor. It will be a 360 4 speed sleeper.

Now i got 2 barracudas as i found a 69 notch ex race car, i am now collecting up parts for it, and saving it for my son. Its nuts, once you get the bug, its with you for life. Just like harley davidson folks say about their harley addiction " if i have to explain, you would not understand"