What Makes MoPar so Badda$$??

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For me, it was when my friends 318 A body Cuda was slaying the Dragons (Chevies) by the fist full. Down 32 cubes, up on weight, first to the finish line in a ride everybody spit nails at.

Before I knew much of anything, all I e Ed heard was MoPar suck. When asked why, no reason worth spit was given. They just repeated over and over again, they suck.
Now I know why they suck. They win!

Sure, some things are more expensive. However, isn't that the case with ANY go fast part for anybody?

Ooooh, forgot to add, how could you not LOVE that sound of a TQ opening up?!? Gotta love that!
 
The first Mopar I paid attention to was my uncle's 55 Coronet. Yellow and black and it was cool. My Mom's side of the family all drove Mopars. My sister's first car was a 65 Belvedere. It was a gold colored 4 door but it still looked like the 65 Plymouth's that were mopping up at the drag strips across the country. I was almost 16 and needed a car to drive to school. The guy that was painting our house had a 65 Dart he wanted to sell. I was so excited just to have a car I really didn't care what it was. Soon after I bought it I began to figure out what I had. It was a white 65 2 door post car with a red interior. Under the hood was a small V-8 with a 4 barrel carb and the coolest chrome air cleaner and wrinkle finish valve covers. The weird thing was that it had a 3 on the tree. I beat the snot out of that thing. Boy those bias ply 13" tires would smoke for a half a block. Well only one did! lol Wish I still owned it There were only a handfull of 65 Darts made with a HP 273 and a 3 speed. I've been hooked ever since. tmm

Fun thread Keith!
 
Thanks Mike!! I love hearing the stories and it's cool that the thread can bring back cool memories as these!!! :glasses7:
 
I grew up with my grandparents. My grandfather was a mechanic at Bettenhausen Dodge . Needless to say, we were a mopar family . I asked Pop, "why we were better than gm n ford folks? " He went on to explain that the other guys couldn't build a factory engine to survive 7500 rpm nor could they generate 350 ft/lbs of torque til they reached the high end and were about to grenade. He said the reason for the six packs was cuz Chrysler new you needed 2 barrel drivability around town and 6 for teaching lessons .
My Pop did a lot of side work in the garage. All the kids in town knew him. On weekends we were out in the driveway , timing , tweaking, rebuilding whatever anybody needed. He hated Chevys . Why should you have to pull a distributor to change an f'in manifold.
He really didn't want me wrenchin for a living. Oh well. I miss that old man. Back to the point. And it seems very consistent in this thread. The insane torque of a properly built build big block, the horsepower of a high revving 340 and the ability for each to survive.
I would love to find an affordable virgin 340. Yeah , like that'll happen.
 
For me it happened back in 1977... I was 18 years old, had me a sweet 67 firebird, hot rodded it up a little. Loved to race it with other guys in town. Never lost a race... til that one day... It was a 340 Duster...

That was many years ago and I still remember it well. I have always had lots of respect for them ever since! However, this is my first Mopar! (1970 Dart)I luv it. I also own a 65 Mustang fastback, I don't plan on getting rid of either one.

Mark
 
bighammer said:
For me it happened back in 1977... I was 18 years old, had me a sweet 67 firebird, hot rodded it up a little. Loved to race it with other guys in town. Never lost a race... til that one day... It was a 340 Duster...

That was many years ago and I still remember it well. I have always had lots of respect for them ever since! However, this is my first Mopar! (1970 Dart)I luv it. I also own a 65 Mustang fastback, I don't plan on getting rid of either one.

Mark
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Cool story........Lots of people remember their first ride or encounter with a 340 engine :burnout:
 
The guy who got me started working on cars when I was 14 had a 68 Charger R/T 440/auto that he brought brand new. That car was the fastest car in our part of long island. That was the car I learned how to do burn outs in. Otto had that car till a few years ago and sold it to some big collector and it still looked brand new. He is the guy that taught me to degree cams and tune carbs and to love cars. I was doing tune-ups and header installs and brakes and so on... at 15 and 16 and 35 yrs later I still love doing what I do and going as fast as possible.
 
You need 'Steel Balls' to drive this car........

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Kid wanting to pose by a Superbird instead of driving his Big Wheel makes mopar baddass! :D

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As a kid in the early to mid eighties always loved seing mopars and other muscle rides cruise on weekends. But it was a ride in a 68 dodge charger which was the brother of a helper of my dad @ his autoshop that made me fall in love for mopars! That machine had a hot 383 tunnel rammed motor and a 4 speed pistol grip. Thing went sweet and neat on the street!!:thumbsup: Also helped that my pops had a dart sport like mine and a 1976 dodge ramcharger!
 
Can't believe I missed this whole thread.....

Short list:

Hemi
Turbine Bronze
Torsion bars
Six Pack
Pistol Grip
Petty Blue
Cartoon graphics
Tuff Wheel
Plum Crazy
Slap Stick
Go Wing
Panther Pink
Machine Gun tips
Hemi A body
Electroluminescent
HIP Paint (in general)
Optical illusion rallye wheels w/polished rings
Air Grabber
Aero cars
Cassette recorder
No shim alignment
 
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QuickDart360 said:
As a kid in the early to mid eighties always loved seing mopars and other muscle rides cruise on weekends. But it was a ride in a 68 dodge charger which was the brother of a helper of my dad @ his autoshop that made me fall in love for mopars! That machine had a hot 383 tunnel rammed motor and a 4 speed pistol grip. Thing went sweet and neat on the street!!:thumbsup: Also helped that my pops had a dart sport like mine and a 1976 dodge ramcharger!
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Thanks! Just like remembering those good old days!! Wish they were still here.:( I really miss that era it was just cool!
 
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