NJ and area Mopar carbecue - 5/22/21 for FABO and FBBO

[68gtxman]

It will be Saturday 5/22/21 at 1 PM. It’s BYOB and either a side dish or dessert. We will have burgers, dogs, water and soda. This is a no cost picnic, just a free hangout and eat get together.

We love all Mopars no matter what shape they’re in. So bring whatcha got. Come even if you have to drive a Ford or Chevy to make it here!

Start a private conversation with me and I’ll give you my address. (If you use GPS, it will say that you've arrived when you are still 1/2 mile away. Drive past the sports fields to the end of the road and turn left at the tee. Then make the next left possible down our driveway.)

Hope to see you there!
Bryan & Jim (Fratzog Lover)

Photos from last year:

From previous years:

 

[68gtxman]

I forgot to give the locale. It will be at my house in Eastampton NJ (next to Mt. Holly - exit 5 on the NJTPK).

 

[68gtxman]

Coming soon folks! Hope you can make it!

 

[Mattax]

It's safe people!
No cars actually get put on the grill. Honest. I was there in 2019 and saw for myself!

 

[Hemioutlaw]

Too far for me but don't know why more of us don't do chit like this more often in our home states....Hell my Grills running every wknd.

 

[68gtxman]

Today’s barbecue was a blast! The people above are (L to R): me, @Mattax @fratzog lover, Ken, Hawk, and @abodyjoe. It was a hot and humid day but we had great car discussions!

 

[abodyjoe]

Good seeing everyone. Nice cars too.

 

[fratzog lover]

A good day, no rain, good food and conversation. @abodyjoe, thank Jamie for the dessert!

 

[Mattax]

Thanks for hosting!

 

[abodyjoe]

@68gtxman here ya go.. forum won't let me PM a picture to you.. if this isn't readable i'll have to email it to ya.. should be able to right click it and save it to your computer to enlarge it

 

[fratzog lover]

@68gtxman here ya go.. forum won't let me PM a picture to you.. if this is readable i'll have to email it to ya.. should be able to right click it and save it to your computer to enlarge it

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Cindy will make this in the near future!

 

[68gtxman]

@abodyjoe Thanks! This is legible and I know my wife will be making it too. It was the hit of the party! Now that you posted it here, your secret recipe is out.

 

[abodyjoe]

lol...

 

[abodyjoe]

ok here we go.. we were talking about sway bars yesterday and why i went with the one i did..



here is the hotchkis. its huge, hollow and supposed to be the best on the market right now.. i'm sure its great in the way it functions but for me it looks horrible, especially with the overall theme of our dart. we aren't autocrossing our dart or anything se we don't need "the best" on it. the other thing is question was if it woudl work with the factory 70 lower arms with stock anti-sway bar tabs on them. yes the bar came with weld on tabs. easy enough to weld on but no way was i going to cut off factory tabs. those lower arms are bringing too much money today to ruin them and i sure as hell wasn't going to pull the arms off..lol

compared to a stock bar. don't think there was any way it was going to mount to the stock lower arm tabs..

 

[abodyjoe]

and here is what is on the car. i still may paint it black to hide it more but it doesn't look like a freaking snow plow under there..

direct replacement but larger diameter. (stock 7/8" i believe. new one 1.25"). made a big difference when installed.. very happy with it.

 

[Mattax]

Thanks Joe, Talking with the Solo Chairwoman yesterday our next autocross will be at Oxford Valley Mall. We won't use Cal Ripken's stadium until Md. is done using it as a vaccination site.

I held up OK and so did the car. I thought I got a cone on my quickest run but it must have stayed in the box. I was only a second behind Winie which is my best this year. She's definately got a little better since 2019 (or I got slower! ? ! )

 

[Mattax]

Results Results - Active heat (All)

And the only other 'pony car' of the era is running in a different class. I clipped his best by over a 1/2 second.

 

[Mattax]

Alternator power feed through the bulkhead.

Here's the standard factory scheme.

Added a parallel wire to the ammeter stud and used a single terminal as junction for the MSD's power.