What Mopar Option Burns a Memory in Your Brain the Most?

[memike]

Growing up we called them typewriter transmissions..


I know, I know. What the heck is a typewriter.

I like it, lmao that is a good way to look at it Ray

 

[demonmike70]

the slant 6 was what i remember the most because most mopars that my buddies owned where slant 6. that was cars,pick-ups and vans.i was the first non b or c body mopar in my group with 318 volare.

 

[66fs]

My first car, that I bought was a 64 Dodge Polara with a Poly 318 and a push button auto transmission. Loved that car...

 

[66340SEDAN]

Growing up we called them typewriter transmissions..


I know, I know. What the heck is a typewriter.

Thats what my dad and grandpa called them too!

 

[340john]

Either personally or my parents have owned Mopars with these items. My vote would be for the Hemi. I have had 3 Hemi cars: a 69 Superbee, 67 Coronet R/T convertible and a 71 Cuda...all 4 speeds and all great running cars. Just the looks, stories and comments when I would drive one of them was priceless.

 

[scamp360]

The pushbutton tranny in my brothers 61 413 New Yorker and the speedo dash in that car was also awsome.

 

[toolmanmike]

I had to vote for the Hemi. When I was 16 or so I worked at the local Phillips 66 station on the weekends. We rented the hoist bay by the hour to guys that needed it. A friend needed to tune up his buddie's 68 Hemi Roadrunner. When he got done the owner tossed me the keys and let me take her for a spin. Foot to the mat, side step the clutch, and hold on. Second gear came pretty quick when you're sideways and the tires are up in smoke. I backed off and eased it into 3 rd. I was shaking pretty bad when I drove around the block and back to the station. That's a couple minutes I will never forget. Thanks for the flashback Keith....... tmm

 

[weebull]

The fold down rear seat in my dads 73 Gold Duster. He used to go to the lumber yard and tell them to put the 2 x 12 x 8' pieces of plywood in the trunk! I loved watching their eyes go wide when he popped the seat down and slid them in with only a couple feet sticking out the back! My 74 Dart Sport has one to keep the memories alive!

 

[the67fish]

Im sticking with the reverb radio

 

[rlevs]

I can't chouse there are so many

 

[SpikeWills69]

I voted rear facing 9 passenger wagon seat. Growing up I heard that "pigs get sick riding backwards." Brilliant, huh? Well I got sick riding in that rear facing seat as a kid, so got out of riding there as much as I could. 58 Plymouth (sport suburban I believe) with a 57 Dodge 325 hemi. That was our family ride.

Road Runner was a close second for me.

 

[darc1722]

The first time I pulled the air grabber switch on my 71 Charger and that air scoop popped up........................................... that my friend is a moment I'll never forget. The guy next to me at the light knew I meant business...... see ya!

 

[jomoper]

I checked the Roadrunner pkg catagory . I remember quite a few birds running around the town where I grew up including an orange Hemi powered Superbird that I walked past almost everyday on My way to and from school.

 

[mischiefdart]

The wing cars for sure! I was 5 when the daytona's hit the street. Nothing else was even close to the look of that car. I told my dad to buy one but he said cars were a bad investment.

 

[Sport 360]

I always loved the look of these rear window louvers on Cuda's and Challengers:

 

[PA Dodger]

I voted rear facing 9 passenger wagon seat. Growing up I heard that "pigs get sick riding backwards." Brilliant, huh? Well I got sick riding in that rear facing seat as a kid

Wow, thought it was just me. Famous last words-" Mom, I think I'm gonna be sick...".

I voted Rear facing car seat because I remember that from my childhood memories. Once I got older it was the pistol grip shifter. They could have put that thing behind a slant 6 and it still woulda meant business.
I also remember thinking " Who the h&!! would want a "Grandpa Green" car? You have to wear plaid pants pulled up to your chest and have a pocket protector to own a car that color."
uke:

 

[waggin]

i had to go with the pushbutton auto cuz momma's super stocker had it

 

[cudavert]

Let's not forget....

 

[SpikeWills69]

Wow, thought it was just me. Famous last words-" Mom, I think I'm gonna be sick...".

I voted Rear facing car seat because I remember that from my childhood memories. Once I got older it was the pistol grip shifter. They could have put that thing behind a slant 6 and it still woulda meant business.
I also remember thinking " Who the h&!! would want a "Grandpa Green" car? You have to wear plaid pants pulled up to your chest and have a pocket protector to own a car that color."
uke:

LOL! Which model was your rear facing seat in?

I could have voted Hemi too, just too many choices

 

[66340SEDAN]

Wow, thought it was just me. Famous last words-" Mom, I think I'm gonna be sick...".

I voted Rear facing car seat because I remember that from my childhood memories. Once I got older it was the pistol grip shifter. They could have put that thing behind a slant 6 and it still woulda meant business.
I also remember thinking " Who the h&!! would want a "Grandpa Green" car? You have to wear plaid pants pulled up to your chest and have a pocket protector to own a car that color."
uke:

My grandpa had a lime green 73 Duster, everybody always called the "grandpa green Duster" LOL

 

[Abodybomber]

Nice thread,Keith. Really couldn't vote,but a write in vote. Nasty 70 R/T Challenger. No hood,Maxie crossram and heads,big solid cam. Nasty at idle,nastier at 7k + ,with 4.88 gears.

 

[PA Dodger]

LOL! Which model was your rear facing seat in?

Beats me. I was about 5-7 years old so I don't remember . It was a green one with woodgrain. Probably the concept for Clark Griswold's wagon.

66340SEDAN- My version of grandpa green is the real dark,looks like metallic "ARMY Green" paint. I think it's called Sherwood Green.? I always thought Sublime Green was a cool color.

 

[pishta]

I said slant six because EVERYONE knows what a slant six is and who it came from. The pistol grip is all mopar as well as the air grabber and 426, but you would have to have a fair car culture audience to start throwing those terms around. The put the slant in jut abot everything. I even heard a school bus, an aircraft tug, wrecker and a 5 ton dump truck could be had with a 6..that would be some slow dump truck.....

 

[67Dart273]

For me it's nearly a toss up between the hemi and 440-6, because I actually owned a -6. The irony is that most of the time I had that car it actually had an Edelbrock/ 4bbl on it.

 

[memike]

Thats what my dad and grandpa called them too!

Type writer is a new term to me and I can see why :cheers: Learned this one in this thread Keith, thank you :happy1:

I can't chouse there are so many

I agree, what about the shifter they put in the trucks that worked like a JohnDeere tractor in the dash :cheers:

I voted rear facing 9 passenger wagon seat. Growing up I heard that "pigs get sick riding backwards." Brilliant, huh? Well I got sick riding in that rear facing seat as a kid, so got out of riding there as much as I could. 58 Plymouth (sport suburban I believe) with a 57 Dodge 325 hemi. That was our family ride.

Road Runner was a close second for me.

Again, Ford had the rear facing rear set wagon (what year I can't remember) but they did it Spike :happy1:

I always loved the look of these rear window louvers on Cuda's and Challengers:

Ford had this also but I have to say they was way kewl :happy1:

i had to go with the pushbutton auto cuz momma's super stocker had it

same here Pushbutton was all mopar and was the kewl factor back in the day :cheers:

I said slant six because EVERYONE knows what a slant six is and who it came from. The pistol grip is all mopar as well as the air grabber and 426, but you would have to have a fair car culture audience to start throwing those terms around. The put the slant in jut abot everything. I even heard a school bus, an aircraft tug, wrecker and a 5 ton dump truck could be had with a 6..that would be some slow dump truck.....

You forgot the military used them in a small tanks and had twin /6 in one