Carlisle PA MOPAR

[N9NEO]

If you go to Carlisle this weekend check out my nephew's two cars.

1966 black Belvedere with 426 hemi & 1971ish Challenger T/A.  Challenger is pukey olive green color.

Hope WX cooperates for all the gearheads.

73
Bob

[Jack-KA3ZLR-]

Ahh Mopar Mania, been there three times had a Blast, great place to pick up plenty of Ballast resistors...

I had a 71 Challenger 340 when i was a kid of 21 man I miss that wooden handled shifter...

[W3SLK]

I had a 72 Dart (the last year before they went to the Valiant body style) with a 340, rally wheels and of all things a 3-speed on the floor. I used to turn them over in all 3. The rear was almost like a hatch-back where you could put the back seat down and have the space from the trunk to the front. Its biggest caveat is that it had a 12 gallon fuel tank. That 340 along with the Carter Thermo-Quad had a big appetite. I should have never got rid of it.

[N9NEO]

Unfortunatly most of us could hardly afford to buy the same cars we had as kids.  Prices for the 60s and 70s muscle cars will probably decline around the time we're all being told we're too old to drive.  The market is being artificially driven up by successful baby boomers who have a few bucks to throw around.

I wish I still owned a 65 396/425 hp vette(worth more than my house), or even the sweet 67 SS396 chevelle I owned as a kid.  I've got a 71 350 vette with chrome bumperS, but in the garage waiting for me to strap on an intake and a new radiator.

I think both of you should head over to Carlisle.  Nephew can sell the Challenger to Jack, and Mike, nephew also has a 340 duster if you like the lime green.

In any case, Carlisle always a great time.

73
Bob

[W2VW]

You haven't lived until you twist a Chrysler E body enough so that the back window leaks without any rust and the car will no longer sit square on a lift.
Anybody remember which mid 70's Chrysler car was a stretched Barracuda/Challenger?

[W3SLK]

Dave said:

Anybody remember which mid 70's Chrysler car was a stretched Barracuda/Challenger?

That wouldn't have been the Cordoba with the fine Corinthian leather would it?

[W2VW]

Dave said:

Anybody remember which mid 70's Chrysler car was a stretched Barracuda/Challenger?

That wouldn't have been the Cordoba with the fine Corinthian leather would it?

We have a winner. Send that man one gear reduction starter and a lean burn computer.

[Jack-KA3ZLR-]

Excellent

[W3SLK]

There's no par like MOPAR. I'll take them both with a slant six, thank you. Along the same time frame, I always like the look of the Volare'. A friend of mine had one decked out orange with black stripes. It was slightly sporty and slightly stylish.

[w3jn]

Ah yes, the ol' Mopar gear reduction starter.  You could tell a Mopar sure as hell ina parking lot back then.... EEEE-RIP-RIP-RIP-RIP-RIP...

Miss my '78 Fury 440 police interceptor. :cry:

[wa2zdy]

I had a 79 Cordoba.  I swore it would be the last Chrysler I'd ever own.  What a piece of junk.  EVERYTHING was wrong with that car and what wasn't wrong to start went wrong.

As it happens, I did buy another Chrysler - a 1997 Dodge Omni - brand new.  What a good car that was.  Cheap, simple, sure no AC, but I put 110,000 miles on it in three years with ZERO hassles.  

Since then we've owned two Chrysler minivans.  Junk again.

[km1r]

I SWEAR I saw the T/A in the parking lot of GATEWAY last weekend...

Could it be?

Mike in CT
KM1R

[Glenn K2KL]

Here's my favorite......

Extremely cool!!      

[Ed KB1HVS]

I had a 79 Cordoba.  I swore it would be the last Chrysler I'd ever own.  What a piece of junk.  EVERYTHING was wrong with that car and what wasn't wrong to start went wrong.

As it happens, I did buy another Chrysler - a 1997 Dodge Omni - brand new.  What a good car that was.  Cheap, simple, sure no AC, but I put 110,000 miles on it in three years with ZERO hassles.  

Since then we've owned two Chrysler minivans.  Junk again.

  I owned two Chrysler mini vans. 85-90. The 85 version had a 2.2 4 cyl with a 5 speed on the floor :lol:  I only had some carb. problems but otherwise it was reliable. Trades it for a 90 Grand Caravan with a 3.3 v6. Very comfotable and after 256k traded it for a 99 GMC Safari/Astro Van. It was the freakin worst thing I had ever owned with 4 wheels on it. 2 trannies and 3 rearends. Electrical problems door handles you name it. At 60k (end of warrenty) the engine puked a rod. GM would not even go half way with the repair. Unloaded it for a Ford Focus. After 51K no problems... Ill never buy GM ever again.

[W3SLK]

Ahhhh yes. Nothing like a Super Bird along with the trade mark 'Beep Beep' horn. Old Wile E. would have a hell of time digging up something from ACME to catch that! A fellow I was in the Navy with had two of those, a couple Super Bees and a few GTX's parked in his backyard. People drop them like bad habbits when the gas crunch hit. He was Mr. MOPAR. When I had my Dart, he contacted his friend at Chrysler HQ to find out the latest data to improve it. I was going to remove the Thermo-Quad and put a Holley 650 on it. He told me there wasn't much to improve the breathing shy of placing a blower on so I kept the Carter and put a set of headers on it instead.

[Vortex Joe - N3IBX]

I still have (and always will have) a '66 Yew Norker coupe with a 440, stock Carter AFB, dual exhaust, power everybody, a/c,etc. It runs like a champ, but is no hot rod due to the large size and weight of the car. It handles surprisingly well thanks to Chryslers' torsion bar front suspension. Why did they ever do away with that?

You gotta admit: The older MOPARS were terrific cars and are a joy to drive. They always had extra care in engineering, like the slogan said. From the venerable flathead six to the 426 HEMI. You just gotta love 'em!

[GEORGE/W2AMR]

If you go to Carlisle this weekend check out my nephew's two cars.

1966 black Belvedere with 426 hemi & 1971ish Challenger T/A.  Challenger is pukey olive green color.

Hope WX cooperates for all the gearheads.

73
Bob

MOPARS. Breakfast for champions.  

[Jack-KA3ZLR-]

Afternoon Gents.

 Has anyone looked at the prices lately..Sheez to think what some of that stuff went for, it would be an insult to tell some of the owners today what we paid then..Chuckle chuckle...

 I Miss my Challenger....

[Todd, KA1KAQ]

You nailed it, John - my dad had several Chrysler products when I was a kid, a Fury III, Satellite, and Coronet 440. All had the great little 318 and made that same starter noise. Heard one the other day and said to my girlfriend "that sounds like a Chrysler product starter". Was right, too.

Some of the strangest things stay with us throughout the years. We picked up a nice 1950 Lincoln last fall with the 337 flathead V8 in it, but I'll always have a warm spot in my heart for the MOPAR rides. Would love to find one of those early 60s Sport Furys with the monster engine. Was it a 383?