What Makes MoPar so Badda$$??

For me it was: watching the racing movies of the 1960s, seeing the Chrylser Firepowers on the rails, Richard Petty in his 1964 Plymouth Fury, my oldest brother's 1963 Dodge 330, my cousin's 1970 Lime Green Duster, Sox & Martin cars, the 1969 Dodge Daytona, the 1970 Plymouth Superbird, my Dad's 1969 Dodge Dart with a 273, the 426 Max Wedge, the 426 Hemi, Chrylser advertising.

All of that came together in my first car purchased in 1974. It was a 1964 Dodge Polara 500 with a 361 big block, 4 speed manual, console tach, and it was red with lots of chrome. I learned about cars by working on it. I was asked to join a Mopar car club and I did and had a blast with other muscle car outcasts. We weren't running the Chevy or Ford stuff that most everybody brought to the boulevard cruise and street races.

I eventually built the 361 with after market parts and it was a moderate fast and fun car. The Mopar Badass Bug bit me a big one when I then found and bought a complete 426 Max Wedge for $1000! I also acquired a complete Ramcharger exhaust system from manifolds to tips and a 4.56 rear end.

I got married before I could stab the Max Wedge into the car.

The first baby came before I could stab the Max Wedge into the car.

I had to dump all of my muscle cars to get me out of college and feed the baby but my Mopar Badass bug never left me.

I finally let the bug out about 8 years ago and bought a numbers matching 1969 Dodge Polara 500 Convertible with the HP 383. Then I was bit by a 1971 340 Duster a few years after that. Last year it bit me again when my Mazda truck died and I went out and brought home the 2007 Charger R/T instead of the 2007 Charger SRT8 from a CarMax lot (I needed a comfortable daily driver and the SRT8 sucked too much gas).

I don't even have a clue what I will bring home the next time I get bit.