Long time in the dumps and think of getting out of mopars

I actually am sharing your sentiments on this. I have been Mopar faithful for a long time and all it has gotten me is broke. I am actually eyeing selling all of my Mopar stuff cheap enough to make it sell and whoopin up a small block Ford to put in something. Maybe a Falcon....or Maverick or even a Pinto. I had a 289 Pinto many years ago I built and it was so easy, I was left wondering why it was not a factory option. I have been comparing small block Ford prices to small block Mopar prices and Mopar has about a 2 to 1 expense rate over Ford. It's stupid. It's not about being faithful anymore. It's about staying in the automotive hobby.

How about stuffing a 302 into an early (83-84) Ranger? Had a short bed one years ago that I should have hung onto. Had manual steering/brakes. With the heavy *** Pinto 4 banger it scaled at just over 2600 pounds....with out my fat a** in it...Had a 4x4 Ranger that had a mild 302 in it. Sad to say but with me behind the wheel of both it and my old 340 Dart (both motors leaned on a bit) the Ranger posted better numbers at the drag strip....

People can say what they want but I will more than likely swapping an LS into my Dart.....hard to beat them when it comes to bang for the buck....