"I'm getting out of MoPar" threads.........

streetdak said
I'm prob going with a GM product after I get all my cars sold. And it is not because I don't love my mopars, cause I do. But the aftermarket for our loved Mopars is getting ridiculous! The prices of normal pieces are getting way out of wack, and I blame the times of the "car investor". People who are buying the classic car in order to only make a profit, not because they have a love for driving or building them.

The LS or ford platforms are so much more cost effective now. It would cost you thousands to just MOUNT a modern hemi into a-body when installing a Ls1 platform into say a G body would only cost $350 for mounts and crossmember. Price gouging for the mopar aftermarket is very apparent, and it is only going to get worse.

Rolling Cuda's costing $10k for a PILE OF JUNK needing full quarters, fenders, floor boards, full interior pieces. That's why people are leaving the classic mopar scene, cause it now cost $15k-20k to build a decent driver.

This. I've always liked Mopars but the aftermarket, especially for early A Bodies, is dismal when compared to Fords and Chevies. It does make you have to be creative, frugal, and patient which I can appreciate in the long run.

I have two former neighbors that liked my car and went out and got beaters (a mustang and a nova) and within a year had basically pieced together new cars from Jegs and Summit and Year One for probably cheaper than what I have in my car.............and with that extra time and money they went out and bought a "car guy" wardrobe and douchey hot rod tattoos. I'm by no stretch a stellar mechanic but those guys didn't know dick about anything at all. If it didn't bolt-on with their 12-piece craftsman socket and screwdriver set they sent it to get done.

So maybe being into Mopars is a good thing.

But yeah, I can see why people get frustrated with Mopars.