What makes mopar guy different?
Joe, you cannot imagine what it's like when I see the tears in the eyes of the new Challenger owner as my 90 chebby LT4 six speed when it pulls a hole shot on'm or when I drop the hammer at 75 and pass them. A friend called me and said he was going to Medford, cruising at 75 when I passed him he got shook up and said it sounded like a plane
This is between A Body Joe and I... no need to attack me, I got 3 Mopars
when i was cruzing the strip in medford with my friends, we ribbed each other a lot, but it was only fun. i had a 64 GTO, and 3 of my best friends drove a big block chebby, and 69 GTX and 69 road runner. most of my friends and i were always happy and willing to talk to anyone interested in listening to us. This site and even in this thread, i see the ground pounders dissing the stone stockers, which tells me that you can be a mopar fan and still have your nose in the air at the same time. Im not seeing many at car shows that are rude or snobbs, and ive been to a few. most seem friendly, but then, i also dont go to shows with the cars that only see the pavement while unloading from the trailer, i go to the shows that have cars that are driven, and have people that bust *** to try to afford a few good parts.
Its not just mopars, its all makes that have the same diversity of people and ways of thinking. none are all right, and none are all wrong.
myself, i have problems calling a jeep, amc, or any other non chrysler a mopar. even the new cars to me dont have much mopar in them other then the name. hell i used to know a mopar just by the sound of the starter, which are far different sounding then the new stuff. Would i like a new challenger? hell yeah, but never even for half of what they sell for. id invest in the old iron instead, cause its what i can relate to, and i like working on them.
being in the motorcycle club world, we see the new riders trying to act like club members by sticking on patches and acting all bad assed and we call them rub's, which stands for "rich urban bikers". they have the money, buy a bike, most get scared or crash and sell there ****.and just like car people, a guy can pay to have a motor built and put it in a car and it could be the fastest thing around, but if the driver has no clue how to drive it, its all for nothing. its going on everywhere, lifes changing.