Question of the day why did you pick Mopar and why in a body
I was also born into it... my father owned a 68 Fury when I was born and bought a brand new Duster in 1973. I grew up rolling around in the back of that car. His father was also a Mopar man and remained so until he died. My great aunt/uncle only owned Chrysler products as well and my mother's half-brother bought a Hemi Orange Demon 340 new... that car got written off in a roll-over accident. Alcohol may or may not have been a factor... hey, it the was the mid-70's!
Dirty little secret: When I was in my early teens, I fell in love with a fat-fendered Porsche Turbo at the Montreal Auto Show and that car burned itself into my brain right next to all of the Mopars. Why am I mentioning this? Between high school and college, I got a job at the local Porsche dealer in their parts department. I wanted to be around Porsches, what can I say? Well one of the apprentice mechanics there owned a 75 Swinger with a warmed-over 318 under the hood and we got chatting Mopars. He offered to take me for a rip since I hadn't been in a car like his since my Dad's Duster had gone to the great scrapyard in the sky, of course I said yes! That car was wicked fast and I seriously doubt it was packing a 318 but regardless, the fire was rekindled and I quickly bought my first car: a 75 Dart Sport 318/904.
I've been through five a-bodies since and still own a 70 Swinger. There's just something about a hot a-body that feels right.
And that Porsche thing? Well I eventually got one of those too. :D
I was also born into it... my father owned a 68 Fury when I was born and bought a brand new Duster in 1973. I grew up rolling around in the back of that car. His father was also a Mopar man and remained so until he died. My great aunt/uncle only owned Chrysler products as well and my mother's half-brother bought a Hemi Orange Demon 340 new... that car got written off in a roll-over accident. Alcohol may or may not have been a factor... hey, it the was the mid-70's!
Dirty little secret: When I was in my early teens, I fell in love with a fat-fendered Porsche Turbo at the Montreal Auto Show and that car burned itself into my brain right next to all of the Mopars. Why am I mentioning this? Between high school and college, I got a job at the local Porsche dealer in their parts department. I wanted to be around Porsches, what can I say? Well one of the apprentice mechanics there owned a 75 Swinger with a warmed-over 318 under the hood and we got chatting Mopars. He offered to take me for a rip since I hadn't been in a car like his since my Dad's Duster had gone to the great scrapyard in the sky, of course I said yes! That car was wicked fast and I seriously doubt it was packing a 318 but regardless, the fire was rekindled and I quickly bought my first car: a 75 Dart Sport 318/904.
I've been through five a-bodies since and still own a 70 Swinger. There's just something about a hot a-body that feels right.
And that Porsche thing? Well I eventually got one of those too. :D