Mopars in Rallying
Thanks, Del.... that is a great link. Never saw that one before. If they hold the Idaho rally again down around Idaho City, you ought to slip on down to see it.
https://www.americanrallyassociation.org/idahorally
.........Toronado front end......... Holy weirdness, batman!!
....But a toronado would have been a transaxle, so, ???
There's your front wheel drive part of the 4WD; the standard live rear axle was the rear half. If you look closely at the wheels on that Aspen, you'll probably recognize the large positive offset wheels that the Toronado used.
Looks like too much fun!!
If you want some INTENSE seat time, there is nothing to compare to rallying. I hope to eventually finish my '72 Opel Manta (to reproduce my 1st rally car, in the form I always wanted back when I was young but poor), but I keep thinking a RallyDart or RallyDuster could be so easy to drop together just to have fun.....
Speaking of Scott Harvey, on the first rally stage I saw, he was in his Ramcharger and cut a corner by hooking the right side wheels in a ditch. There was a hidden steel culvert there that took out both right side tires. Oooops.... one spare! The cussin' and hollerin' must've driven the game out for the forest for miles around LOL
Thanks for the and links, Mattax. Nice to find someone interested in this sport on FABO! The rally Cuda's like that were before my time (I started in '78) but I've seen pix of those and old films with the '66 or '65 'Cuda builds of Gene Henderson running. It's not what you see often!
Now you know why I want a broad torque band over peak HP.....
