When were you bitten by the car bug??
As a kid it started with Matchbox, Hot Wheels, Johnny Lightning etc..., then I moved into scale models (AMT, Monogram, Revell etc...), then my friends and I moved into building "go-karts" (biked through the neighborhood on garbage night looking for old gas powered lawn mowers), then at 16 once we got our driver's licenses and the fun began.
I attribute my Mopar addiction to my uncle (with his black on black '68 Dodge Coronet 440 R/T), my grandfather (always had Mopars a turquoise '64 Dodge Polara, a gold '67 383 Dodge Monaco, a '69 318 Plymouth Satellite (which eventually became my 1st Mopar)) and my stepfather (a '64 Chevy Impala, a '70 Chevy Impala), then started buying my grandfather's cars for family use.
I dabbled in Chevy for a while. My 1st new car was a '80 Chevy Monza (like the maroon car in the pictures):
It was dark green, tan interior, Buick 231 V-6, TH350, PS, PB, A/C car. I added headers and a small 4-bbl to the Buick 231 V-6, but it just didn't have the V-8 rumble. A friend of mine had a Monza with a 305 V-8 that was rear-ended, so I bought the V-8 from him. My car then went through a massive change. I painted it '75 Corvette Yellow, swapped in a black interior, changed the front nose to the 2+2 Spyder style, added a cowl induction hood, Cragar SSTs (big 14" rears and little 13" fronts) tilt steering column, and rebuilt the .030 over 305, Holley 600 cfm, Hooker headers and a small cam. Here is the final result of my 1st automotive endeavor:
I sold the Monza when we started having kids. I lasted about 8 years without a "toy car" and started looking for a Mopar. Then, in 2002 my 6 year old son and I found the Dart GT.
As a kid it started with Matchbox, Hot Wheels, Johnny Lightning etc..., then I moved into scale models (AMT, Monogram, Revell etc...), then my friends and I moved into building "go-karts" (biked through the neighborhood on garbage night looking for old gas powered lawn mowers), then at 16 once we got our driver's licenses and the fun began.
I attribute my Mopar addiction to my uncle (with his black on black '68 Dodge Coronet 440 R/T), my grandfather (always had Mopars a turquoise '64 Dodge Polara, a gold '67 383 Dodge Monaco, a '69 318 Plymouth Satellite (which eventually became my 1st Mopar)) and my stepfather (a '64 Chevy Impala, a '70 Chevy Impala), then started buying my grandfather's cars for family use.
I dabbled in Chevy for a while. My 1st new car was a '80 Chevy Monza (like the maroon car in the pictures):
It was dark green, tan interior, Buick 231 V-6, TH350, PS, PB, A/C car. I added headers and a small 4-bbl to the Buick 231 V-6, but it just didn't have the V-8 rumble. A friend of mine had a Monza with a 305 V-8 that was rear-ended, so I bought the V-8 from him. My car then went through a massive change. I painted it '75 Corvette Yellow, swapped in a black interior, changed the front nose to the 2+2 Spyder style, added a cowl induction hood, Cragar SSTs (big 14" rears and little 13" fronts) tilt steering column, and rebuilt the .030 over 305, Holley 600 cfm, Hooker headers and a small cam. Here is the final result of my 1st automotive endeavor:
I sold the Monza when we started having kids. I lasted about 8 years without a "toy car" and started looking for a Mopar. Then, in 2002 my 6 year old son and I found the Dart GT.
