breynolds
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I live in Charleston, South Carolina. My first car was a 68 Plymouth fury, then a 72 Dodge charger, then a 71 Dodge challenger. After starting college, I bought my first new car, a 1985 shortbed dodge truck. My Challenger froze the block that winter, leaving me looking for another motor. My search was brief, because my dad had a fresh 400 with a two barrel. It fit right in that Challenger and it was a hell of an improvement. So off to the track I went. One thing led to another, and within two years, I was part owner of cooper river dragstrip, and my challenger was deep into the nine second zone in the quarter mile. I bought a 413 max-wedge super stock motor from Fred Swing, of the Dixie Twister fame. The car instantly went from high sixes on nitrous, to mid sixes on motor alone. With the nitrous on the max wedge, it was a brute. Well, in true racer's form, I wasn't happy going mid nines, and the 3400 b challenger, with it's back-half chassis and ladde bars wasn't going to make it. I bought a tig welder, an Alston pro one chrome molly chassis kit, and taught myself how to buid a car from scratch. The Daytona was 1000 pounds lighter than the Challenger, so needless to say I was running some serious numbers. that Max wedge got me into the low 8 second zone. But still not fast enough. Enter the 632 b-1 Motor. It was a beast. In the sevens at speeds closing in on 200 mph. I won the bracket world finals with it, many quick 8 races, and even bracket raced it, sucessully I might add. At the same time I continued to collect the cool mopars that I really loved. I 64 Polara pushbutton car with cold AC. A '60 Savoy. A 68 Plymouth wagon. Another60 savoy, this one a wagon. A 75 Duster. A 78 Super coupe. Even my daily driver was an 85 shortbed truck. Then a diesel Dually to tow the car with. At the moment I'm building a 70 Dart with twin turbos and nitrous. I love my mopars Ive taken **** over the years for having the, but the wise cracks went away as I started winning races and setig track records. I'm getting older, I have two wonderful kids that are into the mopar scene, but all of a sudden I didn't have the desire to push th limit anyore. I still hit the track a couple of times a year, but only for quick 8 races. So I'm still in the game, trying to make a slant six thinks it's a 383 and my son is a second generation mopar guy. I inherited my love for mopars from my dad, and am proud to say myy son is following in my footsteps. My greatest achievement was winning the IHRA bracket world finals in the early 90s.... and I still love my old Daytona, which is now an antique, but still competitive. My Challenger still has it's old max-wedge, a 53 year old monster. So here's some pics:
Now one more kick at the can.:burnout:
