95teetee
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likewise.not a fan
This mentality is also the reason why if the day ever gets here that I get back to my Dart it WILL NOT be talked about here...
sounds good to me.
likewise.not a fan
This mentality is also the reason why if the day ever gets here that I get back to my Dart it WILL NOT be talked about here...
I guess I struck a nerve with some of y'all. Chill out and if ya read the post nobody is narrow minded. I'll explain. I've owned them all, Model T, High boy , Malibu, Impala SS, Turbo Ellipse and a bunch of others. Like I said in the OP, it's theirs and they can do what they want to with it. I've always believed that it's your car do what you want to. Yes its about enjoying the hobby regardless of the make. I enjoy looking at any kind of American muscle. I was speaking from the point of a restoration not a street rod. I'm just saying after all the expense of restoring a Mopar, it seems unfinished to me not to be Chrysler powered. It's usually old Mopars, whether a 35 Coupe or 41 Dr. Special RESTORED By a Chevy guy, gets a Chevy drivetrain. That was the tongue in cheek point I was conveying. Happy motoring.
... I was speaking from the point of a restoration not a street rod. I'm just saying after all the expense of restoring a Mopar, it seems unfinished to me not to be Chrysler powered. It's usually old Mopars, whether a 35 Coupe or 41 Dr. Special RESTORED By a Chevy guy, gets a Chevy drivetrain. That was the tongue in cheek point I was conveying. Happy motoring.
Wow . you just insulted a large portion of the people on this site. In case you didn't notice, this is a Mopar site. Maybe you should find a site that caters to turbo cars, or anything with an ls motor.
May I ask why you didn't stick with it?
The hurt feelings, you will have that to a degree with any mods. Even when all Mopar.
Non body color under hood paint for example will ruffle many feathers in the Mopar world.
I only have very modified cars myself. For both reasons of a purchase price I could afford and personal preference. Never been afraid to cut into one of my Mopars as they were unloved derelicts when I obtained them.
I do avoid the most common annoyances while building my cars and agree with the annoyed on most issues but not all. Many different levels of tolerance to be found in this social group.
I believe I now have a grasp of your build problems with Mopar power.
Working under your listed parameters of : go fast differently for less while
remaining exclusive and indifferent I believe I have your solution. You will need a few
supplies but they are not terribly expensive.
1 empty 30 gal. oil drum
80 lbs of sugar from grocery
150 lbs of stump remover from the local harware
Stir ingredients in drum under medium heat till a thick brown paste.
Remove from heat and allow to cool or set in drum till paste hardens.
Fasten drum securely to rear of dart.
Transport dart to the largest open space you know of and lite er off.
The turdstang and cama row boys won't know what hit em.
Your dart will now set your eyeballs firmly against the back of your skull
like no dart anyone has ever had could do.
If this is not fast enough scale up to a 55 gal drum.
Warning not NASA approved and will reach extreme temperatures.
I don't have anything against modifying our Mopars. Both of mine are modified. I also have a 65 Mercury Comet. It's modified also. I'm not a resto type. I think it's cool you have a turbo gen 3 Hemi. I just don't like a chevy in a Mopar or Ford. That's why I don't like most street rods. If look back at the cars from the 50's and 60's, alot of them had different engines in them. Including chevys. Somehow the aftermarket seized onto the Chevy, and ran with it, and pushing it, since that's what they made. It caught on, and now everyone thinks it needs a chevy. As was said before, that's not thinking outside the box. It's jumping in and closing the lid. If you can't get along with Mopar guys, maybe you should look in the mirror. I know there's snobbery in the Mopar camp. I've been a victim of it myself plenty of times. But if you think it doesn't exist in the Chevy camp, you are being foolish. It's a lot of the reason I don't like chevy. You go to a show, or cruise in, and they won't talk to you.i for one have an a body
2 have a gen3 hemi in it and yes its turbocharged
insulting? it is one thing to have a restored vehicle. it is another to bash anything different from it. that is not and never will be hotrodding. it is narrow minded and insulting to frown upon everything and anything different than yours and your tastes. the personality that goes along with it glows through out this site just as i describe.
i personally have rarely gotten along with a strait mopar only individual. as small as the amount of mopars in the nation is already. it helps nothing for this mentality for it to grow or continue to thrive.
this is the reason you cant buy an aftermarket sbm off the shelf.
exactly why prices are rediculous
exactly why aftermarket parts rarely ever get produced or if they do are not readily available
exactly why an a hole compaany like indyhead stays in business
exactly why nobody is ever looking at a mopar unless its got a hemi at any all makes cruise ins or car shows
exactly why this thread is self fullfilling
i love mopars. i try to pick them out everywhere i go to. i count how many are at the race track. drool over mostly anything mopar. it is also why i dont have a gen2 hemi, 63 330a in my garage because of how the attitude of most mopar guys are. the metality that theirs is far superior to all other brands yet cant prove it at the same time cuz nobody does anything with them. when they do you get guys with all numbers matching coming out bashing them. so they stay away cuz it isnt worth the harassment for just enjoying going fast or being different.
I don't have anything against modifying our Mopars. Both of mine are modified. I also have a 65 Mercury Comet. It's modified also. I'm not a resto type. I think it's cool you have a turbo gen 3 Hemi. I just don't like a chevy in a Mopar or Ford. That's why I don't like most street rods. If look back at the cars from the 50's and 60's, alot of them had different engines in them. Including chevys. Somehow the aftermarket seized onto the Chevy, and ran with it, and pushing it, since that's what they made. It caught on, and now everyone thinks it needs a chevy. As was said before, that's not thinking outside the box. It's jumping in and closing the lid. If you can't get along with Mopar guys, maybe you should look in the mirror. I know there's snobbery in the Mopar camp. I've been a victim of it myself plenty of times. But if you think it doesn't exist in the Chevy camp, you are being foolish. It's a lot of the reason I don't like chevy. You go to a show, or cruise in, and they won't talk to you.
You took the coyote build in stride so your not completly without a sense of humor.
You'll get your dart sorted out in time like the rest of us.
oh yea i totally agree with you 110% in everything you say. see my comments come from being newish to the mopar community. im from a chevy family and they all frowned upon me when i drove up in a cobra one day. then a supra, mark8, etc.. i have always strived to be different then the pack. yet my heart since i was old enough to remember cars was set on a square body dart. took me almost a year to find one and several deals gone south to hamper my taste for mopars in general. from prices being raised above asking prices i didnt even negotiate on to parts being taken off or removed as i was attempting to pay for them. it wore on me quickly and it just fueled my distain towards the crowd of mopar people in general. i am still working on restraint from letting those bad apples effect me with the rest of you guys. it is clear in how i post im agitated about it but i am trying...honest to god im trying.
when i run across a brand loyalist ill walk right past him and talk to the crossbreader. why? cuz he isnt a jackass or high and mighty about his "brand" he took an oath to. i personally dont like restored original cars. they bore me, look plain, dont get used like it should and never sees weather beyond clear sunny days. i have no patience for that kind of mind set. i want a fake boobed gussied up slutty girl i can beat on without a worry. take that stock fat girl home so we font have to see or hear about how great she is for you.