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This is "Car Related" so, if that stuff bothers/bores you.....please check out the thread about gluing balsa fins on an Estes rocket somewhat straight.
It all started mannnnnny years ago.....I came home from the hospital in a brand new 67 Dodge Polara....My dad always said...."Son, i was really looking forward to getting one of those 68 Hemi Roadrunners until i found out my girlfriend was pregnant....so, i got a leftover Polara."
Sorry dad.....
Well, over the years i learned REAL quick that Mopar (If you don't know what that means...revert back to the first sentence.) ran deep in our families bloodline.....There were cousins, in-laws, out-laws etc....all around me running Hemi's, Six Packs, Magnums....you name it....at the track and, on the street....Heck, my first car was ALMOST a 70 Challenger. Got beat to that one by $800 and, a case of beer.....
Those days are long gone.
Well, sometime back i turned 40 and, didn't revert to a middle aged crisis then but.....waited a little while longer.......THEN it happened. I went out and, bought my first new car!
First new car at forty-something?
Yeah.......Oh, i spent some money on good used cars and, trucks but, seemed like i was always dumping money into something up on jack stands in the shop. See, if you never restored a Mopar then you don't know that NOT SO LONG AGO it wasn't like the Chevy and, Ford guys have it. Just open up a catalog and, purchase that part you need NOW. There were alot of tracking items down....cars restored with parts from 10 different states on them....lots of phone calls.....busted knuckles in junkyards...etc...etc....
Anyhow....I bought a Dodge Challenger SRT8......a stripper....just a hood stripe and, soft sticky tires.....why? If you have to ask....revert back to the first sentence.
Its been a GOOD car, quick, not really FAST but, fun........
Sure there's alot of things you can do to make it faster but, i've kept it stock and, just enjoyed cruising with it on some Sundays and, little road trips....
I've always believed that you should drive your precious muscle car.....Sticking a classic or new to someday maybe be a classic in the garage for years to come is one of THE WORST THINGS YOU CAN DO........Just asking ANY of those Buick GN boys who bought one....stuck in a garage for 20 years and, then pulled it out thinking that they could retire with the money they made.....
Stupid monkey.....everything dry rotted.....the electronics are shot.....and, guess what a thousand other clowns DID the same thing.
Getting back to the "Soul Thing". Not so long ago....Tim Lehr took me out for a ride in his new 2013 ZL1 Camaro.....Fun.....really fun....not scary...
Got me thinking......
When Chrysler/Mercedes had the chance to stick the V-10 motor in the Challenger they stalled.....
When Chrysler/Fiat had the chance to stick a turbo charged/supercharged Hemi in the Challenger they stalled.....
Seems like all i'm seeing at the Detroit Auto Show at Chrysler is.....
1. Look at our new "Smoke Package" (dirty wheels and, grille.)
2. Here's the NEW Dodge Dart! (No thanks....)
3. Hold out for the new Dodge "Cuda" with an "Exciting" 4 or 6 cylinder engine!!
4. Viper.....It's BACK and, as expensive as ever!!!
Well.......i see there's Chevy dealer down the road from where i work in Indianapolis and, his website shows that he has a 2013 ZL1 Camaro in Black (yah baby!) 6-Speed trans....(if you ain't rowing you ain't racing)....(back to the first sentence if lost.) POLISHED aluminum wheels.....("Dirty" wheels on cars is a fad that will be gone in a few years........shiny wheels are ETERNAL COOL!)
Tuesday morning after work, i'm going to see what he'll give me for the Dodge.....
If i go through with this Timmy.......I've got some GOOD friends that i used to race with and, they are pretty proficient with "Chebies." I've already talked to them about some "mods." CNC'n the heads, thumper cam, more boost.....little things.
They say they can get 700hp to the ground and, they have the dyno to roll it on.....
Somewhere latter this summer you might line up against a Black ZL1 up at Byron Dragway.....
Remember kids........
Drag racing is on a designated course designed for all out acceleration trials with proper safety equipment in place and, safety responders in close range.
Street racing is for fools on.....duh....streets.....
I've had too many friends (One) killed in a street racing incident.....
Your NEVER too old to have a second childhood.
It all started mannnnnny years ago.....I came home from the hospital in a brand new 67 Dodge Polara....My dad always said...."Son, i was really looking forward to getting one of those 68 Hemi Roadrunners until i found out my girlfriend was pregnant....so, i got a leftover Polara."
Sorry dad.....
Well, over the years i learned REAL quick that Mopar (If you don't know what that means...revert back to the first sentence.) ran deep in our families bloodline.....There were cousins, in-laws, out-laws etc....all around me running Hemi's, Six Packs, Magnums....you name it....at the track and, on the street....Heck, my first car was ALMOST a 70 Challenger. Got beat to that one by $800 and, a case of beer.....
Those days are long gone.
Well, sometime back i turned 40 and, didn't revert to a middle aged crisis then but.....waited a little while longer.......THEN it happened. I went out and, bought my first new car!
First new car at forty-something?
Yeah.......Oh, i spent some money on good used cars and, trucks but, seemed like i was always dumping money into something up on jack stands in the shop. See, if you never restored a Mopar then you don't know that NOT SO LONG AGO it wasn't like the Chevy and, Ford guys have it. Just open up a catalog and, purchase that part you need NOW. There were alot of tracking items down....cars restored with parts from 10 different states on them....lots of phone calls.....busted knuckles in junkyards...etc...etc....
Anyhow....I bought a Dodge Challenger SRT8......a stripper....just a hood stripe and, soft sticky tires.....why? If you have to ask....revert back to the first sentence.
Its been a GOOD car, quick, not really FAST but, fun........
Sure there's alot of things you can do to make it faster but, i've kept it stock and, just enjoyed cruising with it on some Sundays and, little road trips....
I've always believed that you should drive your precious muscle car.....Sticking a classic or new to someday maybe be a classic in the garage for years to come is one of THE WORST THINGS YOU CAN DO........Just asking ANY of those Buick GN boys who bought one....stuck in a garage for 20 years and, then pulled it out thinking that they could retire with the money they made.....
Stupid monkey.....everything dry rotted.....the electronics are shot.....and, guess what a thousand other clowns DID the same thing.
Getting back to the "Soul Thing". Not so long ago....Tim Lehr took me out for a ride in his new 2013 ZL1 Camaro.....Fun.....really fun....not scary...
Got me thinking......
When Chrysler/Mercedes had the chance to stick the V-10 motor in the Challenger they stalled.....
When Chrysler/Fiat had the chance to stick a turbo charged/supercharged Hemi in the Challenger they stalled.....
Seems like all i'm seeing at the Detroit Auto Show at Chrysler is.....
1. Look at our new "Smoke Package" (dirty wheels and, grille.)
2. Here's the NEW Dodge Dart! (No thanks....)
3. Hold out for the new Dodge "Cuda" with an "Exciting" 4 or 6 cylinder engine!!
4. Viper.....It's BACK and, as expensive as ever!!!
Well.......i see there's Chevy dealer down the road from where i work in Indianapolis and, his website shows that he has a 2013 ZL1 Camaro in Black (yah baby!) 6-Speed trans....(if you ain't rowing you ain't racing)....(back to the first sentence if lost.) POLISHED aluminum wheels.....("Dirty" wheels on cars is a fad that will be gone in a few years........shiny wheels are ETERNAL COOL!)
Tuesday morning after work, i'm going to see what he'll give me for the Dodge.....
If i go through with this Timmy.......I've got some GOOD friends that i used to race with and, they are pretty proficient with "Chebies." I've already talked to them about some "mods." CNC'n the heads, thumper cam, more boost.....little things.
They say they can get 700hp to the ground and, they have the dyno to roll it on.....
Somewhere latter this summer you might line up against a Black ZL1 up at Byron Dragway.....
Remember kids........
Drag racing is on a designated course designed for all out acceleration trials with proper safety equipment in place and, safety responders in close range.
Street racing is for fools on.....duh....streets.....
I've had too many friends (One) killed in a street racing incident.....
Your NEVER too old to have a second childhood.
