Sad...

[birdsandbees]

..that this place is so slow even guys with parts listed for sale don't drop by. 

[Daytona R/T SE]

..that this place is so slow even guys with parts listed for sale don't drop by. 

I check in here every afternoon about this time...not much going on here anymore
 

[Kern Dog]

..that this place is so slow even guys with parts listed for sale don't drop by. 

I've tried to stoke the fires here, sometimes even posting things that are NOT annoying or offensive.

[426HemiChick]

I've tried to stoke the fires here, sometimes even posting things that are NOT annoying or offensive.

Never Noticed.

[Mytur Binsdirti]

[Mopar Nut]

Have you been to FBBO lately, all you see is planes, trains, vans, and shipwrecks. It is a real good source for news though. I don't see MoPar muscle cars posted like I used to.

[Kern Dog]

Have you been to FBBO lately, all you see is planes, trains, vans, and shipwrecks. It is a real good source for news though. I don't see MoPar muscle cars posted like I used to.

I don't understand the reference.
The Turban dude and I are frequent contributors at FBBO and neither of us post anything about planes, trains, vans, shipwrecks or anything unusual.
Quality tech, car chat, plenty of build threads including Turban's '70 Charger, my own '70 Charger, a few Tremec 5 speed swaps and as always, suspension and brake threads. The site is growing.
I like it here too.
Too often, this place feels like cracking a joke in an Amish community around a bunch of old, stuffy humorless dullards. I know that there were some fun loving members here, I remember swapping PMs with several. The last few years, those guys have really thinned out.

The OP is still a strong contributor at FBBO.
I remember some dudes that used to post a lot that quit coming around or barely do anymore.....
Cooter
Too Cheap To Smoke
Eccentric Magpies
Barfyspitz
1974 Dodge Charger
Invincible Extremes
Keepat
Drache
JohhnyCharger
Red and White
Our Tea
Vegas Charger.
What happened, guys?
If it weren't for Lloyd, B-5 and Tan Top and a few others, the place would be almost dead.

[Mopar Nut]

Have you been to FBBO lately, all you see is planes, trains, vans, and shipwrecks. It is a real good source for news though. I don't see MoPar muscle cars posted like I used to.

I don't understand the reference.
The Turban dude and I are frequent contributors at FBBO and neither of us post anything about planes, trains, vans, shipwrecks or anything unusual.
Quality tech, car chat, plenty of build threads including Turban's '70 Charger, my own '70 Charger, a few Tremec 5 speed swaps and as always, suspension and brake threads. The site is growing.
I like it here too.
Too often, this place feels like cracking a joke in an Amish community around a bunch of old, stuffy humorless dullards. I know that there were some fun loving members here, I remember swapping PMs with several. The last few years, those guys have really thinned out.

The OP is still a strong contributor at FBBO.
I remember some dudes that used to post a lot that quit coming around or barely do anymore.....
Cooter
Too Cheap To Smoke
Eccentric Magpies
Barfyspitz
1974 Dodge Charger
Invincible Extremes
Keepat
Drache
JohhnyCharger
Red and White
Our Tea
Vegas Charger.
What happened, guys?
If it weren't for Lloyd, B-5 and Tan Top and a few others, the place would be almost dead.

Not you, Greg, I like your write up on the TKO, helping a guy install a TKX and Mark's write up on the "Roach".

You haven't noticed some are posting pictures on FBBO of vans, trains, planes, and non-muscle car related subjects? They're trying to get their post counts up.

[Kern Dog]

Not you, Greg, I like your write up on the TKO, helping a guy install a TKX and Mark's write up on the "Roach".

You haven't noticed some are posting pictures on FBBO of vans, trains, planes, and non-muscle car related subjects? They're trying to get their post counts up.

Thanks, man.
If you're referring to the random picture thread there, I rarely click on that. There are far too many worthless pictures in there, stuff that is clearly a ploy to rack up a large LIKE count. Now, I do some non car contributions too but I only post stuff that I personally like, not just stuff aimed specifically to please the crowd. Pictures of sunsets, castles and lighthouses ....one guy posts pictures from classic used car dealerships of cars for sale as if he expects a commission if one of them sells. I have a few members on IGNORE because they never post anything related to cars they own or are working on.
There is no payoff for a high LIKE count....No gift certificates, no special privileges, nothing. I do like Naked women and memes along with car tech topics so that is what I focus on. Mark posts a lot of political topics that people like. Wayne/the OP has some beautiful cars he restores and keeps running along with his airplane interests.
That is the stuff that interests me.
Back to the original topic....
This site, specifically dedicated to the Dodge Charger will never be as busy as a site with a broader base of cars but it can still be better. We can't let our age slow down our interest in these fine machines. We are all getting older and maybe some are in declining health but we still have our minds and our computers...we all can still interact here if we just pop in a little more than we have been.

[Nacho-RT74]

What can I say myself, which have been member fo this community since 2002.

[Dino]

What can I say myself, which have been member fo this community since 2002.

The good old days! I joined 2003 I think. This is when we would still hang out in the chat room. Most of those old timers left.

[Kern Dog]

This was the second forum that I joined over 10 years ago. I'll still come around as long as I'm breathing.

[70 sublime]

I joined the 70 Dodge Charger site first as that is what I was working on at the time then it started to slow down then joined this one as it was a lot more busy and covered all the Chargers 

[birdsandbees]

Like anything these days this went sideways in a hurry, but it least it's letters typed on an otherwise dead forum.

A week after saying I'd buy something... still crickets. Guess I'll stick with the OE I have on the car.

As for FBBO having planes, trains and automobiles.... that's what keeps it active. If Mopar Nut wants to call me a post whore... a guy with 16,500 posts on this dead board... that's fine with me. Find someone else that helps as many members on FBBO as I do and I'll buy you a beer !

[Back N Black]

There use to be some interesting members here a few years back. Remember MoparManJim, he would post his 1/25 scale models and if anyone posted anything negative he would lose his poop. Another member, I think his name was Maxreciol, that would argue and insult anhyone who dared to take him on.

[JB400]

There use to be some interesting members here a few years back. Remember MoparManJim, he would post his 1/25 scale models and if anyone posted anything negative he would lose his poop. Another member, I think his name was Maxreciol, that would argue and insult anhyone who dared to take him on.

Remember MaximRecoil real well. He picked an argument based upon the diameter of the center hub for Ford and Mopar. He lost, and shut up mostly since.

[Mopar Nut]

As for FBBO having planes, trains and automobiles.... that's what keeps it active. If Mopar Nut wants to call me a post whore... a guy with 16,500 posts on this dead board... that's fine with me. Find someone else that helps as many members on FBBO as I do and I'll buy you a beer !

I'm not talking about the ones that do help other members. Don't get me wrong, there's a lot of great numbers on FBBO. It just seems odd how the same planes, trains, vans and other non-automobiles get posted many times, over and over. Pictures of car shows of Mopar get deleted.

[Nacho-RT74]

As for FBBO having planes, trains and automobiles.... that's what keeps it active. If Mopar Nut wants to call me a post whore... a guy with 16,500 posts on this dead board... that's fine with me. Find someone else that helps as many members on FBBO as I do and I'll buy you a beer !

There is a member or two who also keeps alive the board around there on several threads with offesive posts and a frontal claimmed war... at least on the Electrical section LOL

[Mytur Binsdirti]

There use to be some interesting members here a few years back.

Like Richard Cranium. Man, that guy was/is the best!

[JB400]

There use to be some interesting members here a few years back.

And now we have a display of the problem: ego's.

Like Richard Cranium. Man, that guy was/is the best!

And now we have a display of the problem: ego.

[FJ5WING]

..that this place is so slow even guys with parts listed for sale don't drop by. 

So I see you are referring to me. yes, I do not stop in as often after selling off my wing car! That's why I put contact info in the ad!

[Kern Dog]

There use to be some interesting members here a few years back.

And now we have a display of the problem: ego's.

Like Richard Cranium. Man, that guy was/is the best!

And now we have a display of the problem: ego.

No, Lipshitz...That was humor and sarcasm from a guy that actually OWNS Chargers.
You do not. You got ran out of FBBO from guys that saw through your BS. The main thread you posted in here was the silly word association thread, never anything technical and certainly never anything about your own personal Charger.

[birdsandbees]

..that this place is so slow even guys with parts listed for sale don't drop by. 

So I see you are referring to me. yes, I do not stop in as often after selling off my wing car! That's why I put contact info in the ad!

Sorry, missed the email address in your first post... but you should have got a message notification sent to your email as well that day. Guess I'm way too use to replies within minutes on FBBO.

It was an impulse buy after your price reduction, then having a week to think about it I took the time to look at my parts all spread across the tables, for reassembly, and realized I didn't need a new one.

[John_Kunkel]

And now we have a display of the problem: ego.

No, Lipshitz...That was humor and sarcasm from a guy that actually OWNS Chargers.
You do not.

Where is it written that one must own a Charger to participate in this forum? Do you make the rules?

You got ran out of FBBO from guys that saw through your BS.

And how many people have you run off of various forums for not agreeing with your political views?

[JB400]

There use to be some interesting members here a few years back.

And now we have a display of the problem: ego's.

Like Richard Cranium. Man, that guy was/is the best!

And now we have a display of the problem: ego.

No, Lipshitz...That was humor and sarcasm from a guy that actually OWNS Chargers.
You do not. You got ran out of FBBO from guys that saw through your BS. The main thread you posted in here was the silly word association thread, never anything technical and certainly never anything about your own personal Charger.

That is humour and sarcasm from a guy tooting his own horn, aka, ego.

You confuse main thread for most popular. You'll have to thank my fellow board members for making it so. Not everyone can contribute information, or is comfortable doing so, but anyone can play a game and have fun, if they can find the fun in it.

I do, on occasion, ask questions and give advise, as I see fit.

You'll have to better define, "You do not."

The only reason I'm not on FBBO was because of a youtube video which Youtube blocked, that belonged to a mod, and he blamed me for it. The funny thing is I don't know how to do what he's blaming me for.

[Old Moparz]

I still prefer coming to this site to read about car related things. Facebook has way too many car pages for the same things & most of them flat out suck. Also, FB seems to attract more assholes with their ignorant, racist BS mixed in. I just permanently left a car page there yesterday because it's tiring to read that stuff over & over.

[Old Moparz]

It's gonna be a loooooong winter. 

[cdr]

After Photo Bucket changed their policy, LOTS of informative pictures were no more on this site when that happened things got REAL slow here, also the search funktion made it VERY difficult to find info, I still come here, Troy has done a good job, I also blame some aggressive & morally bankrupt members that have run people off, I myself have gotten out of line here in the past, but I have been attacked & fought back. I hope this form lives on. Thanks Troy for all your efforts !!!!!!

[b5blue]

Well put. This forum has had a HUGE impact on my Chargers repairs and improvements. 

[Mytur Binsdirti]

Well put. This forum has had a HUGE impact on my Chargers repairs and improvements. 

The key phrase is "has had" because no one can deny that there is nothing going on here lately. Some have expressed that they don't want to go to other Mopar sites because they only want to hear about Chargers, however, every B-body is in the same family and there's a tremendous amount of info that is common throughout the B-body product line. But, there are some that don't want to hear it, as evident in this thread.

[b5blue]

Well yea my car is as done as I need it to be. 

[71dodgechargerrt]

I still check in, just a bit slower. Merry Christmas all.

[Nacho-RT74]

This board/community came to float same as several others when a big fever of restoring classic muscle/pony/sports cars also floated on when F&F movie appeared. It was a HUGE WAVE to surf, so huge that even the TV shows got that with the initial shows on Discovery Channel like RIDES and OVERHAULING. This also resurrected the market for them and raised prices of all those trash cans, barn finds etc... the need for help to restore these was the order of the day on the web.

22 years later most of this proyects are finished, or close to that... or more cars were trashed or parted out for parts. The stock of cars on market to be restored is also way reduced, so just a few new ones (cars and fans) are still around.

Since less cars need more assistance (or large assistance at least for big proyects... replace a regulator is not a big project requiring help for a fans community), the new members will be reduced and the old members are mostly done.

Mopar repro pieces on market arrived way late. So the manufacturers of Mopar parts got less profit. They lost their moment too, and made us spend more money than it should be compared to other brands. Tried to get the same profit they could on less time and pieces made... so priced way more expensive their pieces now on a smaller market. Suckers....

Then... here we are

[Kern Dog]

I suggest that as members, we post of some old pictures of our classic cars, Charger or not...
Why not post some threads about some experiences we have had stuff we have learned and friends that we have had.
I've posted some pictures and memes here and there. I've started a few technical threads too.
I can't believe that in a country of this size that there are only 10 people out there that are willing to contribute to this forum.
Let's step it up, guys.

[Nacho-RT74]

I have at least one stickied thread LOL... not a great thread starter, but allways trying to help if I can

[hemi-hampton]

what ever happened to Charger-Bodie posting his Charger Restorations? where did Tufcat go, anybody remember him? Leon.

[birdsandbees]

[Kern Dog]

Yeah, I'm always curious about the members that no longer come around.
When I get interested in something, I am ALL IN. I stick with things because I am all or nothing.
I don't understand a part time enthusiast...The guys that like this stuff sometimes.
I know they exist, I just don't understand that manner of thinking.

[John_Kunkel]

I suggest that as members, we post of some old pictures of our classic cars, Charger or not...

[Kern Dog]

You've owned those John?
That is quite impressive. The last car in each row...Both Studebakers, right?

 

[John_Kunkel]

Yeah, owned them all. The upper one is an Avanti II...a later version of the original Studebaker Avanti.

[Kern Dog]

Those are great. Thank you for posting them. That is an amazing variety in the collection.

Studes are quirky but interesting.

[John_Kunkel]

Originally, I only liked the Stude body style...the bronze '53 pictured had an all-Mopar drivetrain. As time went on, I acquired several more Studes and kept the Stude engines and learned to accept them as baby Cadillacs.

[Pinballjim]

I would happily post pictures of my cars.  I just cant figure out how to do it.   Admittedly, I'm not very tech savvy.   Some you all might like, some you might blast me for, but if I could, I'd share.

I have a car from every decade from the 30's up to the 20's with the exception of the teens....

1930 Model A hotrod
1940 Ford Coupe
1956 Chevy big window truck
1962 Chevy Impala 409 SS conv.
1965 Chevy Impala
1967 Chrysler Newport conv.
1969 AMC AMX
1970 PLymouth Superbird
1972 Chevy C10 Custom Deluxe
1986 Mustang GT
1989 Lincoln LSC
1996 Chevy Corvette
1999 Chevy Tahoe (daily driver)
2000 Ford Excursion (daily driver/tow vehicle)
2007 BMW 335i conv. (with a mild tune)
2020 Chevy Blazer (daily driver)

I know, I know.  There aren't enough Mopars on the list for you folks but I like all kinds of cars.  I wish I knew how to post pics.   

[Mopar Nut]

To post pictures, hit the preview button at the bottom. Then the button for attachments will appear right above it. Hit the attachment button and go to your lower  right and hit add files. Hit upload and then hit insert.

[HANDM]

I used to have way too many cars and have whittled them down to just a few
70 Challenger
97 Dodge Ram 1500 CC LB
17 Ram 2500 CC LB
18 Challenger T/A
91 Honda Prelude 4WS

SOLD
69 Charger
66 Charger
73 Cuda
69 Polara 500 Convertible
78 Scout Terra Rallye
87 Nissan 300ZX
00 Ranger

[426HemiChick]

I used to have way too many cars and have whittled them down to just a few
70 Challenger
97 Dodge Ram 1500 CC LB
17 Ram 2500 CC LB
18 Challenger T/A
91 Honda Prelude 4WS

SOLD
69 Charger
66 Charger
73 Cuda
69 Polara 500 Convertible
78 Scout Terra Rallye
87 Nissan 300ZX
00 Ranger

Hi Frank,          27 December 2023

First off, we hope you and your family had a Blessed and Merry Christmas.

That's an impressive collection, past and present. We are getting our cars fixed up and ready to drive and some ready For Sale. Our Ford Interceptor is in the Ford Shop regaining its operating skills. When it's done it'll look better than new. It's more fun and comfortable to drive and ride in; it's also fast, never lost a chase.

When are you and the love of your life going to be in Phoenix again? I'm now able to walk almost like I could 30 years ago.

Wishing you and your family a very Blessed and Happy New Year!!!

Best Always
Christine for the 426 Hemi Chicks     

[Pinballjim]

ABC 123

Trying to post a picture.   It's never too early to learn

[birdsandbees]

Seeing this is MY thread... can you two take your shit somewhere else! Thank you !!! 

[Kern Dog]

Come on, Wayne....you know that just like in group conversation, the subject matter can go off topic despite your best efforts to maintain order. This isn't meant as any sign of disrespect to you, you know that.
This forum has slowed a lot but I think there are still some great members here. I am curious about the members that don't come around as much anymore.

[Kern Dog]

Maybe the cold weather will bring some additional traffic since we are less likely to be away on vacation?

[CDN72SE]

Can't believe I am going to say this but the change it web design kind of put me off. Sounds trivial but I am getting older I guess

[Kern Dog]

There were some excellent improvements with it though. The picture program is much better.

[6pkrtse]

I will do my part to keep it going. I will admit. I do not come here as often as I used to. I don't like the new format. Never much of anything new to read or talk about. No one must like Chargers any more.....lol.

[green69rt]

I would be really sad to see this site shut down.  Lots of good info and advice here as well as all the shared projects. I hope it never ends.  I haven't been here for a while because of health issues. I'm trying to get back in the swing of things but doctor visits eat up a lot of time.  As soon as I have something to share you'll all see it.  I was amazed when I first logged into the "new" site.  Lot's of changes so now I'll have to get used to it.

[Nacho-RT74]

The only problem about the good info around is the still missed attachments somewhere in the web. I hope the issue will be fixed sometime soon by Troy. Some helpful threads are attachment based.