2008: Looking back on Dodgecharger.com

[69bronzeT5]

This thread is here to look back on the good and bad times of Dodgecharger.com in 2008. I'll list some and I encourage all of you to list some things too!

The site gets a new look
Project Angrier debuts
Cody gets 2 new cars, bringing his total Mopar count up to 3
The BK Auto thread begins
Everybody is talking about the Layson's Carlisle bust
Lots of Charger 500s and Daytonas show up, including moparstuart's C500 and the Bug Shield C500
The chargerman68 train wreck thread begins
Allen and Brandon go through body shop hell with their cars
Premier Plastics screws over more people
AMD releases lots of parts to help us restore our cars
WingCharger shows up and posts up a storm (where have we heard that before...)
Modtop Daytona and pictures of it pop up out of the blue and blows the story wide open...causing everybody to sh*t bricks

[skip68]

The good and bad?     We gave Cody our password.   That was good and bad I guess.  The good for real, We saw the price of gas go super high and then drop down to real good prices.    We have met more members this year than ever and are getting more members wanting to meet us.    I guess we must be getting more popular because we are pretty cool.     The bad,  I've seen more members having to sell their cars than any other time that I can remember.       Chuck.............

[General_01]

The good:

Winged Warrior meet in Duluth, MN/great pics supplied by moparstuart.
Moparstuart realizes a dream of owning a 500.
Kenny Wayne Shepard<sp?> debuts his '72.
A few scammers are uncovered(chargerman68 and Shane McGaughy<sp?>)
Another shady seller is uncovered. (BK Auto)
The Proven Combos section gets started to help with builds.
Ron steps in to help alot of people with their engines(thanks Ron).

The bad:

More people having to sell their cars for financial reasons.
The guy in Georgia holding an original XX engine for ransom from a member.
Troy's(hemi68charger) deal falls through and he can't realize his Winged car dream.
Jeff(jb666) gets shafted royally.
Hear less and less from ChrycoPsyco.


These are just a few things that strike me right now off the top of my head.

I would also like to again thank the Troy and all the moderators for their time to make a great site. Thank you very much guys.

[rav440]

The good:

Ron steps in to help alot of people with their engines(thanks Ron).

RON , thanks for the help 

[WingCharger]

Yah, I get recognized!! Thanks!

How about the EXTREMELY wrecked Daytona on eBay? It gained 6 pages!

[Beer]

The good:

The Proven Combos section gets started to help with builds.
Ron steps in to help alot of people with their engines(thanks Ron).

Yes! Thanks Ron!
Hope to have new numbers (based on his advise) for my 402 Smallblock this summer (new cam and ported heads)   Looking for a 12 sec NA Smallblock Gen 3

Jim

[Tilar]

You know, I was just thinking the other day about how much Ron has contributed to this site.

Back a lot more years than I care to remember, I picked up the nickname Dr. Dave because I could make damn near any engine run. I even made $20 on a (foolish) bet that I could make an old ford 6 cyl run even though half the camshaft was hanging out through a hole in the side of the block, But after reading some of these posts, I'm in awe with the knowledge this man has on engines. Maybe we should vote him DC.Com's man of the year. 

[Brock Samson]

 
Alot of Muscle Cars went over to Europe and Down Under due to the Weak Dollor...
And lettuce not forget Runninhorn...

[CB]

Alot of Muscle Cars went over to Europe and Down Under due to the Weak Dollor...
And lettuce not forget Runninhorn...

yes a lot !!!!
My shipper was telling me at 1 point he was getting up to 400 Old American cars a month at his warehouse. Go figure how many cars went over to Europe.... 1000s and 1000s

I'll make you a promise, if I win the lottery I'll keep mine in the US. 

[NorwayCharger]

And my car got hotter than hell

[moparstuart]

And my car got hotter than hell

[Nacho-RT74]

I went to Carlisle

[500hp_440]

Best thing all year I showed up..... Ok not even close to the best. I said it so you dont have to.
I havent been hear long anough to have a real opion, but I'll try, the best thing of this site all year is the free help and freinds you can and will make. (even though I pissed off more then a few of yall, thanks for not holding it over me....much)
Yall rock

[TheGhost]

I sold my Mopars.

[PocketThunder]

Best thing all year I showed up..... Ok not even close to the best. I said it so you dont have to.
I havent been hear long anough to have a real opion, but I'll try, the best thing of this site all year is the free help and freinds you can and will make. (even though I pissed off more then a few of yall, thanks for not holding it over me....much)
Yall rock

The best thing is that another generation younger than me, i.e. YOU, are into '69 Chargers and that helps keep the hobby going.   

Oh and another thing is that i was able to dodge meeting moparstuart this summer but i wont have the same luck in 2009.            

[moparstuart]

Best thing all year I showed up..... Ok not even close to the best. I said it so you dont have to.
I havent been hear long anough to have a real opion, but I'll try, the best thing of this site all year is the free help and freinds you can and will make. (even though I pissed off more then a few of yall, thanks for not holding it over me....much)
Yall rock

The best thing is that another generation younger than me, i.e. YOU, are into '69 Chargers and that helps keep the hobby going.   

Oh and another thing is that i was able to dodge meeting moparstuart this summer but i wont have the same luck in 2009.            

I totally agree about the young gun's statement PT You know even in the mid 80's when i first got involved with mopar.I was hanging around with people 10-20 years older then me .  Because that was who was into mopar then. It was few and far between to find someone my own age that had the passion for them i did .
  Seem I still hang with that older crowd but now people my own and younger have caught on to the cool old mopars.

  Oh and get that restaining order cause your stalker is coming to minnesota again .

[Hemidog]

And my car got hotter than hell

Now that was a sad day.

[The70RT]

I met the Skips 

[General_01]

I met the Skips 

Would that fall under the "Good" or "Bad" of 2008?




j/k Mr. and Mrs. Skip

[The70RT]

I met the Skips 

Would that fall under the "Good" or "Bad" of 2008?




j/k Mr. and Mrs. Skip

What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. As soon as Chuck went to work the next day we snuck out of there after I helped their little girl with a puzzle. 

[General_01]

I met the Skips 

Would that fall under the "Good" or "Bad" of 2008?




j/k Mr. and Mrs. Skip

What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. As soon as Chuck went to work the next day we snuck out of there after I helped their little girl with a puzzle. 

[Steve P.]

Two great things for me in 2008'. 

1) Brought another grandson into this crazy World.
2) Had a great time with my best friends at the MATS.


Other than that, 2008' was a very tough year on me and so far 2009' isn't looking much better... 

[Neal_J]

IN 2008, I FINALLY GOT MY FRIGGING D-C T-SHIRT AFTER 4 YEARS OF WAITING!!

THANKS JESSE....er Troy!

Peace,

Neal