Is it me or is all the big, cool Mopar stuff on the east coast?

[Ponch ®]

At the risk of being Captain Obvious, we have a huge car culture here in SoCal. There are multiple car shows and cruises every week (esp. during the summer). If you're just talking about MOPAR stuff and why there doesn't seem to be as many as the other makes, it's true to an extent. But if you have a cruise/show with 500 cars and only 50 are mopars, they certainly are not dominating the scene. Still,  50 mopars is more than you get at some MOPAR only shows in some parts of the country. You may not see a classic mopar 'just driving around' every day, but they do come out for the big events.

As far as shows, we have Spring Fling (300-400 cars), MATS, the one in NorCal (sorry if I can't remember what its called), and if you wanna count the modern stuff, the LX Spring Festival, which has gotten so big (expecting 1000 cars for the 2011 show) that it got Chrysler's attention and  it now cooperates with the guys that organize the show.

Here, take a gander at the car show / cruise calendar in SoCal for the next couple of months...

http://socalcarculture.com/events.html

[Old Moparz]

Cool cars are on the east coast for an obvious reason. That's where all the cool people are.       

[chargergirl]

We went North once without a trailer...never again.

[dangina]

 

[chargermike]

colorado has a very big mopar family and car shows all the time.  the golden super cruise happens every 1st. sat of the month. may thru oct. 2000 hot rods in the town and the town puts it on. this is something to see. on average about 50 or more mopars. and we all hang together. we call our selfs the car freaks that rode the SHORT BUS. if your ever in colorado you want to check this out. or go to the golden super cruise.com.  and a ton of nice mopars here.

[69 OUR/TEA]

Maybe I'm suffering from false jelousy but it sure seems to me that all the cool Mopar stuff is a long, long ways away from us out here in the west. All the big car shows, parts suppliers, classic car dealers; even most Ebay sellers seem to be east of the Mississippi. Is this the case or does the grass just look greener on the other side? Even California seems to be short on this type of stuff.

I don't know about that bull,my ultimate charger that I truely wanted was a factory 3x9 69 R/T stripe delete,always kept an eye out(even though I had a 69 R/T b5 blue),and if it came up would have to act.Hence the one I have now which ended up being a R/T SE to boot,and loaded w/fact options.It came from CA in 2003,and now I realize inspecting this car more closely,little things that to me make a difference.....the vent window chrome is very nice,can def stay,the check moldings also,you would swear they are rechromed,and even the chrome tailight bezels are unbeleivable as being orig,and also won't need to be replaced.NTM,from there not being sand on the roads for winters,all my side glass is mint,not having sand sitting in the wipes,and by not having ice on the windows,noone ever had to scrape the glass also putting scratches on them.
So basically,I'm thrilled that my car is from cali,gonna be a pleasure to restore this one,and wish I had more from there.As far as the east coast,yes,there is alot of shows Mopar related around here.My fav,Chryslers at Carlisle.Where I'm from in CT,there is a Mopar club that puts on a pretty decent size Mopar show every month,May till Oct.And a Mopar catered cruise night every Sat from April till Nov night at a BK,which Rob(1969chargerrtse)NEVER goes to!!!!!!
Plus alot of good people out here.

[bakerhillpins]

As far as the east coast,yes,there is alot of shows Mopar related around here.My fav,Chryslers at Carlisle.Where I'm from in CT,there is a Mopar club that puts on a pretty decent size Mopar show every month,May till Oct.And a Mopar catered cruise night every Sat from April till Nov night at a BK,which Rob(1969chargerrtse)NEVER goes to!!!!!!
Plus alot of good people out here.

Man I am going to have to keep an eye on the events calendar here and go down to some of those shows if they are big Mopar shows!

As far as where the cars are for sale... seems to me the mid-west and west have the most cars for sale. Maybe because it's the only part of the country where they were able to survive in the wild that long.

[SFRT]

California is Chevy country. Old Chevy's outnumber everything else. Around the Bay Area theres also a huge amount of vintage Buicks. Mopars are thin on the ground. theres got to be 200 Chevelles for every Charger, easy.

[1969chargerrtse]

Yep, it's here.

[71ChallengeHer]

Cool cars are on the east coast for an obvious reason. That's where all the cool people are.       

   

[maxwellwedge]

Seems the vehicles people in my area are most interested in is bicycles, Toyota Priuses, rice-burners, Harleys and Subaru Outbacks.

That is a shame  and they have the perfect weather to drive a muscle car or classic car year round  what a waste.

Well, no so much in my area (Portland) but California and pretty much all of the southwest is ideal.

Bull - I have 4 cars from out of Portland and the metal on them looks pristine......they are all mint. Something out your way agrees with the cars!

[maxwellwedge]

All the really cool cars are up in Canada

Maybe one or two or three or....................