Why Mopar?

[Darkman]

I was die-hard Ford all my life.  I've owned more Mustangs than I can remember.  Then I finally got a "Muscle Car" over a "Pony Car" and I was hooked on these for a while: GTOs.  I had a 67 GTO, 400-4spd, dealer installed leftover 66 tripower, 4.11 backend.  Man this thing would fly with all six butterflys open.  Dump the clutch and the next thing you'd see is Tuesday!  That started me down the road of "seeing what else is out there" and dipping into the other brands.  Then I got a ride in an A12 Road Runner and that set me straight.  Dump that clutch and the Earth's rotation slows down!  My Charger infatuation came in restorng my coworker's 68 R/T and ever since I've done that, I truly don't think I'll ever be without a Charger.  There may be another Mustang in the stable, or another GTO from time to time.  But they'll ALWAYS be a Charger or Mopar.  Period

Cheers  

[71wrenchhead]

when you take apart the heater box and find all that junk inside of it
thats not dust
and these people arent loyal to mopar
they are down right addicted




fortunately, im addicted too
and i dont plan on stopping

[68X426]

Richard Petty drove a Road Runner. Of course.

Well, actually, it was a great man in my life, who became my father-in-law and has since passed away, who told me that Mopars were the best engineered autos of the 1960s. He worked as a mechanic for Ford for decades and owned Chevies and Cadillacs. He said it was Mopar that he admired and liked best. This was 1973 and I was a teenager looking to buy my first car. He told me to buy the 68 Charger with the 318 and I did. There was no looking back.

I miss him badly, I still love his daughter, and I have Mopars and my wife because he was a great man. 

[Lizey]

because they're different!!!
everyone i know has a Camaro, or a Mustang, and etc. etc...but I only know of two other people with old Mopars at my school ('79 Magnum and a '71 D100). why blend in?

[69rtse4spd]

My older brother & the rides in his 69 Chargers, enough said. That's how I fell in love with them.

[67440chrg]

The first thing I was given a lesson on how to drive was a 49 Dodge  pickup. My first car was a 69 Dodge dodge pickup 383 auto primered and beat up but with a little work it was fast for a old truck. For many years I was a one brand man.Still today I am a mopar man all the way for my classic cars but American made only for my daily drivers.

[G-man]

Mopar looked awesome and offered Huge engines. Mopar is also the Undisputed HP King. U want straight line performance thats unrivaled for cheap(er), Mopar.

However, FORD always made the better circuit racers, The mustangs that dominated pony car class racing against Camaros, Dodge Challengers Plymouth Cudas and Pontiac Firebirds etc and the Ford GT40 that dominated Lemans against Ferraris Lamborghinis etc.

So neither is better. There just differet built for different purposes and different tastes. These days Mopar can be made to Handle but ford Can be made to pump out thousand+ HP. So really its what you prefer. I kinda got sucked into the whole "loyal" mentality and ford was garbage so were Chevies and ford, typical mopar owner, however I know Mopar is just a big old brick that cant turn corners to the mustang/chevy crowed and thus Mopar sucks to them (mere opinion)... but only recently I decided to look at it for what it really is and sad to say but Ford make much better cars for turning corners than Mopar do. Even the revered Dodge Viper doesnt come close to the FORD GT. On the other hand... Straight line performance, Top Fulers (the extreme other end) Thecars with HEMIS in them win. So mopar wins there.

So now I dont bother with the whole Mopar owns stuff as it did then. I think all cars are good (unless there japaneese), they all look awesome, some corner with Lemans heritage, others have 1 direction (Daytona) heritate of toping 200mph (mopar)

So whats better? It could be argued that Fords are the best considering there better all round performance than dodge. They dont just corner WAY better but they go pretty hard in a straight line aswell. Dodge also needed huge engines to push there overweight cars with bad aero design while the fords were more thought out in terms of build. So Yeah

Why did I get mopar, Cause it was different and looked tough and I had the Mopar mentality where everything else was junk (nieve outlook)

Now that Im little more educated and understand things better, Love them all.

I just wonder where all I said here about Ford Cornering/race winning and Mopar Power/looks leaves chevies... I could never seem to justify there existence... There like no-mans land... didnt do either that great lol.

[Laxy]

Jesus christ not again. 

[b5blue]

  Pop was a GM kinda guy so that was what I knew and drove. As a result I thought it was S.O.P. to constantly be repairing your car. After blowing up or breaking about 15 assorted GM's, everything from old to new I ended up getting a 67 Mustang in trade. It ran well after some fixing and was easier to work on so that got me thinking.
  Then I ended up trading my 65 rag top Stang for A 73 Duster and a shotgun and found a car that A: Was cool and B: Never had to repair anything on. By the time I stumbled on my 70 Charger I knew I was looking at the only car I would ever need. With "infinite repair-ability" and sound engineering combined with wide array of proven engines I knew I had a winner. Over the last 16 years I've watched as every part I would ever need has become reproduced or located on eBay. I like the looks, ride, size and dependability.       

[Cooter]

the absolute clincher was the new '66 Turbine Bronze Hemi GTX which I heard long   before it came into view.  

I assume being a Mopar person, you meant 1967 Turbine Bronze Hemi GTX? I think it woulda been a Satellite in '66...

[bobs66440]

I never was a Mopar person. I was into Chevys mostly. My first collector car was a '72 Vette. Then got a '39 Pontiac street rod, then a '28 Ford Model A with a 468 BBC (miss that car), then a '70 Mustang. Then I went to look at this Charger I have now. When he pulled it out of the garage into the light, it was like "Oh man! I gotta have this car!". Just beautiful...and sinister looking at the same time. I'm gonna keep this one for a long time! 

[chargerjy9]

I was 13 when I heard and then saw a Chrysler Turbine car woosh thru my neighborhhood, that was the ultimate in cool. seeing that car made me want to design cars, it inspired me and I achieved that goal by working for Ma Mopar, Styling, for 35 years. In 1968, my father came home with a new Chrysler 300, with the 440 TNT motor. Big, fast, tire smoker. I was hooked and still am. Chrysler has put bread on my table for near 50 years. I bleed Mopar Blue. if it ain't Mopar, it's no car.  Amen.