Cool Retro MoPar Wedding photo Also: How an eBay auction Should LOOK.

[Charger Aficionado]

  This pic from '73 is awesome.  SMOKEY burnout on the wedding day is AWESOME   I always wondered if people who owned MoPars really POUNDED them when they first had them?

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Came from a link on this auction:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Dodge-Charger-R-T-440-Magnum-4-Spd-Dana-60-4-10-Orig-Mtr-Trans-Rear-Docs_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ6199QQitemZ4609851825QQrdZ1
Best damned auction I've ever seen on eBay...

[472 R/T SE]

Nice Charger, I think I'd have to have the Bee tho.    The big ol' bug eyed Bee is suckin' the paper into the grills, love it.

Could you imagine doing that nowadays, your buddy in the Charger would ring your neck for throwing rocks on the car.

[Charger Aficionado]

Nice Charger, I think I'd have to have the Bee tho.    The big ol' bug eyed Bee is suckin' the paper into the grills, love it.
Could you imagine doing that nowadays, your buddy in the Charger would ring your neck for throwing rocks on the car.

Yeah I have a strong like for those 70 Bees...  You know...  I think that's my favorite color too:  B7 no??? 

[hemihead]

Why do you think it is so hard to find a Mopar with the original Drivetrain?These cars were meant to be beaten on ,not Trailer Queens or muesuem pieces.

[6pkrunner]

   I always wondered if people who owned MoPars really POUNDED them when they first had them?

-from the day they were bought. And thrashed hard. The record for the guys I knew was a buddy who gernaded the 383 in his 1969 4 speed runner within a week. He was the squirreliest of the bunch. Didn't need a throttle - if the car was running it was to the floor. And as mentioned above - if you still had your original motor for more than a month, well you just weren't leaning on it hard enough. Junkyards were full of donor engines.

[Ghoste]

Kind of makes you wonder why so many of them are numbers matching 40 years later huh?

[RT DAVE]

Me likey the 71 with the N96 option better...

[69_500]

I've always wondered why there are more numbers matching cars now in the year 2006 than there was in 1979 or 1980. I mean in 1980-85 when people were starting to collect these cars, I would venture to say that less than 40% of the cars were numbers matching at that point. And of the HEMI cars or R/T's I would say it would be even lower than that.

[Charger Aficionado]

  Good points.  I think along with the collectability came RESEARCH.  I bet alot of car guys went back down the line, and pulled alot of blocks from garages...  I had to track mine down, and it was no easy feat, but it all worked out...

[Telvis]

Great picture! Too bad they don't include sound!

[69_500]

My personal opinion is that there are a lot of people who took years of searching and found their origional blocks and such. But I also feel that there is a great number of those people that gave up searching for the correct one, and just had someone with the dyes stamp them the correct VIN on another block. Most likely a replacement block, its not that hard to have a block restamped.

[ScottW]

  This pic from '73 is awesome.  SMOKEY burnout on the wedding day is AWESOME   I always wondered if people who owned MoPars really POUNDED them when they first had them?

Pounded on them they did - have you seen the videos from that guys site of the original owner and his buddies? The RoadRunner pulling out into traffic and looping it around is amazing!!!!!!!!   

[Charger_Fan]

What a cool car!
I figure the original owner is about 52 years old now, I wonder why he doesn't buy the car back? I sure would, if I could.

That old footage sure is neat too.

[The Ghoul]

 I always wondered if people who owned MoPars really POUNDED them when they first had them?

you mean you dont still? I pound on mine once a week at least... just to let it know whats up .. yes its with a dolly and body hammer ... but still , its pounding on it