why do you like mopar??

[brigond]

I come to realize the reasons I like Mopars . They remind me of my Hot Wheels and matchbox cars . they made these toys really cool and tough looking . it's like owning a real 1

[Mytur Binsdirti]

Why do i like Mopar? I guess I'm just a glutton for punishment. 

[1974dodgecharger]

cause its 'MOPAR' 

[polywideblock]

I come to realize the reasons I like Mopars . They remind me of my Hot Wheels and matchbox cars . they made these toys really cool and tough looking . it's like owning a real 1

pretty much the same reason the cars, colours etc take me back to much happier times . that and its nice to be different, Fords and Chevy's are like a-hole's and belly buttons everybody's got one

[Back N Black]

I like Mopar's,Chevy's and Ford. I would love to have a 69 Mustang fast back and a 69 Chevelle sitting next to the Charger.

[71green go]

I love ALL cars ....all brands made really cool cars, but top of my list next would be a 68 Mustang fastback!......AFTER I own a 68 Charger
Mopar is tops for me....

[flyinlow]

Why do i like Mopar? I guess I'm just a glutton for punishment. 

Late '60's early '70's car where around when I started driving,they have aways looked good to me. Mostly Plymouths around my parents house , so Roadrunners and Chargers came naturally. If I was to go non Mopar a 69 GTO would be nice. They are hard to get stuff for so it would be a lot like Moparing.

[rt green]

i loved the wild colors and they were fast. they were beating up everything else in the area where i grew up. the excuses the brand x guys had for losing were pretty funny.   mopars just look fast standing still.  loved the 68-74 body styles

[polywideblock]

I come to realize the reasons I like Mopars . They remind me of my Hot Wheels and matchbox cars . they made these toys really cool and tough looking . it's like owning a real 1

pretty much the same reason the cars, colours etc take me back to much happier times . that and its nice to be different, Fords and Chevy's are like a-hole's and belly buttons everybody's got one

think people are taking my last post the wrong way. not saying other brands are good/bad.just that over here everybody has an impala or a mustang , i like being differant. owning a mopar is "outside the box"

[Ghoste]

I prefer their engineering and styling.

[71charger_fan]

Line for line, I preferred the Chrysler styling over the competitors during the muscle car era when I was growing up. My first car obsession was the '68 Barracuda fastback when I was 10. I have a soft spot for many of the competitors' cars, like the '69-'70 Mustang fastbacks, '69 Camaro, '71-'74 AMX, '68-'71 Torino fastbacks, '68-'72 Vette, but have never seen a Chevelle, Chevy II, early Nova, '66-'67 GTO and several other extremely popular cars that I liked (styling wise).

[dyslexic teddybear]

A kinda inherited thing.

I'm third generation Mopar, my grandfather, father, brother.....it's what I grew up with. At least that's how it started. Styling, performance, engineering kept me. Doing my own maintenance/repairs was a necessity, and taught me much about my rigs. Helping friends with other brands.....also taught me much. And I stayed Mopar.

Not that others did not build some nice rigs, it's just with so many Mopars to chose from, I'm not going anywhere.

[JB400]

Well, I was born into it.  My family has always had them.  After helping rebuild everyone elses Chevies and Fords and comparing them to Mopar, Mopars seem to be a no brainer.  They have superior parts and engineering.  I especially like the fact that they have to detune a Mopar so that the other manufacturers canbe competitive   Mopar or no car

[dyslexic teddybear]

I especially like the fact that they have to detune a Mopar so that the other manufacturers canbe competitive   Mopar or no car

That too.

[Cooter]

I Always pulled for the underdog. Chrysler products were the most laughed at, run off the lot, cars around coming up. I remember when you got told to "Get that "Goat" (Although, typically means Pontiac, but to ignorant Chivvy and Ferd guys it somehow stood for the Ram?!?) outta here"!

I guess I've had the best luck with Chrysler Products. My best friend in HS had just bought a '66 Cornonet 500 with a 361. We thought it was a 383. We ran the hell outta that thing and it never gave up an inch. My auto shop teacher was big into Chryslers. He got me started with my first Nitrous motor in HS, a 340 with tunnel ram and Pro Shot fogger system at age 17. Damn, would that little 340 run. 4.56 gears and 727. I didn't have no money, so I had to compete with 468 BBC in '68 Camaro's. I had to spray it or I was sure to lose. My best friends Cousin ran a 1967 Satellite with a 440 and 4-speed. This was the first time I had seen a stick car run quicker than an automatic. Course my Brother had just bought his '69 R/T Charger. I was small block all the way after that 340, but once I lined up against my brother with a bad fuel pump and he would run off and leave me on the motor, I gave up on Small blocks and have been BB Chrysler ever since.

Although I've owned a '69 SS 396 Chevelle with a 454, an '82 Camaro Z/28, and a 5.0 liter mustang, I somehow always came back to the Chryslers.

[RCKSTR]

Dukes of hazzard has nothing to do with where my love for mopars started    

[Scaregrabber]

My Father and Grandfather were Mopar diehards and that started it but I have always been impressed by Chrysler engineering. They had so many firsts it's unreal, Alternators, safety rim wheels etc. Torsion bars, Torqueflites, Hemi 4 speeds, Dana rear axles, big brakes and capable suspensions and oh yeah 426 Hemi's. The Hemi was so strong that NHRA and NASCAR had to handicap or outlaw it to let GM and Ford have a chance.
That's why. I like Mopar styling as well but the engineering is what puts them on a pedestal. TV shows have nothing to do with it for me.

Sheldon

[HANDM]

Because that's how I get my therapy

And because they are hands down the best looking musclecars around

[Cooter]

I actually heard the "Banned Hemi" thing a little differently...

Story goes, that GM and Ford were got wind of Chrysler's attempt to build a DOHC Hemi for NASCAR and Ford decided they would build a DOHC version of their famous "Shotgun" engine. [Semi-Hemi]. Of course, GM wasn't too far behind and decided to scare up designs for their own version of a DOHC "Hemi" and the war was on. So much so, that NASCAR figured with the HP going up and up and up, it wouldn't be too long before people [Fans] were gonna be killed by speeds, so Banning any type of "Hemi" engine was so.

[polywideblock]

article in mopar action says that it was only an electric powered valve train test rig and when nascar officials saw pic they sh*t themselves and baned all overhead cams ,Chrysler already had such an advantage all they could see was a monopoly by mopar

[Ghoste]

Chryslers DOHC Hemi was a repsonse to Ford introducing their 427 SOHC.  I think it was another couple of years before GM began to experiment much with hemispherical chambers.  I think the Boss 9 was a plan B after the SOHC was disallowed.

[Bob T]

Out here in the southern colonies, 27 years ago when I got my licence there was never that many U.S. cars and the prices were always high. Usual ugly notchbacks and camaros but they'd never appealed and again the prices were too high, we were only getting around 50 -54cents exchange rate with the U.S dollar back then.  I'd only had Aussie Holden 6 cyl's and a couple of 308's in panelvan and station wagon until one day in my mid 20's a good mate of mine took me for a quick haul in his genuine Aussie Chrysler Valiant Charger E49. Triple weber 45's and 4 speed, 320+hp weighed in at around 1400kg, got a chirp out of it going into 3rd on a dry road from a standing start, not many sbc could do that back then and they looked way cool against all the other clunky sameness. It really rung a bell with me and I set to selling my other cars to get hold of one.

I was fortunate enough to get a real 71 R/T Valiant Charger fitted with six pack and 4 speed about 3 years later after that ride, sold it 3 years after that to put the dough into a business but resolved to get another strong Mopar when I could. 4 Mopars ( 1 Valiant VH sedan, 1 71 VH Pacer 4 sp 6 pk, 1 68 Charger 318 auto ) and 8 years later I have the one I want and do not intend to part with it 1968 Charger R/T black on black, auto , strong 440.

The 68's represent the high water mark of the Muscle Car Years and the Chrysler Letter Cars D, F, G of the Fin Era for me, but the styling, power and appeal of the Pentastar products leave the other manufacturers in their wake. Not so one eyed that I cant appreciate other cool or desirable other guys ''pride and joy'' but there's few others I'd shell out to own.

[1carcrazyguy]

Came home from the hospital in my moms  71 Satellite Sebring Plus.  Dad had 2 70 Chargers at the time and had many, many Mopars over the years.  You just never knew what was going to be in the driveway when you got home from school!    Then when my oldest brother was old enough to drive.   He had a 68 Charger then a 69 Coronet R/T and a 70 Challenger R/T.  My other brothers, one had a couple of 72-74 Barracudas, another had a 66 Charger and then a 72 Charger, and another brother had a Duster and a 69 Road Runner......so  I guess I was just raised right and trying my best to carry on the tradition!! 

[brigond]

I love cars period ! When I was elementary school age me and a friend used to sit in our parents cars for hours, wishing we could drive. My parents gave me my first car. A very used 12 year old 1973 nova. One of the cars we used to sit in wishing. I finally saved enough money to buy my own first car. It was a 1968 charger that I drove in the later years of high school. Man I loved that car! I grew a great appreciation for mopars of all kinds. I had trouble keeping up with repairs and eventually sold it. That was sometime in the late 80s . In 1992 I was looking for another 68 with $5000 in hand. While looking , A friend of mine found a really nice 1964 impala SS for sale. Though it wasn't the car I was looking for, it was in such great shape, and i was itching for something to drive. I bought the Impala.
   I have been yearning for a mopar  ever since. I could have sold the Chevy sooner and I almost did so many times but I was attached. As you may have noticed I have trouble giving up things I really like.  The wife has no problem with my car hobby but one at a time only. It took me all these years to give in to my charger wants. I sold the Impala last December to search for my "Hot Wheels car".  I was originally looking for 68 to  70 chargers. As I came across the 3rd generation chargers , I added them to the search. After all these years of wanting to get back into a charger , it  finally happened . I ended up with a 1971 charger S/E 383. I paid $15 k with a few grand left over for toys and improvements. I have arrived!!!!! 

[CaptMarvel]

Love the whole Mopar "look" hard to explain, I guess they're just cleaner and sleeker looking than alot of the old GM stuff. Seems like GM and Ford always had more sharper, incongruous body lines and big nasty ugly eggcrate grilles and weird tail panels..Chrysler was always different, even their trucks looked cleaner than their
counterparts....compare say, a 67 Caprice, Buick, Olds or Impala with a 71 Roadrunner or 69 Charger..just different worlds...I guess the closest thing to the Mopar style was some of the AMC stuff, which I've also always liked..It never hurt that Mopars werent slouches in the performance dept either...Also, I hit driving age in the late 70's when my dad was buying mostly Dodges and Chryslers, guess I grew up on them..I do like the looks of some late 60s Novas, GTOs and Cougars, but I'll die a Chrysler guy..

[Polygon]

When I was a kid (17) I drove a 1969 Chager R/T with a 4 speed, for two weeks. It already had a hard life, the 440 was replaced with a 383. Had that nice console, too.

Hooked on Mopar ever sinces. That was 1975 or so.

[1970Moparmann]

For me, a few factors -

-Good 'ol Dukes of Hazzard got me hooked on Chargers.

-First time I saw a Superbird (owned by Frank Rolland in Chicago) I absolutely could not believe how cool the car was.   Love at first site!

-First Mopar show I went to and saw an AAR, TA, M-Code, Daytona, more Chargers and more Superbirds.

-All my friends were mainly Chevy guys.  I like to be different.

[JPL]

I always liked the styling and the lines of an old moPar, a little different, I also liked that they are a little rarer than the others. I also like to work on my cars, so from that standpoint I like the fact that, on my big block, I can take the intake manifold off with removing the distributor, I can take the water pump off without removing the housing, I like the fact that the oil pump is external and that I don't need to drop the oil pan to get to it. I also like that the distributor is up front and once installed, you can pull the distributor out, and put it back in easily, (due to the tongue & grove), and not have to worry about lining up the gears again. Just my  

[Dino]

Because they made the 2nd gen Charger.  I like 1st and 3rd gen chargers and the occassional Cuda but no more than I like a 67 GTO or a 32 Ford or a 42 Buick or or or.....

I like a ton of classic cars from all over the world as long as they are rolling sculptures.  I don't think I have a special love for mopar as so many here do but by building that 2nd gen they sure got my attention!

[Memphis Mopar]

There are other makes of cars that I like. I love all 3 years of the 2nd Gen chargers, But I also love having what most others do not have.

[triple_green]

grandma and grandpa drove Mopars, 1951 plymouth; 64 polara. My Dad 57 Fury wagon, 67 Dart GT (my HS car), 75 Duster. Then he switched to Olds and Caddy after I got out of HS. (after I sold the 67 GT to my brother, I bought a 69 Dart Swinger 340 4-speed. Edelbrock high rise, Holley 650 DP, hemi grind cam. headers, dual point distr., etc.)

When we went to buy the Dart in late 66, there was a Garnet Red 67 Charger 440 4-speed in the showroom. I thought it was the most beautiful car I had ever seen....until I saw a new 68 Charger, vowed one day I would own one.

My cousin drove Corvettes...so I liked being different.

3X

[odcics2]

I cut my hand when I was a kid.
My blood was Corporate Blue.

[Chippa]

Well for me i was fortunate enough to have parked in my shed for a few years a matching numbers 1970 T/A 340 six pack Challenger which i kindly was babysitting for a friend who didnt have room at his own place to store it (what a shame haha)...Popping that roller door and seeing such a beautiful staring back at me just ignited the desire to own one which for most ppl outside of the U.S like myself dont often get the chance to see in the flesh let alone own a Mopar.
I also love the classic lines and nostalgia behind these cars they are just a tough car from an era that would of been fun to be a part of..

[ScatPacker]

I worked for Dodge dealers for 20 years or so. 1972 I was washing cars worked in service, body shop, warranty writer, service writer and service manager. My dad was the controller and always had demos. He loved the high impact colors I've seen them all and owed a 1966 coronet and 1970 dodge charger. By the time I had demos as a service manager it was the late 70's through early 90's. Unfortunately they were Aspen's, Diplomat's, Cordoba's cough cough then Lee came along and we had the K-cars Omni's, Minivans etc.. I did manage to have an Omni Charger 2.2 turbo totaled that demo. Most of my time was at the infamous AutoLand on route 22 in Springfield New Jersey aka Dodgeland aka North Plainfield Dodge. My sister still works in F&I at another dealership.

I got tired of dreaming about my Charger and broke down 2 years ago and bought 2 1972 Dodge Chargers selling one of them to get another b body project. I currently own 5 Chrysler products. I love Mopars and am currently building a 440 six pack for the one I am keeping.

I love this site and have done business with 2 members already.

My name is Bill and I just want to give a shout out to all the members

[RallyeMike]

Nice looking 72 Bill.

My dad was a Ford guy. I got hooked on Mopars after seeing the 69 Charger, and riding in the one my Dad's co-worker owned. From the Charger I fell for the 69 Roadrunner, then the 69 Superbee, and then..... lots of other 66-74 cars and eventually the trucks of all years and then fin cars from 57-61. I can't change. What would I do with all my spare parts?

[TruckDriver]

I always loved all cars that look cool to me. I grew up in a family that always had GM cars, but we had a lot of friends that were all Ford or AMC people. So, I was into Chevy's and Ford's mostly. Then around 1986, I lost my driver's licence in my '74 Nova which was setup for the quarter mile. I then started looking for something with a smaller engine. A friend I knew from high school had a '78 Aspen R/T that had the Spectrum interior (black cloth/white, orange, yellow, red vinyl interior) which after owning the car I learn only 628 total Aspen's were made like that. But I always told him, if he ever wanted to sell the car, to let me know cause I loved the interior on it. Well, it turned out the transmission craped out on him and he asked me if I wanted to trade even up, my Nova for the Aspen. So I said hell yes being I couldn't drive for a while, and had time to put a transmission in it. I ended up owning that car for 10 years, the longest I ever owned a car. Wish I still had it, but the engine needed a rebuild bad, and I couldn't afford it, so I sold it. But that car sold me on Mopar's. Then when I bought my first truck ever in 1989, I bought a '75 Power Wagon, loved that a LOT, and never have I gone without a Dodge truck since. (I did have 1 Plymouth Trailduster though)

[HeavyFuel]

Welcome to the site, Bill (CaptainK). 

[Baldwinvette77]

 (Im 19 now), i like them because before i did, i liked tuner cars (you have permission to throw up in your mouths) because those cars reminded me of my hotwheels collection, then i saw the dukes of hazzard show and that singlehandedly switched me to musclecars, Gm's, fords and mopars, but mopars will always be most special to me because of that. I don't have any plans to build a general, as i like black more than orange, but i appreciate them.

[Old Tired Rebel]

My Dad had 4 of them when I was growing up. 3 New ones 2 Furies and a Chrysler Newport and a used 66 Polara. He had good cars until he traded the Polara for a Chevy Impala and then traded the Newport for of all things a 75 Pontiac Astre the Vega brother.

[Ram07]

Cuz im not a fan of Chebbys or Ferds....and the first car was a 69 bee! Dad gave it to me.  

[AKcharger]

Trees

[XS29L]

Came home from the hospital in a '60 Valiant and I've been a Mopar guy from then on.  Mopar Or No Car !!!

[ScatPacker]

My Dad had 4 of them when I was growing up. 3 New ones 2 Furies and a Chrysler Newport and a used 66 Polara. He had good cars until he traded the Polara for a Chevy Impala and then traded the Newport for of all things a 75 Pontiac Astre the Vega brother.

lol thats my favorite pic i'm looking at it right now on the wall. I'm close to that awesome pic with mine.

Wellbourne Muscle Car Museum Rocks http://www.wellbornmusclecarmuseum.com/
all the 1971 b-body hemi's are there

This is why i love Mopar

[ACUDANUT]

Herw's another similar thread. We need to somehow combine them.
http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,98888.msg1148987.html#msg1148987

[chargerboy69]

I dont' really.

The Charger, sure, great car.  The Superbird, my favorite. . . . They had a few other cars back then which were cool too. As far as anything newer than 1972 made by Mopar, I will pass. I was once a "Mopar or no car guy".  I then realized most of Chryslers stuff was less than desirable and I was missing out on some great cars and trucks built by GM and Ford.

It is my wife who has a newer Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited, and now wants a new Ram 1500 4X4. 

[Dino]

I dont' really.

The Charger, sure, great car.  The Superbird, my favorite. . . . They had a few other cars back then which were cool too. As far as anything newer than 1972 made by Mopar, I will pass. I was once a "Mopar or no car guy".  I then realized most of Chryslers stuff was less than desirable and I was missing out on some great cars and trucks built by GM and Ford.

It is my wife who has a newer Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited, and now wants a new Ram 1500 4X4. 

That's blasphemy!...and I wholeheartedly agree.

[F8-4life]

I love mopars ALOT, but I also love ALOT of other cars ranging from gm/ford even the inidpenents... They all had alot to offer and I think the brand loyalty crap is for boneheads...but here are some reasons I dig mopars:


-Chrysler is the underdog that exceeded the pack

-they were outnumbered but also out in front (of whatever else was trying to catch up)

-Crazy colors, great  drive-trains and over the top graphics, names and just cool styling.

-They took to the muscle era with a passion, Last manufacture to offer duel carb setups

-HEMI!!! enuff said

-Nobody could touch plymouth in police/fleet sales..wonder why? Maybe they were better cars?

-57-60 chrysler products were amazing and ahead of their time (suddenly its 1960!)

-pistol grips, shaker hoods, good looking dashboards/gueges

-Good looking steering wheels

-A12

-Wing cars!

And of course the 68-70 charger is a big hitter with me, I feel it is one of the cars that the stars eligned and everything was just "right" about the styling...Look back 70 years in america automotive history and you will see that this happens almost never.

[brigond]

My Dad had 4 of them when I was growing up. 3 New ones 2 Furies and a Chrysler Newport and a used 66 Polara. He had good cars until he traded the Polara for a Chevy Impala and then traded the Newport for of all things a 75 Pontiac Astre the Vega brother.

lol thats my favorite pic i'm looking at it right now on the wall. I'm close to that awesome pic with mine.

Wellbourne Muscle Car Museum Rocks http://www.wellbornmusclecarmuseum.com/
all the 1971 b-body hemi's are there

This is why i love Mopar

It's about styling. Look at that beautiful,mean ,tough looking car. 68 - 70 are (in my opinion) slightly better looking than 71-74.  I had a 68  in my high school years so I'm a very slightly partial to them.  But my recent purchase of the 71 SE has me just as happy.

I have a Passion for all cars that are cool in some way shape it form. I've had many  different years makes  and models. I also don't see anything wrong with a mopar only type of person.  Cars bring out your  persnality and good feelings. If thats what gives you satisfaction  than that's just the way it is. Just like there are very few old foreign cars that I care for. To me the best looking car in the history of cars (period) , is the 68 charger. Than comes my 71 of course. 

[freddyd02]

What attracts me is the sheer beauty of a 2nd gen. The body lines are amazing. Just drop dead gorgeous