What really sucks about owning a mopar...

[charger01]

I have a two car garage where my project 69 charger sits and my 5 year old son's project 73 cuda.  Unfortunately it is my only garage.  Now what really sucks?  20 degrees outside in the wind and snow changing out the alternator on the wifes gm product.

[dukeboy_318]

been there done that, only its was 20 degreed, snowing alongside the interstate trying to replace one.  stupid ac delco pos

[hemihead]

Sounds like you just got that " great GM feeling "

[gordo1968charger]

i ll be doing my wifes brake pads on her grand voyager in 0 centigrade,while the charger is in the warm dry garage.

[Ghoste]

The sacrifices of old Mopar ownership.

[TruckDriver]

What sucks is they cost to much to restore and buy. Just what I have spent in parts alone for my car, I could of already bought a running and driving '80s Camero or Monte Carlo SS (which I do like and want a lot). I know this, unless I find another Cheap Mopar. I never going to buy one again with my income. I'll buy a G.M to restore since I like them anyway.

[Dave22443]

Wow Charger01, you sound just like me!  Except that my 2-car garage houses my '68 Charger and my 5-year-old sons '70 Sport Satellite.  Lucky for me, both cars run and either can be temporairily backed out when other vehicles need repair.

[charger01]

Wow Charger01, you sound just like me!  Except that my 2-car garage houses my '68 Charger and my 5-year-old sons '70 Sport Satellite.  Lucky for me, both cars run and either can be temporairily backed out when other vehicles need repair.

Running cars?  :scratchchin:hmmmmm interesting concept.  Mine are stuck in garage ornament mode for the forseeable  ;)future. 

[BrianShaughnessy]

The Cuda sounds like a very long term project...  Got room for a 4 post lift deal to stack them on?  That way you can have 1 bay open.

I have similar problems but no ceiling height....  but my cars run (for the moment).

[charger01]

I will be moving in the near future.  I will be sure to have enough room for storage and repairs   The cuda is definately the long term project.  It just more or less  gets in the way right now, but the boy loves it.

[68RT4ME]

I too only have a two car garage and 2 cars parks inside. I had to take my newly acquired '69 Charger over to my brothers place for storage till it goes to resto in Jan.. There I was Sat. afternoon, firing up the convertable in the garage getting ready to pull it out for the night's local monthly car show, debating if it was too cold for the top to be down. I knew it would get down to around 68-70 degrees that night and would the wife be happier with the top up or would a simple jacket do? I actually put on a pair of jeans instead of my usual shorts.

Top down it was with a light jacket. It's usually too hot for me to work on cars (oil changes and maint. only as I'm no mechanic) in the summertime. I do it but hate the heat. This time of year is allot better for that kind of thing.

[Old Moparz]

Sounds like you have a few choices on repairing your wife's car.

1)   Freeze your butt off in the driveway.

2)   Roll out one of the projects, throw a cover over it, & work inside.

3)   Pay someone that has a heated shop to do the repair.

4)   Buy your wife a brand new car & sell the broken one.

I'd go the route of my second choice & I have done that many times.

[70charginglizard]

Well at least you have your priorities straight as to which vehicles deserve to be in the garage. 

[charger01]

Sounds like you have a few choices on repairing your wife's car.

1)   Freeze your butt off in the driveway.

2)   Roll out one of the projects, throw a cover over it, & work inside.

3)   Pay someone that has a heated shop to do the repair.

4)   Buy your wife a brand new car & sell the broken one.

I'd go the route of my second choice & I have done that many times.

I had to go for option number 1.  I just hope the Chevy stays runnin now.

[mikesbbody]

Well at least you have your priorities straight as to which vehicles deserve to be in the garage. 

i couldnt agree more 

[sick dawg]

Sounds like you have a few choices on repairing your wife's car.

1)   Freeze your butt off in the driveway.

2)   Roll out one of the projects, throw a cover over it, & work inside.

3)   Pay someone that has a heated shop to do the repair.

4)   Buy your wife a brand new car & sell the broken one.

I'd go the route of my second choice & I have done that many times.

 

You forgot number 5, make the wife change the thing herself!!!

[41husk]

Not a good idea, The wife owns parts that could be much more exspensive to replace, and much more fun to play with

[1969chargerrtse]

I have a 2 car garage also.  I should throw the wife's transport mini van outside, but I just couldn't do that to my wife, she's a good one.  So the charger is apart and pushed up to shelves in the front almost to touch, and the hood and bumper shoved over to the right side, almost touching the body, and my Wheel horse tractor with plow mind you just kissing the rear bumper.  There is no way to get to anyside of the car and I have about 1,000 detail items to tend to. Sad, very sad, but what the heck, I only paid 30,000.00 for it.
I would also roll a car out, do my duty, roll it back in.  Best of Luck.

[aussiemuscle]

why does a 5 yo need a car?  stop pretending, we know it's actually for you 

[Dave22443]

why does a 5 yo need a car?  stop pretending, we know it's actually for you 

Well, in my case, I was looking for a car for my son because he's a Mopar nut just like his daddy.  My thinking was, I would try to pick something up and store it away for him so he could have some classic iron to be proud of (and use it to learn how to restore a car himself).  The reason I wanted to get one sooner rather than later was because I figured if I waited until he was old enough to drive, then I either a) wouldn't be able to afford it anymore, or b) wouldn't be able to find one.

As it turned out, a friend of mine who had to many projects already, found out about my plan and gave him a 1970 Sport Satellite.  The car was quite rough to be sure, the interior was trash, the body was full of holes where he had cut out the rust, it had been stripped to bare metal years earlier and was now heavily surface rusted and the engine was locked up, but it was the perfect "learn how to do it" car.

Today, it has new seats, carpet and headliner, all the rust has been removed and repaired (except frame rails and trunk pan) and the car has been fully primered, and I was even able to unstick the 318 and got it running like a sewing machine.

I'm using this car as a teaching aid for both me and my son, but the fact that its a running working car now is a nice bonus.  But the best part is, he's very proud of it and he loves working on it with me.  It gives us a chance to bond.

So yes, he does need it.