great colors and scallops on this Mopar at the Long Beach Motorama

Fenderwell liners, red. Not just in GM's...

1966 and 67 were the years that you could get red fenderwell liners in GM a bodies,

66-71 had them with the W-30 442 Oldsmobile

These things you probably know... but had you ever heard of the rare option on 1968 Barracudas?
They were shipped in the trunk from the factory for dealership installtion on Fastback and hardtop-only option in '68

Read about it in the Nov 2011 Mopar Muscle magazine, page 64

from 8520bubby.tumblr

a good variety at http://8520bubby.tumblr.com/

Very focused on mopars, with lots of south american examples, Dartsumatra.tumblr

see many more at http://dartsumatra.tumblr.com/

Pro Touring 71 GTX

These 71-72 Road Runners and GTX are similar to the Gran Torinos in that they are visually hit or miss. This is a hit, and probably looks like the coolest example of the 71 I've come across, probably due to the contrast in black and yellow, and the huge meats in back plus the body color bumpers

Awesome finds by 21Studs (where does Nik find such great photos?!)

 I've never seen this Super Bee prototype before, never even heard of it!

from http://21studs.tumblr.com/

Murray Pfaff and friends radically customized a 59 Imperial

The original was in extremely good condition, but it's not that good looking. There is an enormous improvement in the headlight and grill area


very odd proportions, but fun to look at
and it's amazing to see from the bottom most diagram of where the cuts were made, and how the jigsaw puzzle of pieces came together to keep the body lines, just move the bumpers closer together
images from http://www.rodauthority.com/news/pfaff-designs-unveils-the-59-imperial-speedster/ and http://murraypfaff.wordpress.com/

18 spline "Hemi" 833 Mopar transmissions have just been blessed by Passon Performance, overdrive without changing your case, no mods to case or car

http://www.passonperformance.com/images/stories/passon_documents/Passon_Overdrive_Flyer_20091109.pdf for the info, but in a nutshell, here's the good news

21% decrease in rpm in each gear
Stronger than the factory 4 speed
can be swapped into your 833 case with nothing more than a gasket set
$1800 for the kit, $3000 for a complete trans already converted

And you don't have to change anything on the car, not the shifter location, the trans tunnel, the driveshaft.. nothing needs any changes outside of the transmission

Darrell Davis, the guru of the Max Wedge 416 and 413

If there is anything you need to learn, know, or research about the Max Wedge motors, you just need to buy the right book that Darrell has written. you can find them at http://www.kramerauto.com/products.asp?cat=9 and they are very limited print runs, the Max Wedge cars by serial numbers book had only 200 copies printed

Lots of data and cross referencing, like the number of Max Wedge Polaras, number of MW Polara 500 Convertibles, or MW Polara 330 station wagons. Just one.

Plymouth drag race game, dealership promotional toy game

Above images from an Ebay auction that did not get any bids, and the reserve was 79 dollars. 1/2 the next least expensive one I have seen. Achef-half

above images from http://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/summary/thing/17665

above images from http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/1968-plymouth-drag-race-promo-road-runner-gtx-mopar

These were sold at Plymouth dealerships in 1968 and perhaps 1969 as well. They were also sold, from what I understand at the traveling performance clinics given by the late great Ronnie Sox.




images from http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/17665/plymouth-drag-race-game

This drag racing game was given out as a promo by Chrysler-Plymouth. It features cars from the 1968 model line.
The components include six plastic cars (two Barracudas, two Road Runners, two GTXs), three sets of cards (18 for each car type), and plastic pegs. Instructions are printed on the back of the board.
The game features photos of drag racing drivers Buddy Martin and Ronnie Sox. The box cover photo shows the Sox & Martin GTX.

One is for sale on Ebay, and that seller thinks someone needs to part with close to 200 dollars for a board game they'll never play, but sit on a display that no one will likely look at, and won't be allowed to touch. 200? Ludicrous

There are some of these for sale on Craigslist, ebay, etc etc.. and none of them were ever played with, all are NOS, untouched... and they likely will never get used ever.

Damn nice Road Runner, with a better pistol grip shifter than mopar ever thought of

First bit of awesome, hood pins. Simple, and tell everyone right away you mean business

440 with better cam and roller rockers, headers and MSD ignition, rebuilt brakes and new booster with additional vacuum pump

New aluminum radiator with hand made aluminum shroud

Sweet steering wheel and tach

great gauge set where the factory radio used to be

And that great pistol grip

New seat belts, pivot mounted to the roof where the original optional shoulder belt was mounted

275 40/20s. That is a big tire, and gives this RR a great looking stance

Terrific stereo and speaker system, Rockford Fosgate and custom trunk sides

this photo was taken at a car show a couple years ago, notice the cop hub caps and beauty rings instead of the new 20 inch rims