Category Archive: eBay Find, MOPAR
This 1973 Plymouth Fury Has Our Interest…Thunderbolt And Lightfoot Family Sedan?!
A few days ago, I brought up the idea of a “moonshine runner” build after being inspired by a couple of Internet finds. The premise is simple enough: a visually under-the-radar car that...
eBay Find: A Homebuilt 1996 Dodge Ram VTS Project, Complete With Built V-10 And Cage!
In 1996, high on the successes of the Viper, Dodge took the super car’s V-10 powerplant and jammed them into the equally successful Ram truck, creating the Ram VTS concept. Concept or not, it...
How Does A Dodge Charger Hellcat’s Aerodynamics Stack Up To A 1969 Charger Daytona’s Radical Shape? Check This Wind Tunnel Test Out!
The story of the 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona is well-known: Ford and Dodge were at each other’s throats in NASCAR racing and had resorted to aerodynamic tricks in order to gain an edge on the...
eBay Find: The Most Unloved Shelby Is Looking For A New Home! Can You Find A Use For A Shelby Dakota?
Ok, so the 1989 Shelby Dakota isn’t going to set anyone’s pants on fire in stock form. Consider it a solid attempt at creating a sport truck and an early shot in the sport truck scene...
This Mashup Of A Cummins Dodge And A Volkswagen Camper Van Is Weird, Creepy, And Just A Little Bit Genius
Between 1974-1993, Dodge made a full-size sports utility vehicle, the Ramcharger. It was always two-door, was solid-roofed after 1980 (prior to, the roof and “cap” area was removable) and...
Want To Bulletproof Your 5.7L Chrysler Hemi’s Internals? Then Check Out Modern Muscle Performance’s New Drop-In Forged Pistons And Rods Kit!
The recipe for getting power out of a GM LS block is pretty straightforward: add turbo and hold on. And it is a successful venture, as we’ve seen in just about every form of racing out there....
Question Of The Day: What Are Your Thoughts On A Moonshine Car Build?
Call it what you will: mountain dew, white lightning, hooch…moonshine just might be the drink of motorsports. The high-proof liquor is the stuff of legends and is responsible for sowing the...
The Parting Shift: Ripping Gears In A Ten-Second Six-Speed Supercharged Challenger
Jay “Speedy” Orrand’s 2009 Dodge Challenger R/T is one bad mother. The namesake behind Speedy’s Garage and the creator and organizer of the ChallengerFest show in Bowling...
Unhinged: Why Does It Seem Like Is FCA Giving Up On Making Cars?
Sergio Marchionne, the CEO of FCA North America, isn’t a stupid man. When he took control of what was the left-for-dead carcass of Chrysler, many people, myself included, expected the third...
This SRT-8 Powered Plymouth Duster Proves That Anything Can Be A Bitchin’ Race Car If You Are Brave Enough To Try!
Dare to be different only goes so far with some people. Instead of doing a Camaro, they’ll do a Nova or a Malibu, just because it’s close enough. Whatever happened to taking the unloved...
Angrier Grandpa: Check Out This Viper V-10 Powered Chrysler 300C Drift Car!
Project Angry Grandpa, our gold-brick 2006 Chrysler 300C, is a pretty stout car for what it is intended to be: a fun mile-muncher that can occasionally go full-kill and have some fun. While the...
Ebay Find: Is This 4-Valve Head One Of The Sold-Off Chrysler “A-925 Project” DOHC Hemi Heads?
When Chrysler took first, second and third at the 1964 Daytona 500, two things happened: it immediately put Bill France on high alert, and it gave the competition…namely, Ford, since GM...
Wanna Beat The Snow Once And For All? Then Look At This Chevrolet Blazer…uh, Plymouth Acclaim?
The midwest is finally past that cute little snowstorm that struck last week. Most of the snow and ice has melted away and what’s left isn’t anything to worry about. That couldn’t...
Dodge’s New “Pick-Up” TV Spot Featuring Hellcats Is An Excellent Take On An Old Joke – Fathers, Lock Up Your Daughters!
I have a childhood friend my age who has a daughter. She’s not yet two, but it’s painfully obvious that in about fifteen years, that he will be in utter hell…she will be the reason...