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Kooky looking gasser '66 GTX, gotta love it

Wanting to make something goofy, Jeff bought a 273 Satellite, and sent it out to get a few crazy upgrades, a 572 dual quad hemi, the straight axle and steering geometry challenge, and the paint job to set it all off.

750 hp to the slicks, though an 8.75 with 3.91s to the period correct Ansen Sprints

full article on this purple beauty at http://www.hotrod.com/articles/sky-high-hemi-powered-plymouth-gasser-rules-street/

it might be me, but this is an instant reminder of the 2013 Plymouth gasser bubbletop in green that Hot Rod featured, and was an indelible mark left on the minds of many HRM readers

even used a kid and wagon in that photo shoot. Coincidence? http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2013/03/this-months-hot-rod-magazine-has.html and http://www.hotrod.com/articles/hrdp-1305-the-gas-bubble-1963-plymouth-fury/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1686223568321025/permalink/1865318393744874/

'69 Super Bee on Power Tour

careful with the volume level on the next video, the music sucks.

Dodge 8 3/4 axle preferences

the 3rd member has a casting, and the 741 gets a lower rating because it has a 1.375 rear pinon bearing
the 742 has 1 3/4
the 489 has 1 7/8

Since all Mopar 8 3/4 use the same diameter pinion U joint flange hole (either coarse or fine spline.) The weakest link if there is one is the same spot for all three.

But, there isn't much of a weak spot, the hemi was using the 8 3/4 so, that's pretty damn good.
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/dodge-8-3-4-strenth.458086/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1686223568321025/permalink/1859540307656016/

http://prova275.tumblr.com/

https://www.mopar.com/en-us/store/parts/restoration-parts.html

From the elegant above designs (pure art)

to the awesome below

the Lawman, unlike all other Mopars, was never sold or processed through a dealership. Even the cars given to the head honchos were processed... but not this hemi dragster that went worldwide on a USO tour to show dragsters to the military. It was handed over to Al Eckstrand, and has never been titled

to the outrageous crazy

if you don't understand why this little black car is outrageous and crazy, try and buy one, or race one.

But it was closed for good and turned into office spaces in Dec 2016 and there's not telling what happened to all the cool inventory and displays

http://autoweek.com/article/classic-cars/walter-p-chrysler-museum-closing-december-good-time
http://www.hotrod.com/articles/mopp-0804-walter-p-chrylser-museum-tour/

This Volare features the Street Kit Car Package and is one of 247 built by Plymouth.

Highly optioned, it is equipped with a 360ci 4V engine with automatic transmission. It features a two-tone paint package, power disc brakes, air conditioning and power steering.

It's had the same owner - a Mopar Club Member and enthusiast - since 1985. It sold new in Wisconsin but has been a meticulously maintained, garage-kept and rust-free Arizona car since 1985. He did get his picture taken with it and Richard Petty.

https://www.barrett-jackson.com/Events/Event/Details/1978-PLYMOUTH-VOLARE--198533

the four “hood pins” screwed to the Kit Car’s hood are totally bogus, the one-piece “hood pin” unit, was made to look complete with a vinyl-coated lanyard.

http://www.hotrod.com/articles/21-cool-mopars-barrett-jacksons-las-vegas-auction/#olympus-digital-camera-860

Available on 1949-1954 Crown Imperials, Town and Countrys, and other large Mopars as an option. It was a 40% increase in brake surface area over the 12" drums of the day... these cars were nearly 4 tons, and the 12 inch drums weren't up to it.

Unlike the common disc brakes used today, based on the common disc brakes that became familiar in the 1965 roll out of Corvettes, these Ausco Lambert had 360 degrees of both sides of the discs in contact with the brake pad liners, like the similar clutch contact method

This illustration shows the stationary, split brake disc. When the brake pedal was applied, twin wheel cylinders pushed the split disc apart so its friction pads made contact with the insides of the spinning housing. Self-energizing action and extra braking force was provided by six steel balls riding in ramp that wedged the disc apart. Metal return springs retracted the works when the brakes were released. The system was designed by Ausco-Lambert (aka the Auto Specialties Manufacturing Company) of St. Joseph, Missouri, and further developed under license by Chrysler. After Chrysler dropped the costly unit for 1955 (improved vacuum boosters gave new life to Chrysler’s drum brake systems), Ausco-Lambert changed the housing material to aluminum and tried to market the brakes over the counter as the “Double-Disc Safety Brake.” Unfortunately, it was overshadowed by European-style, floating-caliper brakes

http://www.hotrod.com/articles/chryslers-pioneering-disc-brake-system-explained/

the press release says that previous limited-edition Mopar vehicles were delivered with a custom owner's kit. I've seen a half dozen come through the used car dept at the dodge dealership I work at, but I've never seen one of these souvenir kits.

According to the Rebel website forum, no one has gotten the kit bag after buying a Mopar 16 so far, Mopar has told those buyers that they aren't made yet, and won't be shipped out from HQ for a while, one owner was told Fiat was going to personalize the (data plaque) birth certificate for each owner

This one will feature Mopar '16 merchandise, a brochure and a unique metal birth certificate that highlights truck specifications, date of manufacture and the proprietary number. Kit contents are stored in an attractive case and packaged in a Ram-branded tool bag.

http://www.ramrebel.org/threads/mopar-16-rebel.1090/page-2

https://www.facebook.com/graveyardcarz/

http://carzhunt.blogspot.com/2016/07/1939-plymouth-quite-lineup.html

http://www.automobilemag.com/news/2018-dodge-challenger-srt-demon-possibly-leaked-videos

On April 13, 2012 during the Four-Wide Nationals at the zMAX Dragway, Don became the first racer ever to run an NHRA Stocker in the 8s, posting an 8.954 ET at 153.88 MPH in his 2008, 5.4-liter AA/S Cobra Jet Mustang.

A racer – both on and off dragstrips – since the mid-Fifties, Fezell had a healthy first-hand appreciation for factory-built drag cars of the Sixties after losing to the likes of Grumpy Jenkins. So in 1975 when he started his car collection, he decided to focus on some of the best high-performance machines Detroit built.

Four Z11s of the 57 ever made, are in Fezell’s collection, plus three factory Cobra Jet lightweight Mustangs, a couple lightweight Mopars, a Ford Thunderbolt, and a Super Duty Pontiac.

And then there’s the muscle cars – a Hemi ‘Cuda, an R-code Fairlane 500, and a Camaro RS/SS convertible among them.

read about it https://www.mecum.com/auctions/kissimmee-2017/collections/lifelong-collection-of-don-fezell/page/all/
https://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2016/10/20/old-reliable-iv-leads-fezell-collection-of-lightweights-and-other-race-cars-into-auction/
https://www.facebook.com/mecumauction/

"Most cars attempt to be everything to everybody. Then there are the rare few that revel in a single objective, rendering them totally irresistible to a subculture. The Dodge Challenger SRT Demon is conceived, designed and engineered for a subculture of enthusiasts who know that a tenth is a car and a half second is your reputation," explained Dodge boss Tim Kuniskis.

Sounds like a line from a Fast and Furious movie which... HUH! Coincidentally! Is ALSO in April of 2017, and you can see the widebody Challengers in the movie trailer for "Fate of the Furious"