Newest and Oldest Mopar Built or Demo'd

[stris141]

Lets hear what was the oldest and newest Mopars you've built and/or driven.
The oldest was a 56 Dodge. It was a Coronet, I think. It was a running car, that a friend left in my back yard, for years. One year, the local PBS station, was having their auction. I got my buddy to let me have the car. I built/painted it. I got a local paint shop, to do, a flame job and lettering. Also got a limo service to take the winning bidder to and from the derby. If I remember right, the guy won best looking, and had a blast with it.
The newest was a 73 New Yorker. I built this, to run up in Truckee, Calif. That was a long up hill tow! I painted it bright red, with big white poka-dots. Got pushed up on the logs , by a 70 something Cad. But I won the make-up heat . Then in the main, I was doing pretty good with it, when I went head to head, with that same Cad. That was all she wrote . I should have used it better . But still had fun with it ;D.

Steve

[Shorty Thompson]

Oldest a 63 Polara . Newest 1987 Newyorker

[Slam_Shifter]

Oldest
'66 Fury Fresh going in to first Show.

Half way through second show. This car was still in stock wire trim and this was a light weld show.


Newest
'78 Lebaron & '78 Aspen
Lebaron



Aspen

[esmith25]

Nice pictures Slam

[Hambone]

Slam where is that track at? It looks familiar.

[Slam_Shifter]

One is Cadiz and one is Carrollton. Thanks Eric.

[S & C MOTORSPORTS]

OLDEST 2- 78 FURYS,78 ASPEN WAGON NEWEST 85 DIPLOMAT

[Shorty Thompson]

Here's a biginning pig of the Polara


Then what I sent back to the junk yard

[Shorty Thompson]

1964 Plymouth Belvedere . I got a lot of help from Redimperial601 on this 1 .





My son in the last of the pics . He got 1 directive from . Don't bring me something back to work with . He got slammed up over a burm , threw a ditch up against a concrete wall . I was on the opposite side of the track thinking that's it he won't get off that ! He refired that 360 and went screaming down that wall and literally jumped the ditch, the burm, and made a hit just in time to stay in the heat . The scratch on that concrete wall is still there .

[stris141]

Good pictures Shorty. And a great story!

Steve

[gfalls]

Nice pictures Shorty, Impressive

Gary

[Shorty Thompson]

The only thing that sent that car to the junkyard was a broken steering box . The Polara,,, It had it on it and the jym wouldn't sell it to me . But I got it anyway ;D .

[chris426]

well the only chrysler to date for me is a 64 imp, and it definately won't be the last mopar, i got a 76 and 78 newport coming my way, a 72 imp, a 63 imp, and possibly another 64 (i hope i can get that lucky.

[chris426]

well the oldest mopar i've built was a 59 imp, the newest was an 8? diplomat, and a 78or9 doba.
the only chrysler that i've ran was the 64 imperial, and here a while back i came across an old aspen that was an enduro car, and i derbied it just for the heck of it.

[slahnen]

oldest was a 64 imperial and the newest was an 88 diplomat. got my first trophy with the dippy in september.

[doba75]

oldest was a 76 newport and the newest was a 87 dippy.

[chryslerfat]

Oldest would be a 62 Imp newest would be a 77 Newport.

[themailman]

this is my '65 dart from this summer.hoping to get one more run out of her.

[themailman]

this is the '63 i ran last year.should have kept it but sent it to the crusher.in the second pic. you can see damage to the roof of my car. backed under some guy and the damage is from his rear end hitting the roof. kinda cool when you look back and can see a drive shaft turning out the rear window.

[chryslerfat]

Looks like those may have done better if a front bumper change was allowed the stockers fold way to easy I know I left the stocker on mine and wont do that agian.

[themailman]

if the rules let me i would have changed the bumpers.pretty much run all stock shows and not allowed to swap. those cars are really tuff though.all the damage to the fronts of both of them is cosmetic. have to replace a bearing in the rear and the one with the pipes will go again next summer. will run against alot of newer junk,hopefully she can win one more heat.then i'll take it out against the big cars in the feature and let them finish it off.

[doba75]

I would love to find a 57 fury 2 door with a 383, 440, or a 413 to rebuild it.

[chris426]

oh yeah, i want one of those, and a driver 61 imperial oh man!!!!! earlier i was watching that movie secondhand lions, and there is a fine 59 imperial southampton in there, fine car

[Shorty Thompson]

Thanks for the compliments guys . What I'd really like to find is a 67/68 Polara / Monaco . Like to rip out some diffys with that thing , lol .

[stris141]

My buddy just picked up a 54 Dodge Coronet. It has a hemi in it. He doesn't know if it runs yet, but it all looks in pretty good shape.

Steve

[Shorty Thompson]

Well I wished I had that hemi .

[chris426]

if plans don't change my newest ran will be a 76 newport this summer, and my dad got a call today at the scrap yard bout a bunch of old 50s and 60s model cars in the woods, hhmmm i'm hopin for some big body chryslers and some 70s hopin 4 some roundies, shorty my dad just got a polara in the junkyard lol,

[chris426]

steve how did that 56 do?? are they worth building

[stris141]

Chris, It didn't really do to well. It was a fun car to build, and paint. But it just didn't fair well, against the newer style cars. If you just want to have some fun, it would be good to do. I would again, just to be silly. And if there's a best looking contest, you would have a good chance of winning that. Keep in mind, this was a spot weld and chain derby.

Steve