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Steve Martin relayed a great story from the early 70’s:
“At the time, I had a 70 Chevelle 454. One night we were all hanging out in South Plainfield on Park Avenue. Two guys from Plainfield showed up with a fiberglass nosed, Ford pick up truck. They wanted to street race on Park Avenue where we all raced, just off of Oaktree and Park Avenue. These two guys walked into the wrong crowd. We collected the cash and got ready to race. After the money was taken by a neutral guy, Wickberg showed his hand when someone from the crowd yelled out that the car had a Hemi. With two minutes to go before the race, the slicks came out of the trunk of the car and the next thing you know, the two guys took off for the hills when they heard this was a smoking 13:1, cammed, hemi car. Wickberg would never show the motor to anyone, which to my satisfaction drove everyone completely crazy.” |
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Love this story! I am not even a Dodge guy... https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ins/3gears.gif
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I've been looking for one of "The 500" Superior Industries red metal flake wheels for a few years now. I always thought it would look nicely vintage on the car. It will also save the wear and tear on the original factory wheel's delicate woodgrain finish that my 200 or so miles a year have put on it over the past quarter century.
The early Father's Day gift arrived yesterday and I immediately installed it. Only took about 10 minutes with the still-available Grant adapter kit and horn button. There's nothing like what a vintage hunk of 40 year-old, metal flaked, rubber and chrome will do to irritate the stock-o-philes. We have our first cruise night tomorrow. We'll see what the reaction is. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif http://i466.photobucket.com/albums/r.../redwheel1.jpg |
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Nice touch Mac! Your photo lighting even makes it look like a retro vintage shot! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif
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There's nothing like what a vintage hunk of 40 year-old, metal flaked, rubber and chrome will do to irritate the stock-o-philes. [/ QUOTE ] LMAO! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/haha.gif VERY COOL Steve! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif |
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I can't park my car next to yours anymore...... https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ins/tongue.gif
PS: What about Tues??? https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/hmmm.gif |
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-------What, Verne,,,All the red metalflake wheels gone now???.........Bill S
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Ok, so here's today's Twilight Zone episode.
I guess the car likes the new steering wheel based on the odometer reading...and no it's not 666.666. Here is the odometer reading when I bought the car in the Summer of 1987: 12,234.75 http://i466.photobucket.com/albums/r...b/origodo1.jpg And here is the odometer reading this evening when I pulled into the garage after going to the local cruise night: 17,234.75. You can see the original yellowed numerals 1-234.7 lining back up perfectly in order. Only the "7" is the bright number as it was hidden behind the dial for so many years. http://i466.photobucket.com/albums/r...odo053009a.jpg Any questions? |
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It's most definitely Haunted! No question about it.
And, No. .....Steve asked me if I had any "spares" of my red flake wheel, and I've never bought another. Just the one that's still on my car now. You know, Steve......they did make a black glitter wheel too. (silver sparkles) I think you should look for one of those to better match the interior. But then, you wouldn't receive the 2" eyebrow raise that red one would produce..... https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/naughty.gif PS: Don't shoot yourself in the foot.........(private joke) Verne https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/beers.gif |
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Wow, that black metal flake wheel sounds neat. Probably looks like a custom bowling ball. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif
I do like the red glitter wheel. Got a lot of compliments at the cruise night. Then again, any time someone was about to say they didn't like it, you'd see a flash of light and then they were gone...poof! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/naughty.gif |
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All these years and njsteve has yet to realize that only one digit in his odometer works......
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LOL! How's this one from last Summer Mr. Doubty-Pants?
http://i466.photobucket.com/albums/r...b/S7001656.jpg Don't make the car mad, Charley. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/no.gif She has relatives in your garage. Remember that FE5 red hemi Challenger? I'll tell her you were just kidding. |
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Happy 40th birthday!
I just remembered the haunted monster was built 40 years ago today: December 8th (which was a Monday back in Dec '69). I think I'll let the car sleep in today...and the next 120 days or so. Happy 40th!
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Let sleeping Chargers lie https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/smile.gif Plus there is salt on the roads https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/frown.gif
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Steve,
I wonder if it gets more "cranky" like the rest of us do as we get older? Make sure you say something nice to it before you turn the key the next time https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/scholar.gif And don't try to get it moving too early in the morning.....https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...s/rolleyes.gif |
Lordy Lordy! My car is 40
I think "curmudgeonly" is the more accurate term...just like its owner.
She seems to be snoozing happily while I work on the Poncho in the next stall. Though, I think she kinda looks down on those post-1970, low-compression, GM cars. She's one hauntingly possessed Diva. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/burnout.gif |
Out of hibernation!
Took "The Diva" out for the first run of the year. Had both kids in the car. My daughter had just seen American Graffiti in her film class in high school and astonishingly wanted me to rev the engine and do a burn out from every stoplight. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif
Seemed like everybody had the same idea today. As I pulled onto the main road I saw a beautiful, black 1969 GTO ragtop cruise by, and a few minutes later a green 1968 Mustang GTA 390. Now that she's been educationally "enlightened" by her elitist film class experience, it now seems she's really into cars (finally). https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/beers.gif |
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Back into hibernation!
Jeez, I just realized that the only time this car was on the road this entire year was that one drive back in March. I've been spending so much time on the T/A I forgot I had this car. Started her up to get the Stabil fuel stabilizer through the fuel system today, just in time to put her to bed for the winter.
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hey steve.
I just saw this thread for the first time. amazing car by the way. i think a caught a shot or 2 of your car at musclepalooza a few years back. Im pretty sure you won best of show right? http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w...0527071559.jpg |
The red Hemi Charger saga continues...
Yup, that was me and "the other woman" at Musclepalooza 2007. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/naughty.gif[/img]
I think she won best Mopar or Dodge or best red 70 charger driven by a crabby old guy in a cowboy hat? There were a lot of awesome cars there that year. Here's a youtube link from that show, with the car sounding angry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vftND...eature=channel and again at the 2:20 time on this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GD2L8...eature=channel You can also see some other guys' cars from this site on the videos. |
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Took her out for the first time this year (the last local cruise night in town for the summer).
Since it was "race car night", I put the original owner's set of 1970 15x4 and 15x7 Cragars on. Those 40-year old Parnelli Jones Firestones were no fun to drive on. On the drive over, I didn't go over 40 mph due to the fact that they have hardened into something resembling bakelite. I even had a bunch of trouble trying to just get out of the garage this afternoon. The car wouldn't back over the small 2"x4" block of wood I use as a wheel chock. The tires would just spin in place. It reminded me of those old AFX slot cars, you had as a kid when you tried to duplicate a real car doing a burn out by holding it in place and hitting the throttle. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img] http://i599.photobucket.com/albums/t...c/S7007175.jpg http://i599.photobucket.com/albums/t...c/S7007177.jpg http://i599.photobucket.com/albums/t...c/S7007184.jpg That 56 Vette in front of my car is owned by a buddy of the guy I bought the Charger from back in 1987. The car has been a race car for a few decades. |
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Neat stuff Steve!
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Steve,
I know that the other woman is up for a new home, but while she is still being seen on the town with you..... buy her some shoes!!!!!!!! Call me for some L-60 Polyglas!!! |
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that charger looks so dam good with those wheels and tires....
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Spent the day printing out some photos and text for the display at MCACN next week.
This one is the sequence of the three prior owners, and their reunions with the car, plus the original mechanic and his son on the right (four generations of his family worked at Suburban Dodge over the years) I have enough of these frames now, with the original documentation and paperwork, I can encircle the entire car! http://i599.photobucket.com/albums/t...wnerrecord.jpg If you are at the show, come on by and say hi. I'll be in the SYC display. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img] |
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We just made it home from MCACN 2011 at 5:00PM Monday, after leaving at 7:00 PM Sunday night. (Stopped for a 5 hour catnap in Indiana at midnight).
Average diesel fuel mileage with the old 95 6.5 Diesel Suburban was 9 mpg for the 1,754 mile round trip. I weighed the rig after a fillup and the total truck and tralier weight was 16,540 lbs (8,550 lbs for the K2500 suburban and 7,900 lbs. for the trailer with the 4,040 lb. Charger inside). I never realized the entire freight train was that heavy! It was an awesome show and I got to meet a great bunch of equally warped individuals (like me). Cant wait for next year. Here's a couple shots of the charger surrounded by "The Ring of Paper".... http://i599.photobucket.com/albums/t...c/S7007501.jpg http://i599.photobucket.com/albums/t...c/DSC05050.jpg http://i599.photobucket.com/albums/t...c/DSC05052.jpg |
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Oh, I almost forgot...another story from the road.
As usual where ever I go with this car, someone inevitably pops up with some more material for the never ending story. I was hanging out next to the Charger and a guy comes up and introduces himself as a doctor who remembers my car from back in 1991 when he was a resident in Gainesville, Florida. At the time he decided to go to his first car show event, which just happened to be SuperFord Sunday at Gainesville Raceway which was sponsored by Dobbs Publishing Group (the guys that put out Mopar Muscle, Musclecar Review, Mustang Monthly, Corvette Fever, Superford, etc). I was a tech editor at the time and me and the girlfriend (now wife of 18 years, or so) drove the Charger up to the event. The Doctor told me how he looked across the staging area and saw me pull up in the Charger, open the trunk and drag out a pair of slicks and swap them out for the street tires. He said I then proceeded to "beat the pants off of every Ford I raced" (his recollection, not mine [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img]) While this alleged superhuman feat was being accomplished he said the "really hot chick" I arrived with was loyally sitting on my street tires in the staging lanes so no one would steal them. He said he has all sorts of old photos of the event that he would send me when he gets back home. I couldn't wait to tell the wife, so I texted her the following: <span style="font-size: 17pt"><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="font-style: italic">"Honey, guess what? A guy here at the show remembered me racing the Charger and beating a whole bunch of cars back in 1991 in Gainesville. He has photos! He said I was with some really hot chick who sat by and made sure no one stole my tires. Any idea who that girl was?"</span></span></span> Her response was as follows: <span style="font-style: italic"><span style="font-size: 17pt"><span style="font-weight: bold">F#$% #*0</span></span></span> She is such a great gal. I really need to get her a new phone. There's gotta be something wrong with those text keys. |
Re: It's HEMI time !!! Compliments of NJSteve
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Good one Steve. Nice to finally meet you and Christine, um, er, [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/blush.gif[/img] I mean your Red Charger! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif[/img] |
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Does the doctor have any photos of the "hot chick"..?? [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/naughty.gif[/img]
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Yes he does. He's sending those, as well. I will post them as soon as they arrive. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img]
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Steve,
I look forward to your updates and getting constant laughs. Dave |
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It was great to finally meet you Steve. We have all enjoyed reading about this and your other cars and it was a pleasure to finally put a face with a name. I glanced over at you several times during the show and you always had a smile on your face and certainly appeared to be loving the show. It was in fact a great time!
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: SS427</div><div class="ubbcode-body">It was great to finally meet you Steve. We have all enjoyed reading about this and your other cars and it was a pleasure to finally put a face with a name. It was in fact a great time! </div></div>
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: SS427</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> I glanced over at you several times during the show and you always had a smile on your face and certainly appeared to be loving the show. </div></div>
Must have been the medication I'm on. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img] But seriously folks, it was an awesome time. It was great to meet everyone. We need secret name tags next year so we can identify each other. Best show ever. Just wish the show location was closer to me...and more frequent. |
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Hey Steve it was really great meeting and spending some time with you. I will keep you posted on the SD my friend just bought. Your meds were really kicking in because you had a smile all weekend long.
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Thanks for sharing Steve...I can't wait for the photos. (BTW, look at Darren looking at your Charger's interior!) [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img]
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