Mopars at the Strip 2005
Posted: 04 Apr 2005 17:13
I went down to Las Vegas this weekend for the Saturday events. Didn't take my '74 as it's not quite ready for an 800 mile round trip and the gas alone would probably have cost almost $200! Unfortunately, I don't have a digital camera, so you'll have to visualize.
Saw lots of nice Challengers, 'Cudas and B-cars. Only 1 Charger Daytona and no Superbirds. Quite a few hemi cars, and they claimed to have 7 of the 11 (I think) Hemi Challenger convertibles on-site. There was one tent with a "Survivor" banner, yet several of the info placards infront of the cars (mostly Hemi 'Cuda convertibles) had info about the car's restoration , so I'm not sure what constituted "survivor" there.
While cruising the car show section I saw a green Challenger roll by with "LitemUp" on the licence plate, but never got a chance to speak to the owner...I assume he was our very own.
Challengers made a good showing on the drag strip as well, with a couple running in the 11's and 10's. They even had 2 of the Hemi convertibles run head-to-head and they both hit right at 100 mph for the quarter-mile (can't remember the e.t.'s), though they didn't warm their tires properly (probably didn't want to hurt their tires or get sticky black stuff on the paint!).
Saw a black '73 340 car that had had a Hemi transplant that they were asking $48k for, and a shaker 440-6 billboard 'Cuda with an asking price of $148K !
Saw a couple 340 shaker cars ('Cuda and Challenger), but not sure if they were original or not.
They also had the 2006 Charger there and would even let you test-drive one, including a Daytona version! The line was WAY too long for me, so I passed, but I'll be honest it just didn't LOOK like a Charger to me.
All in all, a fun time though.
Saw lots of nice Challengers, 'Cudas and B-cars. Only 1 Charger Daytona and no Superbirds. Quite a few hemi cars, and they claimed to have 7 of the 11 (I think) Hemi Challenger convertibles on-site. There was one tent with a "Survivor" banner, yet several of the info placards infront of the cars (mostly Hemi 'Cuda convertibles) had info about the car's restoration , so I'm not sure what constituted "survivor" there.
While cruising the car show section I saw a green Challenger roll by with "LitemUp" on the licence plate, but never got a chance to speak to the owner...I assume he was our very own.
Challengers made a good showing on the drag strip as well, with a couple running in the 11's and 10's. They even had 2 of the Hemi convertibles run head-to-head and they both hit right at 100 mph for the quarter-mile (can't remember the e.t.'s), though they didn't warm their tires properly (probably didn't want to hurt their tires or get sticky black stuff on the paint!).
Saw a black '73 340 car that had had a Hemi transplant that they were asking $48k for, and a shaker 440-6 billboard 'Cuda with an asking price of $148K !
Saw a couple 340 shaker cars ('Cuda and Challenger), but not sure if they were original or not.
They also had the 2006 Charger there and would even let you test-drive one, including a Daytona version! The line was WAY too long for me, so I passed, but I'll be honest it just didn't LOOK like a Charger to me.
All in all, a fun time though.