Mopar Muscle Association UK • The Dodge Challenger Message Board

by **dave-r** » 12 Feb 2004 10:08

Membership of the Mopar Muscle Association UK gives you the following benifits;

Assistance for the Care and Restoration of Mopar Muscle Cars

Vibrant Bi-Monthly Mopar Publication ‘Connected’

Club meets at major American Car Events

Quality Club Merchandise at reasonable prices

Discount on Classic Car insurance & service parts

VIN decode service

Club website and internet message board

Free Insurance Valuations

Plus Much More Mopar………

The club website can be found at http://moparuk.com/

by **Captain Beardy** » 29 Aug 2004 10:54

Hey nice one Dave,......
I'm looking to buy my first Challenger at some point in the near
future,( I quite like the idea of importing a nice straight one :wink:

)
and, although the reference books I've got are great, it'll be much
better to talk to a few Challenger owners here in rainy ole Britain

I'll have to join the MMA UK ASAP,......

Cheers Dave,..

Captain Beardy.

by **dave-r** » 29 Aug 2004 11:35

Did you not go to the Mopar EuroNats at SPR? Dozens of Chally owners were there including me.

by **Captain Beardy** » 29 Aug 2004 12:17

Hello Dave,...
Pleased to make your acquaintance mate,..

Err,..no, I haven't been to any Mopar events as yet as it's all a bit
new to me,( though I've wanted a `Chally' for years now ! ).

That's why I'm quite keen to join MMA UK as I might be a tad better
informed for future events.
Anyway, I would've felt under powered turning-up in my Mk II Ford
Transit with it's 3 Ltr Essex V6 :oops:

I was interested to find a company on the Hemi site that built Elephant
lumps in various states of tune

What I'd ultimately like to do is put a reasonably hot Hemi and four
speed manual into a clean straight body,( if I ever find somewhere that
I can perform the task in,( I've all the skills and most of the tools, but
no garage

)I'm fed up of doing every think out side by the kerb :cry:

Nice looking machine you've got there Dave BTW

Speak to yer soon,...

Beardy :wink:

by **dave-r** » 29 Aug 2004 16:57

Do yourself a favour. Move to a place with a garage or at least a car port big enough first. THEN think about getting a Challenger.

I have owned mine for 15 years now and have only just got a garage to keep it in. I was lucky though because I always had a driveway or private area to park the car off the street. No way will it survive parked at a kerb and once you own a Challenger it will swallow your money faster than you can save for a new house so you will be stuck for years.

There is only one man to build you a Hemi engine. That is Ray Barton. http://www.raybarton.com/

Park it outside your house and it will be gone real quick though. Shit, I would steal it myself! :twisted:

by **Captain Beardy** » 29 Aug 2004 18:05

AAwwww me gaaaaaawwwwwddd Dave,..
You've just echo'd and reinforced my my fears exactly in your last post :shock:

I've been holding off buying such a glorious monster for some years
now for those very reasons. I initially got into bikes because at least I
could park the things in my front garden and get them in bits down
in my garden workshop :roll:

It was bad enough when I did the V6
Essex rebuild and transplant into the van, back in `93; Lugging the
bleedin' thing down the back ally and suffering an engine hoist failure
out in the road on my own are not things I want to experience again

Thankfully I've just missed buying a Chally on good old Ebay today,( it went for a bit too much IMHO ).Just as bloody well as then I'd have the
hassle of trying to find a home for it :oops:

I'll have to make do with looking in my books and joining the MMA UK
for the time being,( and talks with your good self of course Dave :wink:

). I don't like putting petrol in my van as it guzzles,so
the longer I can put off playing Kowalski, the better :lol:

I must get along to some of the meets to see the glory in the flesh
though. I guess they've all finished for the year :?:

Great site you've got here BTW Dave. Nice to know there's a healthy
interest in machines of glory in this age of gangster priced fuel and
dickless `smart' cars :evil:

Later mate,.....

Beardy.

by **dave-r** » 30 Aug 2004 10:45

If it is any consolation it took me almost 20 years to get a Challenger from the day I first wanted one.

by **Captain Beardy** » 30 Aug 2004 13:09

dave-r wrote:If it is any consolation it took me almost 20 years to get a Challenger from the day I first wanted one.

I SHALL have my Ray Barton built Hemi engined
Challenger,.....Garage / workshop pending.

by **mopar steve** » 04 Nov 2004 14:40

I'll echo all that Dave already said, BUT, if you think your tranny guzzles juice, just wait 'till you achieve your dream! :roll: