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When Mopar wasn't cool .........surely you is mistaken

Believe me back in the 70s if you owned a mopar you where treated like a bastard stepchild by Ford and Chev owners, it could of had something to do with all the mopar tail lights they seen.

spchallenger340 wrote:Believe me back in the 70s if you owned a mopar you where treated like a bastard stepchild by Ford and Chev owners, it could of had something to do with all the mopar tail lights they seen.

.............you sound like a man with a good attitude

..............then fill us in SP

Ed Hamburger is another individual who went on to have an extremely diverse and successful career within the world of hot rodding, and who can trace his roots to a successful A-body racing effort. At one time, 340 were his only bag, and his SS/IA Duster was a record-setting showcase for his wares. Ed Hamburger is a legend in NHRA Super Stock classes as the builder of super small block Chrysler cars. He also made himself the main source of high technology parts for the little Mopar V8. So when Ed Hamburger built a Super Modified, you can be sure that it will be super trick FAST! In 1979 his 3020 pound Duster 316 cubic inch small block turns 10.18 at 135 mph. That works out to around 650 horsepower or well in excess of two horsepower per cubic inch from a single four barrel. It was amazing that a small block chrysler pull more power per cubic inch than a Chevy mouse motor or a Ford Cleveland V8? Ed found that the answer involved some Mopar Direct Connection pieces, some special Ed Hamburger pieces, and a lot of time on the flow bench and dyno. Also he would use a special 3.15 inch stroke crank with a four inch bore.So he was my first pick , when I got old enought to have a motor built for my car. I knew the motor was bound to be trick. Ed Hamburger is Mr. Mopar small block to me. Later I found out that my 340 was the last motor built by Hamburger Performance Parts in Wirtz,Va.Hope this gives you a little better understanding for my Love of the small block mopar. Just remember this was 1970 horse power out of a small block, they make it look easy today!

Good story same Hamburger that manufactures oil pans and systems

spchallenger340 wrote:Believe me back in the 70s if you owned a mopar you where treated like a bastard stepchild by Ford and Chev owners, it could of had something to do with all the mopar tail lights they seen.

Agreed, most muscle cars back in our high school were Fords or Chevy's and they gave me alot of crap about my car. They would say R/T = Rank Tank or Road Toad. The pistol grip shifter was referred to as captain blastoff or something to that effect. Very juvenile indeed.

Just so happens the fastest, coolest car on the main drag was a Hemi Roadrunner with a 671 blower. When that guy cruised by everyone stopped talking and just stared in awe.

Don't bet on Mopar fanatics not hearing the name. If you were into drag racing in the late 70s as I was, the Hamburger name was very familiar. As KB and Ed Pink were to Hemis, Hamburger was to smallblocks.
Hamburger now does mainly GM and Ford stuff. He is involved with SLP http://www.slponline.com/

A response from David Hamburger on Moparts;
My father is doing well.

He sold the Mopar business in the early 80's to concentrate on Hamburger's Oil Pans which in turn was sold to fully concentrate on SLP.

Since '91 we've built over 55,000 vehicles for GM including all of the 1996-2002 Camaro SS, '91-'02 Pontiac Firehawks and many other GM Performance Niche vehicles. He's still running the day to day business at SLP and enjoying every minute of it.


-Dave Hamburger
www.slpcamaro.com
www.slponline.com