Downside
Noel Sheehan from down under New Zealand, bought this ’34Plymouth Deluxe 19 years ago—about the same time hestarted reading Mopar Action. He says that we inspired him torepower this 3-owner classic with a 440/4-speed drivetrain.…
No Steal
Dodge has announced an automotive software upgrade designed to further thwart theft of Charger and Challenger models equipped with 392-cu.-in. Hemi V8 or supercharged 6.2-liter Hemi V8 engines. Using the Dodge owner’s four-digit…
McDart
Mark McDaniels boughtthis ’70 Dart new androlled up 224,000 miles beforeparking it in ’81. He drug it outof storage in ’96 and spent 5years and a ton of bucksbuilding it his way. “His way” isa 700+ HP 493 big block withIndy heads, a…
Clone Home
Jim Brown’s “real” Challenger T/A clone (as opposed to all thefake clones that we see), started life as a 318 auto, brownwith rust interior. In the three years that Jim has had the car upin Utica, MI, he swapped in a 340-6 and 4-speed…
Clancy’s Fancy
Dr. Paul Clancy, fromBloomfield, MI, says we’retough to impress, but he sayshe was determined. OK, we’refinally giving in and are runninga shot of his stock, restored ’68Hemi Road Runner. The carwas built in the Lynch Rd. plantand then…
Shielded
I have a ’68 Coronet R/T, 400, 4-speed, that I have owned for about 10 years. I try to correct as many details as I can (the car was restored, only semi-profession- ally, before I bought it). My friend Hector says I am missing the splash…
Duel In The Sun
Top end desert racing in a Gen 3 Hemi Challenger.
By Scott Longman
HE RODEO KING unfolds what you would want to call a Michelin road map. He smooths out the creases, pointing. “We’re here.” Then, pointing again: “Over here is the…
Get A Handle On It
I recently bought a reproduction Slap- Stick T-handle for my ’71 Charger. The bottom has a bulge and will not fit through the sliding piece in the console top. From what I have been told, they are all like this. How can I make this work?
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A Conversation With Buddy
Buddy Martin on Sox & Martin.
By Cliff Gromer Vintage photos courtesy of Diane Sox
Chrysler Powered
Walter P. Chrysler’s great-grandson keeps the family legacy alive. And, what’s up with Chrysler rockets?
By Cliff Gromer Photos by Cliff Gromer and the Frank Rhodes Archives