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Mopars By Jack
vintage car & truck restoration, repair,
service 10% off labor to Club members
Mobile Service
Jack E. Henton
619-454-1396
15% Mopar Club Discount on all
Parts, Services & Labor To Clubmembers
8355 Hercules Drive, La Mesa
619/463-9321
For Sale: ‘70 Road Runner 440/6, air grabber hood, Dana, auto, black, $29,999
obo John Kosich (928) 778-0378
Mopar Club Newsletter Ad Rates
•Classified Ads
Club members free
Non-members $10/mo.*
•Club Sponsor Ads
Club members $60/6 months, min*
Non-members $100/6 months, min*
* OR like-value raffle prizes or 15% off
products/services to Club members
760-598-9809, or djjalj@sbcglobal.net
esa
Plumbing Company
619-276-5275
Clubmember Kerry Kohl Lic #515449
Steve Williams
Mobile Welding
Frame Connectors
Spring Relocating
Rear Axle Bracing & Narrowing
(619)988-0778
email: aws1@cox.net
2
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LE
For Sale: ‘68 Valiant race car, (big) small
block,
beautiful
car, add
gas & go
140mph
@ mid9’s in the
1/4, $25k inc. trailer
Bill Ruhlman 619-985-2507
CE
For Sale: ‘71 Charger practically new
parts Firm Feel springs, sway bars, Bilstein
shocks, Magnum Force upper cntrl arms.
440 Source deep oil pan, many stock parts
also Call for details 410-212-1336,
email ajohnson04usna@yahoo.com
For Sale: LOWER PRICES:
$400 or OBO like new/never
abused wheels off ‘09 Challenger R/T (13k miles; no
TPMS sensors), great
upgrade for modern
Challenger SE, Magnum
etc, with 18-inch wheels.
Also, $100 takes original
‘09 R/T shocks and springs (13k miles).Jeff
jc.walker16@gmail.com.
F SAN DI
EGO
1993-20
13
www.moparclubsandiego.org
S
ES
For Sale: OEM parts from ‘71 Dodge Challenger: Complete A/C Heater box w/blower
motor, excellent used condition, no cracks
$300 Front bucket seats, white w/tracks,
good condition $300 Joe
saxman318@hotmail.com 619-764-3121
For
Sale:’78
Dodge
Dreamer,
440 Auto
very
unique.
$8000.00
or trade. See Craigslist San Diego
Steve.Berroth@ngc.com
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As a tangible benefit to being a member of The
Mopar Club, you get free ads. Give Bob a fax
858/292-5344 or better e-mail bobgough@san.rr.com
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SEPT 2013
Hot cars & summer daze!!!
Charger Steve’s Wild Rides,
Sun Aug 18 Clubmembers
Milton Karahadian, Mike Mattern
and Tom Ferreira represented
the Mopar Club at this extravaganza in Pacific Beach. The
guys showed various degrees of
modified Mopars in Milton’s ‘70
Plymouth ‘Cuda, Mike’s Dodge
Hemi Challenger and Tom’s ‘69
Plymouth Valiant.
Picnic By The Bay, Embarcadero Park
North, Sun, Aug 25 It was another hot one
to spend on the waterfront. Dan Harp
showed his ‘67 Dodge Coronet, Bill
“HemiBoy” Baugh his ‘66 Hemi Satellite,
and Tom Ziarkowsky not only represented the Mopar Club, but also Y’r ‘umble
Ed’tr with his ‘67 Plymouth Barracuda
convertible. The Chevy Club was confused as to the year, at
left, so we figured they’d
not notice my car is a
fastback. How does that
happen? I pre-reg’d but
forgot that Mrs. ‘umble &
I were taking the grandboys to the Padre game
that day. I gave my entry
to Tom. The game went
15 innings with a win for
the local team. But we
left at the 7th inning stretch. You would too, if
you had a six year old grandson.
20th Annual Fall Classic, Tidelands Bay
Park, Coronado Sat Sept 7, Mike Mattern
and Milton showed their spectacular
E-Bodies and were awarded well-earned, but small, People’s Choice trophies.
AR MA
OP
D
Classifieds
SEPT 2013
YE
M
If you read my monthly rant after you
the featured Mopar, you’ll know that
I just bought a new Chrysler 300M
Special that’s eleven years old. I say
“new but old” because it has only 4000
miles on the beautiful white-faced
odometer. Well, ok, the odo is actually a digital readout in green lights,
set into the chrome trimmed, white
faced analog speedo. But this got
me to thinkin: Which is better, new cars
or old?
The digital readout on the odo is the
mere tip of the visible portion of the
iceberg that is the digital revolution.
Even at eleven years old, this V-6 is
managed by a computer that activates
the six individual fuel injectors at an
optimum (by 2002 standards) level.
Don’t know for sure, but I’d wager the
4-speed lockup overdrive transaxle is
also managed by a digital brain. And
brakes, you betcha. ABS at all four corner disks. Traction control with a button
that turns it off. Front tire burnouts?
Overhead, there’s a small console
that also has green illuminated digital
readouts. It’s modes keep track of
each tire’s pressure. Even the spare.
Also, real-time mpg, trip average
mpg, how many miles until the tank
is empty, how long the trip duration
has been since reset, and heck,
even how many miles to the next
scheduled service.
And let’s not forget comfort. The
a/c is amazing. The front seats are
power with two memory positions,
including the side-view mirrors. And
they’re heated. Those side-view mirrors? They tilt down when reverse is
engaged. For safety, there’s front and
side air bags, and crush zones.
This makes my ‘67 Cuda seem...well,
primitive. Roll up windows. Vinyl seats
that are more like sitting ON a bucket,
rather than in it. The a/c is anemic by
today’s standard. Need to adjust the
seat or mirrors? Well, you know how
that’s done. The engine is fed by a carburetor, a decidedly a stupid device.
My new-old 300M Special is a car
that I feel like taking out for a drive.
Comfortable, great handling, concerthall sound system... well, I’m not telling
anything to those of you who have new
Mopars. They’re even more advanced
in every category of safety, comfort and
performance than my 300M.
But last Sunday, at JBA’s Coffee On
The Mesa, I put my foot into the Cuda
on an arrival burnout. When I left, I
blasted through the five gears.
There’s just something
about that old iron...
-Bob Gough, Yer ‘umble Ed’tr
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SEPT 2013
my
daddy’s
300 ...
... this ain’t. Nope, my dad hankered
for a Chrysler 300 in 1960, the 300F.
He liked those big ol’ fins. The performance from that big ol’ V-8. And the
plush accoutrements that all 300’s
were known for. Alas, back then, Dad
was raising his family of four, Mom, my
sis and me, on a junior Captain’s pay
from the US Air Force. Even with flight
pay, the Chrysler 300 was out of his
reach. But at the end of ‘60, he bought
a “new” but “used” New Yorker, a less
expensive model by far than the 300. It
was a dealer’s demonstrator, and because it had a few thousand miles on it
and the ‘61’s were on the lot, he got a
deal. It was a four door hardtop, metallic salmon pink with a white vinyl interior and a painted white top. It was big,
and carried the most outrageous fins in
the industry. It spite of its size, it could
fly, propelled by the 413 c.i. 4-barrel
Golden Lion V-8. With that car, my dad
became a Mopar Man. He used to say
that he liked Chryslers “because they
were an engineering-driven company”.
I didn’t know what he meant back then,
but he had a degree in aeronautical
engineering and was a graduate of the
USAF Test Pilot School in 1956. And
since he knew what a slide rule was
for, I figured that he knew something
about that.
We went cross-country from Dayton,
Ohio to Phoenix, Arizona several times
and by far, that New Yorker was the
most comfortable car our family owned
for that trip. I got my
driver’s license in ‘62,
and if I mowed the
lawn I got to drive the
New Yorker. I always
thought the push-button transmission and
electroluminescent
dash lights inside the
clear 1/4 dome binnacle was the coolest. I was dating a girl
back then and I know
that the swing-out
white bucket seats
and pure luxury impressed her, because
we got married a few
years later.
By 1966, Ohio’s
wintry salted roads
rusted that beautiful beast to the point
where my dad traded
her in on another
dealer demonstrator,
this time a Pontiac Bonneville
convertible.
Nice car, 389
4-barrel and
all, but it didn’t
have the measure of that
New Yorker,.
Not in power,
Back in the 50’s, my
gee-whiz dash, or
dad drove a Mustang. It
reliability. After a few wasn’t a Ford, though.
years, dad traded the His was made by North
American.
Poncho for another
end-of-year demonstrator from the local Chrysler dealer.
So, what’s up with this 300M?
Well, it’s a 2002 model that I bought
a couple of weeks ago from
Clubmember Bert Luna. He
bought it new, completely
loaded. It’s a 300M Special,
the sporty model that includes
dual exhaust, tuned and
lowered suspension and 18”
wheels. But what makes it
truly special? It had only 4000
miles on the odometer when I
bought it. Bert had a job, you
Top: taupe colored
see, that supplied him a company car, leather, dark gray
so he hardly ever drove it. The 3.5
trim and white faced
liter V-6 won’t match up against the
gauges make for a
vintage letter 300’s, but with 255 hp, nice place to spend
it does alright. And at just 215 c.i., the some road time.
gas mileage is somewhat better at 18 Above: big windand 26 mpg, EPA rated. As for luxury, shield, low snout.
the seats are leather
all around, with
the fronts heated,
something that the
‘60 New Yorker
could have used
during those Ohio
winters. The Special features faux
carbon-fiber dash
trim and unique
seat stitching. The
steering wheel and
sport-shift knob are
leather wrapped,
and the a/c is superb. There’s power
everything from
four wheel abs disk
brakes to windows
to door locks to front
seats. The overhead
console monitors tire pressure
and fuel economy,
among other things,
and has a garage
door opener button. The stereo has
11 speakers in 9
locations and this
particular 300 was
optioned with the
moon roof and side
air bags. The headlights are automatic, fog
lamps are
included, and
for that vintage touch,
the white
faced gauges
are trimmed
in chrome.
And they are
electroluminescent.
Dad always
thought that
a 300 was
just what
When the 300F came out in 1960, that’s what my dad wanted
he needed,.
to drive. This 2002 carries on the lettered tradition with the “M” But he never
designation. In Sapphire Blue, this beauty is the sporty Special got one. He
model with just over 4000 original miles on it.
probably
wouldn’t
recognize
this
front-drive
Left: a 3.5 liter fuel injected V-6 with
2002 example as a 300 as he knew
255 hp that carried on the lettered
them, but I’m pretty sure it’d bring a
series in the LH platform from 1991
smile to his face.
through 2004. It’s a north-south
As for me, I haven’t quit smiling
engine mount, but it drives the front
since I bought it.
wheels thru a 4-speed transaxle.
Upcoming Events
Next meeting @ Casa Machado Oct 9, 7p
•RaceLegal at The Q Sept 20, Oct 18, 25
drags,$30/race, $8/watch, racelegal.com
•Barona Drags Sept 21, Oct 6
www.baronadrags.com
•Pinnacle Peak Restaurant Fri Sept 13, 5p
7927 Mission Gorge Rd
•OAA Summer Fly-In & Car Show, Sat Sept
14, Oceanside Airport, 10A-3p $20
•Greatest Show on Turf, Sept 15, Cottonwood Golf Course, 3121 Willow Glen Dr, El
Cajon, $25, 619-857-7272
•Coronado Speed Festival, NASNI, Sept
21-22, vintage racing, car show, $25 Sat or
Sun/$35 wkend, + $15 car show entry,
www.fleetweeksandiego.org for entry form
Volunteers FREE, bobgough@san.rr.com
•1st Ramona Rod Roundup, Sept 28,
10a-1:30p, New Life Assembly Church, 424
Letton St, Ramona, donation, 760-239-1450
•21st On The Bay Car Show, Sat Oct 5, 8a2p, Bayside Park, CV, $25
•45th Antique Drags, Sun Oct 6, Barona
1/8th mile, $40 race/$15 spectate
•4th Santee Car Show, Oct 12, 9a-5p,
Riverview @ Mission Gorge, $30 before Oct
6/$35 after
•5th Ave Auto Showcase, Sun Oct 13,
11a-4p,contact Larry Johnson 760-598-9809
for Club entry
•Fall Pow-Wow, Sun Oct 20, Embarcadero
Park, 7a-2p, $25, 619-442-4182
•Fall Fling XVIII, Sat Oct 26, Woodly Park,
Van Nuys, all Mopar show & swap, call Bob
858-292-5344 for caravan info
•Fallbrook Rods & Relics, 7a every Sat,
Sunrise Cafe, Hwy 76 @ Mission Rd, Bonsall
•Cars & Coffee on the Mesa, 2nd Sun,
5675 Kearny Villa Rd, www.jbaracing.com.
•Jack’s La Jolla Classic Cruise, every Sun
7am, 7300 Girard Ave
•Cruisin’ The Lakes Santee 3pm Fridays,
•Cruisin’ Grand Escondido, every Friday,
•Cajon Cruise, every Wed, starts Apr
•Chikin Pie Diner, every Wed, 14727
Pomerado Rd, starts Apr 24
•Clairemont Cruise, Apr 27 5pm 4821
Cl’mont Dr by Woody’s Hot Dogs
•In & Out Burger Poway 11am 12890 Gregg
Ct. (Kohl’s Parking lot) 1st Sat ea month
•East County Cruisers 6:30p Tuesdays,
Tyler’s Taste of Texas 576 N. 2nd, El Cajon
•Ramona Cruise, Sun 4p-8, on Main St in
Albertson’s pkg lot
•Gearhead Gathering, 1st Sat 10-noon
& 3rd Sat 6-8p behind Chevron & Foster’s
Freeze off Waring Rd, www.sdmustangs.com
•Cruisin’ Italian Style, Pernicano’s, 1588 E.
Main, El Cajon, ea. Thur nite
•The Classic Malt Shop every Friday, 5p,
3615 Midway Dr.
•Home Town Buffet 1st Sat each month
9am, 2nd/4th Tues 5:30pm, Main St, E.C.
•Good Ole Boys Breakfast 10am
2nd & 4th Wed, Denny’s 2642 Jamacha
•Coco’s Restaurant 11a-3p, 3rd Sun 16759
Bernardo Center Dr, R’cho B’rdo
•Ruby’s Diner Carlsbad Company Stores ,
7- 9:30am last Sat 5620 Paseo Del Norte
•Fred’s Old Fashioned Burgers Alpine, 1st,
3rd, 5th Sat, 5pm
Mopars By Jack
vintage car & truck restoration, repair,
service 10% off labor to Club members
Mobile Service
Jack E. Henton
619-454-1396
15% Mopar Club Discount on all
Parts, Services & Labor To Clubmembers
8355 Hercules Drive, La Mesa
619/463-9321
For Sale: ‘70 Road Runner 440/6, air grabber hood, Dana, auto, black, $29,999
obo John Kosich (928) 778-0378
Mopar Club Newsletter Ad Rates
•Classified Ads
Club members free
Non-members $10/mo.*
•Club Sponsor Ads
Club members $60/6 months, min*
Non-members $100/6 months, min*
* OR like-value raffle prizes or 15% off
products/services to Club members
760-598-9809, or djjalj@sbcglobal.net
esa
Plumbing Company
619-276-5275
Clubmember Kerry Kohl Lic #515449
Steve Williams
Mobile Welding
Frame Connectors
Spring Relocating
Rear Axle Bracing & Narrowing
(619)988-0778
email: aws1@cox.net
2
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BR
LE
For Sale: ‘68 Valiant race car, (big) small
block,
beautiful
car, add
gas & go
140mph
@ mid9’s in the
1/4, $25k inc. trailer
Bill Ruhlman 619-985-2507
CE
For Sale: ‘71 Charger practically new
parts Firm Feel springs, sway bars, Bilstein
shocks, Magnum Force upper cntrl arms.
440 Source deep oil pan, many stock parts
also Call for details 410-212-1336,
email ajohnson04usna@yahoo.com
For Sale: LOWER PRICES:
$400 or OBO like new/never
abused wheels off ‘09 Challenger R/T (13k miles; no
TPMS sensors), great
upgrade for modern
Challenger SE, Magnum
etc, with 18-inch wheels.
Also, $100 takes original
‘09 R/T shocks and springs (13k miles).Jeff
jc.walker16@gmail.com.
F SAN DI
EGO
1993-20
13
www.moparclubsandiego.org
S
ES
For Sale: OEM parts from ‘71 Dodge Challenger: Complete A/C Heater box w/blower
motor, excellent used condition, no cracks
$300 Front bucket seats, white w/tracks,
good condition $300 Joe
saxman318@hotmail.com 619-764-3121
For
Sale:’78
Dodge
Dreamer,
440 Auto
very
unique.
$8000.00
or trade. See Craigslist San Diego
Steve.Berroth@ngc.com
T
The Newsletter of the Mopar Club/San Diego MOPARHEC
LUB
O
N
As a tangible benefit to being a member of The
Mopar Club, you get free ads. Give Bob a fax
858/292-5344 or better e-mail bobgough@san.rr.com
ARS O
F
SEPT 2013
Hot cars & summer daze!!!
Charger Steve’s Wild Rides,
Sun Aug 18 Clubmembers
Milton Karahadian, Mike Mattern
and Tom Ferreira represented
the Mopar Club at this extravaganza in Pacific Beach. The
guys showed various degrees of
modified Mopars in Milton’s ‘70
Plymouth ‘Cuda, Mike’s Dodge
Hemi Challenger and Tom’s ‘69
Plymouth Valiant.
Picnic By The Bay, Embarcadero Park
North, Sun, Aug 25 It was another hot one
to spend on the waterfront. Dan Harp
showed his ‘67 Dodge Coronet, Bill
“HemiBoy” Baugh his ‘66 Hemi Satellite,
and Tom Ziarkowsky not only represented the Mopar Club, but also Y’r ‘umble
Ed’tr with his ‘67 Plymouth Barracuda
convertible. The Chevy Club was confused as to the year, at
left, so we figured they’d
not notice my car is a
fastback. How does that
happen? I pre-reg’d but
forgot that Mrs. ‘umble &
I were taking the grandboys to the Padre game
that day. I gave my entry
to Tom. The game went
15 innings with a win for
the local team. But we
left at the 7th inning stretch. You would too, if
you had a six year old grandson.
20th Annual Fall Classic, Tidelands Bay
Park, Coronado Sat Sept 7, Mike Mattern
and Milton showed their spectacular
E-Bodies and were awarded well-earned, but small, People’s Choice trophies.
AR MA
OP
D
Classifieds
SEPT 2013
YE
M
If you read my monthly rant after you
the featured Mopar, you’ll know that
I just bought a new Chrysler 300M
Special that’s eleven years old. I say
“new but old” because it has only 4000
miles on the beautiful white-faced
odometer. Well, ok, the odo is actually a digital readout in green lights,
set into the chrome trimmed, white
faced analog speedo. But this got
me to thinkin: Which is better, new cars
or old?
The digital readout on the odo is the
mere tip of the visible portion of the
iceberg that is the digital revolution.
Even at eleven years old, this V-6 is
managed by a computer that activates
the six individual fuel injectors at an
optimum (by 2002 standards) level.
Don’t know for sure, but I’d wager the
4-speed lockup overdrive transaxle is
also managed by a digital brain. And
brakes, you betcha. ABS at all four corner disks. Traction control with a button
that turns it off. Front tire burnouts?
Overhead, there’s a small console
that also has green illuminated digital
readouts. It’s modes keep track of
each tire’s pressure. Even the spare.
Also, real-time mpg, trip average
mpg, how many miles until the tank
is empty, how long the trip duration
has been since reset, and heck,
even how many miles to the next
scheduled service.
And let’s not forget comfort. The
a/c is amazing. The front seats are
power with two memory positions,
including the side-view mirrors. And
they’re heated. Those side-view mirrors? They tilt down when reverse is
engaged. For safety, there’s front and
side air bags, and crush zones.
This makes my ‘67 Cuda seem...well,
primitive. Roll up windows. Vinyl seats
that are more like sitting ON a bucket,
rather than in it. The a/c is anemic by
today’s standard. Need to adjust the
seat or mirrors? Well, you know how
that’s done. The engine is fed by a carburetor, a decidedly a stupid device.
My new-old 300M Special is a car
that I feel like taking out for a drive.
Comfortable, great handling, concerthall sound system... well, I’m not telling
anything to those of you who have new
Mopars. They’re even more advanced
in every category of safety, comfort and
performance than my 300M.
But last Sunday, at JBA’s Coffee On
The Mesa, I put my foot into the Cuda
on an arrival burnout. When I left, I
blasted through the five gears.
There’s just something
about that old iron...
-Bob Gough, Yer ‘umble Ed’tr
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