Mopar or no car? Many fans of muscle cars feel this way today, as Mopar’s name is closely linked to the old Dodge performance brand not just because of a huge upgrade catalog on the market. The machines with themed Mopar themed Mopar included the 2021 Dodge Challenger Mopar Drag Pak, a competitor only capable of delivering a quarter of a mile of 7.5 seconds, and the charger for 2023 and Challenger Mopar Limited Editions. They were part of the last call program, originally designed to help both the charger and Challenger go out with a thunder.
However, long before Mopar became synonymous with muscle, it was the Chrysler antifreeze brand. “Mopar” was first used unofficially in the 1920s to refer to Chrysler Motor Parts Corp., and the carmaker kept the word in 1937 when it introduced its new ethylene glycol antifreeze. More parts followed, and in 1953, Mopar opened its first landfill serving Chrysler brands.
The brand dropped the main “P” in 1964 and is now the official supplier of parts of not only Dodge, but also Jeep, Chrysler, RAM and – thanks to the FCA merger – FIAT. But he owes his muscle cars to his pioneer programs for parts of the 60s and 1970s. They helped Mopar deliver the fast parts needed for this muscle, which pushed the brand into the light of the performance floodlights-where to this day shines. So let’s see exactly how the brand went from protection against cold weather to a brave name for hot bars.
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Mopar muscles up
2022 Dodge HEMI Challenger 1968 Super Stock Mopar Package Racer – Dodge
NASCAR and National Association Hot Rod Racing have raised popularity along with the rise of muscle cars, or maybe the vice versa, and Mopar quickly made a name for himself to support racing teams in the series. In fact, Mopar opened a special depot for parts to send competitions in 1964 and launched a special service for the execution of parts until 1968. And yet they are intended for the large Motorsports leagues; Most parts of Mopar Aftermarket were not available directly to everyday motorists. There were not even publicly available catalogs.
If you wanted to get more muscles out of your journey through these years, you had to get into a dealer and we know how greedy dealers worse everything. There you had to talk with parts of what was available and place your order. This finally changed in 1974 with the Mopar Direct Connection program. Supported by a color catalog, complemented by technical drawings and 3D “exploded” views, Direct Connection gave almost all, well, direct access to Mopar’s racing extras. And many people took the opportunity to add some powerful help to their regular vehicles, including the carmaker itself.
Muscle cars that made mopar
Dodge Coronet R/T on a regular background – Dodge
Of course, Chrysler had begun to fill large engines and parts for execution in basic driving machines before. An early example is 1957 Chrysler 300C, which shared a powerful HEMI V8-in this case the mill with 392 cubes, which can use double carburetors with four barrels to boast 390 horsepower.
The first Mopar cars of the classic years of muscle cars are usually considered a 1967 Plymouth GTX and Dodge Coronet R/t. The first is based on the Plymouth Belvedere Midsizer, which was available in body styles of a sedan, coupe and station.
When the model year came from 1967, Plymouth placed two massive V8 on the Belvedere’s new GTX Trim menu: 440-cubic inch Super Commando V8, which could deploy 375 pony and 426-cubic inch hemes, which increased ante to 425 horse. Dodge’s Coronet R/T borrows the same platform and selection of engines, although its 440-cubic inch V8 is called Magnum instead of Super Commando and was further remarkable that it is the first of the cars of this brand to show the “R/T” badge for “Road and Road”.
Today, another name from the past is resurrected and will undoubtedly help the future of the driver Mopar: the new Stellantis leader returns not only SRT (Street and Racing Technology), but also HEI engines and NASCAR TRUCK Race Factory.
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