May - Mopar Club of San Diego

Classifieds
For Sale: LOWER PRICES:
$400 or OBO like new/never
abused wheels off ‘09 Challenger R/T (13k miles; no
For Sale: ‘70 Road Runner 440/6, air grab- TPMS sensors), great
ber hood, Dana, auto, black, $29,999
upgrade for modern
obo John Kosich 858-679-7076
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.
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
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: ‘71
Charger 500
orig 318/904,
blk/blk vinyl
roof, pwr disks,
pwr wndws, a/
c, no rust, complete documentation, 2500
miles on rebuilt engine, 96k orig miles,
asking $15k obo,
Steve.Berroth@ngc.com
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
MAY 2013
For Sale: ‘Orig Slant 6 a/c 270 68’ Dart,
now mild built 440, 8-3/4 3:23 sure-grip,
Kelsey-Hayes frt
disc brakes, factory GTS hood,
vary clean body,
and much more.
Roughly 1k on the motor(have receipts)
Can send pics. Asking 16,500 obo. Robert
520-234-4548 dart_man440@yahoo.com
For Sale: All are OEM parts from my 1971
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
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
When the Mopar Club of San Diego
was founded twenty years ago this
year, the main purpose was to network
with like-minded auto enthusiasts who
were preserving Chryslers, Dodges,
Plymouths, DeSotos and AMC’s.
Nobody thought to refer to the ages
of those cars because everybody was
interested in vintage Mopars back then.
A lot of that interest had to do with the
contemporary offerings from Chrysler
MAY 2013
www.moparclubsandiego.org
Plymouth Dodge, which then were
hardly performance oriented or particularly stylish. Well, except for the Viper.
So, on our last Club Cruise, I found
it interesting that approximately 20%
JBA Racing Cars & Coffee Sun April 14 Burnouts
of the membership made the run, but
are the norm for entries and exits. Tom Ziarkowski
of those 18 or 19 cars, only four were
was there with his ‘67 Cuda,
vintage Mopars.
as was Bill “HemiBoy” Baugh
And what’s wrong with that, anyway? with his ‘65 New Yorker,
I mean, the LX platform Charger in its
and Tom Ferreira in his ‘69
latest two generations is a great car.
Valiant.
And as for the Challenger, well, the fact 44th Antique Drags, Sun
that most of the cars on our run were
Apr 21 Barona Drag Strip
Challengers speaks for itself.
Pat Borovicka was making
Of the four vintage Mopars, two were passes in his Coronet, as
convertibles. One was Steve VanderDave
Schaaf’s ‘70 Challenger, and the other
was Kay Signorelli’s ‘65 Plymouth Valiant. Both owners drove the entire diswere Davey Lancaster in his
tance with the tops down, even in the
Charger, Jim Signorelli in
Borrego desert where the temperature
his Duster, and Jerry Keller
was between 100 and 104 degrees.
whose Dodge shows a Phord
But that Valiant, I gotta tell you,
how to leave at left.
gave a little tug at my heart. It was
Jim
Club Cruise, Sat Apr 27
just recently purchased by Kay from
Pat
Clubmembers Cliff Cunningmy daughter, Liza. It was her first car,
ham, Jim and Kay Signorelli
bought it when she was fifteen. She
Jerry, in left lane
mapped out a nice cruise of
owned it for the following 24 years. It
150 miles or so with lots if
was because of that car, which was a
curves and elevation changes.
disaster of missing parts and the parts
Not to mention
that were there didn’t work, that I joined
Casa Signorelli, the start
changes in temthe Mopar Club as its second member
perature, as well.
after the founders started the Club.
Some 18 or so
But the vintage car hobby is still going
Club cars started
strong. Clubmember Bruce Jamieson
from Casa Signojust finished a ‘69 fastback ‘Cuda for
relli in Ramona
his wife, Cathy. He had help
A steel dinosaur Julian
and headed
from Clubmembers Steve
toward Santa
Williams and Aaron Bourdage.
Ysabel, taking
The car took a Top 10 award
in Payson just last week. You’ll
Don’t miss any curves! Mesa Grande,
and dropping
know it when you see it, as it’s
down to Borpurple. Marc Viau’s ‘64 Hemi
rego via S-22.
Plymouth was recently finIt was over
ished and is as good as it gets.
100º when we
And there’s Milton’s Black Fish
Picnicin’ in the Ramada
arrived at the
on the inside spread.
Xmas Circle
So, I’d say the Mopar Club
Park for a
is havin’ fun with our cars,
picnic. Afternew and old. We have two Club cruise
wards, we headed up the hill to Julian, stopnights coming up, June 13 in Encinitas
ping for root beer floats, and ending at Casa
and June 28 in Escondido, (both 4-8
Signorelli. Four of the cars were vintage Mopars
pm). So, bring your car out.
(no breakdowns), all the rest were late model
No matter how old it is.
Chargers, and Challengers. Oh, and 1 Benz.
-Bob Gough, Yer ‘umble Ed’tr
The Newsletter of the Mopar Club/San Diego
Showin’, draggin’, cruisin’!!!
ProFile
MAY 2013
wanted in a
street machine. And
the ideas
were becoming big.
But, once
again, life
intervened
in the form
of Mikaella
and Micah.
Of course,
Milton and
Chavonne
needed a
family car, so
they bought
a Dodge
SRT Magnum station
wagon (see
PentaGram
Oct. 2012).
But all the
while, his
‘Cuda project
was dormant
in the garage
and churning in the
back of his
mind.
Finally,
in 2005 it
Black
...
Fish
Statistics show that only 20% of the
people who take a car apart put that
same car back together. Are you one
of the 20%? Milton is, and he did it
twice. To the same car.
Ever since Club member Milton
Karahadian can remember, his dad
and his two uncles had Mopars, including a few Chrysler lettered 300’s.
And with an upbringing like that, well,
Milton had no chance to be anything
but a Mopar enthusiast himself. During
his teenage years in Santa Rosa CA in
1978, Milton owned a ‘70 GTX that he
bought for $500. It became the interest
of a guy with a ‘70 340 4-speed ‘Cuda.
Both cars were rollers with missing
engines, drivetrains and otherwise in
pieces. The guy had to have the GTX,
and Milton decided to trade for the
‘Cuda. After high school, Milton found
an engine at a wrecking yard for the
E-Body: a running Gen-1 Hemi out of
a 55 DeSoto. With help from a pal, Milton figured out how to drop it into the
‘Cuda’s engine bay and make it run at
the local strip. Milton also had a motorcycle he had crashed and broke his
leg. While limping around with his cast,
a guy offered to trade a 440-6 Pack
motor and Hemi 4-speed four speed
for what was left of the bike. Milton
took that as a sign regarding the
wisdom of riding a motorcycle
and took that trade, too.
Milton now owned a proper
engine and transmission for his
‘Cuda. But, as often’s the case,
his E-body project stalled when
life sort of got in the way with
college, an extended stay in a
foreign land, and the start of
his career here in San Diego in
2000. But his desire to complete
his ‘Cuda was never dampened,
and four years later Milton
transported the car from Santa
Rosa to his San Diego garage.
It was about that
time that Milton
and his wife,
Chavonne, were
married. Over
the next several years, Milton
developed his
ideas for what he
The only hint that Milton’s ‘70
‘Cuda is not stock are some
minor de-badging, oversize
Centerline wheels and
low-profile Nitto tires. Also,
the Dana 60 rear axle now
carries rear disk brakes.
Left: leather Legendary interior installed by Armando. Milton departed from stock with
white-faced gauges. Right: the
440 is stroked to 512 c.i. and
sports Vintage Air and a touch
of tasteful aftermarket bling.
was time to launch Project Black Fish,
so named because that’s the color
Milton intended the car to be painted.
And Chavonne was right there, diving
underneath to grind and chip off the
38-year old undercoating, among
other tasks. Milton decided that the
440 needed to be stroked to 512 c.i.
and the ‘Cuda needed to have certain
components such as a Shaker hood,
a Rim-Blow steering wheel, and a
Pistol Grip shifter that are iconic to the
Mopar E-Body. Except for large Centerline wheels with grippy Nitto tires,
Black Fish would appear outwardly
stock, including the interior. The
engine bay and suspension would be
treated to modern appearance and
performance upgrades, however. The
Black Fish is Milton’s first complete
Mopar make-over, and yeah, it took a
while. Lots of sleep was lost sweating
the details. It probably cost more than
he figured, too. Milton acknowledges
that he couldn’t have done it without
his friends Mike Mattern and Steve
Williams and of course, Chavonne,
daughter Mikaella and son Micah, on
grinders to remove paint and undercoat, and sandpaper & buffers on the
new paint.
But that’s the way projects of this
scale go. On Black Fish, Milton
removed every nut and bolt, and
replaced them with better bolts and
nuts. Now, he says, he’s nuts.
And as you can see, the result
is worth it.
Milton’s Thanks Go To:
Larry Hofer Corvette Shop
Lee Meyer Special Ed’s Shop
Larry Holt Speed Specialities
Mike at B/E&A Restoration
440 Source
Scott Harms Auto carb rebuild
Steve at Pacific Plating
Bob at SoCal Auto Body
Ed Hanson Mufflers
Summit Racing Parts
Texas Archers Junk Yard
Bob at SoCal Auto Body
Mopars By Julius
Above: Milton & Chavonne with Black Fish at
Jonny
at
Discount Tire Point Loma
Point Loma lighthouse where Milton proposed.
Wade
King Driveline inc.
Top: Sometimes, good things happen to good
Promax Carbs
folks, like the car show debut of Black Fish at
Jim at Hose Specialties
the 5th Avenue Showcase last October and
Legendary Upholstery
taking Best Of Show. A pretty good start.
Dante’s Parts
Top Right: It’s “LOVE” all right, when your gal
gets under the car to scrape undercoating.
Jules D’Addio Wiper Parts
Bottom: Milton’s next project is this
Armando Upholstery
‘39 Plymouth pick up. He’s gonna need a whole And Clubmembers Mike Mattern,
lot of love for that one.
Steve Williams, Jack & Emilio Parra
Upcoming Events
Next meeting @ Casa Machado Jun 12, 7p
•RaceLegal at The Q May 31, June 14, 28
drags,$30/race, $8/watch, racelegal.com
•Barona Drags May 18, 15, 29, June 1, 15
www.baronadrags.com
•Spring Fling Apr 11-12, Woodley Park, Van
Nuys, show & swap, cruise Fri May 10 pm
•5th Jamul Hot Rod & Chili Cook Off, Apr
13, 9am 619-807-4437
•Alpine Car Show, Apr 20, 7am, 1834 Alpine
Blvd, 619-709-4411
•44th Antique Drags, Apr 22, Barona Raceway, www.baronadrags.com
•Streak 40, May 10-12, Campland on the
Bay, Mission Bay
•14th Spring Fest Car Show, May 18 5155
Greenbrier Ave Allied Gardens Community
Park,pre reg $5, gate $10, 619-990-6628
•Mustang Madness Super Show, all makes,
Sat May 18, 11370 N. Woodside De, Santee
$20 before Apr 15, $25 after
•13th Mopars In May, 7a Sun May 19, CA
School For The Deaf, 3044 Horace St, Riversifde, show/swap, $20/$25 day of show
•Cool Expo at the Q, show & swap meet,
May 27, 7-2, $10 entry/$20 show
•Crower Show & Race Sat June 1, Barona
Drag Strip, 10-2 show, 4-midnite racing, $10
entry, racers $40
•26th Fords & Friends, June 8 Felicita Park,
Escondido, $25 before Jun 1/$30 gate
•8th Cops & Rodders, July 6, Scottish Rite
Cntr, $25 by Jun10, $30 gate
•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,
opens 4/12
•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
Classifieds
For Sale: LOWER PRICES:
$400 or OBO like new/never
abused wheels off ‘09 Challenger R/T (13k miles; no
For Sale: ‘70 Road Runner 440/6, air grab- TPMS sensors), great
ber hood, Dana, auto, black, $29,999
upgrade for modern
obo John Kosich 858-679-7076
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.
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
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: ‘71
Charger 500
orig 318/904,
blk/blk vinyl
roof, pwr disks,
pwr wndws, a/
c, no rust, complete documentation, 2500
miles on rebuilt engine, 96k orig miles,
asking $15k obo,
Steve.Berroth@ngc.com
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
MAY 2013
For Sale: ‘Orig Slant 6 a/c 270 68’ Dart,
now mild built 440, 8-3/4 3:23 sure-grip,
Kelsey-Hayes frt
disc brakes, factory GTS hood,
vary clean body,
and much more.
Roughly 1k on the motor(have receipts)
Can send pics. Asking 16,500 obo. Robert
520-234-4548 dart_man440@yahoo.com
For Sale: All are OEM parts from my 1971
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
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
When the Mopar Club of San Diego
was founded twenty years ago this
year, the main purpose was to network
with like-minded auto enthusiasts who
were preserving Chryslers, Dodges,
Plymouths, DeSotos and AMC’s.
Nobody thought to refer to the ages
of those cars because everybody was
interested in vintage Mopars back then.
A lot of that interest had to do with the
contemporary offerings from Chrysler
MAY 2013
www.moparclubsandiego.org
Plymouth Dodge, which then were
hardly performance oriented or particularly stylish. Well, except for the Viper.
So, on our last Club Cruise, I found
it interesting that approximately 20%
JBA Racing Cars & Coffee Sun April 14 Burnouts
of the membership made the run, but
are the norm for entries and exits. Tom Ziarkowski
of those 18 or 19 cars, only four were
was there with his ‘67 Cuda,
vintage Mopars.
as was Bill “HemiBoy” Baugh
And what’s wrong with that, anyway? with his ‘65 New Yorker,
I mean, the LX platform Charger in its
and Tom Ferreira in his ‘69
latest two generations is a great car.
Valiant.
And as for the Challenger, well, the fact 44th Antique Drags, Sun
that most of the cars on our run were
Apr 21 Barona Drag Strip
Challengers speaks for itself.
Pat Borovicka was making
Of the four vintage Mopars, two were passes in his Coronet, as
convertibles. One was Steve VanderDave
Schaaf’s ‘70 Challenger, and the other
was Kay Signorelli’s ‘65 Plymouth Valiant. Both owners drove the entire diswere Davey Lancaster in his
tance with the tops down, even in the
Charger, Jim Signorelli in
Borrego desert where the temperature
his Duster, and Jerry Keller
was between 100 and 104 degrees.
whose Dodge shows a Phord
But that Valiant, I gotta tell you,
how to leave at left.
gave a little tug at my heart. It was
Jim
Club Cruise, Sat Apr 27
just recently purchased by Kay from
Pat
Clubmembers Cliff Cunningmy daughter, Liza. It was her first car,
ham, Jim and Kay Signorelli
bought it when she was fifteen. She
Jerry, in left lane
mapped out a nice cruise of
owned it for the following 24 years. It
150 miles or so with lots if
was because of that car, which was a
curves and elevation changes.
disaster of missing parts and the parts
Not to mention
that were there didn’t work, that I joined
Casa Signorelli, the start
changes in temthe Mopar Club as its second member
perature, as well.
after the founders started the Club.
Some 18 or so
But the vintage car hobby is still going
Club cars started
strong. Clubmember Bruce Jamieson
from Casa Signojust finished a ‘69 fastback ‘Cuda for
relli in Ramona
his wife, Cathy. He had help
A steel dinosaur Julian
and headed
from Clubmembers Steve
toward Santa
Williams and Aaron Bourdage.
Ysabel, taking
The car took a Top 10 award
in Payson just last week. You’ll
Don’t miss any curves! Mesa Grande,
and dropping
know it when you see it, as it’s
down to Borpurple. Marc Viau’s ‘64 Hemi
rego via S-22.
Plymouth was recently finIt was over
ished and is as good as it gets.
100º when we
And there’s Milton’s Black Fish
Picnicin’ in the Ramada
arrived at the
on the inside spread.
Xmas Circle
So, I’d say the Mopar Club
Park for a
is havin’ fun with our cars,
picnic. Afternew and old. We have two Club cruise
wards, we headed up the hill to Julian, stopnights coming up, June 13 in Encinitas
ping for root beer floats, and ending at Casa
and June 28 in Escondido, (both 4-8
Signorelli. Four of the cars were vintage Mopars
pm). So, bring your car out.
(no breakdowns), all the rest were late model
No matter how old it is.
Chargers, and Challengers. Oh, and 1 Benz.
-Bob Gough, Yer ‘umble Ed’tr
The Newsletter of the Mopar Club/San Diego
Showin’, draggin’, cruisin’!!!