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OFFICERS
PHONE #s
President – Robert Vaughan
rev383@yahoo.
com
(469) 879-2552
(972) 276-2934
(972) 271-6189
Vice-President – Ruben Mercado
Secretary – Lee Elms
Treasurer – Jerry Reed
BOARD
Brad Buttermore (8/12)
Gaylen Williams (4/13)
Kevin Mattice (12/13)
(214) 202-7480
(972) 424-7706
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MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE
Andy Wilkins, Chairman
Frank & Charlotte LLano, Assistants
Brad Buttermore, Assistant
andyw4339@ya
hoo.com
(972) 503-2356
(214) 202-7480
EVENT COORDINATION
Ruben Mercado, Activities Director
Brad Buttermore, Cruise Coordinator
Frank & Charlotte LLano, Liaisons
Arthur Clarke, Staff / “DJ”
(214) 660-3981
(214) 202-7480
(972) 503-2356
(214) 946-3867
Volume 30, Issue 2
February 2012
Dallas Mopar Club, Inc.
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ADDRESS
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Dallas Dodge
11550 LBJ, Exit 13 at Jupiter
Dallas, TX 75231
Phone: 214-319-1200
http://www.Dallasdodge.net
MEETING INFORMATION
www.dallasmoparclub.com
dallasmoparclub@gmail.com
Club Meeting 2nd Sunday, 2:00 pm
Spring Creek Barbeque 12835 Preston
Rd. SW Corner of Preston & LBJ
972-726-9002
New Stuff Corner for 2012 Mopar Brand
Richard Petty Signature Series Challenger
www.pettychallenger.com/
http://www.jaylenosgarage.com/at-the-garage/muscle-cars/richard-petty-signature-series-challenger/#item=148302
Jay Leno’s Garage Feature on the Petty Signature Challenger (Link above)
Petty’s Garage, the winningest shop in NASCAR history, took it to the streets in 2010 by producing
performance daily driver Challengers for the enthusiast market. With over 60 years of racing experience,
they took that knowledge and passion for driving and poured it into the 2010 Richard Petty Signature
Series Challenger. With over 600 bhp and 550 ft lbs of torque managed by the Petty’s Garage custom
coilovers, anti-roll bars and Brembo’s Gran Turismo brakes, they have built the ultimate Challenger for the
street. Of course, only 43 customers were given the opportunity to own a 2010 Richard Petty Signature
Series Challenger. But guess who one of the 43 just so happened to be. That’s right. Jay Leno.
Robert Vaughan, President
Howdy Members,
Here it is, February 2012. This warm winter is giving me spring fever early this year, so I’ve been
trying to get some stuff done to my car. I don’t have an inside place to work on it so I have to have
good weather to get anything done. Hope it’s working out for you too.
AutoRama is coming up this month. We will have a club display consisting of entries by Bob-O, Ron
Rendleman, Brad Buttermore, and Chris Pace. Thanks guys for entering your cars! I think this will
provide a good representation of the cross section of the make-up of the club. Again, I would like to
offer my many thanks to Bob-O for the organization of this event for our club. AutoRama runs from
February 17th through the 19th at Dallas Market Hall. Special guests this year include: Wrestler Ray
Mysterio, TV personality Billy the Exterminator, and Texas Rangers Mascot Captain. Check out
www.autorama.com for more info. If you would like to be a part, to help man the club display and talk
to guests about the Dallas Mopar Club as well as gain free admission to the event, please contact
Bob-O to schedule a time and day.
I recently went to a musical event featuring the daughter of a long time club member. Her name is
Phoenix Hart; she has a couple of albums out and is one of the feature artists on a documentary
series called Troubadour Texas. The episode featuring video from this recent event will air Sunday,
February 25th on KTXA 21 at 10:00 pm. So, tune in then and check her out, she’s quite talented.
You can check out Phoenix at her website www.phoenixhart.com.
I have some big and exciting news regarding Mopars at the Motorplex. We have teamed up with the
Motorplex and Mopar Action Magazine and we will be launching the inaugural event of the Mega
Mopar Action Series, the new name of the event. The Mega Mopar Action Series will host 4 events
during the 2012 season beginning at the Motorplex, then Brandimere Speedway in Denver, and
Maple Grove Raceway in Reading, PA, and concluding at Virginia Motorsports Park. The series will
be operated by the same group of national event tracks that manage the Super Chevy Show and Fun
Ford Weekend and they plan to double, or even triple the number of events in 2013. I don’t have any
details yet on how this will affect our role in the event, but will pass along the details as I get them.
You can learn more at www.texasmotorplex.com and www.megamoparaction.com.
Thanks for bearing with us on the distribution of the newsletter. I think we have it worked out now
thanks to Andy Wilkins, Ray Zimmerman, and Kevin Mattice. Everyone, please don’t forget to
renew your membership! We had a minor snag on the website, but all is well now. A membership
application is on the site, as well as a Pay Pal link for renewals and for new memberships.
Remember, Pay Pal is the preferred method for payment, though we won’t turn down cash or check.
Thanks!
See you on the road,
REV
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT……………
Special Note: Clubs “Dues are Due” each January
Dallas Mopar Club Meeting
January 8th, 2012
The meeting was called to order at 2:15pm by President Robert Vaughn. He announced that this is the 30th
year of our clubs' existence.
The minutes of the December club meeting were read and approved as read.
We thanked Ray Zimmerman for volunteering to be our new newsletter editor. We had a big round of
applause for Ray.
Robert doesn't have all of the December bank statements in yet, so it will be next month until he can get started
on the 2012 financial budget.
Kevin Matisse has put some new pictures on the website, and he is still working on the site to rid it of a few
hiccups we've run into.
Race Updates: There will be ten races this year, and there will be two in the month of March. The first one is
March 11th at Kennedale, and the next will be March 25th. (The secretary couldn't write fast enough, so she
didn't get what racetrack it will be held at). Mopars at the Motorplex will be May 19th.
Two of our meetings this year will have to be re-scheduled due to holidays. The April meeting will be
the 3rd Sunday April 15th and the May meeting will be the 3rd Sunday May 20th.
Upcoming events:
February 17th, 18th, and 19th is AutoRama. Bob Ostrowski said we have 4 spots in the show. He needs
to know by the end of this week who wants to put their car in the show
April 15th is the Ft. Worth Cowtown Mopars Show. March 31st is the Mopar Magic Shreveport Show.
The Club Participation Award:
The participation points system is as follows:
1 - point for each club meeting
5 - points for each of our 2 key annual events:
Mopars at the Motorplex
Mini Nationals
3 - points each for our relationship or budget driven events which are:
The PDC Show
The Wylie Weekend Show
The Cowtown Mopar Show
Mopar Magic Show in Show
3 - points each for the top annual organized cruises:
The Wolf City Car Show
The Whitewright Fall Festival
Edgewood Fall Festival and Car Show
1 - point each for all other club sponsored events:
TMCCC races
The Swap Meet
Dyno Day (See Events)
Club picnic,
State Fair, etc.
The organizer of each event will be responsible for reporting participation to the vice president in written
form and it should go to the secretary for record keeping.
Our 50/50 pot was won by Frank LLano. The other half of the 50/50 pot for favorite car was won by Lee Elms
and her 1968 Dodge Dart GT Convertible. (Thank you all for voting for my car)
The meeting was adjourned at 3:15pm.
Respectfully Submitted,
Lee Elms, Secretary
Up and Coming Events:
Cars and Coffee
First Saturday of Each Month
Plano, Texas
For more information http://dallas.carsandcoffee.info/ or
contact Dan Syvrud @ djsyvrud@yahoo.com
Some fun stuff to watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQbCSg_xHbU
Cowtown Mopars, 26th Annual, Roundup and Car Coral
24 SHOW CLASSES
CAR CORAL
SWAP MEET AREA
MUSIC
www.cowtownmopars.com Kirk Maisenbacher mroverlord@tx.rr.com
Sunday April 15th, 2012
Show Times 12:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Registration 12:00 PM - 2:30PM
4:00 PM Awards Presentation
Hosted by:
7740 NE Loop 820
North Richland Hills, TX 76180
Texas Muscle Car Club
Challenge Racing Series: Come race with us!
2012 Race Schedule
www.tmccc.org
21st Annual Louisiana Mopar Nationals Car Show
Date: March 31, 2012Time: 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
Mopar Magic
Auto Club Unlimited, Inc.,
Shreveport, LA
Location: Show map First Baptist Church of Shreveport
543 Ockley Drive
Shreveport , LA 71106
Contact: Tim Smith Phone: 318.453.7027Email: Econowiping@aol.com
MOPAR Magic Auto Club, Unlimited will host the 21st Annual Louisiana Mopar Nationals Car Show
March 31, 2012. MOPAR Magic Auto Club and Feist-Weiller Cancer Center are partners in the fight
against cancer to improve cancer treatment, research and quality-of-life initiatives for cancer patients.
The car show features activities for the entire family and will happen rain or shine. All MOPAR
makes, models and years are welcome.
www.moparmagic.us
DFWLX Modern Mopar Club
http://dfwlxmag.com/
Feature Car: Rod Kaufman, 1969 Dodge Charger
Written by Rod Kaufman
In 1970, my parents purchased the 1969 small block 318 Dodge Charger as a family car, which
became primarily my mother’s daily driver for work. I was at the age when I thought ’69 Chargers
were really cool when they came out of the factory, but I was not old enough to purchase or drive
one. In 1976, I purchased a very nice 1971 Charger SE with a 318 small block. Between my junior
and senior years of high school, I spent the summer doing body work and having the ’71 Charger
painted a midnight blue (originally brown with black leather interior). It also sported Keystone Classic
Wheels. But I always had my eye on fixing up the ’69 Charger so my dad and I swapped Chargers.
In 1978, while I was working in my dad’s auto parts store and machine shop, I bought and pulled a
matching numbers 383 hp motor, along with the transmission, out of our machinist’s plum crazy ’70
Challenger R/T to begin rebuilding it for the ’69 Charger. In retrospect, I should have bought the ’70
Challenger and stuck the rebuilt 383 back in it to keep the numbers intact. Of course, I did not know
then the dollar value they are bringing today.
When I broke down the 383, I couldn’t believe how clean the motor was for having high mileage. The
engine block cylinders cleaned up nicely at .030 and the original slugs were replaced with 11.5:1
TRW pistons. I only had to polish the crankshaft mains and take off .010 from the rods. The cylinder
heads were completely rebuilt and resurfaced at .010. Additional internal goodies included a double
roller matched chain and gears with a hydraulic purple street hemi ground camshaft.
The body of the Charger was relatively rust free with the exception of the rear quarter panels. I had
the body work completed and the underside and engine compartment painted before I installed the
newly rebuilt 383 engine and transmission.
In July 1980, it was time to squirt paint on the exterior of the Charger. The painter at the body shop,
who was a good friend of mine, called me up to come look at how nice the paint turned out. It was
hard to believe the Charger was really starting to come together. The next night after reviewing the
beauty of the paint job, my life took a dramatic turn.
It was the 4th of July and that evening I was out on another passion for speed and thrills, my Yamaha
400 dirt bike. I stopped off at a party and it started to rain so I decided to take my bike home to get
my ’72 Challenger to return to the party. On the way home, I ran my dirt bike head first into a tree.
The accident left me paralyzed from the chest down. The Charger was placed in storage in my
parent’s garage. I sold the ’72 Challenger (STUPID!! J). The Charger has stayed with me through
the years (always in a garage) because of the hard work and sweat that I put into it.
Fast forward to 2008 when I met Gaylen Williams and Robert Vaughan at a DMC car show and they
volunteered many hours of their time, along with other DMC members, to dust off the cobwebs and
get the Charger purring again. Some of the upgrades include a new power steering pump, radiator,
brakes, intake manifold, carburetor, interior carpet and package tray, and a lot of fine tuning. Many
thanks to all those who have contributed to what has now become known as “The Beast”.
Technical Article: Radio’s
1930 CHRYSLER 77: Chrysler 70 and 77 cars were wired at the factory for a new option, the radio.
Chrysler became the first major car to adopt the downdraft carburetor for better fuel distribution. At the same time the
gravity flow vacuum tank was replaced by the cam driven fuel pump, and the carburetor moved from the side of the block
to the top.
CAR TUNES
Radios are so much a part of the driving experience, it seems like cars have always had them. But they didn’t. Here’s the
story.
SUNDOWN
One evening in 1929 two young men named William Lear and Elmer Wavering drove their girlfriends to a lookout point
high above the Mississippi River town of Quincy , Illinois , to watch the sunset. It was a romantic night to be sure, but one
of the women observed that it would be even nicer if they could listen to music in the car.
Lear and Wavering liked the idea. Both men had tinkered with radios – Lear had served as a radio operator in the U. S.
Navy during World War I – and it wasn’t long before they were taking apart a home radio and trying to get it to work in a
car. But it wasn’t as easy as it sounds: automobiles have ignition switches, generators, spark plugs, and other electrical
equipment that generate noisy static interference, making it nearly impossible to listen to the radio when the engine was
running.
SIGNING ON
One by one, Lear and Wavering identified and eliminated each source of electrical interference. When they finally got their
radio to work, they took it to a radio convention in Chicago . There they met Paul Galvin, owner of Galvin Manufacturing
Corporation. He made a product called a “battery eliminator” a device that allowed battery-powered radios to run on
Technical Article: continued
House-hold AC current. But as more homes were wired for electricity, more radio manufacturers made AC-powered
radios. Galvin needed a new product to manufacture. When he met Lear and Wavering at the radio convention, he found
it. He believed that mass-produced, affordable car radios had the potential to become a huge business.
Lear and Wavering set up shop in Galvin’s factory, and when they perfected their first radio, they installed it in his
Studebaker. Then Galvin went to a local banker to apply for a loan. Thinking it might sweeten the deal, he had his men
install a radio in the banker’s Packard. Good idea, but it didn’t work – half an hour after the installation, the banker’s
Packard caught on fire. (They didn’t get the loan.)
Galvin didn’t give up. He drove his Studebaker nearly 800 miles to Atlantic City to show off the radio at the 1930 Radio
Manufacturers Association convention. Too broke to afford a booth, he parked the car outside the convention hall and
cranked up the radio so that passing conventioneers could hear it. That idea worked – he got enough orders to put the
radio into production.
WHAT’S IN A NAME
That first production model was called the 5T71. Galvin decided he needed to come up with something a little catchier. In
those days many companies in the phonograph and radio businesses used the suffix “ola” for their names – Radiola,
Columbiola, and Victrola were three of the biggest. Galvin decided to do the same thing, and since his radio was intended
for use in a motor vehicle, he decided to call it the Motorola.
But even with the name change, the radio still had problems:
When Motorola went on sale in 1930, it cost about $110 uninstalled, at a time when you could buy a brand-new
car for $650, and the country was sliding into the Great Depression. (By that measure, a radio for a new car would
cost about $3,000 today.)
In 1930 it took two men several days to put in a car radio – the dashboard had to be taken apart so that the
receiver and a single speaker could be installed, and the ceiling had to be cut open to install the antenna. These
early radios ran on their own batteries, not on the car battery, so holes had to be cut into the floorboard to
accommodate them. The installation manual had eight complete diagrams and 28 pages of instructions.
HIT THE ROAD
Selling complicated car radios that cost 20 percent of the price of a brand-new car wouldn’t have been easy in the best of
times, let alone during the Great Depression – Galvin lost money in 1930 and struggled for a couple of years after that. But
things picked up in 1933 when Ford began offering Motorolas pre-installed at the factory. In 1934 they got another boost
when Galvin struck a deal with B. F. Goodrich Tire Company to sell and install them in its chain of tire stores. By then the
price of the radio, installation included, had dropped to $55. The Motorola car radio was off and running. (The name of the
company would be officially changed from Galvin Manufacturing to “Motorola” in 1947.)
Mopar’s For Sales
1967 Charger for $4500. They also have a shell of a 66 or 67 Charger in the back of their property. They have a 50
Dodge fastback but it's a mess and all surface rust. The cars are located on East Main St in Grand Prairie between NE
25th and NE 26th Streets . The 50 and the complete Charger look pretty straight. So does the remains of the other
Charger.
Paola Auto Sales
2514 East Main Street, Grand Prairie, TX
(972) 504-2225
Have a car or parts for sale let us know?
Meeting Information
Monthly meeting 2nd Sunday of each month at 2:00 pm, Spring Creek BBQ,
12835 Preston Rd. SW Corner of Preston and LBJ
BOARD MEETING INFORMATION
(Based on current officer and board positions)
January – Robert Vaughan
February – Ruben Mercado
March – Lee Elms
April – Jerry Reed
May – Kevin Mattice
June – Gaylen Williams
July – Brad Buttermore
August – Robert Vaughan
September – Ruben Mercado
October – Lee Elms
November – Jerry Reed
December – Kevin Mattice
Board meetings are open to all club members: Board meeting locations subject to change as necessary
Our Sincere thanks go to Jerry Jackson
for his continuing support of the
Dallas Mopar Club
Dallas Dodge
11550 LBJ, Exit 13 at Jupiter
Dallas, TX 75231
Phone: 214-319-1200
http://www.Dallasdodge.net
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