THE STARTING LINE

MOPAR OR NO CAR
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Official Newsletter Of
T H E S TA RT I NG L I N E
2002 TMCCC Series Club Champions
April 2003
Club Information
Inside this issue:
Page
President’s Desk
2
More From The VP
2
Meeting Minuets
3
Web Site Info
3
New Members
3
Classifieds
4
Huffines
5
Business Cards
5
Cowtown Show Flyer
6&7
TDC Charger Meet
8
Events, Shows, Activities
9
Denton Race Results
9
Race Team Info
10
The Greatest Cars
10
Mopar of the Month
11
Cowtown Mopars
Is Sponsored By:
Dodge Cars & Trucks
Metro 214-434-1276
The COWTOWN MOPARS PERFORMANCE TEAM is a Mopar enthusiast organization
with it’s own elected officers and operating treasury. Membership is open to ALL Mopar
enthusiasts and owners. You do not need to own a Mopar to join or participate.
Our club address is:
Cowtown Mopars Performance Team
P.O. Box 162413
Fort Worth, Texas 76161-2413
Our Web Page is:
http://www.cowtownmopars.org or http://clubs.hemmings.com/cowtownmopars/
Our Club Meetings:
The Cowtown Mopars Performance Team holds it’s monthly club meeting on the 3rd
Sunday of each month at 4 pm. Meetings are held at:
Spring Creek BBQ 1509 Airport Freeway Bedford, Texas (817) 545-0184
(corner of Forest Ridge & 183 Airport Freeway)
Cruise Night at Scotty’s (820 & Beach) 2nd Saturday of each month at 7 pm
GUESTS are always welcome to join us.
Cowtown Mopar Officers
President: Marc Wadley (817) 220-1016 mw383@airmail.net
Vice President: Mark Buchanan (972) 617-2068 bbuchanan8@juno.com
Secretary: Ken Angyal (817) 465-4344 KVJA54@aol.com
Treasurer: Mike Sonnamaker (817) 454-2651 kc5tze@charter.net
Membership Director: Bernie Powell (817) 246-1600 coyotedst@aol.com
Activities Director: Kelly Hilla (972) 434-2288 kelly.hilla@huffines.net
Newsletter Editor: Dan Robinson (817) 428-8858 or Fax (817) 428-0767 derob@charter.net
Webmaster: Mike Miller (817) 656-3218 greybeard360@yahoo.com
April 2003
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From The President’s Desk
Hello Club Members
It’s Show Time Again!!
I have the red race/show shirts
for everyone who ordered.
Our show is here and we could use help
from the members. So Volunteer !!
Congrats to the race team we still hold
the revolving plaque after Ennis. Everyone has done a really great job.
Elections have come and gone. Congrats
to the new & returning officers. Our
only new officer is Richard Brownell.
Thank you to Mike Sonnamaker for his
hard work this last year. Also thank you
to the rest of the board members for
their hard work as well.
Hopefully this year will be as successful as the last 2 years.
Club Members remember this is
your club, if you want or have
ideas for this next year please tell
us your suggestions.
Thank you for voting for me again this
year.
Thank you again to all the board members and club members for hard work
and being successful.
See Ya at the Show!
Marc Wadley
Cowtown Mopars President
Elections Soon!
Is it your turn to
serve a term in
office?
And More From The Vice President
Hey Mopar Friends,
It is COWTOWN MOPAR ROUNDUP time! I'm looking forward to another GREAT turnout and a GREAT
show! We still could use some volunteers at the car show. PLEASE do
your part in making this years show
the best ever. Contact any board member to see
what you can do to help. We also need a
lot of door prize stuff. Go by your local parts
house, restaurant ...,take a show flyer and ask
for a donation. You will be surprised how
generous they will be.
We have had 2 races in the TMCCC and we
are 2 and 0. By the time you read this I hope
we are 3 and 0. We out scored the vet club by
38 points at Kennedale and 11 points in
Ennis. We keep the roving plaque and are
showing everyone that last year was not a flash
in the pan. Lets keep adding to our lead as the
season progresses. I have missed seeing some
of our regular racers at the first 2 races. I
hope to see ya at the upcoming races. I
sure hope to see some new faces also.
Join us and you will have a GREAT
time.
If you missed our last meeting all of the
previous board members were reelected
except for the Treasurer position. Mike Sonnamaker choose not to run another term. THANKS
to Mike for his service in 2002-2003. I would
also like to WELCOME Rick Brownell as the
new Treasurer.
Don't forget to renew your club membership.
See ya at the show, the races, Scotty's, swap
meet…etc.
See ya soon.
Beep Beep!
Mark
And
Don’t go to Chicago
or you could be
nominated for
Newsletter editor!
HA HA!
April 2003
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Meeting Minutes
The March 23rd general membership
meeting held at the Spring Creek
BBQ in Bedford was called to order
by VP Mark Buchanan at 4:20 pm.
Visitors and new members were
recognized. Danny Henslee gave a
report on the dodge show in the city
of McKinney where Tem Greene, Doug Hardie, Bill Graham were trophy winners. Best of
Show went to our own Cowtown Mopar member Allan Spry.
Morris Counts spoke on the Dodge Charger
meet to be held in Ardmore OK. this upcoming
April 26-27.
March is the officer election month, so last
minute nominations were open . After the bal-
lets were counted all current officers were
re-elected except for out going treasurer
Mike Sonnamaker, who was replaced by
Rich Brownell. In addition the bylaw
amendment rights was also passed.
Cars and trucks for sale and parts for sale
and wanted was the next routine followed
by the 50/50 pot which was won by Sandy
Powell. Ken Forrest spoke on the upcoming
bracket racing event to be held at Kennedale
on June 21, with national sports coverage by
ESPN. the meeting was adjourned at 5:55 pm
Respectfully submitted by:
Ken Angyal,
Secretary Cowtown Mopars
Cowtown Mopars Web Site Info
Hello Mopar fanatics, freaks, geeks
or admirers.....
who missed it...........it was quite funny!
If anyone has some ideas for different
sections they would like to see just
drop me a line and let me know.
We have the new "Kota Korner page
on the web site now. It will fill up
soon as information comes along. We
had a slight language problem with
the web sight just after the end of
March approached. For those of you
Mike Miller AKA MasterBlaster
Larry Huffstutler, Drue Mandato, Michael &
Diane Ring, Mike & Roxane Demboski, Joe
& annetta McBeth, Jeff Koehn, John Fore,
Mark Faught, Keith Williams, Gary Powell,
Don Konz, Charlie Cooper, Pete Phelps, &
Dean Allen.
Whew!
**NOTICE**
"It is time to renew your club membership if you
haven't yet. You won't want to miss out on any of
the club activities or getting your newsletter.
New
&
Renewing
Members
New Members & Club Dues
We would like to welcome the following new
and returning members to Cowtown Mopars.
Welcome
**NOTICE**
This will be your last newsletter unless
you have renewed your membership
prior to the next issue of The Starting
Line.
New members may feel free to contact any of the
club officers at the phone number or email address
on the first page of the newsletter.
Bernie Powell
Membership Director
April 2003
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Classifieds
For Sale
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66-78 Dodge Chargers & Parts - FW/DAL Area. Register with The Dodge Charger Registry at no charge or join and get a newsletter , parts
lists, car lists. Event lists. Call Morris (817) 545-7783 or (817) 980-9411 03/02 See you at the next charger event.
1969 Dart 2dr ht, V-8, Auto, PS, Factory A/c. $2300 1963 Plymouth Savoy 2 dr post $3000 For Sale with Savoy ONLY, big block KFrame, Max Wedge Hood scoop, Max Wedge heads and cross rams, big block push button torqueflight, coated under car headers. 1986
Dodge LWB pickup, 360, A/C, PS, PB, Complete, Trans Bad, body kinda rough, $650 452 heads, 906 heads, headers & intakes much
mopar, big & small block, Call with request. BRAND NEW Dana 60 for 94-2001 Dodge pickup. Call Gene Quick - Day 817-838-6933
Eve. 817-838-8138
Big Block purple shaft hyd. 280-480 run 30 min. lifters indexed $75., 3:23 ring & pinion good condition 489 case $40., 833 4 speed &
hurst shifter from a 69 383 roadrunner good condition $350., B&M Pro Ratchet auto shifter complete $85., Systematic 175 Amp MIG
welder complete Used 3 times since 1998 $900. Call Bob Graham 817-346-0414
All Mopar parts must go. I have years of stuff to get rid of. I have several complete 340's, a couple 340 blocks, one a T/A, W2 heads and
intake, roller cam, flat tappet cams, and more. I also have 440's, one complete race motor and transmission, one race short block. a set of
Indy 440-1 heads and intake, roller cam, heads, cranks. I also have one complete 400. I also have my 74 Dart Sport, a 68 Barracuda project
car, and my 2001 mopar powered dragster to sell. I may have what you need. Call or email. Kim Humphrey 817-654-1713,
sc4579@sbcglobal.net.
1965 Dodge Dart GT, 273 Automatic, body and interior in good shape Runs good $4,000.00 Contact: Bob Icard
rjicard@yahoo.com
817-491-2650 e-mail:
For Sale: 1988 Dakota Reg Cab, Short Bed, Black Exterior, might want to paint. Body Very Good. Has 15" Weld Super Lites w/ new tires
all around. Has non original 318 ci and 727 Auto, engine is bone stock except for Edelbrock Performer intake, 750 Holley, Unilite Distributor. Stock original rear end. It starts, runs, drives good. Exhaust will need to be finished, it currently has Exhaust Manifolds, header
pipes w/ cross over and pipe back to where Catalytic Convertor starts, nothing else. New Catalytic Convertor goes with truck. Has aftermarket floor shifter, gauges, tach and electric fan motor. Make nice street truck or drag truck. Asking $ 4500. o.b.o. Also for sale: 18'
New Wood bed, Raised Floor, dove tail car hauler trailer, brakes, $ 1395.00 Bill Boon (817) 312-0143 or email txtrlrman@aol.com
Numerous Mopar diecast (lots), models, patches, and pins. most are mint in packages. Also Franklin mint Richard petty cars and knife,
along with some other memorabilia. Dave Casperson. 940-648-0485 or caspersond@aol.com
For Sale 1963 Plymouth Fury Convertible 383 4 speed, project car $1800.00 Call Marc (817) 692-4814
For Sale 2 69 coronet 440 parts cars for sale. Wanted: I'm looking for a clean 69 coronet or super bee and 71 road runner.contact Mark for
more info 972-617-2068 or cell 214-727-4324 or bbuchanan8@juno.com
1979 Warlock, 360 auto, needs paint, a/c works but leaks, $4200. Contact Frank Smith @ 817-229-8564. May be at next meeting.
For Sale 2002 Dakota R/T. Here are the list of mods that I have done to the truck. GTS fiberglass hood, APC rollpan, APC Altezza tail
lights, APC diamond clear corners, Bumble bee R/T stripes, Street Scene grille, Billet gas cap, Limo tint, BFGoodrich KDW G-Force
275/40 ZR17 tires, ,Hotchkis Leafs and Springs 2/3 drop, Belltech Nitro Drop shocks, Extang soft tonneau cover, Alpine CDA-7977 Head
unit, JL Audio CS-650 component speakers, JVC 300 watt amp w/ built in crossover, 2 JL Audio W0-8 subs, True Dual exhaust (removed
3rd cat), 2 Flowmaster 40 Series 2 chamber, JBA Ceramic coated headers, Ported MOPAR 1.92 R/T heads (not stock), Crower 1.7 Roller
Rockers, ARP Head Studs, SCE Nitrous Gauge Head gaskets, Polished Aluminum MOPAR valve covers, M1 4 bbl intake manifold w/
turtle and 2 bbl adapter plate, 50mm Flometrics Throttle body, 24# fuel injectors, Edelbrock intake, TPS mod to .725 volts, MSD 6BTM,
MSD blaster ss coil, Taylor 8mm sparkplug wires, Autolite 3923 spark plugs, .Optima Redtop battery. As you can see, I have put a lot of
time and money into the truck. I need to sell it because I am trying to get into school in Europe, and I can't take the truck with me :( I am
asking for a mere $22,000 for the truck, it has well over $10,000 in mods in it and it has 16,000 miles. I bought the truck brand new in
March of 2002. Kris Lenard klenard@centurytel.ne
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Dodge Chargers and/or parts for 66-78, Charger owners for The Dodge Charger Registry. FREE Get a newsletter,
parts list, car lists, events list for 66-87 Chargers. Call Morris (817)545-7783 or (817)980-9411
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Wanted 69 coronet or super bee post car and a good 69 coronet/super bee passenger fender. Wanted 71 road runner, 4
speed(all considered) I'm mainly looking for a good rust free body, but would take a complete car. Contact Mark Hm.
972-617-2068, cel 214-727-4324 or email bbuchanan8@juno.com
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April 2003
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THE 2nd ANNUAL
COWTOWN MOPARS
MODEL CAR ROUNDUP
SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 2003
AT HUFFINES DODGE IN LEWISVILLE, TEXAS
THIS CONTEST IS FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES
AND MULTIPLE SKILL LEVELS
THERE WILL BE MULTIPLE CLASSES,
FROM SNAP TOGETHER TO EXTREME CUSTOM
AWARDS WILL BE GIVEN IN EVERY CLASS
THERE WILL BE A MODEL CAR CORRAL
FOR DISPLAY ONLY
OF PLASTIC MODELS AND DIE-CAST COLLECTABLES
THIS CONTEST HAS A MOPAR THEME
ONLY MODELS REPRESENTING VEHICLES
POWERED OR PRODUCED BY CHRYSLER QUALIFY
FOR CLASSESS AND RULES
GO TO WWW.COWTOWNMOPARS.ORG
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT
KEN CASTLEMAN
PHONE – 972-570-9194
E-MAIL – K.Castleman@verizon.net
April 2003
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Cowtown Mopars Roundup
April 2003
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Cowtown Mopars Roundup Entry Form
April 2003
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April 2003
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Events, Shows, & Club Activities
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Drive In Movies Open every Fri & Sat night. www.thebrazos.com
located in Granbury, TX 24 hour hotline 817-573-1311
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Cowtown Mopars Performance Team Cruise in at Scotty’s is on the
2nd Saturday of the month. N. Beach street 1/4 mile south of N Loop
820, 7-9 pm
Cowtown Mopars 17th Annual Roundup Saturday April 19 @ Huffines Lewisville TX. Be
There!!
Christian Classic Cruisers Sat. evening 5-8 PM April 19
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Pate Swap Meet at Texas Motor Speedway April 24-27
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15th Annual Dodge Charger Meet Ardmore, Oklahoma April 26-27 That’s right Charger
fans. The Beorne meet has been combined with the Kansas meet. Closer for us here in N.
Texas. The meet will be held at Lake Murray State Park. Make plans to be there.
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Sonic Drive-In on Davis Blvd. North Richland Hills 5-9 PM
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Sonic Drive-In Saginaw Pals & Gals 5-8:30 PM
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Cowtown Mopars Spring Picnic River Legacy Park Arlington, Texas Show-Poker Run-Food
this picnic replaces the meeting for the month of May. Watch the website and message board
for more information.
TMCCC Race Schedule Posted In The Race Section
Check the website EVENTS for additional events.
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All Photos this issue courtesy of Marc Wadley, Dean Hill, Dan Robinson, & Morris Counts.
WANTED
Newsletter
Staff to help
With articles,
Events &
Publication.
Denton Race Results
For the club members that did not venture out to the race track today......and you know who you
are.....you missed a great day! We had a lot of people make two and three rounds of racing and a few
who went farther than that! We have got to watch out for Torque Central though, those guys are brutal! They had the final four cars in one class!
Electronics.................Kim Humphries.......R/U
King Muscle................Grady Hentz...........Semi Finals
Street Muscle.............Mark Buchanan.......Semi Finals
Factory Muscle.........Brian Carpenter.......Semi Finals
Pro Muscle.................Mike Pierce..............R/U
Race of Champions.....Rick Mariano............R/U
Mike Hanson............Semi Finals
Hey, I even went three rounds in the Escort! There were 140 cars in attendance with about 32 from
our club. A lot of people stayed away because of the rain I am sure so we took advantage of the
situation!
Mike M.
Contact
Dan
April 2003
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Cowtown Mopars Performance Racing Team
Welcome Racers and Race Fans
It’s RACE TIME!!
See Ya at Races
Go Cowtown Mopars
TMCCC 2003 Race Schedule
March 9 Sunday
March 16 Sunday
April 6 Sunday
Cowtown Mopars Wins with 101 Points
Cowtown Mopars Wins with 74 Points
Cowtown Mopars Wins with 62 Points
Total 237 Points Lone Star Corvette Club 175
April 26 Saturday CHALLENGE HALLSVILLE Hallsville Raceway
Hallesville, Texas Gates open at 10.00 Entry $20.00
CHALLENGE NORTH Thunder Valley Raceway
June 1 Sunday
Noble, Oklahoma Ph. 405-872-3429 Gates open at 9am Entry $20.00
CHALLENGE REDLINE Redline Raceway
June 8 Sunday
Gates open at 8am Entry $25.00
Sept. 14 Sunday CHALLENGE WEST FALL Texas Raceway
Kennedale, Texas Ph. 817-483-0356 Gates open at 9am Entry $20.00
TEXAS MUSCLECAR CLUB CHALLENGE Texas Motorplex
Oct. 26 Sunday
Ennis, Texas Ph. 972-878-2641 Gates open at 8am Entry $30.00
CHALLENGE REDLINE Redline Raceway
Nov. 2 Sunday
Gates open at 8am Entry $25.00
AWARDS BANQUET AER Mfg. Addison, Texas 6:30 p
Nov. 15
Race Report by Ken Castleman
Alan Johnson and Darrel Alderman both made it to the semi-finals today at the Winter Nationals with Johnson making it to the finals and being the runner-up. Alderman lost in the
semi-finals to the winner, Warren Johnson. Alderman was the number three qualifier this
weekend. Stanfield was the number one qualifier in the other Dodge. Looks like that
Dodge may have a good year this time.
The Greatest Cars
Winners from
FW Rod & Custom Show
Jeff Peterson, Bob Graham
Tem Greene, & Tommy Martin
The greatest cars are in Cowtown, USA ….not only in the Fort Worth area but in our own car club. I bought my first
Mopar in October 1964, a ‘65 Barracuda Commando and in 1966 the new Charger. So I have seen a Mopar or two (I’m old,
you know!). This year at the Fort Worth Rod and Custom Show I walked into the show and saw a 1970 black Barracuda with
a red interior. I had never seen the car before or one like it for that matter. It was in an unbelievable condition! It looked better than it did when it was new. It would make you throw rocks at Marilyn Monroe. Well, that is questionable; but it was the
nicest Barracuda I have ever seen.
The words just came out of my mouth…”Whose is that?”. Since no one was around me, I
looked on the show car on the window and the name read JEFF PETERSON. I could not believe he hadn’t mentioned it to me, or someone in the club, or put it in the newspaper, or on
the radio, or shouted it from the mountain top, or ...you get the message. By the way the car
did win OUTSTANDING MOPAR OF THE SHOW and it was well, well, well deserved.
We have a lot of great cars in our car club. In this area you can go to the local
burger whatever on any given weekend and see as nice and unusual cars as you would see in
Las Vegas or Hollywood. I love living here, Don’t you? Lets show and talk about those unusual beauties whenever we get a
chance.
Tommy Martin
April 2003
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COWTOWN MOPAR OF THE MONTH
David Baures 1968 Plymouth Road Runner
The car story: 1968 Plymouth Road Runner
My Mom originally purchased this car after coming home from the 1989 Mopar Nationals.
The car was in need of just about everything, so the restoration project began with my Mom, Dad,
and I all working on various parts. The car was ready for paint in 1990 and was treated to a fresh
shade of Mopar Graphic Red. After selling my 1968 GTX race car, I was able to persuade my Mom
to sell me this car in 1995.
For the past several years I have continued to work on the car and added the
“PLYMOUTH" decals on the rear quarters to make it eye catching. I finished rebuilding the 383
with Speed Pro pistons, polished factory rods, and a factory forged crank. The "452" heads were
treated to big valves and were completely ported and corrected to 86 cc's. I installed a mild Crane
hydraulic camshaft with Crane adjustable rocker arms. I have always liked Holly carbs, so a 750
double pumper was added on top of a Wieand intake. A set of TTI headers and complete 2.5" exhaust system make it sound great. A set of 15" X 8" wheels in the rear and 15" X 7" wheels in
front give the car a great road feel. The factory 4 speed/383 with 3.55 gears make it a great street
driver and lots of fun. Future plans will include a few trips down the 1/4 mile.
Thanks,
David Baures
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