CCM News - Capital City Mopars

CCM News
A Car Club for the Chrysler Corp. and American Motors Corp. Enthusiast (EST. 1992)
Volume 22, Issue 9
September 2014
Mopar Muscle Car Magic
September 6
The club will plan to participate in Mopar
Muscle Car Magic at Sacramento Raceway Park on September 6. Spectator Admission is $15. Car Show Entry is $30
car /driver. Non Mopar pit parking is $5.
Gates open at 7 am. Car show judging at
10am. Car show awards at 2pm. This is
an annual event for the club and the club
always walks off with the club participation award. There will be hot dogs and chili provided by the club cooked up by club member Tom Pluth. Sign-up at the general meeting.
Events Coming Up.
• CCM General Meeting, September 2, 7
PM.
• Mopar Muscle Car
Magic, September 6
• CCM Club Picnic,
September 14, 10
AM.
• CCM Board Meeting,
September 16, 7 PM.
On The Inside
Club Information
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News
3
CCM Calendar
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News
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Advertisements
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Advertisements
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News
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CCM Club Picnic & Show n’ Shine
September 14
The clubs annual Picnic and Show n’ Shine is
planned for Sunday, September 14 at Carmichael Park. The fun begins at 10:00 am. The
club will provide the eats so bring your car, a
chair and your appetite for a relaxed day at the
park. There will be no awards given out for the
show n’ shine so bring what you can run. Carmichael Park is located at 5750 Grant Avenue at the
corner of Fair Oaks Blvd in Carmichael. Sign-up
at the general meeting.
CCM Car Club Cavalcade Display
October 4 - November 1
The California Automobile Museum will feature Capital City
Mopars vehicles in the Car Club
Cavalcade display during the
month of October. Move in date
will be Saturday, October 4 at 9
am and the move out date is Saturday, November 1 at 8 am. 5 or
6 nice vehicles are needed to represent the club. Also needed is
memorabilia to be part of the display. Sign-up at the general
meeting.
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Club Information
Board of Directors
President:
Vice President:
Treasurer:
Secretary:
Membership:
Newsletter Editor:
Webmaster:
Car Show:
Activities:
Member at Large:
Bob Berry
Randy Pike
Eric Seifert
Sheila Black
Larry LaDuc
Michael Hess
Norman Benedict
Tom Pluth
Greg Kern
Floyd Black
(916) 925-0336
(916) 835-9605
(916) 448-4132
(916) 484-7759
(408) 221-9047
(916) 987-1606
(916) 985-8523
(916) 283-6112
(916) 791-4718
(916) 484-7759
Staff Members
Property Manager:
Norm Benedict
Competition Director:
Michael Moore
Historian:
Norm Benedict
Legislative Director:
Robin Cole
Publicity:
Norm Benedict
Sales:
Larry Pierce
Sunshine Coordinator:
JoAnn Keear
The Capital City Mopars is a proud
member of the Association of California
Car Clubs and the California Automobile
Museum.
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What we’re all about
Capital City Mopars (CCM) provides a place to share
your enthusiasm and knowledge about Mopars and enjoy the company of other Mopar enthusiasts. CCM
membership is open to anyone interested in Chrysler
Corporation or American Motors vehicles who are
eighteen years or older and have a valid drivers license.
Annual membership dues are $36 for regular members
and an additional $6 per co-member. One co-member is
allowed for each regular member. The co-member must
reside in the same household and be eighteen years or
older. All members and co-members are required to
participate as worker/chairperson in at least one function per year, and it is desired that, in addition, work at
the annual car show.
CCM NEWS
submissions
Articles written by members are not only welcome, they are
vigorously encouraged. The only requirement on the content
of the articles submitted to the CCM NEWS is that it be automotive or Mopar related. Articles can be submitted on CD
(saved in “text” or MS Word format ), e-mailed to the editor,
typed/written on paper and mailed to the club post office box
or presented to the editor. Deadline is the 20th of each
month to make the next month issue.
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CCM At The State Fair
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September 2014
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
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CCM General
Meeting, 7 pm
Mopar Muscle
Car Magic, Sac
Raceway Park
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CCM Club Picnic, Carmichael
Park
CCM Board
Meeting, 7 pm
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Save The Date
CCM Delta Cruise, Sunday, October 5
Veteran’s Day Parade, Tuesday, November 11
CAM Tree Trimming and Potluck, Sunday, November 23
CCM Holiday Party, Saturday, December 6
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2015 Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Coming,
Complete With 707 Horsepower
By Viknesh Vijayenthiran
on the internet
Dodge gave us an early look at
its redesigned 2015 Charger
muscle sedan at the 2014 New
York Auto Show in April, but
the automaker is yet to reveal
the high-performance SRT
version. During the Fiat Chrysler Automobiles five-year
strategy announcement earlier
in the year, we learned that a new Charger SRT will be
launched for the 2015 model year, complete with a supercharged engine.
This led to speculation that the supercharged engine destined for the 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT would be none
other than Chrysler’s new Hellcat, a supercharged 6.2liter V-8 good for 707 horsepower and 650 pound-feet of
torque. We’ve just driven the 2015 Dodge Challenger
SRT equipped with the Hellcat, and yes it’s just as insane
as you'd expect a rear-wheel-drive coupe with 707 horses
u n d e r
t h e
h o o d
t o
b e .
Now we have semi-official confirmation that the 2015
Charger SRT will be just as bonkers. First noted by Road
& Track, the SAE filing for the Hellcat’s power rating
mentions both the 2015 Challenger SRT and 2015
Charger SRT. This means that the 2015 Charger SRT
Hellcat is destined to be the most powerful sedan to ever
hit the market. By comparison, the V-12-powered Mercedes-Benz S65 AMG is currently the most powerful
four-door on the market, and it produces ‘only’ 621 hp.
Prototypes for the 2015 Charger SRT have already been
spotted. The new muscle sedan is likely to make its debut
at the end of the year and go on sale shortly after. Note,
production may be limited, so if you’re interested in one
you had better start getting real friendly with your local
Dodge dealer.
Factory lightweight Dodge D-Dart Trans-Am car
heads to auction from Hemmings.com
In 1966, Dodge offered buyers a performance-enhanced
version of its Dart, built specifically for D Stock drag
racing. With a little bit of work, a few enterprising road
racers discovered that these cars were competitive in the
SCCA’s new Trans-American Sedan Championship series, and a few D-Darts were converted to go fast in other
than a straight line, running alongside their more conventional Dart brethren. A mere 50 Dodge D-Darts were
built in total, and only a handful were ever run in the
SCCA’s Trans Am series; next month, the 1966 Dodge
D-Dart once reportedly raced by “Johnny Dart” heads to
auction in California.
Based upon the two-door Dodge Dart GT with the 273cu.in. V-8, the D-Darts were delivered to dealers with
performance upgrades that included Racer Brown valve
springs, a hotter Racer Brown camshaft, a Holley 4160
four-barrel carburetor, Doug Thorley headers (in the
trunk for owner installation), and a low-restriction air
cleaner. The net result was an output of 275 horsepower,
40 more than was available with the highest output 273-
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cu.in. V-8 otherwise available in Dodge’s catalog. Getting
that power to the ground was the responsibility of a Weber
clutch, a four-speed manual transmission, 8 3/4–inch SureGrip rear differential and a heavy-duty suspension. Lacking
was any kind of warranty coverage, since Dodge was well
aware of how its D-Darts would be used (or abused) by
owners.
All D-Darts were delivered with white paint and a red interior, and surprisingly little was done in the interest of
weight savings aside from deleting the radio and center
console. Most racers quickly took out the installed heater
and associated plumbing, saving an additional 18 pounds of
weight. For competition in the SCCA’s Trans-Am series,
introduced in 1966, drivers were allowed to install a roll bar
(later, a roll cage was mandated), remove the bumpers, gut
the interior, open the exhausts, change the wheels (as long
as a factory-available width and diameter were retained)
and add a racing seat.
Even without a significant amount of development and minus the D-Dart’s engine package, the Dart proved competitive in its new role when Bob Tullius and Tony Adamowicz
captured victory in the Over Two Liter Class, behind the
wheel of a Dodge Dart, in the very first Trans-Am race at
Daytona, Florida. Proving that the Daytona race win was no
fluke, Tullius and Adamowicz followed up by taking victory in a 24-hour endurance event with the Group 44 Dart
at Marlboro Motor Raceway in Maryland.
The Dart’s moment in the Trans-Am sun was short-lived.
Despite the model’s two wins in 1966, Ford took the championship that season and followed up with a second championship in 1967. The following year, 1968, the Chevrolet
Camaro was the car to beat, and by that time, Dodge was
out of the running for the Trans-Am manufacturer’s championship.
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Capital City Mopars
P. O. Box 340426
Sacramento, CA 95834-0426
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First Class
Hot dog cook out
before every meeting
starting at 6 PM!
The Lunch Bunch
Several CCM members have been meeting for lunch at
various locations in town on the last Wednesday of the
month. They call themselves the “The Lunch Bunch”.
This an open invitation for anyone interested in attending. Time is usually 11AM. Larry Pierce is the organizer and you can call him at 353-0965 or mail at
[email protected] to get on the call list. Larry will call
you a few days before to let you know what restaurant the
group will be going too.
Note: Free car club member complimentary passes to
the California Automobile Museum can be obtained from
President Bob Berry or Treasurer Eric Seifert. Passes
can also be mailed with your newsletter when requested.
CCM Members!
Got a business?
Provide a business card and it will be printed in
the pages of CCM News free!
next meeting
Donate Raffle Prizes
Got any items you won at a previous raffle or
bought that you do not need? Consider donating
them to the club as raffle prizes for the general
meeting or the annual car show.
DMV Help Line (916) 657-6560
Tuesday, September 2
at 7:00 p.m.
at the
California Automobile Museum,
2200 Front Street, Sacramento, CA.