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MOPAR OR NO CAR This is your LAST Newsletter If you haven’t paid your club Membership Dues 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 [email protected] Vice President: Mark Buchanan (972) 617-2068 [email protected] Secretary: Ken Angyal (817) 465-4344 [email protected] Treasurer: Mike Sonnamaker (817) 454-2651 [email protected] Membership Director: Bernie Powell (817) 246-1600 [email protected] Activities Director: Kelly Hilla (972) 434-2288 [email protected] Newsletter Editor: Dan Robinson (817) 428-8858 or Fax (817) 428-0767 [email protected] Webmaster: Mike Miller (817) 656-3218 [email protected] April 2003 Page 2 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 Page 3 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 Page 4 Classifieds For Sale • • • • • • • • • • • 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, [email protected]. 1965 Dodge Dart GT, 273 Automatic, body and interior in good shape Runs good $4,000.00 Contact: Bob Icard [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] Advertisers— Please update your ads or cancel them! Wanted • 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 • 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 [email protected] Classified Ads are a FREE service to all club members. Ads will run for 3 consecutive issues unless specified by you. Ads may be delivered in person, mailed to club address, or e-mailed to newsletter editor no later than the 1st of each month to appear in the next newsletter. April 2003 Page 5 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 – [email protected] April 2003 Page 6 Cowtown Mopars Roundup April 2003 Page 7 Cowtown Mopars Roundup Entry Form April 2003 Page 8 April 2003 Page 9 Events, Shows, & Club Activities • Drive In Movies Open every Fri & Sat night. www.thebrazos.com located in Granbury, TX 24 hour hotline 817-573-1311 • • 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 • Pate Swap Meet at Texas Motor Speedway April 24-27 • 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. • Sonic Drive-In on Davis Blvd. North Richland Hills 5-9 PM • Sonic Drive-In Saginaw Pals & Gals 5-8:30 PM • 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. • 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 Page 10 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 Page 11 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 MOPAR OR NO CAR We’re on the Web! www.cowtownmopars.org It Takes a Mopar To Catch A Mopar Address Correction Requested Please Return Undelivered Items To: Cowtown Mopars Performance Team P.O. Box 162413 Fort Worth, Texas 76161-2413 Rush To: Next Gathering April 19 at 9 AM At Cowtown Mopar Roundup at Huffines Dodge Lewisville Place Postage Here