Making a post on this thought after broaching the topic in a reply I posted, thought I’d toss a new one out about what your life would have been like if Chrysler Corp never existed; kind of a comical slant thinking of George’s guardian angel Clarence, in “It’s a Wonderful Life”.
When I was a little kid when the late 50’s early 60’s Chrysler's were about, I’d point them out saying ‘neat car’ as my folks and older brother told me. Why? No friggin idea. My immediate family was Ford and GM; nothing mopar. Except I had two uncles owning a ’58 Dodge and a ’57 DeSoto…and later a ’64 Fury, all of them I was nuts about. My decade older cousin had bought the Fury new with his dad’s co-signing…and a few months later, somehow talked his dad into getting a brand new ’64 Polara 426/4sp. My uncle took over the payments of the near new Fury keeping it for his transportation. He had a neat Olds Starfire he sold when taking over the Fury. In my family we had some Pontiac's, cool ones, ’63 GP and a couple of GTO’s, among my mom’s cherished T-Birds. I took the ’63 GP to get my driver’s license (389 tri-power all black) and drove it for maybe 9 months before they bought a ’66 bird….then I drove that. I was fortunate to have the wheels in HS as my mom car-pooled 90% of the time working at Briggs & Stratton. My 1st car my folks co-signed on was a ’67 GTO vert (wish I could bring that back Clarence). Then my ever like for mopars took me to my 1st one, a ’70 Cuda vert 383/4speed (aha wish I could get that back Clarence). Well holy chit, did I get the chit from my brother and my mom getting that (my dad was never one to say much so no idea what he was thinking, lol). My mother’s big complaint was the color; but my older bro, being a huge GM guy, always considered mopars crap. Why? Zero clue….as much, why was I a big fan? Same house, same upbringing. Well, he got his *** handed to him in a race with a Hemi against his Ram air IV goat one night back when. Having spent years restoring my ’63 Plymouth (always wanted one of the era remembering my uncle’s) I spent a lot of time getting to learn about Chrysler. Given my infatuation, I did ponder on ‘What if Chrysler never was’? Perish the thought! What would I have spent all my time and cash on? Suppose it would have been GTO’s as they’re a close 2nd beyond mopar. Except, I’d be yelling to Clarence “Take me back! Clarence please take me back…bring Chrysler Corporation back!” LOL. I imagine all of us Mopar guys have a story about what clicked with them about MOPARS!
When I was a little kid when the late 50’s early 60’s Chrysler's were about, I’d point them out saying ‘neat car’ as my folks and older brother told me. Why? No friggin idea. My immediate family was Ford and GM; nothing mopar. Except I had two uncles owning a ’58 Dodge and a ’57 DeSoto…and later a ’64 Fury, all of them I was nuts about. My decade older cousin had bought the Fury new with his dad’s co-signing…and a few months later, somehow talked his dad into getting a brand new ’64 Polara 426/4sp. My uncle took over the payments of the near new Fury keeping it for his transportation. He had a neat Olds Starfire he sold when taking over the Fury. In my family we had some Pontiac's, cool ones, ’63 GP and a couple of GTO’s, among my mom’s cherished T-Birds. I took the ’63 GP to get my driver’s license (389 tri-power all black) and drove it for maybe 9 months before they bought a ’66 bird….then I drove that. I was fortunate to have the wheels in HS as my mom car-pooled 90% of the time working at Briggs & Stratton. My 1st car my folks co-signed on was a ’67 GTO vert (wish I could bring that back Clarence). Then my ever like for mopars took me to my 1st one, a ’70 Cuda vert 383/4speed (aha wish I could get that back Clarence). Well holy chit, did I get the chit from my brother and my mom getting that (my dad was never one to say much so no idea what he was thinking, lol). My mother’s big complaint was the color; but my older bro, being a huge GM guy, always considered mopars crap. Why? Zero clue….as much, why was I a big fan? Same house, same upbringing. Well, he got his *** handed to him in a race with a Hemi against his Ram air IV goat one night back when. Having spent years restoring my ’63 Plymouth (always wanted one of the era remembering my uncle’s) I spent a lot of time getting to learn about Chrysler. Given my infatuation, I did ponder on ‘What if Chrysler never was’? Perish the thought! What would I have spent all my time and cash on? Suppose it would have been GTO’s as they’re a close 2nd beyond mopar. Except, I’d be yelling to Clarence “Take me back! Clarence please take me back…bring Chrysler Corporation back!” LOL. I imagine all of us Mopar guys have a story about what clicked with them about MOPARS!
