MOPARS OF BAKERSFIELD

There are many married people who enjoy the cars they build and own together; Tommy and Tonya Hayes of Durham, North Carolina, are among them. In fact, they met in high school when Tommy still had his four-door Dart.

There is a lot to be said for the Mopar family. …read more

Richie and Pati Reeves of Le Claire, Iowa, tell us that their Mopar story starts when Ritchie was in high school.

Richie and Pati Reeves of Le Claire, Iowa, tell us that their Mopar story starts when Ritchie was in high school. According to him, “That’s when I met Russ …read more

Rumored for Months, the 707HP Supercharged 6.2L and Eight-Speed TorqueFlite Are Finally Here.

Look back at HOT ROD magazine in the 1960s and you’ll find at least one new car test in every issue. As performance dwindled, so did HOT ROD’s interest in what was happening in Detroit. After all, …read more

Can you believe this was the precursor to the Plymouth Duster?

The introduction of the Plymouth Duster in 1970 was ushered in by a truly conceptual car. The Rapid Transit Duster was a corporately-authorized piece of automotive art, designed to get people interested in the new car. The body was …read more

The turbulence of 1967 was seen by some as an awakening and by others as a curse.

The turbulence of 1967 was seen by some as an awakening and by others as a curse. The nation became more divided than ever that year, with a rising social liberalism associated with …read more

See 130-plus photos of the vintage car treasures in stock at Turner’s Auto Wrecking in Fresno, California

We posted a gallery of photos of the 100-acre junkyard of vintage cars at Turner’s Auto Wrecking in Fresno, California, and it boomed into one of HOTROD.com’s most-viewed pages ever. People are delirious …read more

See 100-plus photos of the great junkers, projects, and barn finds at Turner’s Auto Wrecking in Fresno, California.

It’s mind blowing that we’re only three hours south, yet we’ve never been to Turner’s Auto Wrecking in Fresno, California. That changed today, and we hung out there to bring you this …read more

When the 1962 Dart hit the scene, it was initially shunned by car buyers, thanks to a corporate screw-up that shrank the “standard-size” Plymouth and Dodge cars, one year after the 1962 designs were finalized, and a year into their tooling-up process.

When the 1962 Dart hit the scene, it …read more

If you’re not familiar with our True Street Challenge that we hold each year in conjunction with the Mopars at the Strip event, then you‘ve been living under a rock.

If you’re not familiar with our True Street Challenge that we hold each year in conjunction with the Mopars at …read more

See the homemade, 440 Mopar-powered car masher at Turner’s Auto Wrecking in Fresno, California.

The 440 Mopar is the engine of choice for destruction, or so it seems. Lore has it that the Chrysler Chelsea Proving Ground had an impact sled that was powered by two RB engines. Our friend …read more