It s Show Time! A Note From The President

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1 May 2015 It s Show Time! President: Dean Yates plymouth-man@carolina.rr.com Vice President: Keith Mitchem cornet72318@yahoo.com Secretary: Your Name Here Treasurer: Joe Brown travelman97@yahoo.com Membership: Greg Errett grege@cityofws.org Yes, it s almost Show Time. June 6 th is just around the corner and we all are hoping for a great show this year. I have already put in the order for good weather and now we just have to wait and see what we get (keep those fingers crossed). We have made many changes to our show this year in hopes to have a bigger and better show. We are still in need of some door prizes and goody bag items. So bring the old car out along with a door prize or two, goody bag items, and lots of help. Putting on a car show is always a lot of hard work but as always it can be a lot of fun. We need each and every member to make this one the best yet. Activities / Webpage / Newsletter: Dean Yates plymouth-man@carolina.rr.com Plymouth <-> 2001 Plymouth A Note From The President Have you paid your yearly membership dues yet? If not please do so ASAP. The last time I checked we still have many that have not. We do not want to lose you and we hope you understand when your name is removed but it s only fair to those members that are paid up (yearly dues are always due in April). On May 9 th many of our members traveled to the 30 th annual MOPAR Fun Run at the Farmington Dragway. This was a great show with 193 show cars, many MOPAR race cars, and lots of MOPAR vendors just waiting to sell you a much needed part

2 for your next MOPAR project. The weather was great, the cars were beautiful, and the racing was outstanding as always. This is a club that I m also a member of so I had to work from 7am to around 12 noon but I was able to enjoy the show after my work hours (work hours were fun also; just seeing those beautiful cars rolling in). After getting off my work schedule I handed out almost 200 of our show flyers for our upcoming show. We then had a short meeting a little after 12:30 pm to review our car show needs and other items; you can find more information on this meeting in the Meeting Minutes section elsewhere in the this newsletter. Below are a few pictures taken by me of just some of the beautiful cars at the show. Nice 1971 Plymouth Roadrunner Lovely 1969 Plymouth Roadrunner Beautiful 1964 Plymouth Belvedere Max Wedge 1970 Plymouth Superbird 1 & 1970 Plymouth Superbird 2 Super Nice 1969 Plymouth 340 Cuda

3 A Couple of Really Nice 1970 Plymouth Cudas How About A Couple Of Rare 1969 Dodge Charger 500 s The next weekend on May 16 th there were two automotive events going on in the Salisbury area. First on Saturday morning at the North Carolina Transportation Museum there was an all truck show being put on by a local club. Later in the day at a local Diary Queen they were having their annual Back To The 50 s cruise in. I made it to the truck show and handed out some Plymouth Show information to some Dodge show trucks. I think that I talked an old Plymouth Club member into rejoining our club (fingers crossed). Later that same day Tanya and I gassed up the old 59 Plymouth and made it up to the cruise at the Diary Queen where I also handed out some Plymouth Club Show flyers. Below are a few pictures taken at both events. Three beautiful 1968 Dodge Chargers A 1969 Dodge W200 Rowan County Rescue Squad Truck

4 Two Old Dodge Military Vehicles; Dodge M37 & Dodge M51 Nice Early 70 s Dodge Challenger At The Dairy Queen 1991 Dodge Dakota Indianapolis 500 Pace Truck This weekend (Memorial Day) I m taking a break and Tanya and I are going camping at Dan Nicholas Park. Dean s 59 Plymouth Belvedere At The Back To The 50 s Last Picture Taken A Few Years Ago At Autumn Jubilee (Tanya & Luke (8 months))

5 The next weekend on May 30 th our Plymouth Club all MOPAR show sponsor is having their own 1 st annual show. This show will be one week before our Club car show. Below you will find the flyer for that show. Mike Bucket will be back with us with another installment of Recollections of a RAMCHARGER next month. This month I m using an article with permission from Wild About Cars. This article was done a couple of years ago by Craig Sparkes. As you know I did an article on Tom Hoover last months. I sorry to say Tom passed away a few days after the newsletter was published and for this reason I am reprinting an article done over two years ago about a 1964 Plymouth built by Tom Hoover and Tom Jr. Mike does a great job telling us about the early days of fast MOPARs and we only have a few more of these fine stories from Mike. Thanks Mike for all these great stories and keeping us well informed of the early days of the RAMCHARGER. Remember June 6 th is only a few weeks away. We need your help and we need your cars to make this the best show we ve ever had. Till we meet again, remember to keep those old Plymouths running and on the road, and God Bless you all. Dean Yates, President We will have a few Club shirts and some show T-shirts for sale at our car show so bring a few dollars and pick up one of these fine looking shirts. May Birthdays: Thomas Carroll Martha Carroll Olivia Cox Carman Errett Billy Hardin Ken Jackson Elizabeth Jackson Richard Kaufman Jo Ann Reimuller

6 Tom Hoover and Tom Jr. Build a Pure Stock Terror! Building a Maximum Max Wedge by Craig Sparkes as told by Tom Hoover Junior (Printed with permission from Wild About Cars) This is the story behind Tom Hoover Jr s 1964 Max Wedge Plymouth Belvedere. The car has run a best of ET at MPH at the 2012 Pure Stock Muscle Car Drags held in Stanton, Michigan. In order to be legal for the Pure Stock Drags, a car ".. must be stock, except for the modifications outlined below. If a modification is not mentioned, keep it original! Remember, the goal is to have fun drag racing your muscle car. See old friends, make new ones, and enjoy all the cool cars on the track! For 1955 to 1974 muscle cars built in United States and Canadian assembly plants with a minimum warranty of 12 months and 12,000 miles. Factory lightweight cars built for sanctioned drag racing and dealership-built/modified cars are not eligible to participate. Cars must be factory equipped with a minimum of four-barrel carburetion, dual exhaust, and other factory-installed equipment that promotes a high-performance intent and image. Cars are paired up based on time trial e.t.s and compete in a best-of-three heads-up shootout. (From the Pure Stock Muscle Car Drags rules Hoover s Plymouth meets these rules perfectly including reproduction bias-ply street tires no drag radials or slicks!! The intent of these rules is to showcase factory-built muscle cars on the drag strip. The strict rules create an interesting challenge: Who can go fast using only original factory parts? Which cars really were fast in their original configuration? Who has the driving skill to launch and shift a car that makes more power than the rear tires could ever hold? If this was all there was to the story, along with some tech data, it would be a fun read. But this article has a historical slant that makes telling it a much, much more interesting tale. We need to begin back in the mid 1960 s the golden era of muscle cars when Tom Hoover Sr. and his fellow Ramchargers from Chrysler Engineering were the gold standard in NHRA Stock and Super Stock racing. A young neighbor in Detroit named Bob Karakashian was interested in racing and noticed the Ramchargers Super Stock Dodge in Hoover s driveway. Later Bob purchased a new 1969 ½ Dodge Super Bee 440 Six-Pack car and Hoover became his mentor. Bob learned well and enjoyed success racing in Stock Eliminator and building race engines for others. By the late 1970 s Tom Sr. left Chrysler and finished his career pursuing other interests including work on locomotive engines for General Electric. After graduating with his own engineering degree, Tom Jr also started a career with General Electric working on locomotives. Years passed. Although both Hoovers still owned Chrysler muscle cars, they had only passing interest in current racing until they saw a magazine article describing Pure Stock racing featuring Bob Karakashsian. Bob s street hemi was fast. Bob still owned and raced his original Dodge Super Bee Six-Pack and the 1970 Hemi Cuda in Pure Stock form. Tom Jr renewed his friendship with Bob and attended races with him in Michigan. He had so much fun that he wanted to do more than watch. As Tom Jr. tells it, My father and I are Engineers. We approached this in an analytical way. If we were going to build a Pure Stock race car from scratch, we were going to choose the best configuration and do it right.

7 . Tom Jr. continued, There are three competitive productions Chrysler engines that came in cars that meet the Pure Stock definition: Max Wedge, Street Hemi, and 440 Six-Pack. Race Hemis from 1964, 1965, and 1968 were only delivered in what the Pure Stock rules consider race cars, and can t be used. The 1964 configuration was the most developed Max Wedge and has several advantages. Plymouths are lighter have a shorter wheelbase than their Dodge counterparts, so the decision was made to build a 1964 Max Wedge Plymouth. The NHRA power to weight ratios used for Stock Eliminator confirmed the potential that combination has. Now we had to find the car! Tom Jr. s search lead him to a 1964 Plymouth Belvedere 2 door hardtop that was originally a 318 automatic car built in St. Louis. The car was never rusted or hit and had a complete and original interior. This was important as the Pure Stock Rules require original spec interiors. All of the car s original stainless, chrome, and aluminum trim was there. Soon the car was completely disassembled. As he told me There wasn t a single screw holding anything together when I was done. Once apart, all unnecessary sound deadener, body or seam sealer was eliminated. The car was reassembled completely stock but race ready. It was painted the original dark blue metallic color it wore from the factory. Next on the agenda was the engine. A cu.in. Super Stock-III Max Wedge with original Chrysler cross-ram intake manifold, original 518 cylinder heads, and streamlined iron exhaust manifolds was built. Because of his experience, Bob Karakashian selected engine parts and had machine worked performed in Detroit. A 727 push-button TorqeFlite transmission and a set of 4:30 rear end gears complete the drivetrain. Tom Jr. assembled the engine himself, coached by Tom Hoover Sr. For those who are not familiar with the story of the Ramchargers, Tom Hoover Sr. designed Chrysler race engines including the Max Wedge- during the day and assembled the race engines for the Ramchargers super stock cars after work. So we have a case of the master passing on to the son! In 2010 the car was finished, but to measure how the car performed they needed an expert driver. Tom Jr. didn t yet have the skill and Sr. no longer had the needed reflexes. Re-enter Bob Karakashian!! Bob was asked to drive the car and train Tom Jr. We have come full circle, with the Karakashian now coaching a Hoover in the art of drag racing! Bob drove the car at Milan Dragway near Detroit. Bob managed an at 118 MPH the first night at the race track. Remember, this is on street tires! Trust me, that s fast! Since that initial run, Tom Hoover Jr. has been the full-time driver and each potential improvement to the car has been proven at the drag strip. The best ET of and best speed of mph at the 2012 Pure Stock Drags show a gain of about 50 horsepower at the rear wheels when compared to that first run at Milan. At the 2012 Pure Stock Muscle Car drags, only fiberglass-body cars or cars with aluminum engines qualified higher - and not by much. Tom Hoover Jr. can rightfully claim to have one of the fastest steel body passenger cars with iron engine in the Pure Stock ranks. Here are the technical specs on this amazing car: Engine: 426cu. in. Stage III "Max Wedge" V8 11.5:1 Version found in Steel Body Cars Factory Claimed HP: 5600 RPM Factory Claimed Torque: 4400 RPM Weight: 3638 pounds Hoover's Best ET: seconds Hoover's Best Speed: MPH Rear wheel horsepower at = 523 HP 5% Discount To Carolina Plymouth Club Members MOPAR Fun Run; May 9, 2015 A Word from the President Dean welcomed all that were in attendance at this year s MOPAR Fun Run. Members at the Fun Run were: Dean & Tanya Yates, Wes Weaver, Greg Errett, Denny Woodward, Barnes Daniels, Don Fontaine, Tim Moller, Shane & Linda Binkley, John & Marsey Jancic, Rockey Rozell, Carolyne & Jonny Oliver, David Chamberlain, Ron & Dianne Hinson.

8 Meeting Minutes No Minutes were read from the last meeting. Treasurer s Report No Treasure Report as Joe Brown was not present. Sick Call Tim Moller is still recovering from surgery. Old Business * Club Show Business cards handed out to all that needed more (please fill in the June 6 th date). * Club s All MOPAR car show is on June 6 th ; we need lots of help on the show date, we also need Goody Bag items and Door Prizes but most important is we need lots and lots of Club member cars as the Club member price is only $ * Club needs a new Club Secretary. * We will have a few new Club member golf shirts for sale at our car show; we will also have a few T- shirts that will be sold to non-members (Club Shirts: (m - xl = $18.00; 2x = $21.50); T-shirts: (m - xl = $15.00; 2x = $16.00) New Business * Tom Hoover (Father of the 426 HEMI) passed away last week. * Next Club meeting/outing will be our car show June 6 th (come one / come all). * Meeting adjourned. Respectfully Submitted Wes Weaver, Acting Secretary Toys & Stuff & hood hinges. It has a fully wired & plumbed engine with soft rubber tires, soft interior, steerable front wheels, opening glove box, positional sun visors, working suspension, and more. It s a model of a 1967 Plymouth Belvedere build for superstock racing. The car was intended for quarter mile drag racing action with a 426 HEMI engine with two inline 4-barrel carburetors, heavy duty Torque- Flite, 4.88 gears, and a superstock hood scoop. The real car used a street HEMI, except for modified Vanke intake manifold with the plenum cut to produce more air flow and horsepower at high rpm s. They were often referred as the R023 cars. This designation comes from the first four characters of the vehicle identification number (R023); R=Plymouth, 0=superstock, 23=2 door hardtop. Only 55 real Plymouths superstock cars rolled off the assembly line in This model car is much like my 1966 Plymouth Satellite which has a 426 street HEMI and a 4-speed transmission pictured below. If you have any toys or unusual stuff just send me a picture and a few lines on what it is and I will try to get it in our newsletter. Dean In this month s Toys & Stuff I have selected a 1:18 scale metal die-cast by Supercar Collectibles LTD. It is over 11 inchs long with an opening hood & trunk with realistic door RIP Tom Hoover

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11 MOPAR Cars And Parts For Sale, And Want Ads Members are free, all others are $3.00 per month For Sale: 1964 Dodge Nostalgia Super Sock/Pro Street, 440 Dual Quad, TRW Bottom End 590 Lift Cam, MSD Ignition, BG Fuel Sys, Headers/Cutouts/Flowmaster, complete interior (2 seats), much more. Paul, For Sale: A-Body AM Radio; late model MOPAR AM/FM/CD Radio; after market AM/FM/CD Radio. Wanted: 1962 Plymouth Fury convertible trunk lid. Dean at: or For Sale: 1966 Plymouth Barracuda, 318ci, Red ext/black int, good condition, $5,500; Baxley, GA For Sale: '73 (+/-) Challenger hood with nostrils and holes for hood pins and one spot of rust. Chrysler dealer installed, under-dash AC package (all major parts $300); Mopar 8-3/4" differentials, various high gear, nonlocking - $100, locking - $200, 4.89 Sure-Grip - $300 (only used on short trips); Dodge, original equipment (Mirada?) all aluminum 15x6 wheels, vgc $125; "B" body conv top frame (with some rust) $150, pedals ass y $75; 64 A727 transmission (x-member to converter), less than 5K miles, $600, probably need seals; 383 low block crank, turned 0.010"- $100; 1999 LHS, 76K miles, VGC, Leather, sun roof, good tires Tape and CD, $3500. Barnes Daniels , 9 to 9pm. <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Plymouth Funnies

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