Past Event Reports and Photos
April 2005
The annual tri-club Mopar
piccnic was held April 16th at Fisherman's Park in Bastrop, Texas. Members of Mopar Muscle Cars of Austin,
the Mopar Muscle Club of
San Antonio, and the Houston
Mopar Connection Club all participated, with a great turnout and a
lot of fun. We have pictures, thanks to new Mopar
Muscle Cars of Austin member Randy Hollinshead (65 Coronet
Sedan). Thanks to all who attended this year's event!
Feb 2005
We had a good
Pie Run, with 4 cars and 12 people. The
weather was cloudy with occasional mist, so we proved that we don't
treat 'em like trailer queens.We had such a good time (and such good
food, thanks to Bluebonnet Cafe in Marble Falls) that we're already
thinking about ideas for the next run- maybe BBQ in Lockhart or
Llano. Photos from today's run are at this link.
Thanks to everyone who came out.
Jan 2005
We had our
annual Freeze your Buns Junkyard Run again this January. We had about
14 people attend, and had a good time scavenging around John's Salvage
in Seguin, as well as Dr. Mopar's place in Niederwald. Good parts
are getting harder to find, but these two junkyards have never let us
down. Be thankful for places that hang on to cars even when the price
of scrap iron gets high enough to tempt them to crush everything!
April 15 2004
Pictures
from the 16th Annual Blanco Classic Car Show have been
uploaded. Our own Shaikh Ahmad came home with the second-place trophy
in the Mopar category with his fantastic 1968 Charger R/T. First place
was taken by a beautiful dark green 1969 Coronet R/T coupe from the
town of Martindale. I had a chance to talk with the owner at length
(swapping Coronet R/T insights) and found that he's had the car a
little less than a year and it came from Oklahoma. Its a real beauty,
too.
Other cars of
interest- First Place in the "foreign car" category is worth
mentioning. It is the '56 Dodge Mayfair, and pictures can be found in
the "Mopars" section from the link above. It qualified as foreign
becuase the Mayfair was a Canadian export model not available in the
US. Also, first place in one of the street rod categories went to an
awsome 426 Hemi powered Willys done up in bright orange. Pictures if it
are also filed under "Mopars" at the link above.
I also
included a number of pictures of British, Ford, and GM
cars. If anyone wants full-resolution copies of any picture, let me
know at sglacker@texas.net. The pictures are heavily compressed to save
bandwidth.
April 3, 2004
The Annual Bastrop Mopar Picnic with the Houston and San Antonio
Mopar clubs was held on Saturday April 3rd at Bastrop City Park in
downtown Bastrop, TX. In spite of iffy weather, Mopars from all three
clubs turned out and enjoyed the park once again.
We also were invited to the grand opening of the new Maxwell Dodge dealership on Highway 620, and had a very good turnout of vintage Mopar Iron. Shaikh Ahmad's 1968 Charger took the "best vintage Mopar" award AND the "best of show" award, beating out a healthy contingent of Vipers. Participants also recieved coupons for a free run on the dealership's in-ground chassis dynomometer, and Shaikh took advantage of his coupons that day with a very stout dyno pull. Click here for pictures of this show.
And finally, we took seven cars to the annual Mopar Muscle Club of San Antonio car show. We recieved the club participation award, as well as individual awards for Joe Hoppe (first place, Truck/Utility 1983 and prior), Shaikh Ahmad (4th place, B-Body Dodge), Enrique Guerra (3rd Place, B-body Dodge) and Craig Rowling (First Place, B-body Plymouth). Congratulations to all! You can view photos of MMCA members' cars by clicking here (photos courtesy of Ron Chinn and Terry Siegmund). More pictures of this show may soon be available on the San Antonio club's Car Show Photo Gallery page. There are pictures of the 2002 show on that page as well.
And finally (though not technically in September) Dustin and Ed journeyed to the Houston Mopar Show and Race.