Another year is in the books for the Mopar Nationals. This year marked the 30th anniversary of this excellent event. It was hot. Well that's actually an understatement because it was excruciating! Thankfully, I'm born and raised in Tampa, Florida, which is known for some of the most humid weather. It's just depressing to fly over 1,000 miles north and have to deal with the same terrible heat...oh well.
This year we were pleased to find some of the nicest cars to ever enter into our Young Guns category of the show. Here are some of the entries this year:
Here is Fernando Rosado with...
Here is Fernando Rosado with his Go-Mango '70 Challenger R/T SE. Fernando was this year's winner and received a trophy at the awards ceremony on Sunday.
Under the hood lurks this...
Under the hood lurks this 451 cubic inch 440 backed by an 833 OD and 3.55 gears.
Matt Youdbulis' '91 W-250...
Matt Youdbulis' '91 W-250 was one of the cleanest trucks at the show.
It's powered by a Cummins...
It's powered by a Cummins Turbo Diesel.
Patrick Friel is the owner...
Patrick Friel is the owner of this Dodge Dakota.
It may looks like a 5.9 with...
It may looks like a 5.9 with long tubes but it's actually a 408 now.
When it comes to trucks, they...
When it comes to trucks, they don't get much better than the Dakota since they look great and have a lot of room for wide tires. Patrick decided to fill his wheel wells with a set of CCW 505As and SRT-10 Viper brakes.
Gregg Orr may look familiar...
Gregg Orr may look familiar if you read our February 2010 issue of Mopar Muscle when we featured him and his sister, Gayle, as two Young Guns who did it right.
Still the same great 340 we...
Still the same great 340 we saw last year.
Gregg decided to go out with...
Gregg decided to go out with a bang and made his car look even better than it did when we featured it. Not to mention the fact he installed the original wheels for a look that drips classic style.