Does this really qualify as a Mopar??

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Offline Rev-It-Up

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Does this really qualify as a Mopar??
« on: April 26, 2002 - 04:59:03 PM »
Yesterday my son (15) got a call from his best friend who was very excited that his dad just brought home a car and told him it was to be his.  Neither my son's friend or his father know much about cars, so when I asked him on the phone what kind it was, he said, "I don't know, but it's big".  Well, we had some errands to run and decided to stop over his friends house to see this new and wonderful thing (that doesn't run and they don't know what's wrong with it).  It turned out to be a Dodge Caravelle.  He still doesn't know what year it is, but I'm sure it's early 80's.  It seems pretty solid, and interior was in fine shape.  The only thing I could think of to say was "Well, at least it's a Mopar".  His eyes lit up.  He had heard that word before.  He said "really, is it really a Mopar? Isn't the car you're rebuilding a Mopar?"  I didn't have the heart to tell him that Mother Mopar had a WIDE range of classes of cars and his was NOT LIKE MY MOPAR!!!  But, he's 15 and very happy to have his Dodge Caravelle.  (I had never heard of a Caravelle before....)  
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Re: Does this really qualify as a Mopar??
« Reply #1 on: April 26, 2002 - 05:53:24 PM »
cute story Rev, yep even a dodge caravelle?is still a mopar, is it like a mini van?I ve never heard of it either? ::) ::)
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Re: Does this really qualify as a Mopar??
« Reply #2 on: April 26, 2002 - 06:13:07 PM »
I beleive the Dodge Caravelle came out in the early '80's, it was a mid size family car, most I think were sedans.
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Re: Does this really qualify as a Mopar??
« Reply #3 on: April 26, 2002 - 07:55:01 PM »
It's a 4 door sedan....a real tank!  I don't think he will be getting any speeding tickets in this one.  It was getting dark when I looked under the hood, but it had a Mitsubishi engine, looked like a 4 cyl.  
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Re: Does this really qualify as a Mopar??
« Reply #4 on: April 26, 2002 - 09:13:59 PM »
The cops used to drive them in the 1980's.
They are an F-Body Platform and came after the Dodge Aspen and Plymouth Volare' or about the same time.
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Re: Does this really qualify as a Mopar??
« Reply #5 on: April 26, 2002 - 10:41:42 PM »
There are 2 Caravelles , you are correct Wedge there is the rear wheel drive Cop cars & there were the Front drive K car based Caravelles too, it sounds like he got the K car type  ::)
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Re: Does this really qualify as a Mopar??
« Reply #6 on: April 27, 2002 - 02:25:36 AM »
Oh, no.  ::)

I forgot about the K-car $%^& units.

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Re: Does this really qualify as a Mopar??
« Reply #7 on: April 27, 2002 - 03:03:23 PM »
??? They were not considered a full size car were they?
I thought they were more in the "mid size" range, certainly not the size of a Chrysler, Polara, or a Fury. And I thought I remembered a two door model, must have confused it with another series of those infamous K-cars.
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1969 Polara 500 vert.
1970 Charger 500
1971 Dart Swinger
1972 R/R 440+6 (wanabe)
1973 Challenger