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Cliff Gromer is a veteran American automotive journalist and editor best known for his long association with Mopar-focused publishing—serving as writer, editor and publisher of Mopar Action—and for ea...
Several headline manufacturing announcements touted by the Trump White House are verifiable at the project level—most notably TSMC’s pledge to invest $100 billion in new U.S. fabs and Stellantis’ anno...
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Yes — evidence supports that a Rick/ has been a long-standing, specialist writer and technical editor in the Mopar/classic-Mopar niche and can reasonably be described as a within that community ; howe...
The reviewed materials allege that President Barack Obama was accused of violating a broad range of constitutional provisions, with the most frequently cited targets being the , alongside claims about...
The string "ilnlm9iv2sy730895" appears to be a that resembles a (VIN), but its format raises validity questions; VINs are standardized 17-character identifiers assigned at manufacture and are decoded ...
(TorqueFlite) behind a factory 383 2‑barrel will not have a single magic RPM for wide‑open‑throttle upshifts; the transmission’s WOT shift points are governed by the governor, throttle‑(TV) linkage, l...
There is no authoritative, factory or magazine-sourced quarter‑mile time for a stock mid‑size fitted with the 198 cubic‑inch in the reporting provided; sources document the engine changeover, displace...
The available reporting does not offer a single authoritative curb-weight figure for a Polara convertible, but contemporary spec compilations and historical analysis allow a well‑supported estimate: r...
The was a purpose-built police contender widely adopted by and municipal forces in the late 1960s and early 1970s, with the being the most prominent documented buyer of 1,564 units in 1969 . Available...
A clear local specialist strictly branded as a “classic ” inside city limits does not appear in the available reporting, but several Rockford-area shops and dealerships offer vintage-car services or M...
appears in the C‑Body enthusiast community as a vocal participant whose opinions influenced at least one build thread on the forum, where a user titled a multi‑page thread “Wyatt convinced me to destr...
The California Highway Patrol (CHP) special‑ordered a 1969 Dodge Polara "pursuit" package that went beyond Dodge’s regular options by specifying a high‑performance 440 Magnum V8, reinforced driveline ...
The odd-named emblem was called the "Fratzog," a deliberately meaningless label that stuck to Dodge’s three-arrowhead, three-pointed-star badge introduced in the early 1960s . The mark—meant to evoke ...
Chrysler’s 1960s symbol was the Pentastar, a five-pointed star mark developed for corporate identity and applied to cars and marketing beginning in the early 1960s . The mark — often called the Pentas...
The Dodge Polara nameplate was chosen as a marketing reference to the Polaris (Pole) star to tap into early-1960s Space Race excitement, a decision attributed in multiple sources to Dodge/Chrysler mar...
A definitive, single-name answer — an individual at Chrysler who, in the late 1960s, officially “named” the cars — does not appear in the provided reporting; contemporary sources describe naming as an...
The windshield washer systems fitted to or used in restorations of 1969 Mopar C‑body cars center on a simple set of components — a reservoir/jar, a pump (manual or electric), feed hoses and nozzles — ...
The quickest documented standing quarter‑mile runs associated with vintage Mopar hardware generally cluster in the low‑ to mid‑13‑second range for near‑stock cars, while factory‑special and heavily pr...
Solid‑state batteries (SSBs) are moving from lab talk into limited commercial use: Finland’s Donut Lab says its all‑solid Donut Battery will power Verge Motorcycles on public roads in Q1 2026, claimin...