Re: OT: Dodge Charger

From: JAMES KNOX (knox.james@sympatico.ca)
Date: Thu Jan 13 2005 - 21:16:24 EST


:-)

Jim Knox , 91 Dak

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From: "Gabriel A. Couriel" <gcouriel@bellsouth.net>
To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 10:29 PM
Subject: RE: DML: OT: Dodge Charger

>
> that's it! if you don't like the new charger, just blame canada!
>
> Gabriel A. Couriel
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net]On Behalf Of JAMES KNOX
> Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 11:49 PM
> To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
> Subject: Re: DML: OT: Dodge Charger
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>
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> I like the new Charger. It has appeal for me, A Mark 1 Baby Boomer born in
> 1946 :-) Slightly Retro but a completely new car with a historic name.
> 5.7
> or 6.1 Hemi, 13 or low 14's , 4 Doors for now just means that more people
> fit in it, sales marketing smart!
> The Chargers along with 300C and Dodge Magnums are manufactured a few
> miles
> from me in Brampton Ontario Canada at the Daimler Chrysler Assembly Plant,
> Canadian content :-)
>
> Jim Knox, 91 Dak, 318LA, 4x4
> Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ryan Stewart" dapurplert@dakota-durango.com
> To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 8:27 PM
> Subject: RE: DML: OT: Dodge Charger
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>>
>> Just because AOL and TimeWarner merged doesn't mean either one no longer
>> exists, same as ChryCo and MB. It's a MERGER, so what if some higher-ups
>> from Germany were put in charge of ChryCo? They finally with their
>> second attempt got someone in there who did what no American was doing
>> by turning it around and making some cool ass cars again finally. I am
>> not racist so I could care less if the guy who did it came from Germany,
>> Russia, or France (OK, maybe France....) as long as he has a true
>> passion for the car he is developing, and I truly believe Dieter does.
>>
>> I am tired of hearing this BS that ChryCo is gone when truth is it's
>> doing the best it has in DECADES.....
>>
>> -Ryan
>> 99 DA RC R/T
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
>> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of
>> jon@dakota-truck.net
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 7:28 PM
>> To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
>> Subject: Re: DML: OT: Dodge Charger
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>> david.clement@verizon.net wrote:
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>> : I find all this hopla about the new Charger very interesting and quite
>> amusing.
>> : Dodge has used the Charger name on a whole raft of very different
>> vehicles. The
>> : 66-67 Charger was a Coronet with a fastback roof line (not my cup of
>> tee at
>> : all), 68-70 it bacame it's own body style and carried the performance
>> banner
>> : for Dodge (my favorite is 70), 71-73 it again shared it's basic sheet
>> metal
>> : with the Plymouth Satellite and Dodge Sebring (nice looking cars but I
>> would
>> : rather have an e-body),in 74-77 the car became Dodge's answer to the
>> Monte
>> : Carlo and shared it's look with the Chrysler Cordoba (wouldn't want it
>> even if
>> : it was given to me), it disappeared for awhile and in 83/84 Dodge took
>> the Omni
>> : 024 and slapped sheet metal over the rear quarter windows and added a
>> spoiler
>> : to the front and called it a Charger (I purchased a Daytona instead).
>>
>>
>> Agreed. Heck, for that matter, DC isn't really even "Chrysler"
>> (or "Dodge") any more. Its a foreign company that essentially
>> purchased the trademarks, patent rights, tooling and real estate
>> that were owned by the company formerly known as Chrysler. Since
>> "Chrysler" is merely a facade of the entity it once was, does it
>> really come as a surprise that the Charger is as well? ;-) :-(
>>
>>
>>
>> (Yeah, I'm definitely in "crusty old codger" mode today...) ;-)
>>
>> --
>> -Jon-
>>
>> .-- Jon Steiger ---- jon@dakota-truck.net or jon@jonsteiger.com --.
>> | 1970 Barracuda - 1990 Dakota 'vert - 1992 Ram 4x4 - 1996 Dakota |
>> | 1996 Intruder 1400 - 1996 Kolb FireFly - 2001 Ram QC 3500 CTD |
>> `------------------------------------ http://www.jonsteiger.com --'
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