Mopar style 8>)
'Twas the night before Christmas and out on the streets,
Only Mopars were winning against Fords and "Heartbeats."
The stop lights were hung over Main street with care,
Getting ready to change for those drivers who dare.
The children were nestled all snug in their beds,
While visions of Hot Wheels(R) raced in their heads.
My wife on the phone and I in the garage,
staring at my Miss Mopar collage,
When out on the drive rolled up such a rumble,
You knew for the owner it was hard to be humble.
I recognized the sound but had to see for myself.
I knew this was no blue oval elf.
I was right, there it was in its Plum Crazy glow,
A '71 'Cuda. Built for the go.
The black billboard split as the door opened wide,
A large sack of parts was first tossed outside.
A leg swung out with a tall Formal Black boot,
Then there he stood in a Tor Red and white suit.
It was Santa, St. Nick, in all of his glory!
"But Santa, please tell me, just what is the story?"
"Where is your sleigh and your eight tiny deer?"
"I traded them in on 425 horses and a 3.91 gear!"
"I test drove 'em all, every single muscle car,
But none can beat 'Chebbies' like a Hemi Mopar."
"And son you've been good and learned all the tricks."
"So I'm swapping your small block for a 426!"
So he grabbed up his tools and went straight to the chore,
The swap took him an hour, no less and no more.
This guy was good but somethings not right,
Santa couldn't have learned, to that overnight.
He torqued the last nut and then walked away.
"With this," he said proudly, "you'll beat 'Chebbies' all day."
All at once it then hit me, I recognized the voice.
His skill with the tools, his words of choice.
Once I figured it out, it was really no surprise.
This was Larry Shepard in a Santa disguise.
He collected his tools and went back to his ride,
Put his stuff in the trunk and hopped back inside.
With a whine of the starter the beast came alive,
And with a shift to reverse he backed out of my drive.
With pistol grip in hand he shifted to first,
And the 'Cuda jumped forward with a quick but smooth burst.
I could see he was happy about what he had done,
He had turned my car into major Mopar fun.
But he had to be going, he had much to do,
Lots of Hemis to be swapped in hours too few.
And I heard him exclaim as he snatched 2nd gear...
"Have a smooth running Christmas and a Mopar New Year."
P.S. I test drove my car down the street and back again.
It took just two minutes where it used to take ten.
This can be formatted to Dakota too,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,do I have a volunteer?
Gene Rivers
95 Dakota SLT, RC, SB, 5.2L/ Claret Red P.C.
99 R/T, CC, all the toys 5.9L/ Deep Amethyst P.C.
68 Charger R/T, 440-4/ Plum Crazy
66 Dart 270, 225-1v/ Alpine White
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