75 Mopar Missle Wire Car

chris3racing · 08-01-2012, 05:40 PM

It is now official and posted on the East Coast Drag Times Hall of Fame Reunion web site, the 71 Motown Missle Challenger and the 75 Mopar Missle Duster, the "wire car", are scheduled to be in Henderson, NC this October for the 2012 East Coast Drag Times Hall of Fame Reunion. The cars and the racers that will be there this year will make this another big event with lots of suprises. Many returning cars and racer and some that have never been there. If you have never been here go to the website and on the right you will see some buttons. Tag news archives and look at the videos from the last two years.

Hemi Moose · 08-01-2012, 10:46 PM

Always liked the Missile cars, lots of good stories old photos & articles about them recently on the web and magazines.

Ed Wright · 08-02-2012, 10:42 AM

Always loved that car. I know I'm not just real bright, been trying to figure this out on my own, but what do you mean "wire car"?

jmcarter · 08-02-2012, 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Ed Wright

Always loved that car. I know I'm not just real bright, been trying to figure this out on my own, but what do you mean "wire car"?

Here's some info Ed...

http://www.allpar.com/racing/missile/wire-car.html

Don's rides were always ahead of their time, I attended the 1970 Gators and on the way into town I stopped at a little 2 stall garage/gas station (back then was there any other kind?) and inside sat the original Duster Mopar Missle. They had most of the panels out of it and even then they had wires running to hubs and everywhere else you can think of. Will never forget it, at 5:00 AM they were thrashing away. Very cool...

Ed Wright · 08-02-2012, 12:04 PM

Thanks Jim!

Philip Saran · 08-02-2012, 02:34 PM

The "wire car" Duster was restored last year at a local shop here in Orange
County, The 401K Hot Rod Shop in Anaheim. I got to see it in it's early stages
of restoration.

It got it's name from the wire cables X'ing across the back of the body to add
stiffness to the chassis/body.

jmcarter · 08-02-2012, 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Philip Saran

It got it's name from the wire cables X'ing across the back of the body to add
stiffness to the chassis/body.

That's annotated in one of the restoration photos I provided a link to....probably one of the trickest cars ever built...but when you're competing against guys like the Grump, Ronnie Sox and Buddy Martin, Jack Roush, etc etc it better be trick. Those where the days...these days the innovations are slight tweaks carefully hidden from view by anyone not on the team.

Myron Piatek · 08-02-2012, 08:47 PM

Mopar Action did a rather extensive article on the car in their August 1995 issue. According to the article, a person named Jeff Johnson out of Colombus, Ohio owned the car at the time and was restoring it then. Photos show it to have been pretty complete and in good shape, I guess after his restoration efforts, but still needing some "correct" pieces.

The title of the article was "Chrysler's missing link Pro-Stocker. The 1,880 lb curb weight always amazed me.

Who owns it now? In CA?

chris3racing · 08-03-2012, 10:03 AM

Myron, the titanium parts are not on the car. On the East Coast Drag Times Hall of Fame Reunion website is a news release writen by the original builder. I have several photographs from the days the cars were originally built.

Hemi Moose · 08-03-2012, 02:32 PM

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I have several photographs from the days the cars were originally built.

...can you post some of them.

08-01-2012, 05:40 PM	#1
chris3racing Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 528 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	75 Mopar Missle Wire Car It is now official and posted on the East Coast Drag Times Hall of Fame Reunion web site, the 71 Motown Missle Challenger and the 75 Mopar Missle Duster, the "wire car", are scheduled to be in Henderson, NC this October for the 2012 East Coast Drag Times Hall of Fame Reunion. The cars and the racers that will be there this year will make this another big event with lots of suprises. Many returning cars and racer and some that have never been there. If you have never been here go to the website and on the right you will see some buttons. Tag news archives and look at the videos from the last two years.

08-01-2012, 10:46 PM	#2
Hemi Moose VIP Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 2,824 Likes: 0 Liked 10 Times in 10 Posts	Re: 75 Mopar Missle Wire Car Always liked the Missile cars, lots of good stories old photos & articles about them recently on the web and magazines.

08-02-2012, 10:42 AM	#3
Ed Wright Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Sand Springs, OK Posts: 8,132 Likes: 896 Liked 389 Times in 168 Posts	Re: 75 Mopar Missle Wire Car Always loved that car. I know I'm not just real bright, been trying to figure this out on my own, but what do you mean "wire car"? __________________ Ed Wright 4156 SS/JA

08-02-2012, 12:04 PM	#5
Ed Wright Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Sand Springs, OK Posts: 8,132 Likes: 896 Liked 389 Times in 168 Posts	Re: 75 Mopar Missle Wire Car Thanks Jim! __________________ Ed Wright 4156 SS/JA

08-02-2012, 02:34 PM	#6
Philip Saran Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Parker, CO. Posts: 721 Likes: 158 Liked 14 Times in 11 Posts	Re: 75 Mopar Missle Wire Car The "wire car" Duster was restored last year at a local shop here in Orange County, The 401K Hot Rod Shop in Anaheim. I got to see it in it's early stages of restoration. It got it's name from the wire cables X'ing across the back of the body to add stiffness to the chassis/body. __________________ Phil Saran Parker, Colorado

08-02-2012, 08:47 PM	#8
Myron Piatek VIP Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Florida Posts: 1,538 Likes: 34 Liked 132 Times in 48 Posts	Re: 75 Mopar Missle Wire Car Mopar Action did a rather extensive article on the car in their August 1995 issue. According to the article, a person named Jeff Johnson out of Colombus, Ohio owned the car at the time and was restoring it then. Photos show it to have been pretty complete and in good shape, I guess after his restoration efforts, but still needing some "correct" pieces. The title of the article was "Chrysler's missing link Pro-Stocker. The 1,880 lb curb weight always amazed me. Who owns it now? In CA? Last edited by Myron Piatek; 08-02-2012 at 08:53 PM.

08-03-2012, 10:03 AM	#9
chris3racing Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 528 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: 75 Mopar Missle Wire Car Myron, the titanium parts are not on the car. On the East Coast Drag Times Hall of Fame Reunion website is a news release writen by the original builder. I have several photographs from the days the cars were originally built.