2024 Mopar Season Began Today

[keithb7]

Spring arrived this week. I saw enough vintage cars and motorcycles on the road to stir-up some nostalgia.  I removed the car cover and rolled out my ‘38 Chrysler today. It flashed up and ran like a hot engine that was just tuned-up yesterday. I didn’t do a thing other than check the oil and hit the electric fuel priming pump. I love a well maintained flathead engine. 
 

While warming it up the pup wanted in on the action. We went around the neighbourhood a couple times. I will drain the oil now and put in a fresh jug of 10W40.  

How’s 2024 shaping up in your Mopar neighbourhood?

 

      -59,331 miles. 

 

Edited March 17 by keithb7

[Ivan_B]

Always the MoPar season down the south way 😋

For some reason, though, Florida is not really big on classic cars. You do not see many of them around here (except for special events, I guess). Do not see many in people's driveways or garages either 🙄

[busycoupe]

It was 55 degrees in Massachusetts on Thurs. and my wife and I got the old Dodge out of the garage for the first time since New Years day.  Our local dary opened for the season this week so we took a ride to get lunch.  A great way to star the 2024 old car season!

[Ivan_B]

Just make sure that you wait for a couple of good rains to wash the salt of the roadways, up north

[plymouthcranbrook]

I can’t use mine till April because thats when the plates activate. And I really don’t start until I can stay started. 

[RobertKB]

I had my 1953 Plymouth out today for the first drive of 2024. Weather is warm and snow is gone. I put on a new water pump and fuel pump recently and all worked well.
 

I live  on the prairies of southern Alberta but if you enlarge the picture you can see the Rocky Mountains in the distance above the car’s roof. 
 

[Jim Neville]

Had the '50 Windsor convertible out yesterday for a quick boot. A little chilly here in southern Ontario so I kept her top up. Running great after the hibernation.

[Merle Coggins]

I was out in the garage yesterday, shuffling things around and wrapping up a couple of smaller projects and I decided it was a good time to fire up the truck and let it run a bit. I switched on my priming pump for a bit, then gave it a crank. Fired right up and settled into a nice idle. To many other vehicles in the way to get it out for a drive, but it was tempting. 

[Booger]

11 hours ago, keithb7 said:

Spring arrived this week. I saw enough vintage cars and motorcycles on the road to stir-up some nostalgia.  I removed the car cover and rolled out my ‘38 Chrysler today. It flashed up and ran like a hot engine that was just tuned-up yesterday. I didn’t do a thing other than check the oil and hit the electric fuel priming pump. I love a well maintained flathead engine. 
 

While warming it up the pup wanted in on the action. We went around the neighbourhood a couple times. I will drain the oil now and put in a fresh jug of 10W40.  

How’s 2024 shaping up in your Mopar neighbourhood?

 

      -59,331 miles. 

 

Just added new fuel line and electric fuel pump. Man what a difference. Booger starts like NOW. 

 

[Dan Hiebert]

We usually have 3-5 feet of snow on the ground this time of year, but this year there's only a few inches in the woods, and none on the open ground.  So far, the roads only had to be plowed three times this winter, what is usually a weekly event.  It was 40 degrees out yesterday (t-shirt weather here) and I was sorely tempted to at least get the Beetle out, but it's too muddy between the shop and the driveway.  The good ol' D24 is still partly disassembled from fixing the frame.  Still addressing a myriad of little things I discovered.  I generally plan to get the old cars out and about in May, despite the springlike weather, it's still "only March".  In the meantime, I get a kick out of you'uns getting your cars out.  Provides additional inspiration!   

[FarmerJon]

We had a very pleasant, mild winter so there was only a few wet weeks that I left the Plymouth cooped up. Back in January a local college kid spotted and photographed my car parked streetside.

[Bob Riding]

Finally changed the 16 year old tires- went with 16R-7.00 in the back and 16R-6.00 in the front. Did a toe-in alignment. Took it for it's first ride and it seems to track well. I plan to take it to an alignment shop before the "Woodies in the Valley" show in late April in Visalia CA.

[42D22]

Trying to get mine together for March 31st (Easter Sunday). Two steps forward, one step back

Edited March 18 by 42D22

[DonaldSmith]

Easter - maybe that will motivate me.  We have had a few months of no snow, no salt on the roads, and mild weather.  But I haven't touched the DeSoto, which is still asleep in the garage, with the battery tender tending the battery.  Come on, Don, you're not that old. 

 

Maybe these photos will inspire me.  

[SteveR]

Here in Worcestershire, we get very little to no snow. This last winter was No Snow so if it ain't raining I'm on the road. My wife and I are looking forward to the car shows. We always get lots of admirers. Many times we will sit in a coffee shop and watch people walk by our car. Many people bend over look at the badge and walk away. We call them, 'Badgers'. Then there are the ones that as they are walking will glance at our car. Those are wanna-be Badgers. Then there are the ones that look at the car from top to bottom. Those are the people we go and talk to.

Just this morning I drove to this coffee house for a Bible study. The round trip was 8 miles. It doesn't matter I love driving our Miss Daisy.

[Ivan_B]

32 minutes ago, SteveR said:

Many times we will sit in a coffee shop and watch people walk by our car.

How do you call people who start touching, climbing, taking pictures, etc.? Or is the British car-show culture extremely civilized? 🤔

 

21 hours ago, FarmerJon said:

Back in January a local college kid spotted and photographed my car parked street-side.

This happened to me in a park, once. And, for some reason, the photographer stared running away when he saw me approaching, as if he's done something naughty... Come on, this is public property, I could not shoo him away even if I wanted to

Edited March 18 by Ivan_B

[SteveR]

15 minutes ago, Ivan_B said:

How do you call people who start touching, climbing, taking pictures, etc.? Or is the British car-show culture extremely civilized? 🤔

I never had a classic car in America so are they more civilized here in England? Hmm, nope. I had 1 guy open my doors. I did tell him politely not to do that. People often will ask if they can take a picture of her. I still find this funny. I don't believe that our car cares one way or the other if someone takes her picture. I even had a policewoman ask if she could take a picture of our car. It ended up on their community website. If children like our car or adults and are truly interested I will ask them if they would like to sit in her. Their response is always how comfortable it is. Most people think our 37 Plymouth is posh. Then I tell them that Plymouth was the budget line of Chrysler. Most are amazed.

[oldodge41]

I started the Dodge and moved it back and forth a foot or so in the garage last Saturday. I do that occasionally. Let the engine come up to temperature too. Thought about moving some stuff and getting her out, but didn't. Monday we got enough snow that they salted again, wasn't a bad winter, just hope it doesn't drag on. Seeing folks getting out and about is great.

[bacelaw]

On 3/16/2024 at 10:19 PM, busycoupe said:

It was 55 degrees in Massachusetts on Thurs. and my wife and I got the old Dodge out of the garage for the first time since New Years day.  Our local dary opened for the season this week so we took a ride to get lunch.  A great way to star the 2024 old car season!

 

I'm in Massachusetts as well... there can't be very many 40s mopars in this state. 

[38DeSoto]

So lucky!  We Still have snow on the ground and -8 yesterday

[42D22]

Ready for Easter Sunday. Winter projects done. Time for spring.

Rebuilt rearend all new brakes MC to wheel cylinders, new kingpins and bearings.

[Dan Hiebert]

Of course I jinxed us with my "no snow here" comment.  Got two feet last Sunday, another eight inches yesterday, and now expecting another six or so inches sometime the middle of this week, all of which is completely normal for this time of year - hence my "it's only March" qualifier.  Tomorrow, it morphs to "it's only April".  I get a kick out of how Mother Nature tends to mess with northern Mainers' minds come early spring.  Three years ago we had a blizzard on Mother's Day.

[Young Ed]

54 minutes ago, Dan Hiebert said:

Of course I jinxed us with my "no snow here" comment.  Got two feet last Sunday, another eight inches yesterday, and now expecting another six or so inches sometime the middle of this week, all of which is completely normal for this time of year - hence my "it's only March" qualifier.  Tomorrow, it morphs to "it's only April".  I get a kick out of how Mother Nature tends to mess with northern Mainers' minds come early spring.  Three years ago we had a blizzard on Mother's Day.

Here in MN we've had a crazy almost snowless winter. Until last week when we got nailed! My snow blower broke towards the end of the third driveway we were doing so it'll be my first restoration project this season 

[RNR1957NYer]

On 3/21/2024 at 7:27 PM, bacelaw said:

 

I'm in Massachusetts as well... there can't be very many 40s mopars in this state. 

Well, there are you two, and me - where are you located, bacelaw?

[Sniper]

I am lucky, it is car driving season year round here.  But I do drier her in the snow and rain too, so maybe it is just me, lol.