{"id":16996,"date":"2018-06-19T10:41:21","date_gmt":"2018-06-19T14:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dodgegarage.com\/news-api\/?p=16996"},"modified":"2024-03-25T11:25:04","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T15:25:04","slug":"mopars-in-the-park-2018-in-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/events\/2018\/06\/mopars-in-the-park-2018-in-review.html","title":{"rendered":"Mopars in the Park 2018 in Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

My favorite Mopar\u00ae<\/sub> event of the year is Mopars in the Park. This great event is hosted by Midwest Mopars<\/a> and was the 34th annual gathering of Mopars from around the country. I\u2019ve been religiously attending for the last 10 years, and sporadically before that. I\u2019ve owned a Mopar-family vehicle my entire life. It\u2019s not that I don\u2019t appreciate cars from other makes, but there\u2019s something about Dodge that\u2019s always spoke to me. Not sure if it\u2019s the styling, performance or the underdog mentality that makes me keep coming back, or maybe it\u2019s a combination of all of that. As a certified Dodge nut, this event is one I look forward to every year.<\/p>\n

As I\u2019ve discussed in previous posts, Minnesota weather is always a wildcard. This year proved once again that mother nature was in control. This year was the first where Friday was an official show day, and the weather was pleasant. However, most of the action takes place on Saturday, and it was pretty rough with bursts of rain throughout the day. This is why one of those pop canopies comes in handy; you\u2019ve got a place to escape when it starts to pour! Sunday, the rain stopped, but it was much cooler and very windy. I actually broke down and bought a hoodie at the show!<\/p>\n

Now, you\u2019re not reading this to hear about the three-day weather report from the event, you want to read about the cars! Sunday brought out the most cars and, man, there were some beauties in attendance.<\/p>\n

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Being a sucker for the unusual, the one show car that grabbed my attention the most was this beautiful 1933 Dodge. It\u2019s been built in a \u201950s hot rod style, with an original HEMI\u00ae<\/sup> engine; a Red Ram 241cu from a 1954 Dodge. The tires are a bit wider, the spare wheel carriers have been deleted, and it\u2019s got cruise control and A\/C! The guy who owned it acquired it back in 2014 from an owner who had is since the \u201960s and was going to return it to stock. So really, in the end, it\u2019s returned to its previous state, a glorious \u201950s-era hot rod!<\/p>\n