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The biggest all-Mopar\u00ae<\/sub> vehicle show in the Midwest, Mopars in the Park, just completed its 35th annual event at a brand-new location. Changing locations of a show this large is always challenging, yet Midwest Mopars pulled it off with record attendance. There were more spectators on Saturday than all three days combined at last year\u2019s event (yes, the weather wasn\u2019t the best, but still). I\u2019m sure there will be a bit of reorganizing for next year\u2019s show, as you always learn something and apply that to future shows, but the new location at the Washington County Fairgrounds is a great new home.<\/p>\n

Midwest Mopars always seems to have cool displays of curated collections, and this year was no different. They had the 1969 Road Runner Color Run; one Road Runner in every factory color produced for that year! While this may not sound like a big deal, this was the first time (prove me wrong) that every color was together in one room. Now, you may be thinking \u201cBud, what about when they were being built at the factory?\u201d Yes, that would be a good argument, except Road Runners were built at different facilities and some of the colors were regional and others were introduced halfway through the model run. This collection of cars was corralled by Wes Eisenschenk, a 1969 Plymouth Road Runner owner and author<\/a>. Over a year of planning and plotting went into making sure every color for the 50th anniversary of the car would be on display.<\/p>\n