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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nAs a young man, Steve Mulbreght was the proud owner of a 1970 Dodge Challenger. Who wouldn\u2019t be? He bought it when he was just 14, found the parts and put it back together. Lots of work, no doubt, plenty of bloody knuckles and a lifetime of memories. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then, one day in the \u201980s, he came home from work and Michelle dropped the bomb: \u201cHoney, I\u2019ve got news for you. We\u2019re having a baby and we\u2019re going to need a house.\u201d It\u2019s a safe assumption his anxiety level peaked. \u201cI was making $23,000 a year working in a garage for semis,\u201d Steve said. It wasn\u2019t long before he realized he\u2019d be hanging a For Sale sign on his prized Challenger. \u201cI cried. Michelle cried. Then she said, ‘One day, I\u2019ll buy you another one.\u2019\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Keep that in mind\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nIn the years between, Steve was always a \u201ccar guy\u201d and did what he could to satisfy his passion. There was a concerted effort to convert his extended family from the blue oval to Dodge \u2026 and it worked. \u201cMy son got a Scat Pack,\u201d Steve said. Then Steve got a T\/A. \u201cThat was perhaps my favorite car ever!\u201d Others started to take notice. \u201cFour of us wound up with Scat Packs at one point!\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nInteresting sidebar: Steve\u2019s son was an accomplished kart racer and was seriously injured in a work accident. Doctors wanted to amputate his left foot, but as car people tend to do, he decided not to, instead choosing years of rehab to make sure he could still operate a clutch and drive his manual Challenger. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nAs things car-related tend to go, there\u2019s always a desire for more. Tuning, customizing \u2026 and that\u2019s when Steve blurted out, \u201cI\u2019m SO excited about the return of Direct Connection! I\u2019m an engineer by trade and I wanted a tuning kit before they were even officially announced. I called everywhere to find out who was going to be my local Power Broker dealer. I even have Direct Connection flags up in my garage.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nSteve and his family went through a number of Dodge Brand vehicles, from the Scat Packs to SRT\u00ae<\/sup> Hellcats. And remember when Michelle said she\u2019d buy Steve another one someday? She came through in a big way: securing a brand-new Challenger SRT Hellcat Redeye for the man who sold his baby \u2026 back when she wound up pregnant with theirs. \u201cThis thing is the Rooster at the top of the hen house!\u201d Steve said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n A passion that started decades ago has now been shared by multiple generations and continues to build speed. Steve and his family truly live the DodgeGarage lifestyle. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cOhhhh, I used to be a car enthusiast, but then I got married, had a couple kids\u2026\u201d All too common a story. Two decades later, you\u2019re transporting the family in a brown minivan headed to the neighborhood chain restaurant for an equally uninspiring Caesar salad (would you like to add chicken for $3 more? Yes, please). As a young man, Steve Mulbreght was the proud owner of a 1970 Dodge Challenger. Who wouldn\u2019t be? He bought it when he was just 14, found the parts and put it back together. Lots of work, no doubt, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":60250,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2624],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-owners-clubs"],"acf":[],"custom_fields":{"post_thumbnail_image":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/OhBaby_Feature.jpg","icon_selection":"article","external_link":"","featured_article":[],"upload_background_image":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60254"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60254"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60288,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60254\/revisions\/60288"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Woman](\"https:\/\/www.dodgegarage.com\/news-api\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/OhBaby_IMG007.jpg\")
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