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Salvatore Alaimo Freelance Contributor

After graduating from California State University, Northridge, California, Sal Alaimo Jr. has continued with his passion of the automotive industry. Alaimo's been an auto enthusiast since his early years, and grew up learning about cars from his father, Sal Alaimo Sr. If its got a set of fat rear tires and 8-cylinders, Alaimo Jr. is all for it. Today, Alaimo Jr. brings with him a pool of enthusiasm and pride as a contributing freelance writer for Chevy Hardcore.


Over the years, the Mopar brand has brought us some pretty cool and crazy color schemes. Whether “Panther Pink” or “Plum Crazy” purple, there just has been no limit as to what kind of fresh looks the Chrysler family has been able to create. But is a matte blue vinyl wrap on a late Charger too much? You decide!

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The Goodguys holds events for the rod and custom community that benefit its members, and its Hot Rodders of Tomorrow Engine Challenge is now geared specifically toward teen gearheads. That’s because the event challenges teens to debug a small-block V-8 in less than 35 minutes! Check it out!

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Chrysler’s B-body muscle of the late ’60s was made with big power AND affordability in mind, and it was for this reason that only 125 Super Bees were equipped with one of the era’s most potent race engines, the 426 HEMI, for the 1968 sales year. Our featured eBay Find, a HEMI Bee from Texas, is one clean example!

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Some cars are considered “classic” by association, while others truly do accomplish something that puts them in the canon of real muscle. In the case of our featured eBay find, a NASCAR Nova clone out of Virginia, the late ’70s, Bowtie compact pays tribute to GM racing, and the General’s success at Grand National!

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Upon its introduction, the GTS became one of the Viper marque’s greatest. Packing an all-aluminum V10 with 8 liters of displacement, the Viper coupe was the Mopar world’s greatest bad boy in the better part of the ’90s and Millennium. But 2013 is a whole new game; can the snake take-on SRT’s latest Jeep creation?!

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Chrysler’s SRT department has cranked out some of the Mopar world’s wildest creations for 2013, and their SRT8 Grand Cherokee now brings SUV performance to a whole new level. This is largely due to Jeep’s use of a new launch control system, one that’s so easy, it’s just a matter of pushing a little button!

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France’s Spa is one of the European motoring scene’s more challenging racetracks, but apparently the dark woods and sharp turns of the famed Spa Classic event still aren’t too much for the likes of Mopar muscle. That’s because our featured ‘Cuda is a road racer with HEMI power, that takes hairpins with grace!

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Missouri’s Craven Performance builds some of the region’s most radical late-models, and our featured Challenger SRT8 is one of the shop’s scariest specimens. Cranking-out some massive power with a 572 HEMI, Craven’s new-gen Challenger gets air via a 10-71 huff from the Blower Shop, but it’s hungry for more!

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Chrysler announced in January that they would not be officially selling their latest Viper in Europe, as the automaker has chosen to focus the sports car’s sales campaign specifically on North America. This doesn’t mean, however, that SRT hasn’t found a way, via GeigerCars, to spread the Viper love to Germany!

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The Millennium’s muscle car craze has seen the return of many treasured nameplates, but when it comes to all things Mopar, Dodge’s new Dart SXT and Limited bring back one of Chrysler’s most popular economy models. Dodge has announced two new sport packages for the Dart, with good looks and plenty of tech to spare!

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Trucks are some of our most important utility vehicles, and we use them everyday to perform various tasks. Some of our nation’s most important industries simply could not exist without the long life and rigidity of America’s pickups, but that doesn’t mean that they haven’t been a part of the motoring hobby either!

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When Rick Edward of Texas started his ’32 Ford street rod a while back, it began as a father-son project. Unfortunately, Rick’s dad passed away shortly after he bought his parts and accessories from Sachse Rod Shop. But with Sachse’s help, Rick has successfully completed the cool coupe.

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Nick Suckow of Wisconsin had owned his Charger from the time he was in high school in 1984 until 2008, when the blown Mopar was stolen from his home while Nick was on a trip in Las Vegas. Years later, it’s still unrecovered, with lasting memories captured on YouTube.

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The History Channel celebrates American muscle as one of the world’s many marvels, and our featured episode of “Modern Marvels” chronicles our nation’s muscle car timeline, from the Chrysler 300C of the ’50s to the Six Pack, 440-stuffed Road Runners of the late ’60s. Muscle cars truly are amazing machines!

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Walt Austin of Tacoma, Washington brings us a Willys coupe that’s completely aluminum-bodied, while packing a blown HEMI under the aluminum hood. Not only a strong runner in a straight line, but Austin’s aluminum coupe makes use of Kirkham Motorsports’ suspension, making for a true winner all around!

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America’s muscle car history is filled with an entire segment dedicated to compact construction, and two of that segment’s biggest players were AMC’s Javelin AMX and Plymouth’s answer, the Duster. Based on the Valiant, the Duster gave Plymouth a sportier look, but the Javelin AMX was a compact with BIG ambitions!

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