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;Build it and they will come
 
:The MoparWiki is a brand new concept of having everyone in the Mopar community pull together and help build the biggest and best database of Mopar Knowledge ever assembled.
 
 
 
:Ultimately, browsers of the Internet will come to the MoparWiki to find information on:
 
:* Mopar History
 
:* Mopar Makes
 
:* Mopar Models
 
:* Famous Mopar Cars
 
:* Mopar People – Factory, Dealers, Racers, Designers…
 
:* Mopar Vendors
 
:* Mopar Magazines
 
:* Mopar Clubs and Forums
 
:* Mopar engines, transmissions, and other drive-train
 
:* Mopar Innovations, and anything else Mopar
 
 
 
:New concepts generally take a little time to gather steam of acceptance and participation – but the MoparWiki is well on the way. Hundreds of Wikis have been started, dozens are very well seasoned, and more and more people jump in and help each month. Some add facts like production numbers, others add or improve the story, and yet others dress up spelling or grammatical errors.
 
 
 
:Build it and they will come. As the MoparWiki grows with the help of a small group of people that have taken the lead, those sitting on the sidelines are now at least promising to jump in and help. We are looking for a group of leaders willing to roll up their sleeves and set an example for the followers, to encourage them to help on this large community project. If you have leadership qualities and would like to be on the ground floor with participating in a project like this – then please jump in.
 
 
 
:Enough of the Administrative work has been finished to have the site functional. In the weeks ahead while context is being added, the Administrator will be fine tuning to make the site better and better.
 
 
 
:The MoparWiki is not a project of just one Mopar club – but of the entire Mopar community. That said, [[MoparStyle]] registered users currently logged in can contribute some of their knowledge on the subject. The reason for this is that is provided a registration database that gives the Administrator the ability to control spam and vandalism. If you would like to help contribute information to the MoparWiki – please register at www.MoparStyle.com.
 
 
 
:So please help the Mopar Community with sharing Mopar information that you might have. Don't worry about writing the entire Wiki -- just contribute what information you have. For instance, if you have facts on production numbers or technical specs -- go ahead and add them and leave the pretty words to the Wordsmiths.
 
 
 
:'''IMPORTANT''': To keep the credibility of the MoparWiki high, please cite the Internet site, book or magazine you posted your information from as a reference. Don’t post facts from just your memory – back it up with a reference citation.
 
 
 
:'''Finally''', while this may initially look to be overly complicated for the general Internet User, it is not. You do not need to have a lick of programming experience to learn the very simple formatting used to created a standardized look to a Wiki. The Help link in the left side-bar offers real Help that most anyone can understand. The best place to start is your own User page -- (see the link on the left edge of the top NavBar) -- where you can practice by creating your own personal Wiki Page. While there might be an initial 15 minutes of frustration learning -- once learned you will find that it is very simple to use and remember.
 
 
 
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;[[Richard Petty]] (the below is a summary of the actual Wiki)
 
:[[Image:RichardPetty1985Pocono.jpg|thumb|130px|NASCAR King - Richard Petty]]
 
Son of famous [[NASCAR]] Driver [[Lee Petty]], father of NASCAR Driver [[Kyle Petty]], Grandfather of NASCAR Driver [[Adam Petty]], [[The King]] Richard Petty and his [[STP]] car #43 was the most famous of the Petty Dynasty -- and maybe the most famous NASCAR Driver of all time. Richard Lee Petty was born July 2nd, 1937 to Lee and Elizabeth Petty. His father had already made a name for himself throughout the decade of the 1950’s by winning three Grand National Championships and fifty-four races.
 
==Personal Data==
 
 
 
*Full Name: Richard Lee Petty
 
*DOB: July 2, 1937
 
*Place of Birth: Level Cross, North Carolina
 
*DOD:
 
*Place Interned:
 
*Spouse: Lynda
 
*Children:
 
**[[Kyle Petty]]
 
**Sharon Petty Farlow
 
**Lisa Petty Luck
 
**Rebecca Petty
 
 
 
==Race Statistics==
 
[[Image:NASCARPETTYHAULER72.jpg|thumb|Petty Hauler in 1972]]
 
 
 
*First NASCAR Race: 1958 Jim Mideon 500 (Canadian Exposition Stadium)
 
*Last NASCAR Race: 1992 Hooters 500 (Atlanta)
 
*First NASCAR Win: 1960 untitled race (Southern States Fairgrounds)
 
*Number of NASCAR Starts: 1,184 races run over 35 years
 
*Number of NASCAR Wins: 200
 
*Number of NASCAR Poles: 126
 
*Number of NASCAR Top 10s: 712
 
*Number of NASCAR Championships: 7
 
 
 
==Important Accomplishments==
 
 
 
*200 NASCAR wins
 
*7 Championships
 
*10 Consecutive wins in 1967
 
*7 Daytona 500 Wins
 
*1959 Rookie of the Year
 
*513 consecutive starts from 1971-1989
 
*127 Poles
 
*Over 700 Top Tens
 
*In 1997, he was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame.
 
*He was named one of NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers in 1998.
 
* He was sole stock car representative in the first class inducted in the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 1989.
 
* He was awarded the Medal of Freedom by President George Bush in 1992, the first motorsports athlete ever to be honored with this award.
 
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: '''Go to the [[Richard Petty]] wiki for more details and photos on the King of NASCAR.'''
 
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;Needing a little touch up
 
* [[Mirada]]
 
* [[Plymouth]]
 
* [[Richard_Petty]]
 
* [[Superbird]]
 
* [[Magnum]]
 
* [[Walter_P._Chrysler]]
 
* [[Dodge]]
 
* [[Virgil_Exner]]
 
* [[Super Bee]]
 
* [[Buddy_Arrington]]
 
* [[600]]
 
* [[Aspen]]
 
* [[Roadrunner]]
 
* [[Diplomat]]
 
* [[Billy_'the_kid'_Stepp]]
 
 
 
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;Getting Close to finished
 
* [[Coronet]]
 
* [[Barracuda]]
 
* [[Challenger]]
 
* [[Lil_Red_Express]]
 
* [[Bill_"Maverick"_Golden]]
 
* [[Chrysler Norseman]]
 
* [[Mr._Norm]]
 
* [[Arlen_Vanke]]
 
* [[Crossfire]]
 
* [[Valiant Pacer]]
 
* [[Daytona FWD]]
 
* [[New Yorker]]
 
* [[Dart]]
 
* [[Valiant VIP]]
 
* [[XNR]]
 
 
 
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;Well on the way
 
* [[Ronnie_Sox]]
 
* [[300]]
 
* [[Demon]]
 
* [[Cordoba]]
 
* [[Diplomat]]
 
* [[Arlen Vanke]]
 
* [[Deora]]
 
* [[Jeep]]
 
* [[Buddy Baker]]
 
* [[Mr. Norm Krause]]
 
* [[Marlin]]
 
* [[Volare]]
 
* [[Chrysler Falcon]]
 
* [[Forward Control Trucks]]
 
* [[Walter P. Chrysler Museum]]
 
 
 
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;Needing some serious help
 
* [[Challenger]]
 
* [[Charger]]
 
* [[Daytona]]
 
* [[Kyle Petty]]
 
* [[2007 Demon Concept]]
 
* [[Transmissions]]
 
* [[A100]]
 
* [[Monaco]]
 
* [[Belvedere]]
 
* [[LeBaron]]
 
* [[Sapporo]]
 
* [[Firedome]]
 
* [[Lancer]]
 
* [[PT Cruiser]]
 
* [[St. Regis]]
 
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;Follow these simple tips and you will be a Pro in no time
 
# Start with your Member Wiki to practice the simple formatting code. Each member has his own page. A link to yours (assuming you are logged in) is in the top NavBar to the far left. Mine [[User:Old_Hippie]] was the first page I created.
 
# When Editing, use the "Show Preview", to make sure the changes look right before clicking on the "Save Page".
 
# Avoid the Over Use of Bold and Italics
 
# The Help link, found in the left side bar, is very rich in easy to understand information. It can walk you through any editing.
 
# Click edit on a seasoned page to get an idea on how the editing goes -- but click your browser's BACK link or cancel at the bottom of the page.
 
# It is preferable to edit sections over editing the whole page
 
# While Edits can be reversed, there will be Zero Tolerance for vandalized pages -- and those doing so will be banned from all sites on the server by Member ID. email address, and IP address.
 
# Photos are uploaded from your computer to the server, and then an Image command displays it in your page. Help tells you all you need to know about Uploads, and Image. Display images as thumbs. Again, see Help for a more detailed explaination, or look at the code on a finished page.
 
# When quoting facts, list your references at the bottom of the page to establish credibility. If you aren't 100% sure and can't give a reference (can be another web site, a book or magazine) then don't type it. Small errors made by a few reflect poorly on the entire site.
 
# If you see a factual error and can cite a reference with the correct information -- make the correction and cite the reference.
 
# Feel free to fix spelling and grammatical errors you come across.
 
# Naming conventions for wiki names are singular, and Upper and lowercase. IE: Chrysler or Ronnie Sox.
 
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;So what's a Wiki Anyway?
 
:A wiki is a website that uses wiki software, allowing the easy creation and editing of any number of interlinked (often databased) Web pages, using a simplified markup language. Wikis are often used to create collaborative websites and to power community websites. The collaborative encyclopedia Wikipedia is one of the best-known wikis. Wikis are used in business to provide intranet and knowledge management systems.
 
 
 
:"Wiki" (English pronunciation: /wiːkiː/) is a Hawaiian word for "fast". "Wiki" can be expanded as "What I Know Is," but this is a backronym.
 
 
 
:The MoparWiki is a Mopar encyclopedia written collaboratively by many of its readers. It is a special type of website, called a wiki, that makes collaboration easy. Many people are constantly improving MoparWiki, making thousands of changes, all of which are recorded in article histories and recent changes.
 
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;MoparStyle Members
 
:MoparStyle Members are authorized to edit the pages. Your same log-in to post in the forums, or post [http://www.moparstyle.com/classifiedads free classified ads], will also allow you to edit the wikis. As a matter of fact, each MoparStyle member has his own user page -- which is the best place for them to start with getting a feel for the mark-up text for formatting.
 
 
 
:If you are not already a [[MoparStyle]] member -- we invite you to go to the [http://www.moparstyle.com/forums forums] and register to post. It is quick, free, and MoparStyle is the best damn Mopar community on the Internet.
 
 
 
;Research and Editing Needed
 
:Every member of MoparStyle can help somewhere with making the MoparWiki the best Mopar Encyclopedia. Please spend a little time when available to help others looking for answers.
 
 
 
;Please Preview Before Saving
 
:It would be a very big help if you would use the Show Preview more often than the Save Page -- and then use the save only after you are done editing and checking with preview. It helps the editors to look at the updates -- and roll back if necessary.
 
 
 
;Talk Pages
 
:If you challenge the accuracy of the information in a topic -- but can't absolutely back it up with a reference citation -- then use the talk page, so others can find a reference to settle the challenge. Likewise -- if you don't feel comfortable editing the topic itself -- but you feel like you have some valuable information that someone else will find useful when they tackle the topic -- post it in the talk page for the topic.
 
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;Wikis are organized in Categories
 
* [[:Category:AMC]]
 
* [[:Category:Chrysler]]
 
* [[:Category:Desoto]]
 
* [[:Category:Dodge]]
 
* [[:Category:Drag Racing]]
 
* [[:Category:Dream Cars]]
 
* [[:Category:Jeep]]
 
* [[:Category:Makes]]
 
* [[:Category:Members]]
 
* [[:Category:Models]]
 
* [[:Category:People]]
 
* [[:Category:Plymouth]]
 
* [[:Category:Race cars]]
 
* [[:Category:White Paper]]
 
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| <center>'''2010 Wall Calendars'''</center>
 
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;Wide Selection of Mopar Wall Calendars
 
:[[Image:Calendar2.jpg|center|2010 NSS Wall Calendar]]
 
:
 
:[http://www.cafepress.com/texasbigbird/6911768 2010 Wall Calendars]
 
 
 
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| <center>'''Mopar Links'''</center>
 
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;The Best Mopar Links
 
* [http://www.moparstyle.com/index.php? Portal]
 
* [http://www.moparstyle.com/forums/index.php MoparStyle Forums]
 
* [http://www.moparstyle.com/classifiedads/index.php Free Mopar Classifieds]
 
* [http://www.moparstyle.com/forums/garage.php Member's Garage]
 
* [http://www.cafepress.com/texasbigbird/6716541 Mopar T-Shirts]
 
* [http://www.oldhippie.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=50 NSS Forum]
 
* [http://www.oldhippie.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=48 Old Hippie's Mopar Forum]
 
* [http://mopardragracing.ning.com/ Mopar Drag Racing]
 
* [http://www.magnumgt.com/ Magnum GT.com]
 
* [http://www.bigredram.com/ Big Red Ram]
 
* [http://www.nssracing.com/ NSSRacing.com]
 
 
 
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| <center>'''Mopar T-Shirts/Sweatshirts'''</center>
 
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;Sizes to 4XL
 
: [[Image:Burnouts.jpg|Will Do Burnouts For Beer]]
 
: [http://www.cafepress.com/texasbigbird/6716541 Mopar T-shirts/Sweatshirts]
 
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Latest revision as of 00:48, 10 May 2023




Welcome to the MoparWiki
The Mopar Wiki Site
The Mission
The MoparWiki has the goal of ultimately being the single best source for All Things Mopar. Makes, models, people, platforms, components, racing -- anything Mopar. This is to be accomplished by the [[Collaboration|collaboration] with anyone wishing to improve a MoparWiki with facts or editing for style.


About MoparWiki
MoparWiki was created in 2008 and is administered by Dave Schultz. The engine running the MoparWiki is the same engine used for the very popular Wikipedia. It allows for any registered editor to start an appropriate article, and for other registered editors to collaborate on the improvement of it. We try to follow a uniform format for consistency. You can get to a Wiki of a specific topic by typing the topic in the search box -- or clicking on a link found in another Wiki. There are links for a random page, recently updated, or help in the left sidebar. Please take a few moments to read further -- and to browse around. We hope you will assist us with collaborating on existing MoparWikis, from adding appropriate facts (and your reference source) or cleaning up the text and styling. Please clicks under the heading of Understanding Wikis in the sidebar.
Featured Wiki
1978 Lil Red Express
Lil Red Express

The Last American Hot Rod to roll off the assembly line in the late 1970s.78 Lil' Red Truck

Dodge released the Lil' Red Express Truck In 1978 it was one of the most unique Dodge trucks that had ever been produced. The Lil' Red Express was not only a real looker but these trucks were also real performers also. In 1978 The Dodge Lil' Red Express was the fastest American made vehicle from 0 to 100 MPH as tested by Car and Driver magazine.

Because of a loophole in the emissions regulations the 1978 Dodge Lil' Red Express Truck's did not have catalytic converters, what the Lil' Red Express did have was a special High Performance 360 C.I. 4-barrel small block engine code (EH1) which was a modified version of the 360 police engine (E58) producing 225 net horsepower @ 3800 RPM. The package also included Hemi style mufflers with a crossover pipe breathing through 2 chrome stacks located behind the cab, a special 727 transmission and 3.55:1 rear gearing.

The 1978 Dodge Lil' Red Express Truck rode on GR60x15 raised white letter tires on 7-inch Chrome wheels up front and LR60x15 on 8-inch chrome wheels on the rear and there was no spare included. All 1978 Dodge Lil' Red Express Truck's were automatics the interiors were available with a standard bench seat in red or black or with optional buckets and a fold down arm/rest console which was available both years. 1978 and some early 1979 Dodge Lil' Red Express Truck's used the "tuff" steering With the success of the 1978 Dodge Lil' Red Express Truck production of the 1979 Dodge Lil' Red Express Truck's was increased to 5,118. Most of the features remained unchanged for 1979 however there was some changes which included a catalytic converter, unleaded gas, 85 MPH speedometer. Read More

Your Help is Requested
Collaborator-Moderator
To collaborate is for many people to work together to create a finished product. It is not necessary for any one person to complete and entire MoparWiki on his own, nor is it necessary for a MoparWiki to be completed in one sitting. It works best when people improve the MoparWiki one section of the wiki at a time.
Edit
Editing for grammar and style is just as important as giving the facts and stating references. People who know nothing of Mopars can still help us out if they have a better command of the English language than many of those who are improving the MoparWikis. If you stumble across a MoparWiki with typos, misspellings, and grammatically incorrect -- please help out with a quick edit to correct.
SysOp
We are looking for a volunteer with Administrator and programmer experience to help out with the the administration of the MoparWiki web site.
Editing Supervisors
We have an immediate need for a expert Wordsmith to spend a couple of hours a week reviewing pages for corrections, reference citations, and reversing any vandalism.
Attorney Volunteer
Looking for a tax attorney in Montgomery or Fort Bend County of Texas, who is also a Mopar Man, to donate a little of his time to help set up MoparWiki as a Tax-Exempt Non-Profit Organization. MoparWiki will come up with the money for and of the filing fees, but needs assistance with the advice and document preparation.
If Interested in Helping
If you are interested in and qualified for any of these positions, Click Here.
Start with your MyWiki
Every Member is given their MyWiki page, which has already been created for you. We strongly suggest that you create your page first, to get the basic understanding of MoparWiki's [Markup Language]]. Click for instructions to create you MyWiki.
Important Links
You may find the below links helpful
User Page Example
An example of a "Users Page" would be Bk's
BK

Each Registered User gets his own User Page that he can update with his information, so that visitors to the site get an idea of who the people collaborating on the MoparWiki are. This Page can also be used as your personal web page, which you can link in your signature on forums, or included on your personal business cards (500 at Vista Print for $10).

But most importantly, a User Page is a place where you can practice and perfect your editing skills before taking on major changes of the creation of a wiki. MoparWiki encourages you to become a registered member, to spend a little time playing around with creating your personal User Page, and then to jump in and collaborate on the Wiki pages needing improvement. Read More