The Mopar family of vehicles encompasses everything from four-cylinder-powered Jeeps to some of the muscle car era's most potent pavement eaters. Mopar is a portmanteau of the words "motor" and "parts ...
The Mopar brand made its mark in the 1960s – the muscle-car era. The former Chrysler Corporation built race-ready Dodge and Plymouth ―package cars‖ equipped with special high-performance parts.
The result of Ford's three-month endeavor was a 616-horsepower Mopar-destroyer. However, while Ford succeeded in building an engine capable of competing with the Chrysler HEMI, NASCAR had other plans.