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Des Ryan

Des Ryan has been involved in all levels of Mopar musclecar ownership, from barn finds to drivers to a high-level restored Hemicar. He's also spent over 20 years in the advertising industry as a copywriter and creative director. With pen in one hand and pistol-grip shifter in the other, Des is bringing his two passions together to keep you Direct-Connected.

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Herlitz’s Hemi ‘Cuda Convertible at Auction

In the world of vintage motorcars there are those that are rare, there are those that are beautifully cool and there are those of great historical significance. If a car was one of only, say, 18 ...
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Video: Over-powered Dart Spits Out Dana 60 on ...

How do you know your Mopar is making too much power for your car? When your drivetrain gets strewn about city streets like rice at a wedding, that’s how. This Dart owner in Edmonton, Alberta, ...
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Dodge Adds 1,000 New Hellcats To Production Run

The folks here at Directly Connected were as over the moon about the success of the Challenger Hellcat as any Mopar lover could be. But it’s never cool when you order a new car and ...
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In Case You Missed It: Dodge Revived The ...

Here at Directly Connected we love all things Mopar. So when we heard about the revival of the Dodge Scat Pack Auto Shows, we nearly flipped our Shaker hoods. The baby boomers among us will ...
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Mystery Solved: Is This Charger The Very Last ...

So every Mopar nut worth their salt knows that the last Hemi cars were produced for model year 1971. That knowledge may beg the question of what was the last Hemi car produced. Was it ...
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Video: Redemption! Hellcat Outdrags Tesla In Rematch

It is no fun to lose a drag race. It is no fun to lose a drag race when you’re driving the much-touted 707 horsepower Challenger Hellcat, so-called most powerful muscle car ever made. It’s ...
Dodge Challenger T/A Concept 2014
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Could a New Challenger T/A Be What Dodge ...

Some 45 years ago, Sam Posey was throwing his fluorescent lime green Challenger T/A around the trickiest road racing tracks of America and Canada. It was a valiant attempt by a brilliant driver to win ...
rusty mopars minnesota barn finds junkyard
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Hundreds of Mopars in This Minnesota Boneyard

[Editor’s note – there’s been some major revelations pertaining to this story since being first published on April 3rd and has been changed for factual corrections. – KS] Where do Chargers, Satellites, Road Runners et ...
AAR Cuda 1970 blue plymouth
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Video: Watch This 1970 B5 Blue Plymoth AAR ...

Now here’s a legend, presented by Muscle Car of the Week. This street version of Dan Gurney’s All American Racers Trans-Am car is a ‘Cuda of a different color. Blue Fire Metallic to be exact. ...
million dollar craigslist hemi cuda convertible
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Million Dollar Craigslist Hemi ‘Cuda Convertible

The Mopar world went a little haywire recently when an ad for a 1971 Hemi ‘Cuda convertible, the most valuable musclecar on earth, surfaced on the Los Angeles Craigslist. Pictures showed a blown apart project ...
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