The odds are good that in the past month or so, a great many of our members here on DodgeForum have recently loaded some variety of pine tree into the bed of their Ram to celebrate the Christmas holiday but in other parts of the world – Mopar fans do things a little differently. Take the 1967 Plymouth Belvedere sedan shown in the video below from Sweden. The owner of this customized Mopar muscle sedan is out drifting around in the deep snow while picking up his or her Christmas tree and since the huge tree obviously wont fit inside of the car…the owner just tied it to the roof.
Now I have seen a great many people tie trees to the roof of their vehicle when they don’t have a pickup truck at their disposal but very few of them strap those trees to the roof of a classis Plymouth and even fewer of those folks go show drifting once they have picked up said trees. Luckily for us, this Plymouth Belvedere owner from Sweden decided to go drifting in the snow with his Mopar sedan after picking up the family Christmas tree and he got the whole thing on video.
While we are a week late to post this Plymouth sedan playing in the snow while hauling the Christmas tree – the timing doesn’t make the video any less entertaining. Enjoy!
"Before I was old enough to walk, my dad was taking me to various types of racing events, from local drag racing to the Daytona 500," says Patrick Rall, a lifetime automotive expert, diehard Dodge fan, and respected auto journalist for over 10 years. "He owned a repair shop and had a variety of performance cars when I was young, but by the time I was 16, he was ready to build me my first drag car – a 1983 Dodge Mirada that ran low 12s. I spent 10 years traveling around the country, racing with my dad by my side. While we live in different areas of the country, my dad still drag races at 80 years old in the car that he built when I was 16 while I race other vehicles, including my 2017 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat and my 1972 Dodge Demon 340.
"Although I went to college for accounting, my time in my dad’s shop growing up allowed me the knowledge to spend time working as a mechanic before getting my accounting degree, at which point I worked in the office of a dealership group. While I was working in the accounting world, I continued racing and taking pictures of cars at the track. Over time, I began showing off those pictures online and that led to my writing.
"Ten years ago, I left the accounting world to become a full-time automotive writer and I am living proof that if you love what you do, you will never “work” a day in your life," adds Rall, who has clocked in time as an auto mechanic, longtime drag racer and now automotive journalist who contributes to nearly a dozen popular auto websites dedicated to fellow enthusiasts.
"I love covering the automotive industry and everything involved with the job. I was fortunate to turn my love of the automotive world into a hobby that led to an exciting career, with my past of working as a mechanic and as an accountant in the automotive world provides me with a unique perspective of the industry.
"My experience drag racing for more than 20 years coupled with a newfound interest in road racing over the past decade allows me to push performance cars to their limit, while my role as a horse stable manager gives me vast experience towing and hauling with all of the newest trucks on the market today.
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