Depending on your point of view, this video shows either muscle car heaven or hell. Mopar City is a junkyard in Oregon, Illinois, specializing in Chrysler corporation vehicles, especially ones from the 1960s and ’70s.
There are probably more Dodge Chargers here than you’re going to see anywhere else. However, they’re far from being in pristine condition. Most of them have rust. Many of them are missing the engines and have grass growing where the powerplant should be.
The yard is roughly organized by make and model. For example, there’s a section for Chargers, and Challengers and Plymouth Barracudas are in another area.
All of these cars are for sale, and the owner is looking to offload the whole place. However, few of them look salvageable, at least without a serious amount of restoration work. A person might be able to take a few body panels for a project car, though. Parts like bumpers, trim, and lights also appear to be usable. A few of the vehicles appear to be well on their way to returning to the Earth because so few of their components are left.
These cars remind you that nothing lasts forever. Years ago, someone went to the dealer and spent money to take each of these vehicles home. Maybe they changed hands to another person who saw something special enough about the machines to own them. But, the models eventually ended up at Mopar City to rot away day after day.
The end of the video uses a drone to provide a bird’s eye view of Mopar City. The height provides a better idea of just how many cars are there and the various sections for them.
The next video in this series will be going through the various buildings on the site. They are full of parts, particularly for Chargers, Challengers, and Barracudas.
Dodge is currently preparing to revive the look of the second-gen Charger from the 1968 through 1970 model years. Current reports suggest it’s coming with a twin-turbocharged 3.0-liter inline-six and as an EV.
