Allpar Updates and Site News

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November 27, 2003

• Charles Hagenbuch's first models page - 1969 Dodge Chargers
• Updated "true origins of the Hemi" with notes from a Chrysler engineer
• New washer bags page
• Slight update to 2.2 liter engines page
• Updates to TV and movies
• Update to biodiesel page

Sept 23

• Lies

August 8

• Massive Chrysler UK article added - extensive
• Big bio on Sue Unger
• Added to the technology page with the eEngineering Portal and DealerCONNECT
• AMC UK added to AMC history
• Polara page revised, indexed
• Addition to 300M page
• Big new performance section added to Omni/Horizon page
• Bit added to the 2.2 page and the 3.3 page
• Caravan/Voyager eC review by John D. Harmon
• Added/linked to LA 4; updated 2.2 performance mods page
• Added photo, info to Chrysler-Argentina page
• Added first of many "low-buck quick hits" to Neon performance page
• Updated Dynasty, squad cars 1980-2000, technology (digital dashboard) pages

July 19

• Tom Hand's torqueflite article
• Updates to the customer survey and secret warranty pages
• Updates to the 3.3 page (rocker arm breakage) and general repairs page (frame specs)
• Added Ontario speedway to pace cars (Challengers)
• Updated climate control computer code section
• Added Chrysler 300 to Cordoba page
• Tuneup info for 1949-52 Plymouths (Bill Watson)
• New Neon testimonial, new dealer lie
• Minor updates to Satellite, auto trans fix testimonial pages
• Added dirty paint to peeling paint apge
• Sapparo photos

June 5

• 1955 Dodge - very detailed
• Replacing a Neon clutch

May 22

• Neon manufacturing/engineering
• Neon environment greatly expanded
• New Little Red Wagon photo
• New Neon testimonials
• Christine!

May 5

• Making a Neon section
• New Cirrus, Stratus, Breeze section
• Updated Neon performance
• Updated hybrid-electric page
• Added Razor photos from Richard Benner
• Added photos to Richard Benner's bio

April 26

• The Little Red Wagon
• Fuel cell vehicles
• Wrong name for LX editorial
• Pymouths of 1934
• Squad car update (Intrepid use, fires)

April 23

• PT Cruiser and Liberty reviews
• How Plymouth got its name

April 16

Chrysler 300C

April 8

• Added to the transmission repair page
• More Neon testimonials
• New quality enhancement page
• Irma Brandt bio

April 1

• Turbine photo page
• More police Fury info
• Neon testimonials

March 27

• Richard Benner bio
• Johnny Cash Plymouth
• Various site fixes
• Last Chrysler Lebaron photo essay (Richard Benner)
• Chrysler Lebaron pre-production photos (Richard Benner)
• Added pre-production Dodge Daytona photos to Dayonta page (Richard Benner)

March 20

• New 1953-1954 models page
• Extensive additions to 2.2 specs
• New transmissions page; new Hy-Drive, Torqueflite, and Powerflite pages
• Updated flathead six page

March 9

• Substantial Fargo additions
• 2002 Neon owner testimonial
• Substantial South African additions
• Many small additions and updates including slant six page, 3.3/3.5 performance, dealer lies, and stalling
• Taking car out of storage

March 2

• 1955 Belvedere
• General site cleanup - got many bad keywords and descriptions and fixed some formatting
• Updated engines used since 1966 page
• Updated 3.3 and 3.5 liter engines pages

February 25

• Ford - 100 years of deception
• Stallkamp
• 2.6 hose routing
• Squad cars update (1970s) and AMC history update (squad cars)

Febuary 16

• Section on 1950s models added to Canada page

February 3

• Updated Jeep Wrangler home page
• New Jeep Wrangler Rubicon review

January 28

• Updated 318, serious EEK-AWD, starter repair, squad car pages; corrected Fargo pages
• Added to the computer codes and climate control codes
• Air shock repair
• Fixed e-mail addresses; added to biographies

JANUARY 21

• Dodge Mirada and Magnum updates
• New Volare and Aspen stories
• Minor Daytona page updates
• 2.2/2.5 turbo page update
• Bios added
• Coming soon...200K club (awaiting verifications)

January 14

• Dodge in Mexico
• Pacifica update
• Plymouth PA, PB
• John Fernandez

January 6

• Concepts

December 18

• Powell Sport Wagon
• Updated new-Hemi page
• Updated SRT-4 page
• Updated plant closings, upcoming models

December 11

• Substantial new Fargo updates!
• Cordoba updates
• New page on Digital Factory

December 4

• Updated LH history

November 14

• Minor updates to slant six
• Updated minivan review with new developments
• Minor pace car page update
• Added 413 to engines page (no new material)
• Updated Neon racing victories, SRT-4

November 1

• Updated Eagle Premier/Dodge Monaco page
• Updated parts page

October 23

• Updated 200,000 Mile Club, history of Dodge pickups, updates to 3.3 - 3.8 engines, fixed all cars list

October 16

• Updated forums - fixed forum links throughout the site
• Transferred EEK to new forum system

October 9

• Ted Mittelstaedt's transmission flush instructions and fluid story
• Updated 2.2 chronology (added details, fate of successors)
• Updated 3.3/3.8 engines page substantially
• Updated slant six engines page with torque figures; put more info into Neon vs 1960s Lancer chart

October 2

• Load levelling shock repair (Jason Hochstein)
• Jeep Grand Cherokee review
• Forums replaced
• Note on replacing Neon cam seal with the head gasket
• Updated Neon tip
• Updated 3.3 page
• Major update to 2.6 engines page

September 19

• Load levelling shock repair
• Update by Matt Cramer to Andrew Renth's editorial on Ford vs CHrysler fans
• Major update to the upcoming vehicles page

September 12

• Finally updated the forums main page to match the actual forums
• Minor updates to stalling, Spirit R/T, Horizon, Spirit/Acclaim, resources, Red Ram, engines pages
• Updated Chrysler tips with Andrew Renth's reply

September2

• Plymouths of 1968
• Plymouths of 1933

August 28

• Viper information and specs
• PVO team description
• Cars sold and shipped during World War II
• Stratus R/T review
• Actually linked to the tips to Chrysler - customer recovery article

August 20

• New tip: Regaining the faith and loyalty of enthusiastic boosters and customers
• Jeep Liberty Renegade review
• Plant closings - which facilities were (and are being) closed and sold off
• Ludicrously detailed 2.2 liter engine specs
• Sales editorial (not yet finished)
• Updated James Dement's fuel pump and fuel hose repair guide
• Dodge Stratus review

August 12

• New, brief page on the Jeep JJ - low-end Jeep that never saw production
• New page on the Chrysler extended enterprise system
• New page on replacing oil gallery plugs
• More on the new Hemi from Chrysler including final specs
• Thanks to Mike Sealey, enough Rebel information for its own page
• Minor additions to parts page
• Added feedback to the dealer scams page
• Upcoming model page updated, along with the 300M page
• Updated 2.2 and 2.2 turbo page with more maintenance and maintenance tips; substantial performance update to 2.2 turbo page
• Response to Andrew Renth's Ford-vs-Chrysler enthusiasts opinion
• Photo of Hemi heads added to Hemi page
• Minor 3.3 maintenance update
• Added to overheat / lack of heat repair page
• Updated the alternators page (repairs/EEK)

August 7

• Guest Editorial on union employees - lazy and overpaid?
• Guest Editorial on enthusiasts and the takeover

August 3

• Chrysler 300M Special review
• Updated the Chrysler 300M and LHS information page
• New forums! (Boy, that was a pain.)

July 26

• Updates to Neon SXT review / Neon vs Civic, Corolla comparison
• Substantial update to Neon SCCA page

July 16

• Updated the 200,000 Mile Club
• Substantial update to the resources page
• Added Chrysler 383 to the South African Chrysler page; added feedback to CR page
• New photos in the 2.2 turbo and minivans pages (thanks, CHuck Green)

July 9

• Sebring Convertible GTC review
• New Sebring/Stratus/Cirrus/Breeze forum
• Daytona/Laser forum added to the Ultimate system
• New guest editorial: stories from the inside
• Updated the 2.7 liter engine page; linked our South African Chrysler page to Chrysler's South African page
• Eliminated the last Sprinks - we hope

June 30

• New page on Canada's dirt track champion 1979 Cordoba
• Editorial: An independent Chrysler: why it's needed and how it can be done
• Substantially updated Diplomat, 2.2/2.5 turbo engines, 2.2 engine repairs, Superbird pages
• Also updated Road Runner page

June 20

• Neon SXT and PT Cruiser reviews
• New transmission cooler installation page
• Updated Cricket, 3.5 liter, Champ pages

June 12

• Neon power steering pump repair
• Updated dealer lies, computer codes
• Fairly sizable update to 3.3 page - performance
• Guest editorial on preventing the loss of Chrysler
• SCCA Neon successes

June 4

• Neonexpres' Neon head gasket repair page
• Computer codes, 2000 Neon, turbine page updated
• Dodge Ram Heavy Duty specs
• Sprinks removed from base of forums
• AntiFord webring code updated

May 21

• Turbine engine - detailed history added
• 2.2 Turbo III centerlining procedure
• Major update to Neon SRT page
• Fixed many meta tags to make searches easier
• Updated new Hemi page, 1.6 Rover/Chrysler engines pages
• Updated 2000-2006 Neon page
• Substantial update ot the upcoming models page

May 14

• Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited review
• False Profits editorial
• Minor updates to computer codes, Avenger/Tiger, Daytona, pace cars, current squads, E class, and stalling pages

May 9

• Serious updates to upcoming models. Noted no-production status of M80, Razor; production schedule for LX series.
• Grand Caravan AWD 3.8 review

April 23

• Authentic dyno tests from Chrysler Corporation from 1965 (426 Hemi!) and 1959 (413 Wedge!)
• New 392 Hemi page!
• New E series page!
• Chrysler Canada substantial update

April 16

• Racing forums added; NHRA Pro Stock Neon added
• Transmissions - torque converter failure
• New Neon repair (turn signal/hazard switch replacement with photos)
• Added repair and handling notes to Durango

April 9

• Thanks to Bill Watson, lots more Diplomat/Kingsway material
• New version of "Tales of a Police Car Hobbyist" article!
• New PT Cruiser Turbo page over at ptcruizer.com

April 4

• Craig Dunham's terrific new Dodge 400/600/LeBaron Convertible page
• Added full auto show coverage

March 29

• 2.4 engine photo
• Updated Neon SRT page a little
• Fixed references to Trevor Creed

March 22

• New first drive of the Dodge Intrepid squad car

March 13

• Large new editorial by Bob Sheaves on SUV suspension designs
• Updated Spirit/Acclaim/Saratoga page
• New Circle Track racing page (Mike Peterson)

March 6

• New Durango review with pictures
• Updates to non-starting page, transmission repair page, Neon repair page, minivan history, parts list, 2.2/2.5 TBI mods page
• 200,000 Mile Club update

February 27

• Extensive reworking of the Chrysler-South Africa section with lots of new material and photos (courtesy Mike Sealey and Brendan Milne)
• Added 2002 model prices.
• Update of Concorde page with review of 2002 model
• Updated the 3.3 engines page with new performance tips
• Updated the minivans page with many new links and new repair information
• New 1959 Diplomat photo in "A Plymouth by Any Other Name"

February 20

• New page for the LA-4 engine
• New opinion on cost reduction by Bob Sheaves
• Daytona photo gallery links added

February 14

• New Canada page
• Updated Neon performance info
• Updated 2000 Neon page - competitive comparisons, reviews, repairs.
• New "about Allpar" page
• Added Allure coupe to Eagle Premier page
• Eliminated popups in the UBB forums and all Neon related pages (thanks, Howell Automotive and neoncars.com)
• Added Spirit R/T writeup by Stephen Lyons to the K-car page
• New Chrysler Falcon concept car added to concepts page, Valiant

February 7

• New heavy duty Ram info
• Chrysler Europe page - substantial updates (eurocc); also updated Horizon page
• New "In Praise of the K-Car" article added to K-car section
• Minor mods to Daytona and Neon sections
• Tweaked forum settings for faster loading, nicer appearance

January 29

• Finally, Pacifica photos! Lots of 'em! And more details.
• Updated parts page, 2.2/2.5 turbo page (links).
• 2002 Neon performance tips added (to existing page)
• Updated 2.4 liter page for turbo information
• Minor update to AMC history page
• Updated current squad cars page
• Made registration required for all forums to avoid severe abuse problems
• Base 4.0 page

January 22

• Part 2 of Curtis Redgap's history of fleet cars - 1933
• Moved minivans, Neons, news to new forum type
• Mopars in Motion on resources page; some advertisers taken off
• Substantial upgrades to Chrysler in South Africa (thanks, Mike Sealey)
• Updates to Chrysler TC page including a brief review
• Update to the 1.4/1.6 liter engines page

January 15

• Minor updates - 2.2/2.5 engine misc repairs page (oil changes, more)
• Dodge M80
• Second-generation Neon page minor update
• Ram SRT and Razor (last week)
• South Africa history updated

January 3

• Updated the webrings
• Neon SRT
• Pacifica
• EEK brake upgrades

To see more of this site's development history, see the archives of our "what's new" page, dating back to 1997 (the site itself goes back to 1994, but it took us a long time to actually tell people what we're updating). See the 1997-2001 updates.

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