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Mopar,R. Gilles-gawk@ Petersen Automotive Museum in LA, CA

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[SIZE=medium]"Meet Ralph Gilles, President and Chief Executive Officer - SRT Brand and Motorsports, Chrysler Group LLC and Senior Vice President - Product Design, Chrysler Group LLC on Friday, July 26 at 7:00 p.m. at The Petersen Automotive Museum. He will be interviewed about Chrysler design by MotoMan Host, Geogre Notaras during a live streamed interview on Inside the MotoMan Studio. The event starts with an all-Mopar cruise-in at 5:00 p.m. in the museum’s parking structure. Show up in a classic or special interest Chrysler Group vehicle and get free parking!”[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Here’s a link to the museum’s page on the event (note apparent error reading "June26" in text--verify with Museum just to be triple-sure):[/SIZE]
[SIZE=medium]http://www.petersen.org/visit/museum-events/inside-the-motoman-studio-mopar-cruise-in-with-ralph-gilles[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]THIS MEANS U, suzq044—SHORT FLIGHT FROM PHX! Mopar Norm is also close enuf to show up, no?[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]This multiple post is offered by Jeepophile for the edification of the Allpar community.[/SIZE]
 
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Subject to verifying next week, when museum staff offices open, I'm calling this confusion: "More from GM Sabotage Dept." Heh, heh, heh. Such museum events usually not conducted on Wednesday nights (like June26); Friday nights (like July 26) more likely.

OIIIIIIIO, 0IIIIIII0, oIIIIIIIo.
 
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Good to know we have back-ups, Norm! 'Sorry you can't go.

I also just noticed that they apparently misspelled George Notaras' name, too. Maybe too much caffeine, or not enough, that day in a cubicle at the museum?
Or they were telecommuting/typing/driving and got cut off by a Prius?
 
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51 mpg, wow; somebody was usin speed control feature, or as we were taught in my younger days, "pressing the throttle as though it was an eggshell one did not want to break"!

About that storm, as they used to say, "Don't touch the phone [or a wire-connected computer?] during an electrical storm!"
 
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MoparNorm said:
Yeah, thanks. We are unveiling our race Jeep in Big Bear that weekend.
Big Bear---fantastic area for legal off-road trails--sounds very appropriate place to unveil new race Jeep!

From my old offroad motorcycling days I opine that--for SoCal, the Greater Big Bear area is rivalled only by the Greater Hungry Valley area, which is has single-track where no 4-wheeled vehicle can legally go, and many of those trails are where no 4-wheeler can fit!
But the right Jeep makes a great tow vehicle for a motorcyle trailer that has been "off-roadized"!
 
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In case you guys would like to know what Mopars you might see at the Petersen (as of today anyway) in addition to those in the "Pickups" exhibit and those that cruise in to the upcoming R. Gilles event (& those he might bring along?!!!):








0///////0----whew---time for a rest....
 
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You're welcome. Glad that I'm close by enough to provide these photos.

Interestingly, 'just noticed that on today's LA Times print page AA1, an obit-type story on just-passed-away actor Dennis Farina pictures him outside the Mint casino in Vegas in the NBC show "Crime Story" (1986-88), leaning on a '57 Chrysler 300 (?) that looks very similar to the car in the Petersen---but a magnifying-glass exam of that photo reveals different license plate characters, and memory tells me that Times photo's plate would be the more historically-applicable(?) California orange-yellow color with black characters...so is the plate just different, or the car?
 
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[SIZE=medium]Yes, the Mopar Cruise-In/Ralph Gilles meet-and-greet and interview with Motoman at the Petersen Automotive museum on Friday, 7-26-13 reinforced the fact that THERE ARE RABID MOPAR FANS IN SOCAL!!! Here is a sampling of photo views. My personal favorite car there was the aftermarket-fuel-injected 1965 PLYMOUTH Belvedere (yes, I know that I’m older than whatever is older than dirt). Impressive to me also was what I’d call a “Super-Charger” (Get the pun?)[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]In the audience-driven Q&A following the interview with Motoman, Mr. Gilles said he could not speak publicly on the rumored SRT Cherokee…BUT HE DID NOT DENY THE POSSIBILITY!!![/SIZE]

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You're welcome. It was a blast, to use an old-time term.

[SIZE=medium]Any chance the manager was Scott Brown? He was introduced at the program, along with some other notables, but his is the only name I recall. ‘Glad the manager (whichever Chrysler one) made it to your event. Customers are the ultimate “drivers” in a free market, and strong, innovative aftermarket suppliers like you are a vital piece of the puzzle.[/SIZE]
 
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