These are in order from the newest to the oldest stories at motales, for the benefit of returning readers. If you prefer chronological order, see our main chronologically-ordered page!
Mopar People The Major Bowes Imperial (Beautifully Restored Car)
Inside the special 1937 Chrysler Imperial limousine made for Major Edward Bowes, the top radio personality of his day
Maxwell, US Motor, Standard: pre-Chrysler, 1904 to 1925
How Maxwell Motors morphed into U.S. Motor Company and Standard Motor, then finally became Chrysler Corporation in 1925 after making Chryslers for a year
Jack Benny’s Maxwell (Chrysler Connections)
How Jack Benny ended up driving (on radio, TV, and the big screen) the predecessor of Plymouth and the Chrysler Four
Meet the Cost Estimator: How Mopars Were Made (and Estimated)
Creating Chrysler's cost estimating department, 1950-1989, and a story or two
Quick stories from Chrysler’s past, volume 3
Designing turbine blades, Design flooring, logos and badges, pentastars, and Mitsubishi
Quick stories from Chrysler’s past (Vol. 2)
Breaking brakes, the Chair, log manifold, and Orvis
Chrysler President L.L. “Tex” Colbert
Modernizing Chrysler, the 1957 debacle, the supplier scandal, and the Valiant
Quick stories from Chrysler’s past
Volume 1: from a dyno tech, cost estimator, marketer, and product manager
Working for Chrysler president John Riccardo
An insider's story
Do you know these people from the Class of 1951?
Seriously, tell us!
Stories from Chrysler’s man on the Mitsubishi Board
Iacocca and working in Japan
Stories From Mopar HQ and Such The Car as Companion
One Family’s Multi-Generational Journey with Mopar
Chrysler FAQ, Updated and Modernized
1994 rec.autos.makers.chrysler newsgroup FAQ, updated and reprinted
How Ram was born of Avard Fairbanks and Dodge
One of the very few marques to be named after its own ornaments, and how that came to pass
Restoring Della Chrysler’s One-Off Car
An anachronistic luxury car for Della Chrysler: the fate of the 1937 LeBaron
The Chrysler Windsor Hybrid: Car-Plane Hybrid
Giving new meaning to "state of the art"
Mattie’s minivan story, on national TV
Are the minivan’s best days really behind it? Mattie, and many other enthusiasts, don’t think so!
How Chrysler reined in supplier quality (with science) in the 1980s
Lap of America and quality stories, with videos
Leak tests, freeze plugs, and plant markings
Why freeze plugs stayed around so long, how leaky blocks are fixed, and other factory tales
Chrysler cross-functional teams and skunkworks, 1924-1998 (and now?)
How cross-functional teams made the Airflow, Valiant, and winning cars and trucks possible, and how it could be brought back today
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