The Gas-Station Kid Who Outsmarted Dodge and Became the Mopar King
11/3/202536 min
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This week, when Dodge said a 383 big-block wouldn’t fit in a Dart, a Chicago car guy proved them wrong — and forced Detroit to copy him. From selling 50 Dodges in a snowstorm to building the first dealer-tuned muscle cars, Mr. Norm turned a local dealership into the birthplace of Mopar performance culture — and changed how Americans bought speed.
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[upbeat music] Hey, how you doing? Welcome back to Pass Gas. This week we're talking about one of the most influential figures in Mopar history, and he didn't even work for Chrysler. We're talking about Norman Kraus, the man who brought high performance Mopars to the Chicagoland area, and eventually the rest of America. It's Mr. Norm. Norman Kraus went from pumping gas at his dad's gas station to building some of the baddest Mopars of the muscle car era. This is a really fun one. Let's get into