Moparuk is primarily an image heavy site created by UK Mopar photographer Dave McBride, born in Coleraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland and now based in South Oxfordshire, England. After 25 years in the music business he decided to lay down his drumsticks 5 years ago and get back to photography and his passion for Muscle Cars. Some of you may remember him as the powerhouse drummer behind bands like LaSalle (live in Los Angeles videos - Carnival, Freedom, Curious/Say Goodbye, Wild), Thawn, The Diamond Geezers, Medusa, Mississippi Sheikhs, Stone Free or Uncertain Trumpet during the 80's and 90's.
The purpose of this site is to provide a photographic window on the UK Mopar scene, supported by high quality digital imagery shot on the latest Canon professional DSLR's, currently an EOS 5D and EOS 20D plus several L series lenses (100-400mm, 24-105mm, 17-40mm) and a barrage of 550EX Speedlites. The galleries cover most of the main static shows and RWYB events in the south of England where many 60's and 70's Dodge, Plymouth and Chrysler cars can be seen. All the images (except the 1966-74 Charger gallery) are available as either high quality photographic prints or as a large canvas - see the "picture sales" page for details. I am open to enquiries from stock image libraries should you wish to use any images from this site. I also have a site dedicated to the artistic side of my work at www.dmbphotographic.co.uk where you may find other fine art and illustrations of interest to muscle car enthusiasts.
Moparuk is also slightly favourable towards the Dodge Charger (which is in my opinion the ultimate in Musclecars) and is dedicated to the memory of my old '72 Charger which to date has been my one and only Mopar. So for Charger fanatics everywhere, I have included a special 1966 - 1974 Dodge Charger gallery. Click on the links above to navigate through the pages, and thank you for your visit.
To advertise on this site please enquire to info@moparuk.co.uk
While you browse through this site please take a moment and spare a thought for the millions of animals abused at the hands of humans in the name of fashion and food. Peta do a fantastic job creating awareness of the atrocious cruelty inflicted upon innocent animals by the food and clothing industries, animal "entertainment" and animal experimentation. Many companies have changed the way they treat animals through Peta's influence but sadly there are many more out there who put profit before animal care. Their work is not only limited to large companies, many private individuals have been prosecuted for cruelty and abuse toward domestic and/or wild animals. This is not a Peta sponsored ad, I have put this here myself in the hope that it will change someone's attitude to animals....and if it saves the life or eases the suffering of only one, it will have been be worth it.
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POSTER SIZE photo prints now available in A1 or A2 sizes...
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New Moparuk 2009 Calendar now available.....
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28th Sept 2008
Pictures from the Halloween Bonfire Burnout at Shakespeare County Raceway are availabe here
14th Sept 2008
Pictures from the Hot Rod Drags on Saturday 13th September. Click on the link below to view the images
12th Sept 2008
Pictures from the Outlaw Charity Picnic at Bovingdon, Herts 20/7/2008. Click on the link below to view the images
12th Sept 2008
American Car World publish my coverage of the Power Tour at York, Mopars at Brooklands and Nick Grant's '67 Charger feature..
27th July
The mammoth task of sorting and processing the thousands of photos from this years event is complete (click on the picture below). This is the most extensive coverage of this event on the web..
11th July 2008
Pictures from the Midsummer Mopar Meet at the Ace cafe London.
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1st June 2008
Pictures from the Yanks Weekend/Gary's Picnic. Photos from Saturday and Sunday's racing.
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25th May 2008
Pictures from the Mopars at Brooklands show.
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9th May 2008
Pictures from the American Super Stock and Muscle Car Power Tour Series at York Raceway
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29th April 2008
Pictures from the American Car World 'Lazy Sunday' 2008 show
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24th March 2008
Pictures from Wheels day 2008 Click on the link below to view the images
15th Oct 2007
Nick Grant's 1967 Dodge Charger added to Feature Cars
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15th Oct 2007
Pictures from this year's Duxford Show are available here....
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15th Sept 2007
Pictures from this year's Hot Rod drags will be available here....
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10th Sept 2007
Pictures from the Mopars at Brooklands show are available here....
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8th Sept 2007
Pictures from the Ace Cafe End of Summer Riot are available here....
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25th July 2007
Pictures from this year's Mopar Euronationals will be available here....
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5th June 2007
Pictures from Sundays racing at Gary's Picnic, Shakespeare County Raceway 3rd June 2007
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28th May 2007
1969 Plymouth Road Runner and 1970 Plymouth GTX added to Feature Car galleries
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14th May 2007
American Car World publish my pictures of Steve Bainbridge's Duster.
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29th April 2007
Pictures from a trip to the London Motor Museum. Click on the link below to view the image
27th April 2007
Pictures from Wheels day 2007 Click on the link below to view the images
15th April 2007
American Car World magazine publish my pictures of the 2nd Mopar meet at Duxford IWM
15th March 2007
American Car World magazine publish my pictures of Sean Adams 1970 AMC Javelin
15th January 2007
American Car World magazine publish my pictures of Steve Anderson's 1968 Dodge Coronet
14th December 2006
American Car World magazine publish my pictures of Chris orthodoxou's Viper and 2006 Hot Rod Drags
10th November 2006
"Saturday Night Special" at Santa Pod. A great days racing and the "Brisbane Taxi" ran a 12.07/108mph. The track was over run by chavs and oil-downs so I didn't stay too long! Click on the link below to view the images.
15th October 2006
Mopars at Duxford. The second MMA meeting at the IWM this year. Click on the link below to view the images.
11th October 2006
Outlaw Charity picnic, Bovingdon, Herts. Click on the link below to view the images.
17th September 2006
Hot Rod Drags at Shakespeare County raceway. Click on the link below to view the images.
15th September 2006
American Car World magazine publish my pictures of Grahame Bloomfield's '73 'Cuda and 2006 Mopar Nationals
5th August 2006
I covered all THREE days racing at the Mopar Euronats. All the pictures can be found by clicking on the image below.
20th July 2006
Not really Mopar I know, but some of the finest aircraft ever to have flown in our skies. Pics from this years Flying Legends Show at Duxford IWM. Click on the link below to view the images.
19th June 2006
Graham Bloomfield's 1973 Plymouth 'Cuda added to the Feature Cars Gallery
16th June 2006
Alan Rush's superb 1968 Dodge Charger 440 R/T added to the Feature Cars Gallery
28th May 2006
This years show at Brooklands Motorsport and Aviation Museum was another huge success with an impessive display of classic Mopars. Click on the link below to view the images.
15th May 2006
Steve Beschi's 1973 Barracuda images published in American Car World June 2006 issue
Midsummer Mopar Meet images published in American Car World June 2006 issue
30th April 2006
Second year for the Classic Car Show at Beaconsfield Football Club. UK and American classic, vintage, custom and hotrod. Click on the link below to view the images.
