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Tony Oksien – a Personal View

Pete Wiseman, chairman, Mopar Muscle Association.

Like so many others in the Mopar world, I was extremely saddened and shocked at the untimely death of Tony Oksien. I had known Tony for many years, and have long aspired to live up to his values in terms of knowledge, factual accuracy and general decency.

As most people are aware, he was instrumental in setting up the Mopar Muscle Association which was designed to “bring Chrysler’s heritage to the masses”. He was the club chairman for many years, and then moved on to become the club’s venerated president.

His passion and knowledge of the Chrysler marque was unequalled in the United Kingdom and through

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