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  1. barbee6043

    A BODY ITCH

    Back maybe 20 years ago I had a 64? B body ply. that color. Really sweet color. Unusual.
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    Getting fed up...

    I still never found an email address!
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    preserving new vehicle?

    Wood floor on your car trailer????? Yep dump old oil on it! I have a pontiac bud back ion Mo. and he has several old pony- acs, 66 GTO, 69 Firebird, etc. ,,he always pours old oil in the trunk flloor. Never any rust ever. He has an old boneyard and doesn't find the smell of old oil!!
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    preserving new vehicle?

    Move way down South!!!!!!! But Tx. is full except Austin!!:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:
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    Getting started to work on my 1974 Dart Sport. I got questions

    You said the car has sat for a decade? First thing I do is pull the gas tank, IF it had any gas, dump that, pull the pickup and use light etc to see inside tank's condition. Clean the car inside and out. Make list of all the mechanicals that probably need to be addressed for a safe ride.\ Go...
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    Painting engine in engine bay?

    Black!!!!! hahahahahaha :BangHead: OK so now you have to paint the rest of the car BLACK!!!!!!!! :poke::poke::poke::poke:
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    Have you ever lost

    I have been in the hobby since early 80's and have owned a lot of Mopars. They always would come and go. Never could keep them all! I guess the "hunt" was always exciting and kept my interest up. Finding a "new" project has always been a rush!!!! (disease???). But as decent project cars...
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    Have you ever lost

    I hear ya! I had a triple bypass in 2017 during Hurricane Harvey... They put me on big Statin and blood thinner. Get a scratch and I bleed like a pig. and bruise bad. Muscle strength has been going downhill for years. I tell my family doc and he just says I am old! I went to a...
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    Have you ever lost

    I have loved these old car since early 80s. Owned and built many. Some cool, some just old Mopars! I graduated HS in '66 for that dates me as 76 today. But at 76, i have medical issues and so hard to get up and down without help. Just life. But its hot in Tx half the year, 95 and HI of 115 is...
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    Getting fed up...

    Just in today. Some 100 "climate" groups are lobbying all the major US large Banks, as in JP Morgan and such, to stop providing credit to all the US companies that are suppliers of dairy and meat. All of US ag, ALL of it, is estimated to only produce about 10% of all of US greenhouse gases.
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    Switch to manual brakes makes car run better?

    Power brakes are for week legged youngsters with pimples. !!?? Real answer. They never run good with a vacuum leak!
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    Getting fed up...

    I understand!! But I usually save 50% over O' Really Auto even figuring in shipping. Where Rock gets ya, is getting parts from 2-3 different warehouses. I will always] put all the brands I will use in the cart and see what is shipped form where. My wife and doc, think I need to stay active...
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    Getting fed up...

    I feel the pain!!! But my excuse to sell most everything is that my age and health is aging me out. Bot I agree, poor quality parts has been an issue for quite a while and I doubt it will get any better. We live today in a throw away world! But,, the collector car market is SOFT! In 50...
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    how many cars do you have?

    Four. 1962 Dodge Lancer 170 ( 2 door post) 1964 Merc Comet 1966 Ford Fairlane 500 1975 AMC Hornet (2014 Toyota Tacoma) A 100 foot pine killed my '95 Ram 3500 in the last storm! I am old and woreout and need to get down to 1 or 2 classics!!
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    Plymouth Feather Duster Questions

    I had a feather duster back about 2000 or so. Yes 225 and auto. I bet most had the 4 OD though.
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    Junior project car

    Vintage Mopar? Good F bodies are cheap once the seller understands it is an F body not a hemi Cyuda. WEorking AC, not always. No one needs AC till they are old, overweight and lazy! :thumbsup:
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    On the pickin road again

    Fl. (metal) termites are worse than Fl. skeeters!!
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    On the pickin road again

    Coon tastes just like chipped beef. Some of the best bar b q I have ever had was possum.. I was told what it was after I had eaten some.
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    On the pickin road again

    That is a Fl. chicken.... Tastes like rabbit!!
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    Asking for Opinions

    Over the decades...old Mopars? You name it, I have done it...except toss the torsion bars!! I like it all.
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    RustyRatRod's Guide To Hot Rod Bliss

    ^^^It ain't that the old cars of yesterday stop too slow, its the idiots (key word) of today drive too fast!
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    On the pickin road again

    They demand $3500 for one like that in around Dallas!!! But they drove a few hours up to Ok. and bought it for $400. Texas. Yah-hooooo!!
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    On the pickin road again

    These Texans here must not have ever heard of "parts cars"! Every 73 up Duster roller, missing half its parts, rusted everywhere as usual, busted glass, on blocks,... always puts them on FB Marketplace for $4-5000. Don't try to mention that even though it' s been for sale 13 weeks...
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    LAND HO!!!!!!

    A West Coast family of homeless could live in there!! Rent free?? Back when aliens ( UFO type aliens) traveled in such comfort
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    ANOTHER WIW Thread.....LOL!!!

    JB Weld!!!!! :thumbsup: :rofl:
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    Barn Find!!!! Well not really......

    ^^^ I agree to above except the darn rattle cans.....borrow a compressor, buy a $40 gun and some real (single stage AE) paint!!
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    Barn Find!!!! Well not really......

    ...what??? I bought an old Chevy!!!!! I thought I'd be hot chit IF I had a 4526 hemi...after I had some and figured in stock form, it ran a c*** hair faster than my 440's I said CHIT!!! WTF so what!!!! Course I ain't never been a boy racer!! :poke: :BangHead: :BangHead: :BangHead: :thumbsup...
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    Barn Find!!!! Well not really......

    NOooooooooo!!!!! :poke: :BangHead::BangHead::BangHead::BangHead::BangHead:
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    The story of the early Chrysler 273.

    I believe the 273 had early success with the Trans Am program with a privateer. Like the Ford 289, a good engine for what it is.
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    The story of the early Chrysler 273.

    ^^^ I agree. THANKS for the info. Love that little 273!
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