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  1. /6 Matt

    Just Checkin' In

    We'll just thought I'd swing by and update everybody and say a long overdue hello. So, I think it's been about a year since I stopped frequenting the site and really just dropped off the face of the planet. I'm still alive and doing well, I just had life happen and haven't really had much...
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    To Those Whom it May Concern

    I haven't been on FABO much lately, just poppin' in and out of the place on my smart phone. This is the first time in a very long time I have had the chance to sit down at my home computer to typer anything. The phone is infuriating to type on, no more than just a few sentences and it becomes...
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    Anyone Remember this project?

    I'm trying to find the guy who has a father/daughter project going on right now with an A-100 van that they were turning into a RatRod. I remember that they were going to cut the back off and turn it into a truck and they were patching rust with streetsigns and licsence plates and they were...
  4. /6 Matt

    Check out this Chick

    Hey ya'll check out this chick's EPIC CRAZY talent! Daaaaaaaaaaaaaamn.....only in New York Art in 6 min...PLEASE WATCH!!!! - YouTube
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    My V-Type Engine Ignorance is Showing

    First off, everyone this post involves bloodborn chevy pathogens. Don your personal protection equipment. Me and my dad are wrapping up the 350 build for his 85 truck and dad started asking me about torqing procedure for the heads and intake.:toothy2: He says he remember a special...
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    I wrecked the Dart

    First of all, I'm ok. Just scrapes and bruises, I'm not sure how the Dart is yet. Well today I was running late for work so I decided not to stop and fill the dart up, I made the journey 10 out of 15 miles when I ran out of gas. I made it up the off ramp on exit 106 I-40 and I looked around...
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    Shirley Temple

    May she rest in peace. We lost her yesterday at age 85. What a shane, one of the few good role models for child stars
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    Ma Mopars Prayer

    Well we took a kitten to the vet this morning in my sisters Voyager. The last time the van was their it blew up and later we found a shattered piston and a bent rod. I would like to join us all in prayer. In the power of the Dodge, the Chrysler and the Holly Plymouth we thank you for your...
  9. /6 Matt

    How to Kill an Earworm

    Anyone have any good advice on how to get earworms out of your head? I have had Cat Stevens' Peace Train stuck in my head for like a week now and it's about to drive me insane!!!:banghead: I have tried listening to Peace Train several times, it's still stuck their. I have tried listening to Led...
  10. /6 Matt

    Awesome Member Alert!

    So this last weekend I took a nice little Saturday trip down to middle GA to RustyRatRod's house. I had my mom and sister with me for sharing driving duties and to have an entertainment commity (Ma fullfilled that role very well). Rob had posted up a big ole' pile of slant stuff that he wanted...
  11. /6 Matt

    Watch Out, the Flu is Already Here

    Well I'm just now recovering from the flu and it's working its way through the rest of the house. Everybody start inquiring about your shots. Bar the doors, it's here. This is the first time I have ever had it and I hope I never do again.
  12. /6 Matt

    I have an IBTSATT problem.

    So I finally got around to fixing and doing some cleaning on my old tuba, and after a solid year + of not playing, me and my buddy sat down to play. After over a hour of dissapointing trombone and tuba sounds, I have declared the tuba is fixed but the piece that sits between the tuba and the...
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    Cool Song Remakes

    Now I'm not personally a fan of song remakes but some are pretty darned good. So post up any remakes that you like just as good or better than the original! Type O Negative-Cinnamon Girl - YouTube On par with Neil Young in my opinion. Rod Stewart- (I Know) I'm Losing You - YouTube I like...
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    I swear if I didnt love her

    Somehow in the midst of todays confusion me and my girlfriends dad got in a fight through text messages and he has me so flustered I am about to blow my damn brains out. He just refuses to calm down and disscuss things like an adult. Its all gotta be a fight for some reason.
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    Acoustic Classic Rock

    Anybody know any easy acoustic classic rock song for somebody who's been playing for two days? I have been teaching myself through a tuner app, chord tabs and youtube. Been messing around with "Over the Hills and Far Away" and "Dear Prudence" and they aren't easy for a teen with +- 4 hours...
  16. /6 Matt

    How to Cook for an Army

    For this you will need ground beef, 5 boxes of My Essentials bacon cheese burger hambirger helper, 1 pound of velveeta cheese and McCormicks brand No-Salt Zesty All-Purpose Seasoning and Cajun powder. Brown 6 pounds of your favorite ground beef Season lightly with McCormicks zesty all...
  17. /6 Matt

    Hot Tubs

    So we have a hot tub that we got several years ago for free from a family friend. The pump recently blew a seal and started leaking at the shaft between the wet end and the motor. The motor was replaced several years ago by the previous owner and they used a 2 h.p. pump instead of a 1.5 h.p...
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    Not doing well tonight

    Been off my anti-deppressants for two days now cause its not in my budget for now. I feel horrible. I also feel....... "unumbed"?
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    Tire Kingdom SUCKS!!!

    Get ready for the rant of a lifetime....:angryfir: I have a set of 14" steelies I bought from barracudakid a coulple months ago that I've been searching for someone to sandblast. Well I finally found somebody so the only thing I needed to do was have the tires removed. I got finished with some...
  20. /6 Matt

    1000 posts

    So boys and girls, this is my 1000th post and its not how I ever imagined I would be spending it. Im going on day 5 of a badass head cold and got woke up by it at 2am, so naturally, Im on FABO LOL. Ahhh pooh.....
  21. /6 Matt

    My Band is Going to France to Represent the Nation!!!

    http://www.hickoryrecord.com/morganton/news/article_92c56bce-ab8d-11e2-a5cb-0019bb30f31a.html Thats my old high school band! And those are my friends! I just about dropped dead when I read this guys. John Berry has done some wonderful things with that band in his career at EBHS, the band...
  22. /6 Matt

    Fuel Rails

    So, got the motor dropped in the plymouth and I found two problems. A no start problem (doesn't matter right now) and the bigger problem is the fuel rail is leaking at the crossover and the fuel regulator. Excuse me while I...
  23. /6 Matt

    Got to rant everyone

    So I'm nearing completion on the first engine swap I've ever performed. It's a very nice '93 Plymouth Grand Voyager with a 3.3L V6 that had cracked it's number 1 piston and broke the corresponding rod. And it drove home like that too! My sister got a brand new long block to put in it from...
  24. /6 Matt

    I believe it's time to dissapear for awhile

    I'm gonna be frank, my mood has been degrading day by day for a week or so and I don't see myself coming back anytime soon. I have woke up very ugly everyday and went to bed in an even uglier mood every night. To make it worse, my valentine's day gift to my girlfriend is to quit smoking so I...
  25. /6 Matt

    Pet Peaves in Mechanic's Lingo

    What word(s)/term(s) do you guys constantly hear in the world of cars that just ruffles your feathers? Mine is Valve Cover(s). They don't cover the valves, they cover the rockerarms! They're Rockerarm Covers! :banghead:
  26. /6 Matt

    I Want to Take a Moment...

    poisondart74 pointed out to me in another thread I have going something that made me start thinking. He's right. All I ever seem to post about is another story of not just how I'm kicking myself but how stuff just isn't going well. I can't recall more than a few previous examples but I still...
  27. /6 Matt

    Help Me Settle A Dispute With Dad

    Sorry this is non-mopar related. Dad has an '85 Chevy Silverado 2WD Long Bed truck (which I would like to have some day [GASP!]) and it came stock with a 305 and a 4-speed auto. I think if I remember what the O'Reallys? guy told us, it has a 42RE or something with a 42 in it. Anyways, it now...
  28. /6 Matt

    I got a brand new tv, and Rockband SUCKS!!!

    So back in December, my folks got me a 39" Vizio LCD TV for Christmas and for the first time I tried to play Rockband Beatles on it. I was pissed to find the auto-calibrate setting didn't work hardly at all to fix the lag time in the tv. After playing for awhile, I'm about to jump off a cliff...
  29. /6 Matt

    Big Block Plymouth

    So me and dad got the whimpy 3.3L V6 out of my sister's 93 Plymouth Gran Voyager and I was noticing how big the engine bay is. It occured to me that my girl friend's dad knows where there is a 1970 440-6 Pack motor with its 4 speed pistol grip tranny and a 4.10 suregrip dana. You guys thinkin...
  30. /6 Matt

    Personal Crisis in Western NC: HELP!!!

    Ok guys, it's not very often I do this because I don't like to share my problems that much cause I know everyone has there own to worry about. And further more, I can hardly help if help at all when anyone else needs it, why should I recieve any? I also know that no matter how bad it seems my...
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