CAR HUNT! or BOF & me car shopping!

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chryslerfat said:
Hope for a smooth trip with nothing more than a Lump. lol
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He He!

Was just talking to current owner and making sure we can drive back without a "Hitch"!
(Punny Huh?!) LOL

Anyway I hope to go up in the Aspen wagon and just drive it back without using FOTO.
FOTO's pivot bearing is not doing well and I shudder to think of it and the Dart needing towed home on a Holiday weekend.
Wish I could afford to send someone up there to haul it home for me but would rather drive it home on it's own 4 wheels.

I'm totally stoked to be bringing her back home where she belongs.
This will be the second Dart we brought (bought) back home.
Our son is still driving the light blue 69 (Clara) everyday and loving it.
Once here, I'll be able to take off the studded snow tires off my beloved 64 and only use it for shows again!
 
Trip cancelled.
I pulled the plug on the re-purchase of Fern.
Anyone interested in her PM me and I'll direct you to seller.
Sorry yall.
Sometimes things in life just aren't worth all the troubles of getting it home.
Especially when life is kicking my *** on a daily basis.
Good car, just bad times.
I'm even losing $150 in interest on the car loan check I'm taking back to the bank.
I had the check for less than a week and giving it back to the bank and they still want all the interest of the loan paid when I bring their check back!
Just another kick me in the teeth chapter of my life.
Again sorry.....

GOOD TIMES!!!:banghead:
 
64dart170 said:
Trip cancelled.
I pulled the plug on the re-purchase of Fern.
Anyone interested in her PM me and I'll direct you to seller.
Sorry yall.
Sometimes things in life just aren't worth all the troubles of getting it home.
Especially when life is kicking my *** on a daily basis.
Good car, just bad times.
I'm even losing $150 in interest on the car loan check I'm taking back to the bank.
I had the check for less than a week and giving it back to the bank and they still want all the interest of the loan paid when I bring their check back!
Just another kick me in the teeth chapter of my life.
Again sorry.....

GOOD TIMES!!!:banghead:
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Man, sounds like the bank sucks! Also sorry about not getting it back. Seems like we are still in bad times like you mentioned. (maybe it's just you and me though!) I can't seem to get ahead these days. Sold a new set og Hooker headers for $655.00 and was going to reinvest that money in another set of headers I need for another project and seemed to have spent that money and my measley tax return on just catching up on bills. However, I'm glad I got the tax return and didn't have to pay!!!!

I'm BLESSED though, have a job, house, cars, my health and a new granddaughter!!

Better times ahead!!!!
 
ABodyBetty said:
Thanks for all the kind words. This has been very difficult. My mom just passed away two weeks ago and it's like I'm re-living her all over again. I can't help but think mom is taking care Lex right now.
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Wow, I should have read back a little further before I posted above.

My thoughts and prayers for you all! It very hard to loose loved ones, both two and four legged love ones!

My beagle Kitty says Hi to you all and says she's sorry about Lex!!!
 
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYyarcp5LtU"]Scorpions - Still Loving You ( lyrics ) - YouTube[/ame]

Man that was so cool!!
Couldn't make the 2 hour trip to get Fern.
Many different reasons including a car hauler with a bad pinion bearing.
So Dr. Dart, the current owner of Fern drove her and delivered her to us to us!! Man, that was sooo cool Dr. Dart. THANK YOU!!!!!!!
So Fern is back home after all.
Funny thing is that when we first purchased her years ago the current owner back then drover her to us when we bought her without test driving her. Now Dr. Dart was nice enough to deliver her this time with no test drive again! Just showed up in our driveway on Memorial Day at 10AM, we paid for her, and she was ours again.
Thanks again Dr. Dart!
So glad to have her back with us, we really missed her since selling her back in 2011. She has 700 more miles and a lot of new parts on her too. All new front end parts 4 new shocks, new brakes, muffler, distributor, regulator, fuel pump, radiator, wires, plugs, hose, and belts too. Yesterday I topped oil and coolant off and greased all the new front end pieces, then took her for a drive!
She has a bad front end rattle noise when she hits bumps, but has all new front end. Does anyone have any ideas on what the rattling noise might be?
Well sorry we didn't get to go on a trip together but very glad Fern is back home again.:cheers:
If anyone wants to review her repair thread from the first time we owned her, it can be viewed here;
http://www.forabodiesonly.com/mopar/showthread.php?t=77304&highlight=1975+Dodge+Dart

No one like you!
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i have no idea where you are all finding the 4 doors.....i could not find a 4 door dart even when i was looking for one. They are under-appriciated and mega cool.

Dang, i love this thread :cheers:
 
this thread reminds me of my own thread i made when i went out looking at cars in the area .......dang that was a fun day ...just me and Natasha (Natasha is my car's name...she is a 68 dart) :D

http://www.forabodiesonly.com/mopar/showthread.php?t=219339&highlight=rani+loose

very fun memories.....i like to go around looking at cars i find in alleys and what not......when i find them i dont ask if they are for sale because i am not looking to buy....i just like the thrill of the hunt. I have too many projects already....i am to the point where the only way i will take on another project is if i trade an existing one for it.

Dang....cars make life fun :glasses7::D
 
Oklacarcollecto said:
I would name my cars but haven't thought of anything that is commonly used.
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whats wrong with commonly used names .....usually the most common names are the best ones that everyone wants.

whats wrong with a good old fashion classic name that you would find in good old fashion love song.......the same kind of songs i would direct to my cars. :love7:

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2WyBTGm8J4"]3 DOG NIGHT-"AN OLD FASHIONED LOVE SONG" (W/ LYRICS) - YouTube[/ame]
 
this is Natasha (named after my twin sister) ....my buddy (the car) .......my only means of transportation for a long time running.

this is an older pic of her when my cousin was bringing her home from Denver, Co and she was new to me and i didnt know her yet.......ahhhh the memories :burnout:


[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZBSGaWrEn4"]Dion & The Belmonts : I Wonder Why - YouTube[/ame]
 

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TexasDart said:
Check your brake calipers...if you have front disk. Mine was loose causing the clunking.
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Will do on my next day off work.
Thanks.
I took a quick glance at them when I was doing the front end lube.
Didn't see the new brake hardware kit on there.
Should be some fresh black rubber bands on them I think.
I'm also thinking it might be something else but won't get to look until this coming Monday.
 
RaniDart70 said:
i have no idea where you are all finding the 4 doors.....i could not find a 4 door dart even when i was looking for one. They are under-appriciated and mega cool.

Dang, i love this thread :cheers:
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Seems like 4 doors are the only ones that find me and two of them have found me a second time and come back home!
Still expecting Lump to come home some day for a Holiday visit!
LOL
 
RaniDart70 said:
this thread reminds me of my own thread i made when i went out looking at cars in the area .......dang that was a fun day ...just me and Natasha (Natasha is my car's name...she is a 68 dart) :D

http://www.forabodiesonly.com/mopar/showthread.php?t=219339&highlight=rani+loose

very fun memories.....i like to go around looking at cars i find in alleys and what not......when i find them i dont ask if they are for sale because i am not looking to buy....i just like the thrill of the hunt. I have too many projects already....i am to the point where the only way i will take on another project is if i trade an existing one for it.

Dang....cars make life fun :glasses7::D
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It's all about the hunt, but I still love to buy em!:cheers:
 
RaniDart70 said:
Darts need pretty names to match their beauty.......i think we need a dart somewhere named Betty ma'am.

Pretty name for a pretty car :cheers::cheers:
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Or how about...:burnout:
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbjyuDYtAtk"]Ram Jam - Black Betty (Official Video) - YouTube[/ame]

Or this newer remake from Spiderbait with Bruce Willis in the Gorillaz video mash up!
Love this video with this music.

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4w8Uhk6vdg"]Spiderbait - Black Betty - YouTube[/ame]

I think Bruice named his El Camino in this video Sanchez.
:headbang:

Feel Good Inc.
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pw8PpYBiDsc"]Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc ft. De La Soul - YouTube[/ame]
 
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pwbowi-8Yoo"]Melissa- Allman brothers - YouTube[/ame]


So any more car shopping safaris planned......its summer time now and a great time to get and kick some more bushes and see what hulks lie hidden in nature for us to discover. :cheers:
 
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