Well, I drug home another one

[LO23M8B]

Yes the UP is nice but the damn mosquitos will carry you away. I'm in the middle of the state but we've had it good for the last few years.

 

[MOPARMAGA]

5 months and no updates? Wow I’m an ***. But I assure you guys I haven’t forgot about the car. Plans for the car have changed slightly and I’ll share those as we move forward. Now that the car has been running and driving for a bit I found myself rather bored with a stock (ish) 318 automatic dart (shocker, I knew that would happen). A friend of mine @jedrattle needed an engine for his d100, @Turbo440Dart convinced me to use some of the old mopar junk I had lying around and my girlfriend agreed that we need to do more race car things with our race car friends so we hatched a plan. We’re going drag n drive racing, hopefully in late 2025. Over the last few months I’ve screwed an engine together, and yesterday we yanked the 318 out of the dart and sent it to its new home. It feels good to be motivated to work on the car some more and get some stuff accomplished. More to come. For now some pics to catch you guys up.
View attachment 1716287912
View attachment 1716287910
View attachment 1716287911
View attachment 1716287913

Oh, well would you look at that !!!!!!!
Way to go, that looks dangerous.

 

[70DusterDev]

Just coming to poke the bear! How's the progress going!?

 

[TT5.9mag]

Just coming to poke the bear! How's the progress going!?

The bear has been busy building a truck. And another engine for said truck. And a new overhead crane in my shop. And, and, and. You know how it goes. The dart is still in the driveway being worked on just slowly.

 

[junkyardhero]

i demand satisfact-- *looks at photos*

okay. i am satiated.

moar pics of dart plz and thankyou.

 

[70DusterDev]

Wowzer! That shop is wild! And the crane! But the truck is beautiful!! That going to be daily get around rig? I love the blue wheel accent.

 

[TT5.9mag]

i demand satisfact-- *looks at photos*

okay. i am satiated.

moar pics of dart plz and thankyou.

I’ll get dxxx pics just for you but I have to wait till I’m alone. Wait, you said dart right?

 

[TT5.9mag]

Wowzer! That shop is wild! And the crane! But the truck is beautiful!! That going to be daily get around rig? I love the blue wheel accent.

That’s the small 4k overhead I just finished for the parts department. Our fab department has two 10t overheads I built 5 years ago.

Hard to see in this pic but the big cranes are foreground and the small crane is in the background.
Yea the truck is just something I’ve wanted for a very long time and finally found one.
My search for a shorty D100 is over

 

[junkyardhero]

I’ll get dxxx pics just for you but I have to wait till I’m alone. Wait, you said dart right?

tasteful, but not too art house-y this time man. the jaunty cap and monocle was a bit much...

 

[TT5.9mag]

tasteful, but not too art house-y this time man. the jaunty cap and monocle was a bit much...

I’ll light a cigar this time.

 

[junkyardhero]

I’ll light a cigar this time.

keep it classy you animal!

 

[DARTGAME]

Mike you bringing the truck to spring fling this year?

 

[MOPARMAGA]

The bear has been busy building a truck. And another engine for said truck. And a new overhead crane in my shop. And, and, and. You know how it goes. The dart is still in the driveway being worked on just slowly.

View attachment 1716368978View attachment 1716368979View attachment 1716368977

That's a great pick up trucks.
Wish I had one of that era.

 

[MOPARMAGA]

That’s the small 4k overhead I just finished for the parts department. Our fab department has two 10t overheads I built 5 years ago.
View attachment 1716369113
Hard to see in this pic but the big cranes are foreground and the small crane is in the background.
Yea the truck is just something I’ve wanted for a very long time and finally found one.
My search for a shorty D100 is over

What do you do with all that ?

 

[TT5.9mag]

Mike you bringing the truck to spring fling this year?

Yessir I believe there will be 3 of us in D100s driving out.

 

[TT5.9mag]

What do you do with all that ?

We build buildings. Big steel ones.
And I occasionally pull an engine or hang my boat from the cranes.

 

[junkyardhero]

Yessir I believe there will be 3 of us in D100s driving out.

that's excellent. i'll raise the bed up on the Big D like a mamma bird and all you little d's can get some shade under.

 

[MOPARMAGA]

We build buildings. Big steel ones.
And I occasionally pull an engine or hang my boat from the cranes.
View attachment 1716369231View attachment 1716369232

Fun. That's a cool business to be in.