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    Fast Car

    link to performance of this song at the Grammy's last night. It always reminds me of growing up around Baltimore in the 60s and 70s when for lots of poor folks what they had in their hot rods was all they had, period. A place where they could cruise around and feel on top of the world when the...
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    shipping a manifold

    Any suggestion as to how to ship a cast iron intake manifold as cheaply as possible???
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    old gas stations along Rt 66 and beyond

    One of the things that I found fascinating on our Rt66 tour this summers were the number of restored and repurposed gas stations. I thought I might share some here and invite others to post pics of their favorite old gas stations and garages. First up, Hackberry General Store - we found this on...
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    Mike and Tina's Epic Road Trip

    So I have written about my plans this summer before, but now we are getting down to the wire. Soon my wife, Tina, and I will roll out of our driveway in Washington State near Tacoma and head off on a 6 week, 5000 mile road trip to Chryslers at Carlisle. I hope to see some of you there! It...
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    Big Thanks to Dana67Dart

    I had some really vexing problems with my instrument cluster over the last week and really didn't have a clue how to sort it out. I posted a request for help and Dana67Dart went above and beyond to school me about the system and how it workes and helping me to figure out how to get it all...
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    sources for repair and restoration information

    Faxon is reproducing manuals used at the factory for building our cars. Detailed diagrams show how vehicles were put together. I recently sent the one below to someone figuring out the stripes on their Duster. Here is a copy of a diagram in the book. The Electrical & Body Assembly Manual...
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    coolest car commercial?

    A friend recently sent me this car commercial under the banner "coolest car commercial ever". I don't know that I would go that far, but I did think it was really cool. I'll dedicate it to all the FABO Ladies out there.
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    another resto friend stricken by Covid

    Mike Frenchik and his wife Christine are the team at Retro Radio Restoration in Elizabethtown, PA. They have put new modern guts into the stock radios in all three of my Darts. Many of you would have seen their "mom and pop" booth at Chryslers at Carlisle. Mike is in the ICU with Covid and...
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    sad news...340man passes away

    2 Sundays ago (10/13?) Scott Starr whose handle here was 340man passed away unexpectedly in his home. They are still trying to figure out what happened. I had known Scott for 18 years and had my share of Mopar memories with him. We both belong to the All Around Mopars Club in WA. Attached is...
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    A big THANK YOU to easpeed!

    I bought a set of K-H brake stuff (calipers, pads, hardware, backing plates) from easpeed and when it showed up in a battered, retaped and banded priority mail box, 2 days late, I knew we had problems. More than half of the contents were gone. From what remained it was obvious each piece had...
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    cross-country parts transactions

    So a recent exchange about buying a part from another member leads me to ask: How do you deal with parts transaction across the country with somebody you don't know? I found a part offered here that I wanted to buy, the other member and I agreed on price and then ended up in a chicken and egg...
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