Operation Plan "B"
I decided to post the story of how Plan B actually came about. I was about to finish my Vega project when I began to watch ebay for an a-body. I had a 74 Duster in high school with a 318 and 3 speed stick. I loved that car. So did the guy who stole it. Right out of my driveway 1 night. Never saw it again. Bought another car and never looked back. So 20 years later, (or so) I got the mopar bug again. Began looking on ebay just to see what theyre going for. Holy pooh! Better keep looking. A year goes by and I see this car that looks good, right before Christmas, maybe I have a chance. So I bid 950.00. with 1 day to go, just minutes before bidding stops, the price starts jumping. I say to myself Rob, bid no more than 2k Bidding stops at 2 k, and its mine. Get up early on Saturday and head for Indy with car trailer in tow. Get to the house in decent time, and check out the car. Car has never run since rebuild 383 and 4 speed, rally wheels, buckets wit seat covers, but you know the story.. looked better in the pic. And this guy had a couple nice rides. He was the friend of the seller who had title and keys, and even though I had all my receipts thru ebay and paypal I didnt trust this guy. Over his car in the garage was a sign that said Diehard. Something familiar about that. Something UN-settling. Oh well, load and go back to Michigan. Oh the trip home I had plenty of time to think, and I kept going back to that sign. It was a derivative of the screen-name of the guy bidding against me. I was livid!!! :tool: I went home and made a complaint to ebay and paypal. They would look into it. I gave them my sellers address, the address of where car was at, and the name of the guy I met to get car. If they wouldve dug into it, they would have matched his name with screen name and address to prove it was a shrill bid. But no, f**k me and f**k him too!!. The next day I unload car into garage and it rolls off trailer like a bat out of hell, hitting the divider wall between the 2 back bays of my garage and pushing back wall out 2 inches. F**k me again; and F**k him again too!! Anyway, I decide to sell my buddy the 383 for 750.00 and go with a small block instead. I buy a 318 complete off ebay in Chicago for 125.00 and go get it. Then the wife and I decide to sell to get away from school system. Attention All Personnel, All projects are now officially on HOLD!! We move and sell the big garage along with house and into the new house. 1 day I have to go to Indiana to look at a project for work. I decide to drive down US 12 to look for mopars and such. I actually found a guy that had 2 Dusters, 2 Ramchargers, and a host of other desirables. I turned around so fast!! Both were 74s and very decent. 1 was red, the other pale blue. I give the number a call and the guy says hed be right over. So while I wait I check them over real good and weigh the pros and cons. While I check them out, Samson checked me out real well. Samson was the 120 LB rottwhiler. Seemed friendly enough, but so did Jeffery Dalmer. I stayed under the car until the guy showed up. Made the deal, $1600.00 no motor or trans. I bought the red car with fat tires and decent paint. Now I have 2 Dusters what will I call it? My wife says call it Plan B!! With the 2 cars side by side it was a no-brainer. May I have your attention please? Abort Plan A, were going to Plan B. And so it begins
Plan A is blue, Plan B is red. Both look good in the pics but 1 is true.
I decided to post the story of how Plan B actually came about. I was about to finish my Vega project when I began to watch ebay for an a-body. I had a 74 Duster in high school with a 318 and 3 speed stick. I loved that car. So did the guy who stole it. Right out of my driveway 1 night. Never saw it again. Bought another car and never looked back. So 20 years later, (or so) I got the mopar bug again. Began looking on ebay just to see what theyre going for. Holy pooh! Better keep looking. A year goes by and I see this car that looks good, right before Christmas, maybe I have a chance. So I bid 950.00. with 1 day to go, just minutes before bidding stops, the price starts jumping. I say to myself Rob, bid no more than 2k Bidding stops at 2 k, and its mine. Get up early on Saturday and head for Indy with car trailer in tow. Get to the house in decent time, and check out the car. Car has never run since rebuild 383 and 4 speed, rally wheels, buckets wit seat covers, but you know the story.. looked better in the pic. And this guy had a couple nice rides. He was the friend of the seller who had title and keys, and even though I had all my receipts thru ebay and paypal I didnt trust this guy. Over his car in the garage was a sign that said Diehard. Something familiar about that. Something UN-settling. Oh well, load and go back to Michigan. Oh the trip home I had plenty of time to think, and I kept going back to that sign. It was a derivative of the screen-name of the guy bidding against me. I was livid!!! :tool: I went home and made a complaint to ebay and paypal. They would look into it. I gave them my sellers address, the address of where car was at, and the name of the guy I met to get car. If they wouldve dug into it, they would have matched his name with screen name and address to prove it was a shrill bid. But no, f**k me and f**k him too!!. The next day I unload car into garage and it rolls off trailer like a bat out of hell, hitting the divider wall between the 2 back bays of my garage and pushing back wall out 2 inches. F**k me again; and F**k him again too!! Anyway, I decide to sell my buddy the 383 for 750.00 and go with a small block instead. I buy a 318 complete off ebay in Chicago for 125.00 and go get it. Then the wife and I decide to sell to get away from school system. Attention All Personnel, All projects are now officially on HOLD!! We move and sell the big garage along with house and into the new house. 1 day I have to go to Indiana to look at a project for work. I decide to drive down US 12 to look for mopars and such. I actually found a guy that had 2 Dusters, 2 Ramchargers, and a host of other desirables. I turned around so fast!! Both were 74s and very decent. 1 was red, the other pale blue. I give the number a call and the guy says hed be right over. So while I wait I check them over real good and weigh the pros and cons. While I check them out, Samson checked me out real well. Samson was the 120 LB rottwhiler. Seemed friendly enough, but so did Jeffery Dalmer. I stayed under the car until the guy showed up. Made the deal, $1600.00 no motor or trans. I bought the red car with fat tires and decent paint. Now I have 2 Dusters what will I call it? My wife says call it Plan B!! With the 2 cars side by side it was a no-brainer. May I have your attention please? Abort Plan A, were going to Plan B. And so it begins
Plan A is blue, Plan B is red. Both look good in the pics but 1 is true.
