Been gone a while, been busy

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70DartMike

70DartMike

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I've been busy , picked up a few different projects , but still check in time to time.

Been keeping busy with a '62 Chrysler Windsor, 361 & pushbutton 727. Lowered, Scarebird front disc conversion, amazing driver, absolutely love this car.

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Traded my '74 Scamp for a '68 Polara 500 wagon. Been daily driving it, gets a ton of attention (too much). Super solid, was in a barn for 15 years. Put a set of discs on it from a '72 New Yorker, electronic ignition. Super reliable daily driver. With the back seat folded down I can fit 4x8' sheets of plywood in the back.

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Also picked up a '66 Coronet 500, 383 auto. Originally bronze with black vinyl roof, black buckets/console. Someone converted to a 4 speed, then previous owner put an auto back in it. Pedals are still in it. 383 has a nasty cam, 11:1, Torker single plane intake, Holley 870, MSD dizzy/box, high stall in trans, street slicks, 4:11s.
Plan is to repaint black, black vinyl roof, A body discs up front.

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And my '67 Barracuda project is coming along. 383/4 speed are going in next week.

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Still have my '70 Dart Custom 340

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And my '49 Fargo F1B

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Nice collection of Mopars! A&W, I remember my dad would take us from Buffalo across the border to Ft. Erie for A&W in the 70's. Thanks for bringing back some memories.
 
Wow ! Very nizze bunch of Mopars Mike, good to see you back sir, it has been awhile bud :)
 
You were gone ? hmm didn't notice . Hey Riddler do you ever talk to that gal in LaSalle with the yard full of Mopars ? She used to only want to sell them if you payed her to do the resto and they had a museum of sorts going there as well .
 
cannucky said:
You were gone ? hmm didn't notice . Hey Riddler do you ever talk to that gal in LaSalle with the yard full of Mopars ? She used to only want to sell them if you payed her to do the resto and they had a museum of sorts going there as well .
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i see jokers like that on craigslist all the time
"asking 2000 for it, but price will go up as i keep tinkering with it"
 
Some nice rides there. Buddy had a 62 saratoga more door. Was a nice driver. My best friends first car was a 68 wagon, dad used it like a truck,hauling stacks of lumber out to the lake.
Still have a soft spot for the coronets, i had a 68.
 
cannucky said:
You were gone ? hmm didn't notice . Hey Riddler do you ever talk to that gal in LaSalle with the yard full of Mopars ? She used to only want to sell them if you payed her to do the resto and they had a museum of sorts going there as well .
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Didn't expect anyone to notice, really just an excuse to show off what I'm working on.
 
cannucky said:
You were gone ? hmm didn't notice . Hey Riddler do you ever talk to that gal in LaSalle with the yard full of Mopars ? She used to only want to sell them if you payed her to do the resto and they had a museum of sorts going there as well .
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Yes I know of her. They really love the pickup trucks right now. I see they sell 1 or 2 projects a year. Maybe they sell more parts.

I’ll go and see what they have once and a while.....

There’s another guy in Belle River that has a huge collection but won’t sell if he knows your alter it from stock..

Riddler
 
Put together a Mopar club for the island , West Coast Mopars. I'm founder/president. We have 78 registered members so far, still climbing. Also host a car show - Mopar only - last Sunday in May, this year will be May 27. Last year we had about 100 Mopars show up, it was a great show.
 
Good to see you back, you've been a member here longer than most, and always positive in your contributions, preserving quite a few worthy old Mopars that were being neglected.
 
70DartMike said:
No, been home a while. Worked at Harmac (pulp mill in Nanaimo) on maintenance in the steam plant for a year, now working for a local company in town, just him and I. Nice to be home every night.
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yeah the travel work money is nice when your getting set up in life but never under-estimate the value of sleeping in your own bed .
 
goldfish65 said:
Good to see you back, you've been a member here longer than most, and always positive in your contributions, preserving quite a few worthy old Mopars that were being neglected.
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Hey, thanks. I think I joined in '06 I think. back then there were only a few hundred members or so.
Yeah, I never seem to find the nice ones, just the ones sitting neglected in a field.
 
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