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Back in Time said:
Believe me I tried. I even put an ad in the newspaper. No takers.
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That's crazy. Heck, I'd have probably tossed Ya some flow for em. A guy a the local flea market had some ol engine building books for sale. He ended up selling em to me fer a few bucks and gave me some other books and mags. His brother in Law passed, but he had a Roadrunner. We swapped some War Stories for a while... that was worth the price of admission itself.
 
Ironracer said:
That's crazy. Heck, I'd have probably tossed Ya some flow for em. A guy a the local flea market had some ol engine building books for sale. He ended up selling em to me fer a few bucks and gave me some other books and mags. His brother in Law passed, but he had a Roadrunner. We swapped some War Stories for a while... that was worth the price of admission itself.
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Yea this was in 2009. I did keep my engine building books from Smokey Yunik, Bill Jenkins and David Vizard. I did get more for them than I paid when we had our moving Sale.
 
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Dan the man said:
10k to buy a car and do modifications would be hard pressed to do, but I agree with what you are saying.
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Just did a check on Facebook 1985 or older, $4,000 or less, within 249 miles of Fredericksburg TX.

16 Dodge (including a 64 Dart convertible and several trucks). 10 Plymouths, and one is a “2 for 1” set of ‘65 Barracudas (asking $3K, make offer).

Mopes are not common around here, so I think this shows project vehicles are available if someone has mechanical and possibly some body work skills, or wants to DIY learn some. There are vehicles that could make a good project. Readers could learn something, and younger folks could be inspired to get in the hobby.
 
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go-fish said:
I buy vintage Hot Rod magazines occasionally from eBay. You could probably have some success selling online.
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Anything older than 1980 I will keep along with several from the 1980s. Anything else has about zero value.
 
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Jim Lusk said:
Anything older than 1980 I will keep along with several from the 1980s. Anything else has about zero value.
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If there is any with Arrows or other Plymouths or Dodge I would be interested. Zero interest in any other make.
 
go-fish said:
If there is any with Arrows or other Plymouths or Dodge I would be interested. Zero interest in any other make.
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There might be. I actually have an interesting Car and Driver (maybe Motor Trend) from 1980. Road test of the Fire Arrow with a comparison in the corner and one of the cars was the 1980 turbo Trans Am. 0-60 the Plymouth was .2 secs faster and only .2 secs slower in the quarter mile. All of that for half the price. The magazines are all tucked away right now. If I can get the garage done soon I will start moving stuff around again.
 
Dan the man said:
Would a small block fit in a Plymouth arrow?
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Well, just about ANYTHING can Fit Somethings.... as far as a bolt in, without cutting and welding, well, I ain't sure. Maybe with a motor plate? Id have to get some dimensions, and since I'm not building one....I DO KNOW, they had Arrow Funny Cars!
 
Sox and Martin managed to make a Hemi fit.

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I would get into drag racing if I lucked up on an Arrow that was clean. Motor plate, cut the firewall, IFS, and backhalf, LA engine.
Those cars have always looked like rockets to me. I remember looking through HR in the 80's and stuff like that was all the rage. Early (late 70's - 80's) Pro-Street was awesome. Later (90's)Pro-Street notsomuch.
 
go-fish said:
I would get into drag racing if I lucked up on an Arrow that was clean. Motor plate, cut the firewall, IFS, and backhalf, LA engine.
Those cars have always looked like rockets to me. I remember looking through HR in the 80's and stuff like that was all the rage. Early (late 70's - 80's) Pro-Street was awesome. Later (90's)Pro-Street notsomuch.
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I remember that too
 
S'cuder said:
That sounds like what happened to Mopar Muscle. For the last several years before biting the dust, it seemed like their tech articles consisted taking pictures of advertisers aftermarket products being installed in some garage of the day. That and bodywork. :realcrazy:
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They had those segments featuring GYC....as if we needed to see more of those guys!
 
Kern Dog said:
They had those segments featuring GYC....as if we needed to see more of those guys!
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I wonder if their work is as good as it looks on tv? It took GYC's 3 years to restore a 1972 duster and convert it from a slant 6 automatic to a 340 4 speed, I thought they took to long doing that.
 
Mopar Action is the best all Mopar magazine going. Real tech info and columns, wide variety of cars...
 
Dan the man said:
Would a small block fit in a Plymouth arrow?
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DC sold a k member to put a V8 in a K car, at one time long ago.
And don't forget Bob Glidden had a small block Mopar in an arrow that broke the Pro Stock ET record the first time on the track.
 
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