YOUNG GUNS! Sign In and WIN

Since posting this reply to our newcomer Mopar_Chick's welcome thread, I've been giving the idea some more thought. Here's the general plan (always open to suggestions).

Starting in January 2010, one name will be drawn at random from the Young Guns' names who participate in this thread. I'll kick in something cool for the winner and in the meantime hopefully get other FABO vendors / members to help out with donations** of gift certificates, cool Mopar memorabilia, A Body parts, items of individual craftsmanship, decals/stickers, etc., to make up a sort of Goodie Bag / Box to award to the winner.

If there's enough interest and participation, this can be a monthly, quarterly or annual event to support the younger members of our hobby to help them finish their projects and give them inspiration to keep Old Mopar Love going well into the future. And it'll be fun reading the stories and learning why they went Mopar while their friends were going ricer.


HOW TO ENTER:

For our EXISTING* FABO members who are 25 and younger on or before January 30, 2010, tell us your Mopar story below as a reply to this thread. It can be as long or as short as you wish and include whatever you want to share ... about you, your car, your restoration efforts to date, what your plans are for its future, etc. The story does NOT have to be about your A Body but keeping it Mopar-oriented would be preferred since that's why we're all here. (Please see my reply to 805MoparKid's post below for details.)

Once you have replied to this thread with your story, click on the Post # on the upper righthand side of your post. When it opens, copy the link that appears in your browser [for example, the link http://www.forabodiesonly.com/mopar/showpost.php?p=693375&postcount=1 will bring up my opening post in this thread]. Send that link in an email to:

[email protected]

All entrants' names will be kept in a container and only one entry per person will be allowed. We gotta keep it fair ... I don't want to see the same story attached to five different user names!!!

On January 31, 2010, one winner will be drawn at random from amongst all entrants who emailed the link to their post to me on or before January 30, 2010. The winner will be notified by email and/or Private Message through FABO.

If there's enough donations to keep this going we'll do another giveaway at a later date, drawing from all non-winning names previously received.

Thanks for reading! Now let's see some stories. :-D




* Entrant must have been a registered FABO member on or before October 22, 2009 to qualify for the January 31, 2010 drawing. If you're a new member who found FABO after October 22, 2009 and have 25 or more on-point posts to your credit, please feel free to add your story below in the event another drawing is held at a later date. I don't want to discourage any Young Gun from participating in this thread.

** Vendors / members who want to donate to the Goodie Box, please email a description of the offer to me directly at [email protected] (my PM in-box is almost full) so as to keep non-Young Gun Story content and chatter to a minimum in this thread. It should be about them!!! Since I'm not sure what kind of response this is going to get, donation / item shipping details will have to be worked out later. (Trying to keep expenses to a minimum for all involved.)

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IMPORTANT EDIT:
Small Block has graciously started a separate thread for general commentary and the prizes to be awarded to the winner, and not surprisingly is the first member to get involved with a donation! [[[[[Big hug and smooch on the cheek for Small Block]]]]] Memike is kicking in a FABO t-shirt, and 65 Dartman will throw in "some kind of parts or something that can be used on a variety of A Bodies." Guys, thank you so much for your support of my idea and for your generosity! This is EXACTLY what the FABO family is all about!!!

As with prior benefit efforts on this site, I'll try to keep the prize list for the January 31 drawing organized and posted on the "Help CudaChick" thread rather than this one.

Another hug goes out to our first storyteller Ross, who brought it to my attention that my instructions for entering were not going to work (the "Thread Tools" application doesn't appear after clicking on your Post # ... oooops, my bad! SORRY!). I've re-worded the instructions above to make entering as easy as possible. I apologize for any confusion and for the lame instructions. [Hey, it was 2:30 in the morning and I couldn't sleep so I came up with this thing LOL]

Small Block's suggestion about including new Young Gun members who discovered FABO after this contest was started has also been added above to the "*" area. Good idea Bill, thanks!