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Alright, to start out, Im 18 years old. Im going to California State University, Sacramento to become a mechanical engineer.
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Here goes my story. My dad is the one that got me into mopars, and now Im the one keeping him into them. He used to own a 69 roadrunner, but he had to sell it in the late 90s due to a divorce.My grandma and grandpa bought a 74 charger SE in 1976 when it was just over a year old from a used car lot..my grandma drove this car for years and then finally in 2001, my dad decided that she was too dangerous driving such a big car(she is about 45 tall and literally sat on phonebooks to see over steering wheel!), so he bought her a little import and we got the charger. Ever since then, Ive loved Mopars and learned so much about them. I was 13 years old when I started getting really interested in the charger and hoping that that would be my first car. My dad wasnt really interested in the charger at all. I talked him into letting me get it running again though. So after spending days trying to figure out what was wrong, we finally got it running. And I love the car!! Since then its been an okay daily driver withjust over 100xxx miles on the stock 318. But just about a month ago, the ignition wiring fried or something. So we have to go through that now and figure out whats wrong. And as money allows, we will get that back on the road. For now though Im focusing my attention on my car.
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So I bought my 67 dodge dart dart with 1500 bucks of my own money from a guy off of craigslist. . I had saved up all of that money since I was 15 between working and doing various side jobs for cash. I bought it as a daily driver that just needed a front end rebuild and patching up the trunk that was rotted through and then itd be good to go as a daily driver. Of course this never happened though. 5 minutes after buying the car, on my way home from the sale, the transmission went out on me! My buddy was following me in my truck, so we tied a rope to my dart and got it the rest of the way to my house. I had no clue about transmissions, so my first thought was take it to a transmission shop, AAMCO and see what they say. AAMCO was ridiculous and they wanted 1500 bucks to rebuild my old 904. So I decided to just take my dart back in the condition that they left it. I figured out that the stock 7.25 rear end had froze up which was what destroyed the transmission. My dad felt bad that I bought my dart and wasnt even able to drive it, so he bought me a TCI streetfighter 727 transmission. I then went ahead and bought an 8 3/4 rear end with 3.23 suregrip gears. Also while going through the car, I've found sooo much rust, and i've started replacing everything. In the last month or so, I pretty much taught myself to weld by reading books and stuff on the internet. My dad helped me out learning to weld too. We're both novice welders though. I'm now pretty decent with a MIG welder.
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The car is in the garage on 4 jackstands right now. And Ive owned it for a couple months now and only driven it for 5 minutes! As money and time allow, Ill be fixing her up. The one reason i'm glad that the whole tranny went out and stuff is that i'll have an even greater appreciaton of my creation once i'm all done putting her together. And Im still going to need to paint it next summer probably. I want to be driving my dart sooo bad! Cant wait til its finished. By the time its done Ill have a brand new drivetrain. So far Im into the project more than 4 grand(not including initial price of car). I probably shouldnt be spending the amount of money that I spend on my car because I desperately need the money to be paying for my college education.
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This is my first mopar that Ive owned completely and I have a great appreciation for these cars!
here are some pics of the charger and some of my dart. (sorry about the ford towing my dart lol)
pics of the charger aren't uploading for some reason.? i dont know why
Alright, to start out, Im 18 years old. Im going to California State University, Sacramento to become a mechanical engineer.
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Here goes my story. My dad is the one that got me into mopars, and now Im the one keeping him into them. He used to own a 69 roadrunner, but he had to sell it in the late 90s due to a divorce.My grandma and grandpa bought a 74 charger SE in 1976 when it was just over a year old from a used car lot..my grandma drove this car for years and then finally in 2001, my dad decided that she was too dangerous driving such a big car(she is about 45 tall and literally sat on phonebooks to see over steering wheel!), so he bought her a little import and we got the charger. Ever since then, Ive loved Mopars and learned so much about them. I was 13 years old when I started getting really interested in the charger and hoping that that would be my first car. My dad wasnt really interested in the charger at all. I talked him into letting me get it running again though. So after spending days trying to figure out what was wrong, we finally got it running. And I love the car!! Since then its been an okay daily driver withjust over 100xxx miles on the stock 318. But just about a month ago, the ignition wiring fried or something. So we have to go through that now and figure out whats wrong. And as money allows, we will get that back on the road. For now though Im focusing my attention on my car.
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So I bought my 67 dodge dart dart with 1500 bucks of my own money from a guy off of craigslist. . I had saved up all of that money since I was 15 between working and doing various side jobs for cash. I bought it as a daily driver that just needed a front end rebuild and patching up the trunk that was rotted through and then itd be good to go as a daily driver. Of course this never happened though. 5 minutes after buying the car, on my way home from the sale, the transmission went out on me! My buddy was following me in my truck, so we tied a rope to my dart and got it the rest of the way to my house. I had no clue about transmissions, so my first thought was take it to a transmission shop, AAMCO and see what they say. AAMCO was ridiculous and they wanted 1500 bucks to rebuild my old 904. So I decided to just take my dart back in the condition that they left it. I figured out that the stock 7.25 rear end had froze up which was what destroyed the transmission. My dad felt bad that I bought my dart and wasnt even able to drive it, so he bought me a TCI streetfighter 727 transmission. I then went ahead and bought an 8 3/4 rear end with 3.23 suregrip gears. Also while going through the car, I've found sooo much rust, and i've started replacing everything. In the last month or so, I pretty much taught myself to weld by reading books and stuff on the internet. My dad helped me out learning to weld too. We're both novice welders though. I'm now pretty decent with a MIG welder.
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The car is in the garage on 4 jackstands right now. And Ive owned it for a couple months now and only driven it for 5 minutes! As money and time allow, Ill be fixing her up. The one reason i'm glad that the whole tranny went out and stuff is that i'll have an even greater appreciaton of my creation once i'm all done putting her together. And Im still going to need to paint it next summer probably. I want to be driving my dart sooo bad! Cant wait til its finished. By the time its done Ill have a brand new drivetrain. So far Im into the project more than 4 grand(not including initial price of car). I probably shouldnt be spending the amount of money that I spend on my car because I desperately need the money to be paying for my college education.
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This is my first mopar that Ive owned completely and I have a great appreciation for these cars!
here are some pics of the charger and some of my dart. (sorry about the ford towing my dart lol)
pics of the charger aren't uploading for some reason.? i dont know why
