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I was a regular on this site from 2005 until around 2010. Health issues and selling my 340 dart put me in a direction away from here. I would pop back on from time to time but really wanted to get back into another A body to feel like I was home again. I had a line on a 71 Demon, a little slant...

Some of you know me, most of you don't. I was a very active member of this board for a long time, but unfortunately I haven't been around for a while. I just logged on and started poking around again. I really miss the interaction here and need to get back into it. So, I will reintroduce myself...

For various reasons I haven't been around for awhile. For a long time I was here all the time, in fact January will be my 10th anniversary here. However, with medical issues and personal problems, I started to let a separation happen. I am determined to stay more involved and rekindle some old...

A while ago I posted about trying to buy my old friends duster back for his son Tyler. Last night Tyler's mom (Cheryl), invited my wife and I over for dinner and a movie. Tyler showed me Some drawings his father made for a custom decal on his 340 duster. He also showed me pics of other cars his...

If you don't mind me posting them, I have some more pics. 68 Charger (with 70 nose) i built when i was 15. 340 powered 41 plymouth coupe, 67 hemi coronet R/T convertible, 66 fury convertible, 55 crown vic, 35 ford pick up and a couple of my 340 darts.

Found these in a drawer. I'll look for others. Here is my 71 hemicuda, 69 superbee, 67 shelby GT350 and 65 mustang GT fastback.

I know that Joe doesn't come on this site too often so to see he posted about the Dart was a nice surprise to me. I met Joe when I was selling my car and he wanted it...but was too young and not in the right position. When we spoke on the phone for the first time, I asked to speak to his mom or...

My Buddy's daughter wants to learn how to drive a stick. The only car he has with a manual trans is a 69 GTO judge so that is what she is learning on. I learned on my dad's 69 Hemi Charger about 30 years ago. So...what did you learn on?

Ok, ok...it wasn't really a sawzall it was a razor blade. I bought a 70 dart resin kit but it was a static kit, meaning the hood didn't open. I needed an A body as a donor car... so in came the 340 duster. Here are some in process pics of the build. I am adding to my FABO junkyard!

Anybody have one? The color combo has been growing on me since I have been restoring the Challenger convertible at the shop. I would love to see some Darts and Barracudas dressed in red.

I always install weatherstrips the same way. For the last 30 years with no deviation. Well, I didn't have clothes pins at work so I thought I could use tape to hold it in place until it dried. I ran my finger over the back to take some of the glue off, but when i removed the tape it still ruined...

The Challenger I am restoring was sitting for a long time. I found mice remnence and bee hives everywhere. Even in the steering column.

Rani's question about cleaning parts in the shower got me thinking, are there any other "different" ways or out of the ordinary "tools" you use for cleaning part or restoring your cars? I have a dishwasher and an oven (both $10 yard sale finds) in my garage. The dishwasher I hook up a garden...

Talk about commitment and inginuity. This guy has extreme talent. http://www.varietyvideosllc.com/about2.html

I'm DVR-ing it.

I start off to work and here a noise in my truck. I am driving my 99 Dakota (I bought new in Nov 98 and have 71k miles). get to work and pull it into the shop hit the brakes and it doesn't stop...pedal goes to the floor! Put it on the lift an see that the brake lines have rusted through. no...

We have descussed many topics on this board. Everything from births to death, weddings to divorce, windfalls to forclosure and the list goes on. I have a serious question and I want to ask my family here at FABO. I know every relationship goes through a "down cycle", a time when you are not as...

I can't believe it...my shop is closing. My boss called a meeting and told us that next friday is our last day. This really sucks ! I really don't want to start over again, I am getting to old for this. Maybe it is time to look for something different, you don't see too many old body/paint guys...

My cousin, Mark Haudenschild, was a volunteer fire fighter in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Last night while responding to a brush fire, the tanker truck he was driving rolled, he was ejected and was pinned under the truck. He was killed at the scene. He was 26 years old and leaves a wife, a 3 year son...

We are still dealing with power outages. I get a call from the shops owner wednesday night saying that the shop will not have power for at least 5 days and we will not be working until power comes back on. I find out today that our new manager still wants to open the shop and have us work. no...

Thank you all very much for all the positive comments about what I was trying to do. However, due to some of the negitive comments and ALL THE NEGITIVE AND HURTFUL PM's I receiced, I have decided to stop collecting money for this cause. There was $178 donated plus the $800 from the sale of my...

I put this post up a few days ago and got a good response and an unexpected reaction to the story. I am including my paypal address...all donations will be given to Tyler and will be used to buy the Duster. I spoke to the current owner of the car and told him of our plan and he was touched and...

Actually I found about 40 pictures. Unfortunatly with a broken desktop, trying to scan them to the netbook is a never ending process. Here is the first one, from 1988. I went to the Musclecar nationals in Atco and saw an AAR Cuda in limelite and just had to repaint my car. This is before I even...

Ok, who saw Graveyard carz last night ? The one guy is kind of a jerk, but the show is cool. http://graveyardcarz.com/

New Challenger chrome bumpers...I kinda like 'em, what do you guys think. The complete package with rocker moldings, front fender and hood moldings, 1/4's and trunk...now your really talking.

When I logged on this morning, I noticed that we now have 24,567 members. I am #616 and I remember wondering if we would hit 1,000 members...and then if we would hit 5,000 and then could we possible hit 10,000 and thinking there was no way we would ever get 15,000. And here we are at almost...

Heres a few pictures my buddy fowarded to me...what goes through the mind of some people when they work on their cars ?

Long before I knew the term "bucket list", I had a "dream garage". I would buy, restore and sell cars for years trying to check off every car from the list. Problem is, the list never seems to get smaller...I keep adding to it. Some of the cars I had in the past were 1. 69 383 gts 2. 69 hemi...

I normally make sure everything is locked up before I leave the shop at night. However, yesterday, I had to leave a little early for a doctor appointment, but I figured at least someone would be smart enough to know how lock up the shop. I guess I was wrong! I came in this morning and the gate...

I know it's been a while since I've written, or checked in...and I appologize for that. I really do appriciate all the PM's I have been getting showing support for what I have been going through. My condition is basically staying the same, the pain is being controlled with pain meds and...