Met my 1st FABO member

[Hemioutlaw]

Traveled to Tn. from North Texas over the wknd.(800 miles) to meet a fellow member "Lilbadred79" and pickup an A833od trans/bell combo for my 65' Cuda to replace the OEM ball and trunion unit(it sucks). We had been talking about me traveling over there since November of 2014 and finally took the plunge with the original plan being me and the Ol' lady making a mini vacation out of it and hitting Nashville at some point. Left here Friday morning and got there at 11:30pm and after BSing till 3am it was off to bed. Awoke about 7am to have my brother who was a last minute travelmate and fill in for the Ol'lady who got called away on business tell me he forgot some critical medication he had to have (Noooooooooooo!/ Uggggggghh!) Sooooooooo not wanting my bro to die I did the right thing and flipped a coin agreeing to cut the trip short but we still had to pull a trans and I wanted to see all the great Mopar Stuff so after his wonderful better half Donna fixed us a great country breakfast it was off to drooling and drooling and drooling some more. I also picked up a built 727 I needed for my 69' Cuda and an OEM 69' 340 flywheel for the swap as well as an old Donkey and Cart yard art for the garden. I drove the Dart GT (Awesomeness) prior to pulling the trans and after that we had a great Steak dinner and left outta there 7:30pm for the 12 hour return trip home (what the Hell was I thinking) after white knuckling it at 80 mph thru the pitch black nite and starting to hallucinate I finally decided to hit a rest area in Hot Springs, Arkansas about 1:30 am for some badly needed rest.Hour and a half later we were on the road again greeted by about 20 deer as we were leaving the rest area finally making it back home 10:30am Sunday morning......Whew, F this driving at nite ****"and get your sleep people's. I will say Mike's a Super nice and extremely knowledgeable guy who bleeds MOPAR and his place is truly Duster and Mopar Heaven.Took a bunch of pics but respecting his privacy I'm just posting a handful. Couple of pics of us pulling the trans outta his Dart GT and us together, me on the left. Already plan on going back and spending more time as it really sucked having to leave so quickly and on top of being Mopar Heaven it's a really beautiful area that backs up to the Cumberland National Forest.
Good Times FABO !

 

[spl440]

Hemioutlaw, I live just outside Hot Springs, wish I knew you where coming through, Could of put you up for the night and made your trip a little easier.

 

[memike]

Groovy meeting members here when we can, looks like a great time and glad you and your brother made the trip to this fine state and back home safely :cheers:

 

[badlilred79]

Traveled to Tn. from North Texas over the wknd.(800 miles) to meet a fellow member "Lilbadred79" and pickup an A833od trans/bell combo for my 65' Cuda to replace the OEM ball and trunion unit(it sucks). We had been talking about me traveling over there since November of 2014 and finally took the plunge with the original plan being me and the Ol' lady making a mini vacation out of it and hitting Nashville at some point. Left here Friday morning and got there at 11:30pm and after BSing till 3am it was off to bed. Awoke about 7am to have my brother who was a last minute travelmate and fill in for the Ol'lady who got called away on business tell me he forgot some critical medication he had to have (Noooooooooooo!/ Uggggggghh!) Sooooooooo not wanting my bro to die I did the right thing and flipped a coin agreeing to cut the trip short but we still had to pull a trans and I wanted to see all the great Mopar Stuff so after his wonderful better half Donna fixed us a great country breakfast it was off to drooling and drooling and drooling some more. I also picked up a built 727 I needed for my 69' Cuda and an OEM 69' 340 flywheel for the swap as well as an old Donkey and Cart yard art for the garden. I drove the Dart GT (Awesomeness) prior to pulling the trans and after that we had a great Steak dinner and left outta there 7:30pm for the 12 hour return trip home (what the Hell was I thinking) after white knuckling it at 80 mph thru the pitch black nite and starting to hallucinate I finally decided to hit a rest area in Hot Springs, Arkansas about 1:30 am for some badly needed rest.Hour and a half later we were on the road again greeted by about 20 deer as we were leaving the rest area finally making it back home 10:30am Sunday morning......Whew, F this driving at nite ****"and get your sleep people's. I will say Mike's a Super nice and extremely knowledgeable guy who bleeds MOPAR and his place is truly Duster and Mopar Heaven.Took a bunch of pics but respecting his privacy I'm just posting a handful. Couple of pics of us pulling the trans outta his Dart GT and us together, me on the left. Already plan on going back and spending more time as it really sucked having to leave so quickly and on top of being Mopar Heaven it's a really beautiful area that backs up to the Cumberland National Forest.
Good Times FABO !

thanks anytime you can post the other photos they will be ok remember next time we go for the rides in the rest of the junkers:finga:

 

[roadrunnerh]

Mike's a really good dude. I purchased a beautiful dual snorkel hood scoop from him last year at Carlisle. He and his wife are good people. I enjoyed BSing with them as well.

 

[Hemioutlaw]

Owners okay =More pic's and as an added note on a 1600 mile round trip encountered only one accident in a freakin rest area of all places on the way over in Texarkana. Drunk/drugged Mexican vs parked tractor trailer and guess who won. Must of just happened as Troopers hadn't arrived yet but when they did driving ace was cuffed and hauled off.

 

[badlilred79]

Owners okay =More pic's and as an added note on a 1600 mile round trip encountered only one accident in a freakin rest area of all places on the way over in Texarkana. Drunk/drugged Mexican vs parked tractor trailer and guess who won. Must of just happened as Troopers hadn't arrived yet but when they did driving ace was cuffed and hauled off.

got the hole dug for the big bell lol:blob::cheers: tell bill sorrylolo

 

[Hemioutlaw]

Halfway home remembered some other stuff I needed I'm sure you have and Ol'lady already told me she would have got some other things you showed me. Guess I'll be back before too long and this time will stay awhile.

 

[75slant6]

Mikes a great guy!! Always takes time to bs and knows a lot about his Duster's!! Mike, I gotta get down there n see you again sometime!!

 

[badlilred79]

Halfway home remembered some other stuff I needed I'm sure you have and Ol'lady already told me she would have got some other things you showed me. Guess I'll be back before too long and this time will stay awhile.

thats great when ever u guys want too had a blast ill treat you right on the other stuff u nee:finga:d

 

[badlilred79]

Mikes a great guy!! Always takes time to bs and knows a lot about his Duster's!! Mike, I gotta get down there n see you again sometime!!

come on down

 

[bighammer]

Cool, and great story, nice to hear!