My first barn find way back in 1997 , 70 RR

[detmatt1]

Why are you throwing away a perfectly good white boy............

Quote from the 1990 movie Men at work........

nevermind

:rolling::rolling::rolling:I had to go back and look, to funny!.
Moparstuart, thanks for posting all those great pics and telling the story of your brother. Great stuff!!, sorry for your loss, I can't imagine what it would be like to lose one of my brothers.

 

[cultphotos]

Cool..Love this thread!

 

[D Dodge]

Thanks for the story and photos. You have a really nice car to remember your brother by.

 

[moparstuart]

Thats like dajavu. I own one of those money pits myself. Sorry about your brother. Must of been a real good guy. Im going to try to work on mine in a day or two, I just want to rest after the 4 hour bus ride to Ft Leanord Wood and back, But shootin **** all day with a M16 isnt all bad.

its funny we have the same cars and the I had the same old house money pit . and the shelby connectiont too ( living similar lives )

BTW I think i may have my shelby sold .

 

[hurmit4life]

Moparstuart:

Did I see you at one of the weekend car shows in Belton last year? I'll try my best to get there with a car this year.

In reference to your barn find, I just picked up a "barn find" of sorts yesterday in St. Louis. It is a 66 Charger that was parked and has been in a garage sine 1980! The car was sandblasted and put in primer back then. And to bring the connection to your story full circle, my oldest brother had a 66 Charger when he was in High School back in 1977. He and my dad rebuilt that car, and it always has been a fond memory. My brother passed away (two weeks ago today), so this Charger means a lot to me and to my father. I just need to patch a few areas of rust, rebuild the 383, and she'll be back on the road in no time!

Jay in MO

 

[69 Runner]

Why are you throwing away a perfectly good white boy............

Quote from the 1990 movie Men at work........

nevermind

I thought that was from "Better off Dead" with John Cusack

 

[1969CoronetR/T]

69 Runner is correct. I thought it was Men at Work, but now I remember John Cusack tries to jump off a bridge and lands in a garbage truck.

 

[cotonymopar]

sweet 66 charger.... I found my 67 charger the same way... it was in a barn for 18 years... still had the 18yo gas in it... and the tires... LOL

I am in the process of getting her fixed...

 

[moparstuart]

Moparstuart:

Did I see you at one of the weekend car shows in Belton last year? I'll try my best to get there with a car this year.

In reference to your barn find, I just picked up a "barn find" of sorts yesterday in St. Louis. It is a 66 Charger that was parked and has been in a garage sine 1980! The car was sandblasted and put in primer back then. And to bring the connection to your story full circle, my oldest brother had a 66 Charger when he was in High School back in 1977. He and my dad rebuilt that car, and it always has been a fond memory. My brother passed away (two weeks ago today), so this Charger means a lot to me and to my father. I just need to patch a few areas of rust, rebuild the 383, and she'll be back on the road in no time!

Jay in MO

wow jay cool story , if your in belton please stop by the birdible and say HI .
Sorry to hear about your brother , On a side note My 18 year old son has a 66 charger we are working on together .

 

[acme rat killer]

I also have a son who's building a Dodge. But he's 16 and the Dodge is a 70 Swinger. Thats so wierd, now all i need to do is buy a salvage yard:grin:

 

[moparstuart]

we you do only live like 20 minutes from my salvage yard and I live over an hour away . I'll sell you my yard :grin::grin:

I DID SELL MY SHELBY , after owning it 21 year and only 45 k miles on it . It ships to connecticut next week .

 

[acme rat killer]

Thanks for the offer but i have this little problem, money:grin: or the lack of. And why are you selling the GLHS? I would love to have my GLH back! Nice father /son project with the Charger, I cant get my son to stop driving the Swinger long enough to work on it. And a girl friend. He told her that after the prom he wasnt spending any more money on her, its all going in the car:rolling::rolling: will see how that works. Didnt work on my wife:grin:

 

[66chargerkid]

That quote is from better off dead when he is laying in the dump truck after falling off the bridge.
I am the kid in that photo and I am not in the trash LMAO
He is selling the GLHS cause he is crazy LMAO haven't you noticed?
And maybe one day my car will live.... *Maybe*

 

[moparstuart]

Thanks for the offer but i have this little problem, money:grin: or the lack of. And why are you selling the GLHS? I would love to have my GLH back! Nice father /son project with the Charger, I cant get my son to stop driving the Swinger long enough to work on it. And a girl friend. He told her that after the prom he wasnt spending any more money on her, its all going in the car:rolling::rolling: will see how that works. Didnt work on my wife:grin:

i have way to many cars and not enough indoor room for them , i never drive the shelby, so it was time for it to go bye buy , plus i finally got my asking price and i could use the money in this bad economy to restore my 69 charger

 

[moparstuart]

gathering funds sold the shelby for sure

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,68935.0.html

 

[acme rat killer]

Ive talked myself out of selling the Road Runner a hundred times. And i know i could pay off a bill or two with that one. But i know if i ever did i would be kickin myself in the nuts the rest of my life. And i can thank my wife for talking me out of selling it by reminding me of her 64 Mustang and how she wishes she hadnt

 

[moparstuart]

if i didnt have 10 other projects going i would havenever sold the shelby but it do. I have a cool low production 86 lazer XT t-top car , low miles that need attention and several lebaron cionverts

 

[Donny]

86 Laser XT, very cool car, and very very limited and rare, I had one myself, I loved that car! Here's me, yeah, I know, 80's...hahahaha, you could almost cook a burger off the heat coming from that Turbocharger grate/vent over the engine! Good MOPAR engineering; water cooled turbos!

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[moparstuart]

:yes::yes::yes::yes::yes::yes: here is my csx i sold a year ago or so , it was hit hard in the right front , but only 84 k on it .

 

[moparstuart]

here is my XT lazer build a new motor for it 2 years ago and never got finished timing it or started it yet. Ttops and only 64 k on the car guy blew up the motor and i paid 200 bucks for it. To many cars and not enought time and money