RE: Pet peave or Guilty as charged

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I'm all for putting Mopar drivetrains back into Mopars, but keep in mind 
the idea of swapping whatever you had into whatever you are driving is 
the basic roots of hotrodding. While I'm not defending debasing a Mopar 
by installing a Chevy drivetrain, there are a lot of guys out there who 
can't afford to build a car the way they want, but still want something 
custom. So, they use whatever they have access to. Some may be a rolling 
abortion, but others, like Dodger's son, turn out a pretty interesting 
project. I'm more of a purist, but I've done my share of sticking motors 
where they were'nt intended to go. No Mopars, of course! And, like 
Dennis said, Dodger and his son created some memories on this truck 
they'll always have, unless his memory goes to crap, like mine! What 
were we talking about??? Just 1.5 cents worth.
Dennis wrote:
> 
> That is OK Dodger, we forgive you. The bonding was far more important. 
> :-)
> 
> Dodger7998@xxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> Well I guess that I am guilty as charged in the pet peave contest, or at 
> 
> least deserve the blame for letting it happen,,,,,,,,,,two years ago, my 
> 15 year 
> old son wanted to build a street rod,,,,his income was zero,,,,,,,,,,,I 
> gave 
> him parts that I had laying around just to keep up his 
> interests,,,,,,,,,,these 
> parts included a 46 dodge pickup that I had cut some body parts from, a 
> cordova rearend, some seats out of a minivan, and the engine and tranny 
> out of one 
> of my old demolition cars (a 351 windsor). He did all of the work, the 
> cutting welding, painting, I helped him with the fabrication of parts 
> needed to tie 
> it all togeather, but he made the parts and installed them. The truck 
> ended up 
> chopped (top removed) channeled (body lowered 6 inches over frame) and 
> shortened (3 foot taken out of frame), and the windsor engine installed, 
> the only 
> out sorced work done to the truck was the exhaust system. Total outlay 
> for the 
> truck ended up at $680, which include an IH tractor radiator, the 
> exhaust 
> system, used tires and wheels from a swap meet and cans of spray paint. 
> He was 15 
> 1/2 when it was finished, and had to take me along to drive it in 
> americruise 
> because of only having a learners permit. Had I known how the truck was 
> going 
> to turn out, I would have probably opted to have given him a small block 
> 
> (mopar), maybe even one of the polys for it, but when it started I did 
> not know 
> where the project would go or even if it would get finished. But now 
> that it is 
> done, I do not particuilarly want to see it change, because of the 
> memories 
> and bonding that went into this creation. Anyone that would like to see 
> it 
> can copy and past the link at end of this message, sorry to say it 
> happens to be 
> a pic. of me driving instead of him.
> 
> dodger
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Dennis
> 
> 65 Dodge Coronet 
> 
> '04 Ram Hemi
> 
> 
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Jeff Adams
64 Polara

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