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Recycled Newbie
I actually joined back in 2017 just to ask a few tech questions. I plan to be more active on the site now so I decided to do an intro.
I have been in the automotive, truck, muscle car, hot rod scene my entire life. I grew up on a farm where my dad taught me all about fixing anything mechanical. Because dairy farming wasn't vary profitable in the late 70's and 80's my dad also had a body shop specializing in hot rods (pre 1948 cars) and muscle cars from 1963 to 1972. We always had Dodge powerwagons on the farm for work trucks and occasionally I would sneak one off to the county mud pit. We were always a Mopar family and at 15YO I bought my first car, a 1970 Dart 340 car for $750. It had a new 340 engine that needed to be assembled and the body was so rusty from the Michigan winters the front fenders were flapping in the wind going down the road. My dad let me use the shop to build the car and by my 16th BD it was completely done. My car building resume, cars I helped build in my dads shop; 1970 Dart, 72 Duster, 3 Model A Ford's, 1934 Hudson, 1932 Plymouth, 1932 Ford, 1970 Charger, 1939 Ford Deluxe, 1969 Camaro, 1946 Dodge Truck. Cars I built myself: 1972 Pro-Street Dart, 1930 Model A Ford, 1963 Plymouth Sport Fury, 1976 Dodge Power Wagon, 1982 Ford F100 2wd, 1983 Ford F150 4wd.
Dodge trucks I have owned over the years 1976 360ci 1 ton, 1976 Power Wagon 440ci, 1977 D100 Utiline, 1978 Power Wagon 383ci (had allot of fun with this one at Bundy Hill Off Road Park) 1982 D150, 1996 2500, 1995 1500
I went on to get a degree in automotive technology and have made my career in the automotive world. From 1996 to 2011 I contracted to Ford, GM, Chrysler, VW as a training designer/instructor and in 20 11 I started working at Toyota R&D in Ann Arbor Michigan.
My project now is a 1970 Plymouth Sport Fury that I'm shoehorning in a V10 out of the 1996 Dodge.
I have been in the automotive, truck, muscle car, hot rod scene my entire life. I grew up on a farm where my dad taught me all about fixing anything mechanical. Because dairy farming wasn't vary profitable in the late 70's and 80's my dad also had a body shop specializing in hot rods (pre 1948 cars) and muscle cars from 1963 to 1972. We always had Dodge powerwagons on the farm for work trucks and occasionally I would sneak one off to the county mud pit. We were always a Mopar family and at 15YO I bought my first car, a 1970 Dart 340 car for $750. It had a new 340 engine that needed to be assembled and the body was so rusty from the Michigan winters the front fenders were flapping in the wind going down the road. My dad let me use the shop to build the car and by my 16th BD it was completely done. My car building resume, cars I helped build in my dads shop; 1970 Dart, 72 Duster, 3 Model A Ford's, 1934 Hudson, 1932 Plymouth, 1932 Ford, 1970 Charger, 1939 Ford Deluxe, 1969 Camaro, 1946 Dodge Truck. Cars I built myself: 1972 Pro-Street Dart, 1930 Model A Ford, 1963 Plymouth Sport Fury, 1976 Dodge Power Wagon, 1982 Ford F100 2wd, 1983 Ford F150 4wd.
Dodge trucks I have owned over the years 1976 360ci 1 ton, 1976 Power Wagon 440ci, 1977 D100 Utiline, 1978 Power Wagon 383ci (had allot of fun with this one at Bundy Hill Off Road Park) 1982 D150, 1996 2500, 1995 1500
I went on to get a degree in automotive technology and have made my career in the automotive world. From 1996 to 2011 I contracted to Ford, GM, Chrysler, VW as a training designer/instructor and in 20 11 I started working at Toyota R&D in Ann Arbor Michigan.
My project now is a 1970 Plymouth Sport Fury that I'm shoehorning in a V10 out of the 1996 Dodge.
