Lone Star Mopars

to be continued

Nice, looking forward to seeing how it all unfolds...

I'm not Troy, but he is on here, just hasn't posted in awhile, lol.

well then i got a 67 pontiac tempest got it running then my mom said we were moving & the car was not comin with us ,so lost my car,my older brother was still freinds with our old neighbors that owned the jj1 gold charger & he wanted to buy the car & so did I ,mom said no to me but we made a deal that when my brother was done with the charger he would sell it to me,well i knew where that was going my brother tore up every car he ever had, i worked on that car tune up motor mounts wash wax thinking that it would be mine some day,well he wrecked it all over,dents everywhere,he drank & did lots of drugs, about a month went by hadent seen my brother or car & he shows up & i ask where's the charger,he tells me it stopped running & he left it somewhere & it got towed away,so much for my dream car,a good buddy of mine had a 69 super bee that we played in the streets with & sold it to me on credit,wasent able to pay for it so gave it back to him,then found a 69 coronet h code for real cheap did some work to it got it running then mom says we are moving to dallas i said oh hell no,she went & i stayed here 1979,stayed with freinds & lived on the streets,got a job at hilo auto supply in 1980 & a customer had a 1968 gts 383 that he had taken apart & i bought it for 100.00 put it all together & had a cool car that was all mine,got a 70 road runner & painted it,that was my daily driver,about 83 got married ,sold both cars to buy a house,i wonder if the old gts still lives

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that was the end of mopars for along time ,got involved with racin chebies,to be cont

i hope ya dont mind my long story,i know its hard to beleive but i hate typeing

Maybe hotrod340 would know of that car...

my 68 poop gold charger this is just like the 1st 68 that i saw as a kid

so as the story goes in jan 2011 sold my chevy duelly & had my 85 iroc z that had been sitting for 6 years that i decided to get running 350 roller tpi,ported heads,small comp roller cam,well started & coulkd not stop & thought i really want to get a old mopar & started looking,old mopars are pricey i soon found out,still kept workin on z & spent about 6500 on it & im an auto tech,so thats all parts,fast efi system,self tuning i love it,any how still gotta get it sold to finish my charger,june 2011 got diagnosed with cancer & MS so i said thats it sellin my awsome hotrod 125hp rear wheel 95 in harley,couldent ride anymore,& bought this 68 charger in north texas,not much rust,very happy with the car,pretty much all original but been sitting since 1981,needs complete resto,went through my cancer surgery & all good on that,thank GOD,sooooo been workin on my dream 1968 charger resto mod will post my progress in the resto forum

Good luck on your project, looks like alot of time and work ahead. But in the end it is worth it.