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Post by twomanymontes on Dec 22, 2009 21:38:05 GMT -5
Or How bad do you want your truck back Dad? Let's go back 3 weeks ago. I had a customer of mine buy a used car and was deciding what to do with his 1996 Dodge Dakota. Well, he ended up selling it to Matt for $300.   I have been servicing the truck since 2000, when he came back from the Marines, So I knew the truck very well. I just needed to do a brake job, fix some lights, get the passenger door to open and get tires. Matt picked it up 3 weeks ago, No sooner did we get it home, did a former Co worker call and he swung by. Well, He too bought new car, and offered Matt his truck, a 1995 Dodge Dakota, for $200. it had a rotted frame so it wasn't worth keeping anymore.   So This weekend, Matt, his friends Sean and Jack and myself completely stripped the parts truck and I mean stripped! bed, hood, wiper cowl, wiper arms, right front fender, left rocker panel, door handles, latches, grille, lights, rear window, trim pieces, radio, Tilt steering column, and the list goes on!         Monday they came and picked up the remains, Matt got $150. for the scrap! Only my son could buy two trucks for $500, strip over $700 in parts, build one truck and get $150 back! Somethings got swapped over already: The woodgrain trim pieces and the radio  The bed, hood and wiper cowl have been swapped over as well, But it was too dark to get any pics. Saturday We'll take it to get new tires. We got it on the road today and he loves it and I get my truck back! ;D |
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Post by montegirl79 on Dec 27, 2009 14:44:04 GMT -5
Only my son could buy two trucks for $500, strip over $700 in parts, build one truck and get $150 back! good deal! i wish i could pull that off. looks like it was a good father & son project. |
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Post by twomanymontes on Dec 28, 2009 6:32:42 GMT -5
Thanks, We have enough projects going on around here,LOL! And Yeah, My son is lucky like that! he finds cash all the time, gets back more than he paid for things when he returns them and what not. We walked out of a movie theater years ago, I spot a $5. bill on the ground, I was Cool! $5! He walks 5 more feet and says" Yeah But $100. is better!" he found a $100 bill in a puddle! Yes we walked all around looking to see if there was more, LOL! But My goal was to get my truck back and keep the 01 off the road for the winter. New tires are on and he's been driving it all week, runs really good and he's happy with it. Can't ask for anything more. now he's toying with the idea of a flame paint job  |
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Post by x on Dec 29, 2009 0:20:56 GMT -5
We walked out of a movie theater years ago, I spot a $5. bill on the ground, I was Cool! $5! He walks 5 more feet and says" Yeah But $100. is better!" he found a $100 bill in a puddle! "Lucky" doesn't even begin to cover it, Dave! Holy cow..... now he's toying with the idea of a flame paint job LOL! He should do that!  Cort | 36swm.IL | "Mr Monte Carlo"."Mr Road Trip" | pig valve.pacemaker WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = www.chevyasylum.com/cort"Maybe I'll drive so far they'll all lose track" ... Dolly Parton ... 'Hard Candy Christmas' |
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Post by twomanymontes on Dec 29, 2009 20:44:15 GMT -5
LOL! I told him Cort, we shall see what happens next summer.
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Post by x on Jan 6, 2010 2:28:11 GMT -5
LOL! I told him Cort, we shall see what happens next summer. *grins devilishly* Awesome! Course ... if he does the flame paint job, I will want to see it when I'm in NY in August...... Cort | 36swm.IL | "Mr Monte Carlo"."Mr Road Trip" | pig valve.pacemaker WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = www.chevyasylum.com/cort"The children want to know why we hung the mistletoe" ... Ronnie Milsap ... 'It's Christmas' |
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Post by twomanymontes on Jan 6, 2010 19:17:51 GMT -5
LOL! I doubt it will be there. hard to drive 4 hours with an open bed hoping our clothes are flying around on the thruway.
besides, this will be the 3rd year NYMCC has done the meet and I have driven a different Monte there the first 2, this time is the 86's turn. Next year, I may need to buy another Monte, LOL!
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Post by donutboy97 on Jan 6, 2010 22:34:53 GMT -5
lol Dave... or maybe we need to swap cars for the weekend.... At least one of my cars is now scared of you lol
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Post by twomanymontes on Jan 7, 2010 19:35:53 GMT -5
hey if you want the 88 to look like that Dakota, drop it off! LOL!
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Post by donutboy97 on Jan 7, 2010 21:38:59 GMT -5
i have one car scared of you, i don't know if i need two yet lol
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Post by x on Jan 18, 2010 0:07:26 GMT -5
LOL! I doubt it will be there. hard to drive 4 hours with an open bed hoping our clothes are flying around on the thruway. Hmmm...I dunno ... that kinda sounds like an adventure to me! lol besides, this will be the 3rd year NYMCC has done the meet and I have driven a different Monte there the first 2, this time is the 86's turn. Oh, cool! And, no ... you cannot borrow one of mine for this event....lol Cort | 36swm.IL | "Mr Monte Carlo"."Mr Road Trip" | pig valve.pacemaker WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = www.chevyasylum.com/cort"I'll meet you in between" ... Tanya Tucker ... 'Lizzie And The Rainman' |
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Post by twomanymontes on Jan 18, 2010 6:22:52 GMT -5
Awww Man!! That was my back up plan! LOL!
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Post by x on Feb 7, 2010 18:50:44 GMT -5
TOO BAD!!!!!!!!!!!  Cort | 36swm.IL | "Mr Monte Carlo"."Mr Road Trip" | pig valve.pacemaker * my radio show.03/13/10 *WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = www.chevyasylum.com/cort"Maybe pretty much always means no" ... Jack Johnson ... 'Flake' |
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Post by twomanymontes on Jun 5, 2010 19:47:38 GMT -5
Well, Matt finally had enough of the truck looking like a junkyard refugee, and since he can't afford anything on the SS right now, he decided to start using up what he has laying around and trying to get the truck back up to snuff. When we went to PA in March, Matt picked up a solid Driver's fender. Just needed a little surface rust repair.  Then took on the bigger rust issue with the passenger side that was off the parts truck.  Hi Uncle Keith!!!! LOL!  While the primer was drying, he cleaned up and painted the flares  After  then on to the bed sides  Hopefully he will keep the momentum going and get it done before Summer's end |
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Post by 85t5mcss on Jun 6, 2010 17:59:07 GMT -5
Nice. If I tried that in my driveway, my neighbors would have a fit. I need new neighbors, I guess.
Nice shirt, Matt.
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Post by twomanymontes on Jun 7, 2010 20:51:46 GMT -5
LOL! My neighbors don't care here, i work on most of their cars, LOL!
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