Hidden treasures

aerodynamic · Post by **aerodynamic** » Thu May 17, 2007 1:09 pm

Boy do I wish I had more money.

There's a guy that collects scrap metal from all the garages in the area, including ours. He's a giant black guy well over 7 feet tall, and couldn't be any nicer. He looks intimidating though. I've seen him literally pick up engines and throw them into the back of his old beat-up pickup truck. Anyway, it just came to my attention that he has no less that FIVE Mopars he's had tucked away for more than 30 years. He's got a 70 Road Runner, a Challenger, a 70 Barracuda, a 69 Coronet RT with 500 miles (you read that right) and I can't remember what the 5th car was. He's now reluctantly ready to sell two, and I have a friend who buys and sells Mopars for a living, so I directed the two of them together. This friend of mine pays finder's fees, so I hope they do a deal.

The other thing I just found out is that at a tranny shop down the street from where I work there's a Hemi Superbird. She resides in a $2000 climate controlled bubble, and is just sitting there collecting interest. This guy used to drive a beautiful green 70 GTX, so I stopped by to say hi and talk Mopars, thinking he was like you guys. He ain't...he's a jerk. He's very suspicious of everybody and he sure ain't friendly. He doesn't deserve a Mopar.

patrick · Post by **patrick** » Fri May 18, 2007 10:10 am

Interesting stories.

I've run into a lot of paranoid people. I think unless you're actually driving your Mopar, most people get frightened when approached which is sometimes understandable. Plus, I have to think in the past how many people have taken advantage of me as a young lad with a Mopar and I myself have learned not to trust most people. So many full-of-it people all over. A lot of guys will just say they're into Mopars so they can scope out your garage or parts or whatever. I had one guy that always tried to get an old motor off me and always pretended it was going into some Mopar, and here I was thinking I'm helping the dude and almost gave it away to him, but found out later he had no car, just wanted to sell the motor for profit.

aerodynamic · Post by **aerodynamic** » Fri May 18, 2007 10:32 pm

That might be a good point about driving your own Mopar when approaching a fellow Mopar owner. The Superbird is in his shop, I've never seen it. I've lately noticed a 71 or 72 Charger (gold with black wing) parked there every day. That's more my speed, so maybe I'll roll in there some day. He'll probably tell me to take a hike again, lol.

Tomorrow's the drawing for the '70 Hemi Road Runner, so wish me luck!