The Making of The Long Road to Compete 2005 -2007

[knny187]

Mike is Mopar Man

[michael arvilla]

its true.....i love mopars

[Cheri Lane]

[knny187]

its true.....i love mopars

I know a guy out here in Ca that collects mopars.

My favorite that he has is a 71 Hemi Cuda.  He also has a Hemi Charger & Super Bee just to name a couple.

It's the same color as this one & it's all original with less than 12,000 miles when he bought it.

[michael arvilla]

wow!!........you know whats funny is when i was 18 - early 20's there were cars like theses in peoples backyards sitting in weeds you could buy very cheaply, in the town that i lived there was a super bird that had been sitting for years in this guys back yard blown engine, hood was off laying on the ground next to the car weeds growing up thru the car, he wanted $ 800.00 for it, AAR cuda 440 six pack, lime green in a back yard for years $600.00 -  $ 700.00 .....even a 68? shelby mustang silver,i bought a 1970 road runner 440, air grabber hood (red toggle switch you flip it the hood scoop opened on vacuum, 411 read end gears for $ 500.00  i just beat it to shit then sold it even cheaper, cheap cheap muscle cars everywhere now there worth big big bux

[michael arvilla]

actually the read end gears were 456 it was set up for drag racing (it would barely go over 55 mph on the highway without "winding out") that car was fun..pistol grip shifter, line lock.............lay a patch of rubber a mile long, lol not many people beat me in that car in the quarter mile

[knny187]

they don't make them like they used to.

One of these days....I'm gonna get a 67 Chevelle SS.

Most of them these days are priced waaaaaay out.

[billycarp]

wow!!........you know whats funny is when i was 18 - early 20's there were cars like theses in peoples backyards sitting in weeds you could buy very cheaply, in the town that i lived there was a super bird that had been sitting for years in this guys back yard blown engine, hood was off laying on the ground next to the car weeds growing up thru the car, he wanted $ 800.00 for it, AAR cuda 440 six pack, lime green in a back yard for years $600.00 -  $ 700.00 .....even a 68? shelby mustang silver,i bought a 1970 road runner 440, air grabber hood (red toggle switch you flip it the hood scoop opened on vacuum, 411 read end gears for $ 500.00  i just beat it to shit then sold it even cheaper, cheap cheap muscle cars everywhere now there worth big big bux

Like this Charger?

[michael arvilla]

lol  uhhhhhhhh..............n o       in slightly better shape than that  lol  (there was this orange hemi GTX in a yard,lady wouldnt sell it her son had gone to vietnam and never came home,about 10 years later i drove by again the car was still sitting there altho by now it looked like the charger in that pic.......for chevys i like the 1970 chevelle ss 454, i had a couple chevys as well 68 camaro SS 396 hugger orange, 69 chevelle SS

[billycarp]

lol  uhhhhhhhh..............n o       in slightly better shape than that  lol  (there was this orange hemi GTX in a yard,lady wouldnt sell it her son had gone to vietnam and never came home,about 10 years later i drove by again the car was still sitting there altho by now it looked like the charger in that pic.......for chevys i like the 1970 chevelle ss 454, i had a couple chevys as well 68 camaro SS 396 hugger orange, 69 chevelle SS

Believe it or not that car is on the road again.  Took a lot of work -- but well worth it.

[michael arvilla]

Believe it or not that car is on the road again.  Took a lot of work -- but well worth it.

ur car??? anymore pics? what size engine?

[Cheri Lane]

ur car??? anymore pics? what size engine?

lmao,  Billy....you just got Michael all excited.   

[billycarp]

ur car??? anymore pics? what size engine?

No not my car -- but a friend of mine's.  I know nothing about cars actually -- other that I have a fondness for muscle cars.  Pretty sure he put a Hemi in there of some sort.

Actually, I am pretty sure it is a 71' charger and one of four that he and his brother own.

BTW -- they are both MassHoles.  Must be something about the water.   

[michael arvilla]

lol! a hemi charger.........sweet! ( do you believe chrysler offered the color "pink pather pink" as an option), my friend had a 1970 R/T  charger 440 sixpack....it was bright pink.....  strange but very fast( slicks and wheelie bars on it, we all raced at an industrial park that we had marked off as exactly a quarter mile, on a good nite there would be a 100 people up there watching us race, cars would be trailered in from outta town all for bragging rights over who had the fastest car, sometimes the cops would even show up to watch....

[knny187]

The guy I know has a Charger in this puke looking green.  He bought the car because the color was used on a very low production.

This guy has more $$$$$ than he knows what to do with & has a love for muscle cars.

The 67 Chevelle, to me, has nicer lines than the 68 & 69 which are still awesome cars.

Was your 70 Chevelle original?

[billycarp]

lmao,  Billy....you just got Michael all excited.   

Redneck bonding. 

[michael arvilla]

The guy I know has a Charger in this puke looking green.  He bought the car because the color was used on a very low production.

This guy has more $$$$$ than he knows what to do with & has a love for muscle cars.

The 67 Chevelle, to me, has nicer lines than the 68 & 69 which are still awesome cars.

Was your 70 Chevelle original?

i never had a 1970 chevelle, i raced a guy who had a 70 chevelle SS 427 in it,bored out 60 over, 11 and a half to 1 compression,dual quad tunnel ram dual holley 650 double pumper carbs...........i lost

[knny187]

i never had a 1970 chevelle, i raced a guy who had a 70 chevelle SS 427 in it,bored out 60 over, 11 and a half to 1 compression,dual quad tunnel ram dual holley 650 double pumper carbs...........i lost

I went back & realized you said "you like the 70 SS"....

ooops 

The 427 IMO is a much better engine than the 454.

With what that guy had under the hood.....i wouldn't feel bad by getting beat.

[120 or NUT]

i raced a guy who had a 70 chevelle SS 427 in it,bored out 60 over, 11 and a half to 1 compression,dual quad tunnel ram dual holley 650 double pumper carbs

did he smell nice too

[Cheri Lane]

Redneck bonding. 

Ya know, there is something about that statement that just doesn't sound right. 

I can hear the dueling banjos now....

[michael arvilla]

dug up an old pic..........

[Protein Jones]

Bouncer numero uno

At least pull down the tanktop far enough to hide your fat gut

[Cheri Lane]

Bouncer numero uno

At least pull down the tanktop far enough to hide your fat gut

Can you pull yours up PJ to shut you the f*ck up?   

[michael arvilla]

Can you pull yours up PJ to shut you the f*ck up?   

lol! hahahahahahhahahhahahhah ahahhahahahhahahhahahhah hahahhahhahahahhahahahha hahahhahahhahah

[120 or NUT]

you look like mister potatoe head