MNSDAC "Minnesota" meeting

[layapatch]

Since we have one on turbododge I thought we would start one here since a lot of guys are switching to this site!:thumb:


I was just searching around and they have a auction this saturday morning in Cloumbia heights, there's a 84 Aries in there with 49,799 miles on it plus some more fwd dodges in it.

http://www.bobbyandstevesautoworld.com/documents/AUCTION-1-09.pdf

[1986GLH]

Lets put the 09 Schedual here too.

2009 MNSDAC Schedule (12-10-08)

January 10th @ 2:00 Buffalo Wild Wings in Plymouth
http://www.buffalowildwings.com/

February 21st @ 2:00 Majors Sports Cafe in Blaine
http://www.majorssportscafe.com/loca...x?LocationID=1

March 14th @ 2:00 TBA

April 25th @ 2:00 (if weather is nice meet at a Drive Inn otherwise go to a Restaurant)

May 30th @ 1:00 Mopar’s in the Park

June 13th @ 1:00 Meet at a Drive Inn and then go to the Anoka Car Show

July 18th @ 1:00 Meet by the Dyno at Car Craft Car Show

August 8th @ 1:00 Meet at a Drive Inn and then go to the Anoka Car Show

September 12th @ Wheels and Wings Car Show

October Drag Racing (no schedule out yet)

[layapatch]

You should go to that auction and buy more cars!:thumb:

[1986GLH]

Haha no thanks just got another one friday. I got a 91 Jeep Cherokee.

[amoparx]

I'll be there. The meeting, not the auction.:D

[layapatch]

Hey Bob, I wonder if we should post our meetings on the Shelby Dodge Mailing list? What do you think?

What's the story on the 91 Jeep Cherokee?

[2.216VTurbo]

Check out the organisation of the MNSDAC! Got the whole year planned out, nice:thumb: Good decision to move your main communications to TM.com from that other place:clap:

[1986GLH]

The story on the Jeep. Hmm... I decided I wanted a 4x4 so I went and found a rusty trusty 1991 Jeep Cherokee.

[amoparx]

The story on the Jeep. Hmm... I decided I wanted a 4x4 so I went and found a rusty trusty 1991 Jeep Cherokee.

You're lucky you're not married. I decided I wanted a HEMI CUDA and my wife said no.:mad: That and the fact that I may be a few bucks short of being able to afford one. :D

Jim, I did post the meeting on the mnturbododge group. Are you still on that thing or did the spam drive you away? I think Ty may have taken care of that problem. We need to use that too since there's a couple guys out there that aren't on any forums but may still be getting email from that group.

[amoparx]

Check out the organisation of the MNSDAC! Got the whole year planned out, nice Good decision to move your main communications to TM.com from that other place


Organization? No, that's just Jim throwing his weight around.:hail: I'm just kidding. It's a good thing he does that or the rest of us are like, "Doop De Doop Doop, what should we do"? :confused2:

[1966 dart wagon]

Lets put the 09 Schedual here too.

2009 MNSDAC Schedule (12-10-08)

January 10th @ 2:00 Buffalo Wild Wings in Plymouth
http://www.buffalowildwings.com/

February 21st @ 2:00 Majors Sports Cafe in Blaine
http://www.majorssportscafe.com/loca...x?LocationID=1

March 14th @ 2:00 TBA

April 25th @ 2:00 (if weather is nice meet at a Drive Inn otherwise go to a Restaurant)

May 30th @ 1:00 Mopar’s in the Park

June 13th @ 1:00 Meet at a Drive Inn and then go to the Anoka Car Show

July 18th @ 1:00 Meet by the Dyno at Car Craft Car Show

August 8th @ 1:00 Meet at a Drive Inn and then go to the Anoka Car Show

September 12th @ Wheels and Wings Car Show

October Drag Racing (no schedule out yet)
sweet thanks for posting the schedule, i cannot wait, I should be making it up there in my daytona when it gets nicer outside:thumb:

[1986GLH]

You're lucky you're not married. I decided I wanted a HEMI CUDA and my wife said no.:mad: That and the fact that I may be a few bucks short of being able to afford one. :D
Haha Bob, a rusted out 91 Cherokee is less then a payment would be on a HEMI Cuda, but I still love it. Maybe we will take it to the meeting on Saturday, at least by then the exhaust will be fixed.

[amoparx]

Haha Bob, a rusted out 91 Cherokee is less then a payment would be on a HEMI Cuda, but I still love it.

So is the value of all my cars put together.

[layapatch]

Hey is anyone going to you pull it parts today? It's half off today!:thumb:

[1986GLH]

Nope I'm in Sauk Centre today plus its too cold out side to look for parts.

[amoparx]

Nope I'm in Sauk Centre today plus its too cold out side to look for parts.


The nice thing about cold days is you get the job done quicker. If you can feel your hands. I pulled a 555 out of a Shelby Z once when the high temp that day was about 12. The bad part was the non-stop, super strong wind. It never let up. Luckily the car had low miles and every bolt was clean and broke loose easily. Had to be from out of state. Minnesota bolts don't do that.:amen:

[layapatch]

Well Lisa and I picked up a Digital Dash Cluster out of a 1988 Lebaron and I picked up a Mopar cassette player as well.

Not sure why I keep buying these Mopar radio's but I think they look pretty cool.

Maybe they will be worth big bucks some day?
:lol:

[amoparx]

I picked up a Mopar cassette player as well.

I think I know the radio. Was it an unusual looking one? I saw one there the other day and thought about grabbing it since it was different. Then I thought I don't need more cassettes. I'm trying to convert everything to CD players now. I have a few cassette players here. But then I guess you all know (or assume) that.:nod:

[layapatch]

I really didn't want it as well but I thought what the heck. I don't think I'll be buying any more since they want $12 for a casette?:eek: I got it for $6 but still that seems high.

See everyone tommorow!

[layapatch]

2009 MNSDAC Schedule (1-16-09)


February 21st @ 2:00 Majors Sports Cafe in Blaine
http://www.majorssportscafe.com/

March 14th @ 2:00 Mermaid Bowling center in Mounds View
http://mermaidminnesota.com/bowling.htm

April 25th @ 2:00 (if weather is nice meet at a Drive Inn otherwise go to a Restaurant)

May 30th @ 1:00 Mopar’s in the Park

June 13th @ 1:00 Meet at a Drive Inn and then go to the Anoka Car Show

July 18th @ 1:00 Meet by the Dyno at Car Craft Car Show

August 8th @ 1:00 Meet at a Drive Inn and then go to the Anoka Car Show

September 12th @ Wheels and Wings Car Show

October Drag Racing (no schedule out yet)

[layapatch]

Some people at the last meeting said they wanted to go bowling but they missed out on it. So I figured we would go again in March!:thumb:

[amoparx]

That sounds like fun. I may even go out and practice.:D I just passed that place a couple days ago and it looked like they have cheap rates on certain evenings. I wouldn't mind bowling my brains out to try to get better. Or bowl my cobwebs out.
With this "Global cooling" we may need to stay indoors for quite a while. We got down to -26.5 F the last 2 nights. It's 5 above now. Downright balmy.

[amoparx]

We had a great meeting last weekend. I believe there was a total of 11 people. Let's see if I can remember everyone. Jim and Lisa, Justin, Jason, Alex, Kirt, Steve, Chris, Ben, Dan, Me............Is that it? I hope I didn't forget anyone. If so, it's not that you're unimportant, It's because I'm old.:confused2:

[2.216VTurbo]

11 is a good sized meet:thumb: Way to go cold weather crew:D!

[amoparx]

11 is a good sized meet Way to go cold weather crew!

We actually had a couple guys from South Dakota come. Two months in a row! And one from California if you count someone who lived there most of his life and less than a year ago moved back here. You know him Alan. (Chris P) We have better luck recruiting outside the state. :thumb: We'd have had 13 if two guys that almost always show up would have made it.

[2.216VTurbo]

Chris still have the white Rampage? What the heck would make someone move TO MN??:lol:

[amoparx]

Chris still have the white Rampage? What the heck would make someone move TO MN??

No, he had to sell it to move back here. Couldn't bring it with, with everything else he owned. I guess it's the job situation out there. He use to live just 3/4 of a mile north of where I live. Small world. He moved out when he was a kid. Back about 9+ years ago, he was replying to something I wrote on the SDML and saw my signature. He added in the reply, "I use to live in Coon Rapids on Hanson BLVD". That shocked me since I'm a block from Hanson and had seen his postings for a while at that point. And Stockton CA. isn't around here:D So after all those years, we finally met last weekend. The internet really does make it a small world doesn't it?
And except for the snow and the -26.5 (probably closer to -30 where Jim lives) actual air temperatures we've had lately, MN isn't so bad..........Hmmm........Now I want to move! It keeps the miles off the cars.:thumb: (Or less metal if you decide to go that route)
And you can make snow angels 5-6 months out of the year.:D

[layapatch]

last friday morning when I was driving to work it said -34 in the 300M, I checked the temp in my car with the Bank sign and it was right on!

[1986GLH]

Oh wow Jim, I thought it was bad when the Jeep said -22 that morning. That was at like 8:30ish.

[1986GLH]

So does anyone have a white Daytona with crabs on it and was driving north on 169 around 10:50 today?

[Lugert]

So does anyone have a white Daytona with crabs on it and was driving north on 169 around 10:50 today?

I see that car a lot!

[1986GLH]

So who is all going to the MNSDAC meeting on Saturday at Majors Sports Cafe in Blaine? Jason and I should be there and if everything goes right maybe we will be taking my Daytona.

[layapatch]

I'll be there of course, not sure about Lisa yet.

[RJ138]

I will try and make it.

[amoparx]

I'll be there.:thumb:

[amoparx]

Major's in Blaine
Saturday, 2:00pm (http://amoparx.net/mnsdacpic/mnsdac.htm)

[amoparx]

MNSDAC Meeting March 14th, 2pm
Bowling
The Mermaid Entertainment and Event Center (http://mermaidminnesota.com/bowling.htm)

[layapatch]

I've been practing up for bowling, I was at my neighbor's house the other day bowling in his basement using his wii :thumb:

[amoparx]

I've been practing up for bowling, I was at my neighbor's house the other day bowling in his basement using his wii

Ooooo. I shaking in my shoes! We don't have a chance now:hail:

That Dodge you showed me does belong to the same guy (Dan) I bought the AMX patch panels from. Really small world. I have his number if you haven't already talked to him.

[layapatch]

Yeah I'm not sure what to do with that car, it would be fun to mess around with another car if all my cars were done the way I wanted them to be done. Maybe I'll run down there anyways.:D

[layapatch]

The April meeting is being moved to the 18th instead of the 25th. Location is not yet determined.

[layapatch]

The April MNSDAC meeting will April 18th at Famous Dave's in Maple Grove at 2:00

http://www.famousdaves.com/MapleGrove

[amoparx]

So is everyone going to be driving their summer cars? I'll have the Shelby there. I just need to bring a couple extra quarts of oil with. I have a leak. It's been doing it ever since I had the car up there in speed last fall.

[1986GLH]

Jason and I should be there, but not in the summer cars. Probably the Horizon or the Mystique.

[1986GLH]

About an hour and a half ago I saw a Plymouth Road Runner convertable crusing down 494 in Bloomington I think.

[layapatch]

I'll be there with the "M" the shadow still needs to be put back together!

[amoparx]

About an hour and a half ago I saw a Plymouth Road Runner convertable crusing down 494 in Bloomington I think.

Yeah, it could have been Bloomington. 494 goes through it!:lol: Sorry, just kidding.
Has anyone seen the new Challenger convertibles yet? I just saw a picture a couple days ago on CL.
I have the next week off again from work. There's no excuse for me to not get all the cars running. I'm still fighting with the LeBaron. I'm not smart enough to diagnose the problem the proper way.

[amoparx]

Jim,

I'll deliver that hatch to you if you want. I need to get it out of my garage just so I can access stuff in the back of the garage, without going through the house door.
I looked at that LeBaron for Ben. It had more rust than the discription said. Jim, call me when you get a chance and give me Ben's number. My phone fights me too much to try to call you without your number memorized. Remember the days when we actually "Knew" the phone numbers of people we called?:D

[RJ138]

I should be making an appearance at the meet this month. I should be picking up a new motorcycle in Andover anyway so I will be in the general area.

[TopDollar69]

Bob, my email is topdollar69@hotmail.com .

Thanks,

Ben

[amoparx]

We had pretty nice weather yesterday. There were 6? of us at Famous Dave's. Jim, Todd, Justin, Jason, Ryan and me. Todd brought his Shelby Charger with the new paint job. It looks great in my opinion. My car wouldn't start when it was time to leave. Figures. It ran great all spring. (At least 325 miles.) Then I washed the car at the car wash and it wouldn't run worth anything. I still took it to the meeting. I though something got wet and it would snap out of it. Big mistake. It ran like crap all the way there. Stalled at a left turn arrow to get in the lot. Then it wouldn't start when it was time to leave. Jim ran over to a friends house to get a few tools. We drive 20+ year old TD's and don't carry tools. It wasn't getting fuel so I smacked the pump area of the tank a few times. That seemed to work and I got the car running. I got less than half-way home and it stalled on 694. Grrrr. I got a hold of my friend Paul, who came to my rescue. He pulled me home with a rope. A short rope. That's a bit scary on the freeway. He must have pulled me 12-14 miles. Luckily traffic had finally died down. I got home at about 10pm.


http://www.turbo-mopar.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=14000&d=1240183056

[layapatch]

Next meeting is May 30th at Mopar's in the Park

http://midwestmopars.com/showstuff/2009home.htm

Should be a good time as always!:thumb:

[amoparx]

4 1/2 days until "Mopar's in the Park".

[TopDollar69]

I don't think I'm going to make it. I'm still working on my car, and I don't have all the parts to get it running yet. I should still have it done this summer though.

[RJ138]

I don't think I am going to make it on Saturday either. I may be at a grad party for a friends little sister.

[1966 dart wagon]

I now have a fuel related problem and have to work saturday, but i'll be heading that way at least once this summer

[layapatch]

I'm bringing my grill again this year so if anyone wants to grill out bring your food!:thumb:

[amoparx]

I'm going shopping!

[layapatch]

See everyone there!

[dr_amx]

I will be going Sunday

[RJ138]

I rode my motorcycle down on Sunday afternoon just as everyone was leaving. I saw Steve's white GLH-T clone on the way down. I also saw Todds Shelby Charger at the show and a CSX-T that was all white. There was also a trailer with a very nice Shelby Lancer on it. Wish I could of met up with you guys.

[amoparx]

There were about 800 cars there. At least that's what I thought I heard.
Todd Nelson took home the 1st place trophy for the FWD's, with his Black/Silver 1987 Shelby Charger. As long as his hood was open, mine stayed shut! That thing is really nice.
Peter P and I each won the "Outstanding" awards for our cars. He had his Blue/Silver '84 Shelby Charger and I had my 87 GLHS.
Jason brought his super Rare 1990 "4 DR" VNT Shadow ES Saturday. He just had it painted and it looked fantastic. Very nice job. The thing about that car was most people have no clue how rare it is. (One of 7)
Steve brought his '88 white GLH Clone. Another great car. The people from "Midwest Mopar's" took pictures of that car. They were pretty impressed with it. Then Todd hot wired it and took us all for a joy ride when Steve wasn't around.........OK, OK, I lied about that part.
All and all, it was a great weekend. My face should be falling off in the next couple days. The sun wasn't kind to me.

[4 l-bodies]

Something that I didn't think about until driving home was for the first time I ever remember at that show, all three places in our FWD class were won by 2 dr. L-bodies. They only got the correct year on Bob's GLHS Charger. They called mine a 88 Shelby Charger and called Peter's 84 SC a 89 Shelby. Peter was planning on bringing his beautiful 89 big tire/recaro CSX, but at the last minute brought the 84 SC, so that might explain that one. No clue how they mixed mine up though. Those muscle car guys just don't have a clue when it comes to our cars.:D
Had a good time. Time flew by. Several of us TD'ers went to Moparponderosa Sat. night for Gregs Nelsens annual party. Millions and millions of dollars in Mopar muscle at the hobby farm. hemi daytona's, superbird's, cuda's, Challenger's, Hemi Dart's, Road runner's. All hemi's, all literally perfect. Couple of my GLHT's hibernate there. They keep good company. Nice to see them. They will be coming home soon.
Lots of people looked at Steve's white GLHT at the show. IMO, over the years the GLHT seems to have gathered some respect from the muscle car crowd. Like Bob said, almost everyone had no clue about the rarity of Jason's VNT 4 dr Shadow. Beautiful new paint on the car. Really cool car.
It was fun to talk to friends I haven't seen in a while. For those who missed it... shoulda been there.
Todd

[layapatch]

Yeah, I had a great time as well. It was nice to see everyone that made it. Hopefully next year it won't be so windy!

[amoparx]

Hopefully next year it won't be so windy!

Or sunny!

[layapatch]

2009 MNSDAC Schedule (6-11-09)

June 13th @ 2:00 Meet at

Wagner's Drive-In
7000 W. Broadway Avenue, Brooklyn Park, MN
Tel: 763-533-8262

http://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g42901-d668348-Reviews-Wagner_s_Drive_In-Brooklyn_Park_Minnesota.html

and then go to the Anoka Car Show, (Downtown Anoka).


July 18th @ 1:00 Meet by the Dyno at Car Craft Car Show

August 8th @ 2:00 Meet at a Drive Inn and then go to the Anoka Car Show

September 12th @ Wheels and Wings Car Show

October Drag Racing (no schedule out yet)

[layapatch]

What do you guys think for drag racing this year?

Rock Falls or Brainerd or somewhere else?

Rock Falls Schedule

June
June 13/14 -- $69 Test Day** —/Bracket Drag Race (Goodyear MINI SERIES)
June 20 -- Saturday Wally Fun Race (Win a Wally!!)
June 21 -- Sunday Muscle Car Race
June 27/28 -- $69 Test Day** —/Bracket Drag Race (Goodyear MINI SERIES)
National Dragster Challenge


July
July 11/12 -- $69 Test Day** —/Bracket Drag Race (Goodyear MINI SERIES)
July 18 -- Saturday Bikes Only Drag Race
July 19 -- Sunday Sport Compact Drag Race


August
August 1 -- Saturday Wally Fun Race (Win a Wally!!)
August 2 -- Sunday Muscle Car Race
August 8/9 -- $69 Test Day** —/Bracket Drag Race
August 22 -- Saturday Muscle Car Race
August 23 -- Sunday Sport Compact Drag Race
August 29/30 -- $69 Test Day** —/Bracket Drag Race

September
September 12 -- Test Day + All Car Club Day
September 13 -- Sunday Wally Fun Race (Win a Wally!!)
September 19 -- Saturday Sport Compact Drag Race
September 20 -- Sunday Bikes Only Drag Race
September 26/27 -- $69 Test Day** —/Bracket Drag Race


October
October 3 -- Saturday Wally Fun Race + Fun Race Shootout!! (Win a Wally!!)
October 4 -- Sunday Muscle Car Race
October 10/11 -- $69 Test Day**/Bracket Drag Race & King of the
Track Race (Rain Date Sat. Oct. 17)
October 17 -- Saturday RFR Bonanza Race & Trophy Special PLUS
FREE Special RFR Member Appreciation Race
(Rain Date Sun. Oct. 18)
October 18 -- RAIN DATE
October 24 -- Saturday Fun Race -- Halloween Special
October 25 -- Sunday Sport Compact Drag Race


2009 Race Schedule Subject to Change!!


BIR

Wednesday Night Drags--Street Legal Drag Racing 2009
June 17, July 1, July 22, Aug 5, Aug 26, Sept 2, Sept 9

Anyone who shows up on Race night with a street legal car (including trucks and motorcycles), a helmet and $25 can race on the track.

The light tree, burn-out box and scoreboard (which allows you to see your elapsed time at the finish line) are available for use, and an announcer will be calling the actions.

Spectators can watch for $5.


2009 BIR Performance Driving School (Open Day)
May 4, May 11, May 25, June 8, June 15, July 3-5, July 13,
July 27, Aug 3, Aug 31, Sept 4-6, Sept 21, Oct 5

Everything you will need for your High Performance Driving Experience is provided. All you need to do is arrive and drive!

Your day will start with a classroom instruction session followed by a driving tour of the track with one of our experienced instructors.

Dust off the winter doldrums. Now it's time to get into your driving suit, helmet and gloves that we provide for you, and get buckled into the race car. The only thing that we ask you to bring is thin soled, closed toe, comfortable shoes. You are now ready to have a driving experience that you will never forget!

The thrill of driving a purpose built race car around a famous, historic race track, at speed, and with confidence, is what we provide for you.

[TopDollar69]

Too bad they wont let you drive a cheaply built overpowered Chrysler rust bucket around their famous historic race track. It would be much more exciting I'm sure.

[1966 dart wagon]

Too bad they wont let you drive a cheaply built overpowered Chrysler rust bucket around their famous historic race track. It would be much more exciting I'm sure.

That's what I was thinking, I don't wanna drive some race car, ok i do, but id rather drive my own car.

Id love to come out to the meet on Saturday but i have to work :(

[layapatch]

I wonder how much the driving school costs?

[layapatch]

Is everyone getting ready for Car Craft this coming weekend?

[amoparx]

I Am. I'm looking forward to it.:D

[1986GLH]

Is anyone putting their cars in the show? I think if Jason and I go we will just be spectators.

[amoparx]

I'm putting the Shelby in. It's kind of expensive. I tried to pre-register and they said it was closed. According to their web-site, I should have been able to register on-line, until Midnight Sunday night. But, it wouldn't let me so it'll cost $55 to enter. Grrrrrrr
But, I'll be there. Hopefully, Brad will have his Supercharged 3.8 RWD Shelby Charger finished. He says he's real close.:thumb:

[blk86trbo]

Hey guys I'll be up in Crosslake MN from July 19 up until maybe Aug 2nd or so. Looks like Josh and I are going to get together and BS a little...anything else going on? Mainly I'm going on a fishing trip with the Family, but there ought to be an afternoon or evening my son and I could sneak away ;)

Unfortunately I won't be driving a turbo car, just an 07 Town and Country :(

[1986GLH]

Hey Paul, we are having an MNSDAC meeting on July 18th at Car Craft Summer Nationals at the state fair grounds. Too bad you are leaving the next day. I was going to say maybe my brother and I could meet up with you guys and have some drinks or something but Cross Lake is 2 hours away from us.

[blk86trbo]

Yeah man, I was looking over the schedule and I noticed the Car Craft event! Only a couple days too late...oh well :)

Correct, it's probably about two hours one way, but I wouldn't have a problem driving also...is there anyone or any place to congregate somewhere in the middle?

Either way this works out, thanks for replying :thumb:

[1986GLH]

Paul, Brainard would be a possibility.

[blk86trbo]

Paul, Brainard would be a possibility.

Cool, I think that's where Josh (MNMopar) lives. It would be neat to meet you all if the opportunity exists, but I certainly don't want to put anyone out of the way at my expense.

We'll just play it by ear and see how things go...regardless, best of luck at the Car Craft event! :thumb:

[amoparx]

If everyone picks a day, I'll try to make it. I'm really flexible now days. It's always a good reason for a mini road trip.:thumb: I may work Monday-Thursday next week, but the way things are going, I'll probably be off the following week. We don't work a lot of consecutive weeks anymore.
Paul, are you on the other forum? Thats where most of us Minnesota guys post.

[blk86trbo]

Paul, are you on the other forum? Thats where most of us Minnesota guys post.

Yeah Bob, I check the other forum on occasion, but hadn't thought to contact you guys up in MN until yesterday

[layapatch]

hmmm, I don't think I have anything going on as well on Sunday. Last saturday Lisa and I took the Shadow and drove around Mille Lacs Lake, Brainerd isn't too much further.

[amoparx]

Jim,

What are you bringing to CarCraft? When are you going?
How about everyone else? I guess Peter is going to be there with his 89 CSX.

[layapatch]

I'm going on saturday, I would like to get there by 10:00 but we will see. I'm not entering anything this year, I would rather spend the money that I saved on car parts!:D

Just put new Edelbrock IAS front shocks on the Dart last night, holy crap, what a difference! Before I could push the car down real easy, and now I can't push it down at all! When I turn the steering wheel the car turns so nice without all the roll. Can't wait to put the rears on this weekend. I also have to put front and rear sway bars on this weekend as well. Can't wait to have this all done, then I can turn corners without the car feeling like it's going to flip over!:thumb:

[4 l-bodies]

Well I've been at the show for two days and have only seen Bob D. so far. What happened to the rest of you? Peter, Bob told me you where there, but I couldn't find you. I am parked on Lee ave. (where Midwest Mopar usually park). If your coming Sunday, I have your trophy from MITP with me.
Todd

[amoparx]

I saw a few more people than Todd. Jim rode in with me. Peter, Kirt and his wife, Ryan and Shannon, Chris P, Brad. Although, I think only Me, Todd and Peter had turbo cars there. I think a guy name Don was there with his 89 CSX, but I didn't see him.
Who else is going to be there tomorrow? I'll be there.

[amoparx]

Well, Sunday was a beautiful day for a car show. (CarCraft at MN. State Fairgrounds) Especially after the crappy cold cloudy Saturday. Brad had his TC3 there. Todd had the 87 Shelby Charger. I ran in to Don, who has an 89 CSX with 17,XXX actual miles. I guess he was parked next to Peter with his 89 CSX. They both are original owners of their CSX's. Although Peters car went through a few owners after he got rid of it for a Shelby Lancer? I can't remember for sure. But years later, he wanted another 89 CSX and stumbled on his old one. Cool story! I'm a little bummed that I didn't know where they were parked until later in the day. We don't get many times when 3 numbered cars are together. That could have happened. As it turned out, they were just about visible from where I was parked.:banghead: (Half block away)
I had a hard time finding a good place to park on a main street. Then I found a spot right next to a friends 68 AMX. I got lucky. There were a lot of nice cars there. I believe there may have been near 6,000 cars total during the weekend.

[1986GLH]

Jason and I were at Car Craft but we didn't see anyone and didn't make it through all the cars. We were only there for probably 2 hours, the only TM we saw was Jim's vert.

[amoparx]

We were only there for probably 2 hours, the only TM we saw was Jim's vert.


I saw quite a few nice cars in the parking lot. They get too much money for that show. I prefer paying $15.00 in advance for Mopar's in the Park.:thumb:
Sorry we didnt see you guys there. We should make a point of getting everyone together next year and try to park together. If we start planning it soon, we could do it.

[4 l-bodies]

Jason and I were at Car Craft but we didn't see anyone and didn't make it through all the cars. We were only there for probably 2 hours, the only TM we saw was Jim's vert.
I thought I heard Jim rode in with Bob? My SC was on Lee street for all three days. That was the street that Midwest Mopars used to use. Sorry I didn't see you guys. Wheels and Wings Sept 12th. Mark your calendars! That is probably my favorite show.
Todd

[amoparx]

Yeah Jim parked in the lot and rode in with me.

Mark your calendars! That is probably my favorite show.
Todd


I'm looking forward to that show. I like the variety of cars. :thumb:

[layapatch]

Yeah we missed you Todd, we seen your car there for sale and went by it a couple of times but we didn't see you.

I gave out the new MNSDAC stickers, we have Red, White, and Silver. Gave them out to Ryan, Kirt and Bob of course. Can't wait to get the shirts done!:thumb:

[amoparx]

Here's what they look like. It's easy to read from a distance

[1986GLH]

Thought a reminder should be posted on here!!

Do we do a September 5th Saturday meet at Porky's?

Meeting: September 12th 8am-4pm
Wheel's and Wing's Car Show
Osceola, WI.

If we do have a meet at Porky's I think Jason and I should be able to make both of them.

[amoparx]

I'll be there so I'd have to say yes. I don't know if Jims going. I forgot to ask him tonight, but he does know we're thinking about it. What time do you think? I'd prefer to get there a bit later than we would normally have a meeting. Like maybe 3 or 4?

[1986GLH]

Yeah that would work Bob, I think we might go to the state fair before that. So 3 or 4 would work. If anyone wants to come with us to the fair just let me know.

[amoparx]

I'm not sure what I'll drive. The R/T is layed/laid up for a while now. #$@#%$#^% Why did I buy that car!

I finally am starting to fix the GTC. I now know what's wrong with it. I'll be putting an oil pump and I-shaft in it tonight. The ignition timing was off do to the pump and shaft slipping from each other. The timing belt was right on, but the rotor was off a bit.

[TopDollar69]

Bob,
Any interest in selling that R/T? I have a nice Lebaron interior I would be willing to do a partial trade with and cash.

[amoparx]

Ben,
If I Had a brain in my head, I'd sell it, but want to hang on to it. For now. My 'vert isn't worthy of such nice leather. :D

[amoparx]

Saturday, September 5th. 3:30pm at Porky's.
The Manager got fired a couple months ago, so we're going back.:thumb:
We still have the Osceola car show next weekend. See everyone one at both places. I'll drive the GTC Saturday. I'm not ambitious enough to get the R/T done in time. As long as it sits, it can't break any more.:nod:

[layapatch]

MNSDAC october drag racing event

I have 2 options...

Grove Creek, MN 1/8 mile

OCTOBER Saturday 17
Open Test Day - Unlimited Testing 9am-4pm
Test-n-Tune $40
Adults (Includes Pit Pass & FREE Parking) $10

http://www.grovecreek.com/index.htm

Rock Falls, WI 1/4 mile

October Sunday 25
Import/Sport Compact race day
Time Trials begin at 9 a.m.
Eliminations at 1:30 p.m.
Cost is just $40 for car & driver
Spectators $10


http://www.rockfallsraceway.com/imports.shtml



I think it would be cool to go to Grove Creek that way we could have fun and race for fun and not get eliminated and have to go home early. Plus if we went to Oak Grove and got rained out then we could still go to Rock falls.

[TopDollar69]

Wow, both are over 300 miles one way for me. I am thinking about it though.

[layapatch]

you must have put in the wrong address for Grove City in Minnesota. it's 155 miles from Volga SD or 2 hours and 47 minutes.

http://www.mapquest.com/maps?1c=Volga&1s=SD&1y=US&1l=44.323601&1g=-96.926102&1v=CITY&2c=Grove+City&2s=MN&2a=%5B54500-55615%5D+Us+Highway+12&2z=56243&2y=US&2l=45.15275&2g=-94.66425&2v=STREET

[TopDollar69]

Sweet, that would be much better. It just sucks that it's the day after the big pull a thon at the U pull it yard. I would probably be pushing my luck pretty hard with the wife if I was gone all weekend. I need to change my sig, as I've now moved to Watertown SD. It actually puts me a little closer to the TC's area.

[amoparx]

It just sucks that it's the day after the big pull a thon at the U pull it yard
Oh Oh, A road trip is sounding like a good idea. No, I better not.

[layapatch]

I use to go to Watertown all the time since my Grandma use to live not to far away from there. Now she lives is Peaver.

So when did you move there? Do you have a bigger garage?:)

[TopDollar69]

I think the garage is about the same size. We're just renting a place for now. We moved about 2.5 months ago.

[1986GLH]

So who is all coming to Grove Creek on Saturday? Jason and I should be there with hopefully his 84 Omni and my GLHT.

[TopDollar69]

I am not able to make it.

[amoparx]

I won't be able to make it. I'll be searching for some property in a warm southern state. Just kidding, but sounding like a better idea all the time.
I have an AMC party meeting that day. Hopefully I can have one of my better cars going by that day. We're having a mini car show and even having a prize for best "non AMC" car. I'd be a shoe in with either the R/T or the Shelby. What am I up against but a mini van or two! LOL. I'm trying to find some heavy duty shelving for the garage right now. I need to get everything off the floor so I can get cars in the garage and start fixing them.

[WLKivett]

As far as shelving... 2x12s lots of 2x12s

with a few of these
http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=107941-46882-25207PHLLG&lpage=none

and a few of these
http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=107717-46882-25204PHLLG&lpage=none

[layapatch]

Just talked to the Oak Grove owner and he said the track grounds are very saturated and if the grounds don't dry out then there will be no racing this saturday. The owner said to check the website

http://www.grovecreek.com/index.htm

saturday morning by 6:00 am to see if the racing is going to be on.

[layapatch]

Just seen this on the Grove Creek drag racing site

This weekend's events have been cancelled and we are closed for the season.

So no racing tommorow

[amoparx]

I'll feel much better about going to the AMC meeting now. As it is, I wanted to go to OG more, but already confirmed I'd be at the AMC thing.
So, do we try Rock Falls next weekend? The weather is bound to warm up some day. I'm starting to have doubts though.

[84omni]

Any ideas for the November meeting?

[layapatch]

MNSDAC Meetings for the rest of the year...


November 14th 1:00 Meet at J. Cousineau’s in Maple Grove for Lunch & play Darts
http://www.jcousineaus.com/

December 12th 2:00 Meet at the Mermaid in Mounds View for Bowling then dinner
http://mermaidminnesota.com/bowling.htm

[84omni]

November 14th 1:00 Meet at J. Cousineau’s in Maple Grove for Lunch & play Darts
http://www.jcousineaus.com/


That sucks I just switched to work the 14th but I guess its the only day this month that would work.

Jason

[layapatch]

FYI, I try to have the meetings on the 2nd saturday of every month if possible. With you not coming that will be a 25% drop in attendance!:(

[TopDollar69]

I'd like to make it to one of the upcoming meetings, hopefully sooner than later.

[1986GLH]

FYI, I try to have the meetings on the 2nd saturday of every month if possible. With you not coming that will be a 25% drop in attendance!:(

Haha and with him not coming I probably wont either, so that drops it by 50%.

[amoparx]

Come on Justin. You guys aren't conjoined twins! LOL I'll be there. Ben, you need to come for bowling for sure, Although that can be a bit tough before Christmas.
I took down a 6' shelf that was half full of wood. A friend took the shelf and wood. I put up a heavy duty 8' wide 8' high 2' deep shelf in place of it. Got engines and trannys on and under it. I still can barely move in the garage.
Anyone want to buy an AMX? Just kidding!:thumb:

[1986GLH]

Come on Justin. You guys aren't conjoined twins!
Thank god for that. So Bob how much do you want for the AMX?:p Wait I already need to get rid of some cars. Anyone want a Daytona or two?

[layapatch]

are you guys ready for Bowling this saturday?

[TopDollar69]

Dan and I are coming.

[dusterdude]

hey guys im from fargo... is there any of these meets in nd or is mineapolis area the closest to me..that would be pretty cool to check out a meet thats at a car show or something and actually meet people that are into tm's!

[amoparx]

The Twin Cities may be as close as it comes. I don't know anyone from up your way that's in to TD's. As it is, the guy that posted right before you, (above) is from South Dakota. He's coming this weekend. He has a pretty long drive. A lot of us show our cars at the "Mopar's in the Park" show in Farmington, MN. in late May/early June. Then there's the Osceola car show in Osceola, WI. in early September. We had a great turnout there this year. There's the CarCraft show at the State Fairgrounds in mid to late July in St. Paul. This picture is from Osceola, 3 months ago.

[amoparx]

Jim, I am. I think. I was going to practice this week, but I don't think that's going to happen. Oh, I don't know why, but I bought those stupid rims.:D
Now I have to make my machine so I can polish them. I'm going to do the highly polished look on one set.

[dusterdude]

thanks for the info. amoparx hope to see u guys at one of the shows this summer. and there is one guy in fargo with a 87 csx but i think thats the only other person into tds around here. hopefully get him to come with if i can make it to one.

[TopDollar69]

Isn't Warren Stramer from North Dakota?

[dusterdude]

do you know if he has a red csx?

[TopDollar69]

I don't think so, but it's possible.

[TopDollar69]

Here are some pictures of the Limo I took before my camera died.
http://www.turbo-mopar.com/forums/photopost/data/500/Picture_0026.jpg
http://www.turbo-mopar.com/forums/photopost/data/500/Picture_0016.jpg

[amoparx]

Here are some pictures of the Limo I took before my camera died.

Woah! What car is that, Ben?

[sy2206]

Isn't Warren Stramer from North Dakota?

Yup, he lives somewhere in the Fargo/Moorhead metro...

[TopDollar69]

It's the 1986 Turbo Executive Limo Dan and I test drove before we came to the bowling alley.

http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/wsh/ctd/1476083189.html

Dan has more pictures of it on his cell phone. Hopefully he can upload them.

[dusterdude]

Yup, he lives somewhere in the Fargo/Moorhead metro...

hmmm...anyone know what he drives?

[TopDollar69]

I know he races a maroon 84 Laser XE, but I'm not sure what he daily drives. He has his own auto repair buisness if that helps you out at all.

[dusterdude]

nope idk who he is.

[layapatch]

2010 MNSDAC Schedule (so far 12/17/09)

January 9th meet at Famous Dave's in Maple Grove @ 1:00
http://www.famousdaves.com/MapleGrove

February 20th Buffalo Wild Wings in Plymouth @ 1:00
http://www.buffalowildwings.com/

March 20th Texas Road House in Coon Rapids@ 1:00
http://www.texasroadhouse.com/store-sites/restaurant-detail/mn-coon-rapids/

April 10th Champs in Maple Grove @ 1:00
http://www.champpsmaplegrove.com/index.php?section=28

May 22nd Meet at Wagner's Drive-In @ 1:00
7000 W. Broadway Avenue, Brooklyn Park, MN
Tel: 763-533-8262
http://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g42901-d668348-Reviews-Wagner_s_Drive_In-Brooklyn_Park_Minnesota.html

and then go to the Anoka Car Show, (Downtown Anoka) be there by 3:00
http://www.anokacarshow.com/default2.asp?WebsiteID=14343&theIF=%2Fud1%2Easp%3FWebsiteID%3D14343

June 5th @ Mopar's in the Park (Dakota County Fairgrounds)

July 17th @ 1:00 Meet by the Dyno at Car Craft Summer Nationals Car Show
http://registration.familyevents.com/fasttrack/coe/coe_p1_all.aspx?Categoryid=SM&cc=COE&oc=10

August 14th @ 1:00 Meet at Porky's Drive Inn and then go to the Hastings
Saturday Night Cruise-in be there by 4:00
http://www.hastingsdowntown-mn.com/cruise-in/index.html


September 11th @ Wheels and Wings Car Show
http://vil.osceola.wi.us/index.asp?Type=B_EV&SEC=%7B970772C1-75AF-4928-8436-25E5071F1927%7D&DE=%7B945E8FEE-8A34-4965-85A2-2272D4E13D81%7D

October 9th Fall Cruise to see the Fall colors location TBD (hopefully not snow!)

November 13th

December 11th Bowling at the Mermaid in Mounds View @ 2:00 followed by dinner in the restaurant/bar area.
http://mermaidminnesota.com/bowling.htm

[amoparx]

January 9th 1:00pm
Meet at Famous Dave's in Maple Grove (http://www.famousdaves.com/MapleGrove)

[layapatch]

see everyone tommorow!:thumb:

[amoparx]

MNSDAC meeting.
Buffalo Wild Wings Saturday in Plymouth. 1pm.

[layapatch]

:thumb:



this saturday February, 20th

MNSDAC meeting.
Buffalo Wild Wings Saturday in Plymouth. 1pm.:)

[amoparx]

MNSDAC Meeting
Saturday, March 20th
Texas Road House in Coon Rapids @ 1:00pm

[layapatch]

Hey Bob I also changed Wagner's to Porky's on this meeting date

August 14th @ 1:00 Meet at Porky's Drive Inn and then go to the Hastings
Saturday Night Cruise-in be there by 4:00

since the wicked witch is gone we can go down there again!:D

if you could make that change as well on the mnsdac.com website that would be great!

[TopDollar69]

Who wants a Shelby Can Am?

http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/wsh/cto/1669570501.html

[amoparx]

Meeting Saturday at 1pm.
Champps in Maple Grove

You can go to mnsdac.com (mnsdac.com)for a link to a map. I'll be driving my Shelby. Hopefully, I won't have a fuel pump go out like last April when we had our meeting in Maple Grove. My tow truck moved to Arkansas! :banghead:
Who's all going to make it?

[amoparx]

MNSDAC Meeting
Saturday 1pm at Wagners (http://maps.google.com/maps/place?rlz=1T4ADBR_enUS292US292&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=7000+W.+Broadway+Avenue,+Brooklyn+Park,+MN&fb=1&gl=us&hnear=7000+W.+Broadway+Avenue,+Brooklyn+Park,+MN&cid=4793191458131096140) in
Brooklyn Park.
Afterwards, We'll go to Anoka for their Saturday night Car Show. If we get there early enough, we can all park together. Last weekend was great. They had a good turnout. With the weather the way it's been all week, I'm betting this weekend will be better.

[layapatch]

I won't be bringing a grill this year or even the tent/canopy to Mopars in the Park. So if some else could bring a grill and a canopy that would be great! I will probably just come down there saturday afternoon as a specator since I missed the pre-registration and I'm not planning on coming back down there for Sunday.

Friday night I'm going up north to go camping with my parents friends that I grew up with. My parents friend Mike has real bad cancer and this is probably the only/last time we will be able to get together and Mike is a big camper so his whole family is going camping so I will be staying over night up there and I'm assuming I will have a late start to Mopar's in the Park saturday morning.

[amoparx]

It looks like we're covered with the canopy and grill. Have a good time Jim. We'll see you when you get there.

[sy2206]

Hey Guys. I'm not sure if I'm going to make it down or not. I was originally planning on bringing the GLHS, but I might take the blue GLHT instead. I wouldn't be there Sunday, it would be just Sat. So to load up the GLHS and trailer it down there for a few hours sounds like a lot of work. I'm thinking if I go, I'll just hop in the GLHT, turn the air on and cruise down there for a little bit.

[amoparx]

Wow, what timing. I was just wondering if Mark was going to be there. I signed in and a minute earlier you posted. LOL. It'll be good to see you there in either car. Where are you living now?

[sy2206]

Wow, what timing. I was just wondering if Mark was going to be there. I signed in and a minute earlier you posted. LOL. It'll be good to see you there in either car. Where are you living now?

Baxter for now, but that may change before the end of the summer. I'm looking for work now, so that will have the final say in where I end up. I'm looking in three main areas, Brainerd/Baxter area, St.Cloud area, or NW Metro, like Elk River/Maple Grove/Rogers. I would guess I'll probably end up in St.Cloud or Baxter. I love the Brainerd/Baxter area, but manufactoring jobs around here are limited...

[amoparx]

Does anyone know how to get a hold of Peter P? I have to get something to him.
Thanks, Bob

[84omni]

Bob who won in our class at mopars in the park

[4 l-bodies]

Does anyone know how to get a hold of Peter P? I have to get something to him.
Thanks, Bob
Bob,
Email sent.
Todd

[TopDollar69]

Bob,

I thought you might like to see what I have "hanging around" in my garage. Hopefully the scrap metal yard will be open tomorrow. I saved the Town & Country Dodge emblem off the back for you, I figured you might want it for sentimental reasons.

http://www.turbo-mopar.com/forums/photopost/data/500/Picture_0742.jpg
http://www.turbo-mopar.com/forums/photopost/data/500/Picture_0721.jpg

[amoparx]

Ben,

Yeah, I'd like to get that Town and Country emblem. We owned that car for almost 16 years. We actually bought 4 cars from T&D. 83 Charger, 86 Shelby Charger, 89 and 90 Shelby Daytona's.
That's really a sad site. But I do know how bad the floor was getting on it. About the same as my GTC.:( That's part of the reason I never put a clutch in it when that went out. It sat for 6+ years before Phil and Kaylee bought it. I'm glad they got some use out of it. I was just under the GTC yesterday putting a good quiet muffler on it. I saw how bad the floor has gotten. I was thinking about pulling out my carpet and fixing it and then putting your carpet it. But after seeing it from underneith, I don't know. The quieter exhaust really makes the tranny sound bad. It shifts great but the bearings must be shot. I need to open it up and fix it before the shafts are gone. That's what happened to the original 555 from that Daytona.
I may just have to strip and junk it at the end of the summer.

[TopDollar69]

The Daytona was so rusty in the rear that it would not sit on jack stands, they floor was just caving in. I had to shore it up with railroad ties under the rear bumper to hold it up while I removed the rear axle. The good news is, everything will live on in my 85 T&C wagon.

[amoparx]

That's good. When I started working on the muffler yesterday, I went to jack up the side of LeBaron and ended up jacking it under the rear shock/axle area instead. The floor was caving in on that too. I knew the front was bad, but it spread to the rear floor. That piece of frame that goes from the front to halfway to the back (The one you put a floor jack under) has a pretty good (or bad) bend in it now. I really wish I had more room when you had your GTC for sale. I was really considering it. You may have had rust, but it couldn't have been nearly as bad as my car. I'm going to keep my eyes open for another TII GTC. I really love that car. I have a good sunburn to prove it!:D
I may pull the guts out of the tranny tomorrow and see what I can do about the bearings. That thing has to get my through till winter.

[TopDollar69]

The guy I sold Jims old maroon Lebaron to is selling it now. It's a nice clean car, and I think he is asking $1500 or less for it. I swapped it to an intercooled 2.5L with an A523 trans. I also installed all new shocks struts, and a dual pivot K frame. It was a very nice car, but I needed a 4 door after we had our son. I can get you his contact info if your interested.

[TopDollar69]

http://www.turbo-mopar.com/forums/photopost/data/500/IMG_3385.JPG

[amoparx]

Sorry Ben. I meant to reply right away and something came up and I forgot. It's an age thing I think.
I liked Jims LeBaron a lot. And you made it much better, but for now, I'd like to get another 89 TII. Mainly because of the larger brakes and other goodies it came with. Your GTC appealed to me because it was "MY" car after you did the TII conversion. (but better)
I still haven't pulled to guts out of the tranny to see if I could fix it in the car. I hope to do that tomorrow morning. (Unless the rain stops in the next little while) I had an issue with a 2-piece motor mount on the Shelby the other day. The front mount bracket totally ripped in half while racing a Supercharged Bonneville. I usually take it easy off the line. The mount must have been cracked for a while. The two halves didn't fit back together very well. Lots of bent metal. But I was able to weld it back together for now. That'll tide me over 'till I can find another bracket.

[TopDollar69]

If I ever find another TII GTC, I will let you know about it.

[layapatch]

Hello All

I was looking at the Hastings Car show website and they do their car shows every other weekend not every weekend like I thought when I was getting our schedule together at the beginning of the year. This coming weekend they do not have a show! :(


We will still meet at Porky's Drive Inn @ 1:00 on August 14th but then we will leave at 3:30 and have a cruise to the Anoka Car show in downtown Anoka.

http://www.anokaclassiccarshow.org/index.html

Sorry for the mix up, I was looking forward to going to the Hastings Car show since I've never been there.

Thanks
Jim

[amoparx]

Saturday, September 11th
Osceola, WI.
Wheel's & Wings (http://vil.osceola.wi.us/index.asp?Type=B_EV&SEC=%7B970772C1-75AF-4928-8436-25E5071F1927%7D&DE=%7B945E8FEE-8A34-4965-85A2-2272D4E13D81%7D) car show

Who's all going? Hopefully it warms up a bit.

[amoparx]

Sorry for the late posting of this. We decided to go ahead with this Saturday. Hopefully we can get a good turnout even though quite a few guys can't make it. It should be a great weekend for a cruise.


Porky's
We'll meet at 12:00 noon Saturday October 9th
Afterwards, (maybe around 1pm) We'll take a cruise.

[TopDollar69]

I'm on call, so I won't be able to make it. Plus I need to finish putting an engine in my Turbo New Yorker.

[layapatch]

I'll be there with the Dart!

[amoparx]

I'll be there without a Dart. I'll be there with the new Shelby Charger. This car can be trusted to go anywhere:D Now there's something different. I also pulled off 30.7 mpg with the GTC, 2 weeks ago, going to buy the Charger. The Charger got 31 mpg coming home from the eastern side of WI. It's been a while since I got such great mileage, but then again, it's been a while since I did road trips with 100% freeway driving.
The Charger also has the typical cutout going around corners when you're down 10 gallons of gas. Does that bring back memories!

[amoparx]

Meeting Saturday November 13th at 1pm
Red Robin (http://www.redrobin.com/map/default.aspx?loc=6507&lat=45.008291&lng=-93.447928) in Plymouth, MN.

[amoparx]

The meeting is canceled due to the weather. Sorry for the late notice but we just realized how bad the snow is around here. I guess the roads really suck right now. Well, I have to get outside and cut up a huge tree branch that fell. Then figure out what keeps banging on my roof.

We're going to try to re-schedule for next week, same place and time.

[TopDollar69]

I'm glad I didn't drive to Plymouth now. I was in Farmington picking up a treadmill for my wife, and we decided to just skip the meeting so we wouldn't have to drive in the dark. The roads were somewhat bad, but the traffic was the real problem. It's amazing how people forget how to drive in a 5 month span. After 2 blown tires on the trailer and running out of gas about 15 miles out of Watertown we made it home.

[amoparx]

I never did leave the house yesterday, unless you call driving to the mailbox leaving. Actually, I pulled a couple cars in to the street so I could shovel the concrete consistency snow. (concrete might be lighter) When I pulled the GTC back, I first drove to the mailbox. It beat the heck out of walking in the puddled, slushy snow that was in front of it.
I had a branch of a tree come down in my front yard. It may have been about 5"+ in diameter. Thankfully, my next door neighbor helped me take down 1/2 my birch tree about a month ago, or that "WOULD" have come down and landed on something in the driveway. That is, if it was still standing after those super high winds a week or two ago.
Hopefully people can make it next Saturday. If the roads are clean, I may have to bring the Shelby Charger to storage. Yeah, I've been dragging my feet. I know Jason has to work next week. Does anyone have any objections to Sunday instead? I can do either day myself.

[amoparx]

I had a fun drive home from work tonight. My rear bearing/hub came unglued. I almost didn't get off the freeway. The wheel came off the spindle with the rotor attached. It cost me $128 to get it towed home. Ouch!. I've been thinking about getting AAA. I could have gotten a pretty good plan for what the tow cost me.:banghead::banghead: They dropped the car in from of the house on the street. I was able to get the car up the driveway by putting that corner of the car on one of my wheel dolly's from my AMX. Now I need to find some parts. The GTC has the 11" big brakes. One of the "ears" broke off the brake pad bracket.

http://www.turbo-mopar.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=26710&stc=1&d=1289968733

[amoparx]

Meeting Saturday November 20th at 1pm
Red Robin in Plymouth, MN.

[amoparx]

Our next meeting is December 11th
We will be Bowling at the Mermaid in
Mounds View @ 2:00 followed by dinner in the restaurant/bar area.

[4 l-bodies]

Honestly Bob, your not the only one from MNSDAC posting on this thread. It just seems that way. I should make that bowling event. You guys prepare for a whoopin!!!:p:D I bowl every 5 years or so whether I need to practice or not.
Todd

[amoparx]

Yeah, when I see two of my postings in a row that are two different monthly meetings, I start to wonder.
I've always wanted to go bowling just one time by myself to practice. I'm sure I could do much better since the only time I bowl, are the two frames in December. I can only blame myself too. With perfect floors, perfect fitting/sliding shoes, perfect spacing/size holes on the ball and feeling coordinated that day, I must be pathetic since I barely break 100. LOL
Hopefully, the snow holds off a bit in the next week or so and Ben can make it. I don't think he's missed a bowling day yet.

[layapatch]

****MNSDAC December ******


Due to the weather we are going to reschedule the MNSDAC meeting for December 18th we will be Bowling at the Mermaid in Mounds View @ 2:00 followed by dinner in the restaurant/bar area


Thanks
Jim

[supercharged024]

Maybe I can make it then next week. I need to work on my truck this weekend, runs like crap. I haven't had the motivation to do anything the past month. Hopefully I can stay motivated and finish swapping the trans in the Turismo so I can run over to Mermaids with it. It's a short drive and hopefully the roads will be clear enough that it won't get all salted up.

[amoparx]

It's a short drive and hopefully the roads will be clear enough that it won't get all salted up.

With our luck this year, we'll probably have another snowstorm next week. I'm really getting sick of shoveling around cars. I was out for over 2 hours today. About 4 times longer than my neighbors without cars in their driveways. I don't know how much we had but I don't remember ever seeing this much snow on the ground this early in December. I don't know where we're going to put any more of it when we get the next snowfall. I never did go out and try to drive in it. I figure it must be bad when they pull the snow plows off the roads.

[4 l-bodies]

I measured here in Bloomington near the MN river says 20" of fresh snowfall.
Todd

[amoparx]

We didn't get anywhere near that much up here, but it sure looked like it. The way the driveway is like a bowl from the older banks of snow on the sides. Then the wind fills it in. The snow that was there was higher than my snow blower. I did about 95% of it with a shovel.
I can't imagine what it looks like down by you, Todd.
I haven't been outside since I shoveled about 12 hours ago. I'm pretty sure the wind filled in the driveway again. The difference is later on when I go to shovel, it'll be about 20 degrees colder.

[amoparx]

This was near the garage before I started shoveling.

http://www.turbo-mopar.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=27362&stc=1&d=1292141140

[2.216VTurbo]

So wait Bob, someone left a red X on your driveway??:p It was in the 70's again here today, I came to the MN thread to see some knarly white stuff:D

[amoparx]

Yeah Alan, they did. But they put a bigger X on Todd's driveway. I had a picture of my driveway posted, but it's gone? Not sure why.
I had -12 degrees here this morning. It scares me starting up the R/T at such a low temperature. Those things are hard enough on timing belts without a cold stiff engine.:D

[amoparx]

Here's the one picture I posted the other day.

[2.216VTurbo]

Snow is pretty:love: Just glad 3' of it isn't covering my cars:p

[amoparx]

Snow is pretty Just glad 3' of it isn't covering my cars

Yeah it is. The GLHS that's under the snow is the one that needs paint.:D My other one and my garnet red Shelby Charger are in storage. I need to empty the driveway by next spring.

[TopDollar69]

Are you going to find storage for the rest of your cars?

[4 l-bodies]

Are you going to find storage for the rest of your cars?
A match will melt the snow and solve the storage issue.:p I hear ya Bob, I'm going to get rid of some cars too by next year if it kills me.

[GLHS069]

A match will melt the snow and solve the storage issue.:p I hear ya Bob, I'm going to get rid of some cars too by next year if it kills me.

You guys always say that!!!!:eyebrows:

[TopDollar69]

I'm down to one right now, and I'm daily driving it. The wife will probably trade the Imperial in on some lame crossover one of these days, and I will be down to one K based car. It will be nice to park in the garage once I get the engine in my Mom's New Yorker.

[amoparx]

Are you going to find storage for the rest of your cars?
No, going to get rid of a couple. The GTC isn't long for the world now. When I do get it running again, it'll be to get through the winter. The car looks nice, but basically doesn't have a floor anymore.


You guys always say that!!!!
Yep. I was so proud of myself when I got rid of the '86 Shelby Charger I had 18 1/2 years and the '89 Shelby Daytona I had almost 16 years to bring home the second GLHS. But then, being the glutton for punishment that I am, (Todd's words, but so true) I brought home the R/T. Now I'm stuck daily driving it. At least temperarily. I fell in love with the car all over again. I was going to sell it as soon as I got the oil pump and I-shaft fixed. Now after 2,200+ miles, I don't want to get rid of it. I'll probably change my mind after I throw another timing belt.:D
I never will get rid of too many cars. I've had the AMX 25 years now. That stays. The 4 l-bodies will probably stay for now. (Pun intended Todd):D If I lose the GTC, R/T, Sundance and Tracker, I'll be doing pretty good.

So, who's going bowling this weekend? So far Me, Jim and 80% chance Paul will be there.

[84omni]

I wont be able to make it I have christmas this weekend. Would rather go bowling instead.

[amoparx]

Bowling was a lot of fun as usual. We actually bowled three games this year. Normally with all the talking we only get two games in. I think we were there much earlier in the day than usual.
There were 7 of up there. Jim, Alex, Eric, Todd, Paul, Bryan and me. Eric had the highest score of the day, He bowled a 187 in one game. Paul did great as long as he wasn't doing the "learning" thing and trying to curve the ball. Me and Todd were neck and neck almost every game we bowled. That made it interesting.
The food was great.
I'm looking forward to going again. I'm voting right now that we do this again in January. :thumb: Anyone else?

[4 l-bodies]

I would be up for bowling again. Can't beat the price of the lanes, beverages, and food. I had a good time as well. Eric and me should have drove together. We live a mile apart and drove 25 miles one way to meet at the bowling alley...:o
Todd

[amoparx]

Well this new format is interesting. How the heck do you find posts you've been on recently? I'm writing this for my own purpose. Maybe I'll see something after someone else replies.:confused2:

EDIT............Never mind. I found it. I'm too old to learn new stuff.

[amoparx]

MNSDAC (http://amoparx.net/mnsdacpic/mnsdac.htm) Meeting January 8th, 1pm
Famous Dave's
Maple Grove, MN. (http://maps.google.com/maps?daddr=Famous+Dave%27s+-+Maple+Grove,+7825+Vinewood+Lane,+Maple+Grove,+Min nesota+55369%4045.096497,-93.448594&ie=UTF8&ll=45.095034,-93.443441&spn=0.02672,0.055189&z=14)

[amoparx]

2011 MNSDAC Schedule (http://amoparx.net/mnsdacpic/2011schedule.htm)

[4 l-bodies]

Boo!!! Think I'll go bowling by myself instead. We can bowl, drink, & eat for about the same price as going to Famous Daves or any other restaurant.
Todd

[PEDEN]

Bowling!!!!!!!

[amoparx]

Boo!!! Think I'll go bowling by myself instead. We can bowl, drink, & eat for about the same price as going to Famous Daves or any other restaurant.I'd have to agree with you Todd. I wanted to do that too. I'm just passing on the info. Sorry.


Bowling!!!!!!! 2 posts in almost 3 1/2 years. Someone really wants to bowl! I'm guessing this is Alex?

[4 l-bodies]

I'd have to agree with you Todd. I wanted to do that too. I'm just passing on the info. Sorry.

2 posts in almost 3 1/2 years. Someone really wants to bowl! I'm guessing this is Alex?

Carnac the magnificent, the all seeing, all knowing, You are correct! Now you know his last name too. Good to know Alex is still in the good ol USofA. As Mackenzie Phillips said in American Graffiti, "It's not too late, it's never too late. I'll show you where, it's easy to find".
Lets go bowling! Besides famous Dave never shows up anyway. Is Jim getting a kickback on his meal?

[PEDEN]

Bowling!!!!!! I leave wednesday.

[amoparx]

The schedule has been changed. We're going bowling!!!!

February 5th Bowling at the Mermaid in Mounds View @ 2:00 followed by dinner in the restaurant/bar area.
The meeting is also on the 5th instead of the 12th because of Valentine Day:love:

(Sorry Alex!!)

2011 MNSDAC Schedule (http://amoparx.net/mnsdacpic/2011schedule.htm)

[2.216VTurbo]

Bowling rocks! I take the kids all the time tho none of us are worth a darn;) I got them each a custom fit/sized/drilled bowling ball with their names inscribed for Christmas. I was the hit of the house for $69. each:lol: You see, they have a very cozy poorly lit little bar at 'our' favorite bowling alley:eyebrows:

[amoparx]

Alan, I'd invite you to join us, but I'm guessing you can't make it. Maybe a family vacation? Non of us are that great but we do have fun. We just went a month ago and me and Todd were like neck and neck in most the games. No matter how low the scores are, that makes it a lot funner. I guess one of the guys scored a 182 in a game. He said he got lucky. That could have been. I don't think the other two games were near that high. (Don't tell anyone, but I may practice before the meeting)

[4 l-bodies]

Bowling rocks! I take the kids all the time tho none of us are worth a darn;) I got them each a custom fit/sized/drilled bowling ball with their names inscribed for Christmas. I was the hit of the house for $69. each:lol: You see, they have a very cozy poorly lit little bar at 'our' favorite bowling alley:eyebrows:
Alan you wouldn't believe how cheap bowling, beer, and food is at this bowling alley during off peek hours. I think bowling was .75 a game. Beer and drinks were two for one, food was also like half price. I bought the third game for us and I think it was under $10 for everyone. Crazy cheap considering the fun we had. Eric the guy that bowled the 182, brought his own ball. He might have been sandbagging us.
Todd

[TopDollar69]

I always bring my own ball, and I'm lucky to break 100. I think I need my own shoes now.

[amoparx]

I always bring my own ball, and I'm lucky to break 100. I think I need my own shoes now.

Will you be bringing that ball in 3 weeks?

[TopDollar69]

Hopefully I can make it. I have the day off, and so does my wife.

[PEDEN]

i really think you guys should move it back to the 12th. but not on my behalf

[e-fin]

Hi guys i just found this thread. Pretty sure i'm in for bowling on the 5th and Todd if your going we could figure out the shared transportation. As far as the 187 i pulled out of my ars in Dec. i went bowling on new years day with the family. In 3 games i couldnt top 115. My 14 year old daughter crushed me. EMBARRASSING!

[amoparx]

I guess I may have to practice one of these days if Eric <sp? is going to be there. I'm looking forward to this.

[amoparx]

This Saturday, February 5th
Bowling at the Mermaid in Mounds View @ 2:00
followed by dinner in the restaurant/bar area.
Who's all going? I think we're going to have a great turnout!

I'll be there.:thumb:

[4 l-bodies]

Alex will be landing in MN about the same time we start our first game. Alex want to really impress her?:love: Show her a larger than life mermaid.:eyebrows::D
Todd

[amoparx]

That's too bad. Am I'm betting he won't be at the Blaine airport so he can join us. Now I see why he wanted us to keep the meeting on the 12th.

[amoparx]

Cool Avatar Todd. When was that taken?
How much snow did you get? I guessing it's almost a replay of December? We didn't get near as much up here, but still way too much.
How about you Ben? It looks like the most snow in MN. was near the SD border. It didn't look that far from you.

[TopDollar69]

We got dumped on. I'm not sure how much total, but I had at least 24 inches in my driveway last night and this morning from drifting. The plow also left me a nice windrow in the end of my driveway, but at least they cleared the street in a timley manner.

[amoparx]

I'd sure hate to shovel around my cars over there. We did'nt get much wind so most of the snow stayed where I put it. I know this storm was a lot like the one before Christmas. We got the same amount of snow and I'm guessing Todd did too. I don't envy him. Officially, this area got about 13" last I heard and Bloomington got 19.6" I think that puts us at about the third snowiest seasons ever. And there's lot's of time left to close in on the snowiest.

[layapatch]

Hey Eric

I'm thinking about summer not winter, you mentioned that you might be able to hook us up for some golfing this year. I was wondering would it be better to go there on the weekends or week nights? I thought we could get a 1st annual MNSDAC golf tournament started this summer.

Thanks
Jim

[e-fin]

Weekend afternoons are a ghost town on any course these days other then holiday weekends. Possibly friday eves also but not 100% sure on that. M-Th have a fair amount of eve. league play. I am in Houston right now other wise i could find out exactly. Think of a date and we can go from there. Also just throwing this out there, night-time glow golf. Parkview pretty much invented it and we still are one of the few that do it. Golf balls that blink, light sticks on pins, greens outlined with rechargeable sidewalk lights. Beer and grilled food also. Almost everyone that tries it loves it. Not sure of what kind of brake i can get us on this cause of the food/beer and glow supplies. If its regular golf i should be able to get 3 guys and me for free and we can just divide the rest of the cost among us. I will have to check with my GM first. Times are getting tight in the golf business but in the past it would be no problem so i would be shocked if they did not allow this.
Thanks, Eric

[e-fin]

FYI junkyard spotter as of 3-1, U-pull south
90 shadow es non turbo schmo n/a car but has 4 nice white 15 in pumpers minus the center caps i scored. I did not look real close but tires are even useable i think for j-yard wheels. Last row.
3 decent white snowflake rims (spirit r/t style) on and in a white van in first couple rows
Turbo woody mini last row in corner. Somebody went thru the trouble of pulling the head/turbo and left it all there. Cause its a mitsi maybe. Anyways the turbo spins and not a lot of play. For some reason i put it in the back of newer mini van 2 cars east. Its the hoarder in me i need help! There and off if anyone wants it.
90 lebaron conv. turbo with motor/turbo still intact
Also would appreciate a heads up if any one spots the following
1 useable spirit es/r/t front airdam
2 spirit with center console
3 shadow with shifter, i need a cable

[amoparx]

For some reason i put it in the back of newer mini van 2 cars east. Its the hoarder in me i need help! Been there, done that!!! I saw a supercharged Ford once and wondered where the intercooler was. I opened the door of the truck next to it and sure enough, there was the cooler. I don't know why I thought it was even still in the yard. Waste of $8.00. I never did use it.

I don't suppose you got a look at the size of the breaks on the Turbo Lebaron? I'd assume they were 10's. I'm still looking for a car with 11's. I'd like to drive the convert again some day.

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March 12th @ 1:00pm

[e-fin]

I dont know about the brakes. The car looked optioned out but is a auto T-1 car so ????

[amoparx]

If it was a GT, then it would have 10", but the GTC may have 11's. I don't really know for sure, but I believe it may be like the newer Daytona's. Some of the newer ES 3.0's came with the big brakes. But do they ever show up anymore? I'm about to go up to U-Pull's East Bethel location and look at a '94 Lebaron that was listed today on their website.

[gkk1011]

I am in the MN twin city area and I own a 89 Le baron. Any one know where I can get some 10 hole mags? Also, i want a wing type spoiler for the back, would the shadow fit? any ideas?
Gary

[TopDollar69]

The shadow spoiler has been used on the Lebaron, and it looks ok, but there were a couple of different aftermarket options as well.

[e-fin]

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Hey guys, since i'm in Houston and its 20 mn. from my buds place i dropped in on Cindy at FWD. I just showed up and she was very friendly. Gave me a tour and talked a little. Got a free t-shirt. I didnt go nuts with pics just a few cell shots. Kind of crappy pics but i didnt want to look like a tourist. Apoligies for the non turbo dodge pics but the ZR1 was on the dyno and the Insight has a turbo that i think she said took whp from 67 to 130 something. I have video of the pull but still trying to figure out how to put it on here. Violent sound at 587 whp and they were still tuning because 2 days ago it did over 680. What you cant see is a honda crx with blankets or covers sitting about 6-8 ft behind the vette and on the dyno pull the exhaust almost blew the cover off the car. Black Shadow with the flat slicks ran 10.58s i think she said. White Shadow you see the headlight of is a T-3 conversion. I guess i never realized she was such a T-3 shop. Quite a few R/Ts and Irocs. The red R/T in the left of the one pic was gorgeous and deserved a pic instead of just the rear wheel. In front of the red R/T is a few more R/Ts and Irocs. The GLHS was just sitting all lonesome in the front of the yard and there was a red/pink GLH sitting right next to the building.
Later, Eric.

[gkk1011]

How active is the Club in MN? DO you attend many shows? I just picked up my second Le Baron (4th overall) and I am interested in attending some. thanks in advance
Garyhttp://www.turbo-mopar.com/forums/%3Ca%20href=%22http://www.flickr.com/photos/60358597@N04/5508291746/%22%20title=%2287Lebaron_frt%20by%20gkk1011@usfami ly.net,%20on%20Flickr%22%3E%3Cimg%20src=%22http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5054/5508291746_13d1aeccf8.jpg%22%20width=%22500%22%20h eight=%22346%22%20alt=%2287Lebaron_frt%22%20/%3E%3C/a%3E

[amoparx]

Hi Gary,
We have a meeting every month. This Saturday is our March meeting. (listed above or on the website. mnsdac.com (http://amoparx.net/mnsdacpic/mnsdac.htm) ) Anyone is welcome! Just show up. We won't try to pressure you in to joining. Not right away that is! We're still trying to get guys to officially join who have been coming for the last couple years.
We usually have anywhere from 6-10 people show up. As for car shows, a lot of us go to Mopar's in the Park, Car Craft and Wheels & Wings in Osceola, WI. Those three shows are considered our meetings. Although, we really don't do a lot of "official" meeting type stuff. Really just a casual get-together of TD friends.

Latest news!!! I received my grill for the R/T today. Oh yeah and I had an accident with it Saturday. At least the front should look better.

[amoparx]

This Saturday


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March 12th @ 1:00pm

[amoparx]

Rosemont U-Pull. 1990 Daytona ES. I couldn't get the hood opened, (didn't try too hard. It is straight) but I assume it's a TBI 2.5. No turbo hood and I don't remember seeing V6 emblems. It's a 5 speed! So My best guess is there's a 523 there.
3 pretty nice snow flake wheels. I grabbed the 4th since the tire was good and I needed the tire. I know snow flakes aren't the most popular rim, but if someone needs a set I will part with this one.

[GLHS069]

Rosemont U-Pull. 1990 Daytona ES. I couldn't get the hood opened, (didn't try too hard. It is straight) but I assume it's a TBI 2.5. No turbo hood and I don't remember seeing V6 emblems. It's a 5 speed! So My best guess is there's a 523 there.
3 pretty nice snow flake wheels. I grabbed the 4th since the tire was good and I needed the tire. I know snow flakes aren't the most popular rim, but if someone needs a set I will part with this one.

Bob:
Do you ever work? You're always at the junkyards!!!

[amoparx]

Actually, I'm layed off this week. But anytime I hear about a Daytona at a salvage yard, I have to see what it is. I'm still trying to find 11" rear brake parts for the GTC so I can get it back on the road. (This is only about my 2nd time at a yard all winter)

[GLHS069]

Sure, whatever. big liar


Actually, I'm layed off this week. But anytime I hear about a Daytona at a salvage yard, I have to see what it is. I'm still trying to find 11" rear brake parts for the GTC so I can get it back on the road. (This is only about my 2nd time at a yard all winter)

[amoparx]

Sure, whatever. big liar

Seriously, I am trying to find 11" brake parts!

[e-fin]

29649Hey guys, i'm useing rims like this except white (forgot to take pic of them) as cores at u-pull unless anyone is interested in them for $14 each because thats what u-pull is paying. They are off a Lebaron convert. I have 4, 3 are ok, 1 is kinda yellowish but all are useable and not bent i beleive. All 4 have tires on them, 2 tires are shot with cords showing, 2 have good tread but cracking on sides. Maybe??? the 2 could be used but i sure wouldnt do any road-trips or speed runs with them. Continental tires, size 195-65-15. Anyone interested just private message me. I will be bringing them to u-pull by tuesday probly. Again white ones not the pictured ones.
Thanks,Eric 29649

[amoparx]

I'm guessing you got the white pumpers.

[e-fin]

Yes, The tires on them are good enough to use and the ones im giving for core are'nt and they are cooler wheels besides. For some reason i needed 15 and 16 inch pumpers. Now i need some Shelby center caps for the 16s just to have. Also got the smec and wiring harness out of the 88 Lebaron. Sold my jeep stuff and got cash burning a hole in my pocket. Some guys get a little cash and they go to the bar or casino, not me. Right to u-pull i went. On a different and totally unrelated note is anyone else having issue with the Turbo-dodge site? I can barely log on and cant even get to the mnsdac threads.

[amoparx]

I'm not having any problems with the other site. Although it has been a while since you wrote that.

[e-fin]

Anybody else interested in starting a listing of our spare parts/stuff on here? Ive been collecting parts for a few years i'm sure like the rest of you. We probly all have stuff somebody nearby needs or would be interested in. Just throwing it out there and if rules prohibit this i apologize.
Thanks, Eric

[TopDollar69]

Really nice 87-89 k based radiator intercooler with fan, $100. I also have a pair of used Daytona 555 shifter cables, $15 for the pair.

[dj'sr/t]

I have two (new) g valves for sale $23 shipped

[gkk1011]

Two of the things i am looking for is the Le baron luggage rack, and a turbo gage for the dash mine just has the message center
Gary

[e-fin]

Sorry been pretty busy since last weekend and this looks like a good start. I will be cleaning my garage out in the next week or two and then i should have a pretty good inventory on some stuff. I know in the past i semi parted out a 86 Shelby Z and a 83 Shelby Charger N/A and have variouse nickle and dime parts from these. Off the top of my head i know i have the tail lights for the Z, Wireing harness and calibration for the Z, Interior door panels and other stuff includeing ground affects from the Charger.
Later, Eric

[dj'sr/t]

Interested in the turbo z tails.

[e-fin]

29896298972989529898
Here they are.