cbodybob
Well-Known Member
So I responded to an add on Marketplace. Guy a couple towns over had a bunch of MOPAR parts he was selling. So my buddy & I headed over. The mail box at the road lead down a path littered with abandoned cars & very run down trailer homes. Looked like meth labs. My buddy & I grabbed our pistols. Afterall the guy knew I was coming with a pocket full of cash. So feeling uneasy about venturing down the path in the woods I called the guy & said hey man what’s up. Are you down in here somewhere. He said stay right there. I’m on my way & I’ll meet up. So 5 minutes later a dark colored Nissan pulls up beside me & the guy rolls down the window. Tough, scruffy & stocky dude & said follow me & drove off. I looked at my buddy a former bar owner & pretty tough guy himself & said you up. He said yea but I don’t like it. So I followed the car down about a quarter mile on this washed out dirt path in the woods. It opens up & there’s a shop with lifted trucks everywhere. Most of them Dodges. I was driving a Ram & said to my buddy I wonder how he got all these Ram trucks. He lured them in here with a MOPAR add. So I got out & my buddy cautiously gets out & I told the guy we are armed & was there any wild dogs or snakes. He whips out his pistol with a clip & says you’ll be fine I’m packing to. That was reassuring for us to hear LOL. So we greet shake hands & I gave him the most firm manly handshake I could muster. He said the parts are in the old trailer home & proceeds to unlock a latched door. He walks in & turns & says you coming. I said well just bring the stuff to the door & I’ll lay it on the ground & look it all over. My buddy back aways still unsure. The guy starts handing me all kinds of cool Mopar stuff & tells me he sold his cars & these were his spare parts. I was impressed & to be honest he seemed very cool & nice. I paid him & we loaded the parts up in my truck. My buddy who’s an AMC guy asked as he always does we we go on these adventures if he had or knew of any AMC stuff. He said yea I have some Jeeps & Kaiser military trucks down that path as he pointed & my step father has a bunch of Gremlins & other AMC cars. So I asked him if we could walk down & see the Kaiser trucks. He said sure & headed down the path and these pics are what was down there that was old. He let me video them & then I asked if we could go to his step fathers place & see the AMC cars. He said yea. So we followed him there. About 15 minutes & the guy had a 74 Javelin hot rod, Gremlin drag car & several parts cars including a 78 V8 powered Pacer wagon. Very rare car. One of three V8 Pacers I’ve seen. This is near Collier Motors AMC dealership so quite a few AMC cars still exist out that way. Anyway got to talking with the guy & he’s big into lifted old trucks so I gave him a lead on a Power Wagon I had found a couple years ago & even called to make sure it was still there. So yea my adventures take me in some interesting places. Ain’t gonna lie this one worried me a little, but it turned out sweet. Scored some cool hard to find parts & got some good videos.
