The Fire, the Mopar Fire

[cudaken]

 
Many of you here will not know who I am, but many of you will. I am Cuda Ken and I maybe back! The Mopar Fire has a glowing ember again and with some help, it may be lit again!

Been a long time for the for the Mopar Ember to start to glow again. Guess it been about 7 years now. Had to sale my 69 Charger (hear she maybe in Germany) do to being out of work. My 69 Road Runner fuel pump went out and I never fix it. Then there was the bad taste left in my mouth over a 69 AMX I was did the body work on at my house.

Then I found a new hobby, HO scale Trains and I was hooked on and still am. My train layout fills my 2 car garage so the my last Mopar 1968 Road Runner sat out site waiting me patently waiting for me.   

What sparked my rekindling fire was when someone wanted to buy my Road Runner a few days ago. I have owned her for 38 years now, Mon and Dad bought her when I was 12 years old and I got her when I was 17. I lost a few nights sleep over the possible sale.  She is my last Mopar, and it just did not set well with me having no Mopar.

Driving back and forth from work the last few days I have been going over in my head what I need to do to get her running after sitting 6 years.

1 Yank the intake to see what is living in it. Lube the cam and lifters.

2 Pull the plugs, and get some Marvel Mystery Oil down the holes.

3 Drain the oil and refill.

4 New fuel pump installed. Boy they have went up in the last 7 years!  Will run the intake fuel line into a gas can with fresh gas.

5 Prelube the heck out of the motor, then turn a 1/4 of a turn and repeat till I go 360 degrees.

6 Get a fresh battery and she if she lives!  Just hope the 750 Holley is OK, it did not have any gas in it.

If that all goes well, see if I know some one with a old Dodge Car Hauler (Hey Gino you still here I hope) and get her dragged over to Allen Mo-pad and get her pretty again! 

Any tips are welcomed from the great white north Psycho?

Wish me luck.

Cuda Ken

[cudaken]

 Looks like I going to have to relearn how to post pictures here! 

Post count 1,900? I pretty sure I was well over 10,000!

Cuda Ken

[Chargerguy74]

Welcome back Ken, I was wondering if you'd be coming back. Sweet pic.

Ryan

[resq302]

Welcome back old friend!

[Daytona R/T SE]

Now there's a blast from the past!

[73rallye440magnum]

Welcome back!

[JB400]

Welcome back Heard a little about you from others and past posts, but looking forward to getting to know you first hand   Keep us posted on the RR

[Cooter]

Good luck Ken. Looking forward to progress.

[cudaken]

 Looking forward to being back right now and hope it stays that way. It is going to be another sleepless night to night. But this time it will be dreaming about getting Miss Lumpy (nick name given to my RR by Dave) fired up and running again.

Can I use Photo Bucket on this site?

Cuda Ken

[moparstuart]

welcome back , sad to say i'm the guy who sold your charger to germany

[cudaken]

 Photo Bucket Test

http://s83.photobucket.com/user/cudaken/media/Mopar/MeandtheRunner28yearsago.jpg.html]

[68X426]

Looks like I going to have to relearn how to post pictures here! 

Post count 1,900? I pretty sure I was well over 10,000!

Cuda Ken

Type real fast, several folks here can knock off 2000 posts a month. You'll be at 10k in no time.

[Cooter]

PS: I think "Psycho" is no longer in the great white north. He's in Panama I think now.

[chargerboy69]

As some "Old Timers" here no longer post or have left, one of the most famous return.

Welcome back Ken. . .  

While many of the faces will be new, the same conversations are still going on.

[General_01]

Welcome back Ken! Can't wait to see pics of Miss Lumpy cruisin' the streets again. 

[skip68]

    

Well I'll be darned, it's Ken.     Don't sell that car!  No no no.     

[cudaken]

 
Hum, Germany? That is great! I have a friend Ulrich Abramowski that will be the equivalent of a congressman in Germany in a few months! He owes me a few favors from Train Stuff I sent him!  

To be honest I am just happy she is still alive and not a General Lee! When she was in the local TV Commercial Gateway Drag Strip called and asked if I had a General Lee? I told her "NO, I had a General Sherman!" She was confused for a while till I explained!    
She should have been crushed into Beer Can's a few times in her life! I wounder if Frankenstein is still tacked weld on the left frame rail?  

http://s83.photobucket.com/user/cudaken/media/Mopar/noass2222_zps893c4777.jpg.html]

After she broke in half from rust.

http://s83.photobucket.com/user/cudaken/media/Mopar/Newass11_zps12b29cc3.jpg.html]

Donner rear frame

http://s83.photobucket.com/user/cudaken/media/Mopar/mestillintrunk_zps1035044c.jpg.html]

Me sitting on the floor while in the trunk!  

http://s83.photobucket.com/user/cudaken/media/Mopar/Tiresmokegood222.jpg.html]

After she was painted with the 426 installed.

I do miss her, sweet ride and drove great!

Cuda Ken

[Ghoste]

Hey Ken, its about time.  Get that Road Runner went back to the streets.

[Bob]

Welcome back Ken. You were one of the first to welcome me to the club back in 01 or 02. Lots of different names/faces here but same topics.


Bob

[tan top]

Welcome Back  Ken 

[Ghoste]

Everybody kept their decoder rings, right?

[Cooter]

Everybody kept their decoder rings, right?

Yeah, but I heard they only spelled out "Drink more Ovaltine"??

[moparstuart]

Hum, Germany? That is great! I have a friend Ulrich Abramowski that will be the equivalent of a congressman in Germany in a few months! He owes me a few favors from Train Stuff I sent him!  

To be honest I am just happy she is still alive and not a General Lee! When she was in the local TV Commercial Gateway Drag Strip called and asked if I had a General Lee? I told her "NO, I had a General Sherman!" She was confused for a while till I explained!    
She should have been crushed into Beer Can's a few times in her life! I wounder if Frankenstein is still tacked weld on the left frame rail?  

http://s83.photobucket.com/user/cudaken/media/Mopar/noass2222_zps893c4777.jpg.html]

After she broke in half from rust.

http://s83.photobucket.com/user/cudaken/media/Mopar/Newass11_zps12b29cc3.jpg.html]

Donner rear frame

http://s83.photobucket.com/user/cudaken/media/Mopar/mestillintrunk_zps1035044c.jpg.html]

Me sitting on the floor while in the trunk!  

http://s83.photobucket.com/user/cudaken/media/Mopar/Tiresmokegood222.jpg.html]

After she was painted with the 426 installed.

I do miss her, sweet ride and drove great!

Cuda Ken

yet the Frankenstein is still welded in the the left rear frame rail over the rear wheel
   

   here is the car just a month ago leaving KC headed for houston to load on a ship to germany

[70 Charger RT]

Welcome back Ken.  Nice to have you back.

Randall in the great white north.

[68CoronetRT]

Welcome back! I know I'm new around here but as I do my research about mopar's your posts come up quiet often . Didn't know you were out of the game for so long!