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moving to north-west Michigan...

Started by Lightning, July 17, 2006, 12:39:54 AM

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Lightning

July 17, 2006, 12:39:54 AM
well, I'm finally moving away from home for the first time, and of all places about 10 states due north, to north-west Michigan...but I'll finally have some racing opportunities to go with it......after I find another old mopar that is.  Bad news is: I'm finally selling my LeBaron to the junkyard for the extra cash.  But now y'all can quit busting my balls for not having a Charger,  ;D. (I'll be getting one by x-mas)
when racing deals fall apart.....you go home, like me.

Silver R/T

#1
July 17, 2006, 01:12:05 AM
some good and some bad points there. sorry you had to give up on your project
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Lightning

#2
July 17, 2006, 04:00:38 AM
it was a little heart-breaking, but I'll get over it.   I'm actually getting picked up by a drifting/roadracing team, as a driver.  So I might be able to have a Charger soon (within the year), and then.....I'll turn the drifting world on it's ear. :icon_smile_big: :devil:


EDIT: anybody know of any Mopar salvage yards up there?
when racing deals fall apart.....you go home, like me.

TruckDriver

#3
July 17, 2006, 04:47:46 AM
 Northwest Michigan as in upper Michigan? Or lower Michigan? Because If it is Upper, you will only be a few driving hours from me.
PETE

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dodge freak

#4
July 17, 2006, 10:42:45 AM
Well I live in southeast Michigan and I can tell you right now I hope you like cold weather. Sure its warm there now but winter comes fast and on that side of the state it snows every day-I think 80" of snow falls every winter. Old cars in nice shape are hard to find , even ten old ones have rust. On the plus side I think they use more sand than salt , where I live its salt only. Its is very nice there right now and there is lots of wild life around, if you like hunting you love it, fishing also. Hope everything works out great for you.

Crazy440

#5
July 17, 2006, 01:38:03 PM
Where in NW Michigan?  I live in the Traverse City area. Hope you really like the cold!  Not much, as far as salvage yards, around here.  Most have been picked though.  We do have an "outlaw" yard. Always in trouble with the neighbors and the EPA.  Has a lot of stuff there but, you really have to enjoy scrounging around.  The help is non existent.

Crazy
I used to have a handle on life....but it broke off.

71CHALLENGER

#6
July 17, 2006, 02:44:51 PM
i used to live in the up 23 years ago, moved to w st paul.
might think about buying a snowmobile because they
really get the snow up there eh..lol
also get used to shoveling just about every day.
beautiful country up there though.just got back from there last
weekend 8 days of vacation,had a blast.
anyway good luck.
71 challenger-dave

R2

#7
July 17, 2006, 04:54:06 PM
BRING YOUR SNOW SHOVEL  :yesnod:.................. LOL

i lived there for 30+ years,,,,, now in kentucky...... :icon_smile_cool:

Its a nice state,,, but the winters can be a bit brutel....... :o

Good luck on the move....

dodgecharger-fan

#8
July 17, 2006, 05:07:35 PM
If you're anywhere north of sayyy Bridgeport, you'll be NORTH of me,  and I live in Canada!   :wave:

Sure it's cold, but it's a damp cold.  :icon_smile_big: Sorry, that's funny where I come from.

Best of luck with the racing, though.

Lightning

#9
July 17, 2006, 06:38:09 PM
Quote from: Crazy440 on July 17, 2006, 01:38:03 PM
Where in NW Michigan?  I live in the Traverse City area. Hope you really like the cold!  Not much, as far as salvage yards, around here.  Most have been picked though.  We do have an "outlaw" yard. Always in trouble with the neighbors and the EPA.  Has a lot of stuff there but, you really have to enjoy scrounging around.  The help is non existent.

Crazy


holy shit! that's where I'm going to!  I'm actually visiting next week to line up a job...and then move sometime next month.
when racing deals fall apart.....you go home, like me.

Crazy440

#10
July 17, 2006, 11:30:47 PM

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holy shit! that's where I'm going to!  I'm actually visiting next week to line up a job...and then move sometime next month.
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Just sent ya e-mail.  Let me know when ya hit town.

Crazy
I used to have a handle on life....but it broke off.

Lightning

#11
July 18, 2006, 12:04:28 AM
well, at least I know I'm not gonna be far away from Chargers....

I might have to send travis a PM once I get the money....then I won't be left out.
when racing deals fall apart.....you go home, like me.

Lightning

#12
July 19, 2006, 02:04:33 AM
so does anybody else live up near that area? ???
when racing deals fall apart.....you go home, like me.

PocketThunder

#13
July 19, 2006, 12:43:42 PM
Quote from: Lightning on July 17, 2006, 04:00:38 AM
it was a little heart-breaking, but I'll get over it.   I'm actually getting picked up by a drifting/roadracing team, as a driver.  So I might be able to have a Charger soon (within the year), and then.....I'll turn the drifting world on it's ear. :icon_smile_big: :devil:


EDIT: anybody know of any Mopar salvage yards up there?

Is being a drifting/roadracer a year round job in Michigan?
"Liberalism is a disease that attacks one's ability to understand logic. Extreme manifestations include the willingness to continue down a path of self destruction, based solely on a delusional belief in a failed ideology."

Lightning

#14
July 19, 2006, 01:00:23 PM
the team's pretty much gonna do all kinds of stuff: drifting, rallying, road racing, i'll give drag racing a try once I get a older Mopar, maybe the Baja 1000.....

at least with drift events, they dont stop if it rains or snows, they just keep goin.

just like with the hobby, I'll need a regular job for day-to-day stuff, that's why I'm goin up next week to get the regular job sorted out before I move in Sept.

when racing deals fall apart.....you go home, like me.

DarkAngel0816

#15
July 19, 2006, 02:15:08 PM
Good luck with everything!  I am originally from Michigan...Byron Center area and I do go up there a lot to visit.  I miss the Island and the Bridge...spent many summers there.  We also have like a hundred acres up the the UP.

We came so close to moving to Copper Harbor once...now that is pretty there!
I love my 1970 Dodge Charger R/T Clone

71CHALLENGER

#16
July 19, 2006, 02:57:45 PM
copper harber was about 65-70 miles north of where i used to live.went snowmobing up there two
years ago.grew up in the small town of mass city michigan.
cool to see that someone else knows the area

DarkAngel0816

#17
July 19, 2006, 08:09:01 PM
Quote from: 71CHALLENGER on July 19, 2006, 02:57:45 PM
copper harber was about 65-70 miles north of where i used to live.went snowmobing up there two
years ago.grew up in the small town of mass city michigan.
cool to see that someone else knows the area

I know it and I love it.  We almost bought the hotel/post office setup that was there as it was for sale at the time.  BUT my parents choose not too for during the winter time we kids would have had to be bused out to a school that was like two hours or so away. 

I thought it would have been fun to live there.
I love my 1970 Dodge Charger R/T Clone

71CHALLENGER

#18
July 20, 2006, 11:52:58 AM
it was great living up there,especially if your a sportsman.the fishing and hunting was great.
plan on moving back up there when i retire, hopefully that will be in 8-10 years.
live in st paul now, have been for about 24  years and getting sick of the city live.

71 challenger

Blusmbl

#19
July 20, 2006, 07:46:31 PM
Quote from: Lightning on July 19, 2006, 01:00:23 PM
the team's pretty much gonna do all kinds of stuff: drifting, rallying, road racing, i'll give drag racing a try once I get a older Mopar, maybe the Baja 1000.....

You forgot ice racing.  :icon_smile_cool:
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71CHALLENGER

#20
July 21, 2006, 09:49:53 AM
i watched some ice racing in michigan a few years ago in wakefield mi on sunfish lake.
it was asome,would like to that some day.in minnesota i drag race my yamaha v-max
on the ice running the quarter mile.was running around 107 mph with studs and around
95 mph with paddle track, no traction with that track talk about fishtailing. wicked...
try that when you get up there,youwill have a blast.

71 challenger dave
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