Took my ‘97 Astro AWD with 299K miles off roading, added a couple more dents to it and came to the realization that I’ll be trying my hand at rebuilding the transmission sooner than I hoped.

The car does look good, Jen. The shot was also a very good one. It’s rare enough. at least around here to be first in line at a drawbridge.

I got a lot of work done on my new custom home made Cold Ram Air Intake. It’s not done yet but It’s done eought so that I can drive the truck till Friday when I plan to finish it. I got a teaser pic on my ride page and I’ll upload alot more once it’s finished. Go to this link to read about my progress: http://www.dodgetalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=213119

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Congrats Jen!
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You have been working hard on that car for awhile.
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Nice work!
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Stewart

I bought a 1988 mazda 929 for $650 bucks, towed it home, and got too look it over. Gonna get it tuned up, and all fixed within the next 2 weeks.

sparked up an old 88 chevy 3/4 ton pickup, last of big sounding high compression, to let it go for 300 bucks. momentus occasion, even recorded it. I will never own one, or drive one again. 11:1 is for race tracks I guess.14mpg at its best, from new off the lot, 183k miles and 3 engines ago…the good ole days are gone. To say the 87 sube outhauled it, outran it, out 4×4′d, and got 3 times the gas mileage even on a bad day. it is well known without bragging..and that stays in the yard daily driven.3500 pounds hauled in pieces, instead of all at once, is worth 3 trips…you say?

I’ve been having problems with my transmission surging when it’s shifting from 2-3 and 3-4. I’ve tried everything from changing the trans fluid and filter, installing an external trans cooler, replacing my TP sensor, installed a shift kit, and even cleaned out my shift accumulator, and nothing worked. I lent my mother my car for the day on Friday, and when I got it back, the surging is gone.

wtf…

I noticed my average MPG went down too, so maybe the car just needed a good ole’ beating.

Thanks mom.

Oh, I forgot the other car related activity. We took our son out to Bucks in Lexington. They have a decent go-cart track there. He drove the kiddie carts then rode with me in one of the big adult sizes carts. This was his first ride in a kart and he was all smiles the entire time. I forsee many trips out to that place in the future.

Nothing car related. Unless you count dream shopping on E-bay. But for the want of $10,00 I could be the proud owner of a 1985 944 with trailer and a late 60’s Triumph. Both track cars. Now if I could only find a local sponser….