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DONALD VERLE FADELY - CARS
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2004 Dodge Ram Rumble Bee. I got this in about April of 2007.
It's pretty awesome.
I put a vanity plate on it from CU Boulder (yellow)
that calls it BEE-TWO. It has a 5.7L Hemi engine
producing about 350 HP
right now. If I put a supercharger on it I should get 500. We'll see.
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1955 Chevy P/U
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| 1968 Plymouth Fury |
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| 1965 Mustang |
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| 1971 Honda |
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| 1969 Dodge Dart |
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| 1982 GMC S15 |
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| 1978 Mercury Zephyr |
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| 1986 Chevy S10 |
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When I was a little kid in Jamestown, CA. all the driving-age neighbors of mine
were building hot rods. I would go over and watch whenever I could. Whenever my
dad let us buy things at the store, I bought either a Hot Rod magazine or a model
of a car. Naturally, when I grew up I always wanted a "hot car." I guess I haven't
really succeeded all that good, but here's a summary of what I've had so far. Click on
the pictures (or title) to see information and an enlarged picture.
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| 1974? Plymouth Volare |
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| 1974 Pontiac Lemans |
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| 1998 Dodge Dakota |
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| 1997 Jeep Grand Cherokee |
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Chevy Celebrity
Chevy Cavalier
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1971 Subaru S/W
1984? Buick Century S/W |
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1963 Chevy P/U
1964 Chevy P/U
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It was a true hot rod, and re-built extremely well (doors & hood clicked). Unfortunately,
I got rid of it cause it was so hot during the day, you couldn\'t touch the steering wheel.',''))
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. This car was one that I bought from a friend for a couple hundred dollars, repaired it, and
re-sold it. It was so light, we turned it over on it\';s side to work on it. The one I had was exactly like
this photo.',''))
 and I always wanted it, since before I was old enough
to drive. I bought a white one with four doors and a slant six in about 1978. It was
actually an excellent family car and very dependable. I had it for a couple of years.
A few years later I ended up getting this one (Millie\'s) and I did. My intention was
to fix it up, but the prject never really got that far. As it turned out, I was paying
$25 a month to park it in Arlington, VA and I decided to give up on it.',''))
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 S series truck
in about 1992 in Colorado. It was pretty dependable and I just drove it. Anyway, up to that
point I was still thinking pretty highly of these little trucks. I bought this one fairly
cheap, thinking I could fix the whole thing up and still come out smelling like a rose. I was
badly mistaken, and I ended up spending over $11,000 on it and selling it for $5,000. Oops!<BR>
You would think I would be done with these at that point, but I bought another one for Nathan in
2002 and lost my butt on it as well. It was so bad when I sold it that I sold the tool box that was in
it and just threw in the truck.',''))
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great air (important in S.A.) and all I ever did was put gas in em. Definitely one of
the better vehicles I\'ve owned.',''))
and handled like a sports car. The only bad thing was that I bought it with the 2,000 lb.
payload capacity option, and the rear suspension was kinda stiff. I plan to get another
one A.S.A.P. Hopefully a used one of these won\'t turn out to be like the S series trucks.',''))
 drive a white 1997 model and I love it.',''))