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To: rudedog who wrote (164)	12/16/1998 1:18:00 AM
From: Aitch	Read Replies (1) of 5790

rude, Nice to see you on a more socialy oriented thread... The only relatively (180,000 miles) high mileage vehicle I had was my first rebuild. A Dodge D100 (RHD) which I picked up for the equivalent of about $2500 in SA. It had the old six cylinder motor in it which we pulled along with the drive-train. While that was all out, we spent a year stripping the interior, sanding down to bear metal, repainting (in Chrysler Racing Orange) and rebuilding the suspension (this time we included an anti-roll bar at the front). The motor was replaced by a rebuilt Hemi (at the time of the rebuild, it had about 120,000 miles. What a pleasure!! Attached to a 3-speed Fulray shifter (1st was left and back...). What a pleasure, you could drag motor bikes at the lights easily! (Only to about 140kmph though, it ran out of legs due to sprint gear ratio choices). I was a kid then, my mentor was one of the original Chrysler Team Racing mechanics in SA before they pulled out during the sanctions era. Happiest days of my life... H

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