austinsailor Posted February 22, 2014 Report Posted February 22, 2014 Took a 1500 mile swing around the Midwest Thursday and Friday. Central Missouri to St. Louis, dropped off a soda machine for repair, then the fun started. On to Washington Indiana to pick up my "new' Truck motor. Come to think of it, I haven't even checked the number yet to see exactly what it was. Price was good enough it didin't matter! It came out of a 40 dodge pickup. All sorts of chrome, Fenton style headers, aluminum valve covers and ran good. He replaced it with a Chevy 6 banger and 700R4. I guess I can forgive him, since I got his old motor at a great price. Then to Ridge farm, Ill to pick up a back hoe attachment. Sloppy mud - even the gravel, it was so wet. Rain, a tornado 3 miles away, in the dark, electric out, but we loaded and got the hell out of Dodge. Then to Horicon, Wi to pick up the 265 engine that was talked about here back about December. This was from Ol Skool Customs, and we got to see several MOPAR projects in the works. On to a friend's boat and motor museum in the middle of Ill, just to look and visit. Unbelievable stuff, but not for this forum. Then to Springfield, Ill to pick up the inner fender a fellow forum member dropped of at thanksgiving at a friend of mine's house there. Then 4 more hours to home. 2 days, 6 stops, nothing broke, everyone was where they said they'd be for me, everything was what was described, great trip. My 89 year old father went along for the ride, first time he didn't sleep half the day. In fact, he didn't sleep at all along the road! Quote
Merle Coggins Posted February 22, 2014 Report Posted February 22, 2014 Wow. You were really close to me when you went to Horicon, depending on which way you went. Merle Quote
austinsailor Posted February 22, 2014 Author Report Posted February 22, 2014 Straight up I-39, hwy 26, then back. We missed the tornado in East Illinois, and were expecting snow by Horicon. We were moving on! Gene Quote
Merle Coggins Posted February 23, 2014 Report Posted February 23, 2014 Horicon is about 45 miles away from me. And where Hwy 26 crosses I-94 in Johnson Creek you were about 30 miles away. You had quite the road trip. Quote
T120 Posted February 23, 2014 Report Posted February 23, 2014 ....Nice to hear you took Dad along and had an enjoyable trip, Quote
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