'84 Dodge Rampage Build Thread

[Crackerman]

Dang!! I am sitting at 40~ dg right now here in north texas. I cant even comprehend -22!!!!!
Why have you(and everyone else up there) not moved south yet? Industry will move down with you. And everyone will be happy come winter time. Air conditioner in summer makes it liveable. Not just surviveable.

[Milwaukee Midget]

Why have you(and everyone else up there) not moved south yet? Industry will move down with you.

I'm not above trading Bratwurst for Brisket, but that train done left the station a LONG time ago.

Thinking about a trip to Turkey Texas for the Bob Wills Day celebration in April.

Festus is on the way, if I'm not mistaken . . .

[SteveM]

Dang!! I am sitting at 40~ dg right now here in north texas. I cant even comprehend -22!!!!!
Why have you(and everyone else up there) not moved south yet? Industry will move down with you. And everyone will be happy come winter time. Air conditioner in summer makes it liveable. Not just surviveable.

It's fun to embrace all 4 seasons here in St Louis.  It gets plenty hot in the summertime (regularly100F+, with about 2000% humidity).  Spring and fall are very comfortable, and winters are generally mild, typically with a few cold snaps thrown in.  This current "cold snap" has affected most of the Midwest and East coast with below zero temps).  Stick around until the weekend, it's supposed to be up in the 40's on Sunday.  St Louis gets a good balance of weather.

It's the folks up in Minot, ND and such places that make me scratch my head.

Steve.

[SteveM]

Why have you(and everyone else up there) not moved south yet? Industry will move down with you.

I'm not above trading Bratwurst for Brisket, but that train done left the station a LONG time ago.

Thinking about a trip to Turkey Texas for the Bob Wills Day celebration in April.

Festus is on the way, if I'm not mistaken . . .

Please stop by, Chris.  We have both kinds of music - Country and Western.

I didn't know there was a Bob Wills Day.  One of the funniest YouTube videos I've ever seen (since then removed for copyright issues) was the 3 Stooges courtroom scene, edited to fit along with Bob Will and the Texas Playboys, doing "Stay All Night".

Steve.

[Seldom Seen Slim]

C-man asked:  "Why have you(and everyone else up there) not moved south yet?"

Well, for one reason, Michigan's Upper Peninsula has about 1/3 of Michigan's total land area -- and about 3% of the population.  I'm plenty happy having no neighbors and owning 60 acres of hardwood forest.  And the cost of this house on this parcel - would buy you a nice 100x70 lot and a new garage.

We've got no neighbors in sight, no waiting lines at the post office, and lock the house doors once or twice a year.  It doesn't get much better than living in Skandia, Michigan (look it up.  Hint:  Find Marquette, Michigan first, then go 20 miles southeast for Skandia.

[Milwaukee Midget]

C-man asked:  "Why have you(and everyone else up there) not moved south yet?"

Well, for one reason, Michigan's Upper Peninsula has about 1/3 of Michigan's total land area -- and about 3% of the population. 

And about 70% of the snow . . .

We've got no neighbors in sight, no waiting lines at the post office,

Ooooh - a post office!

I suppose that became a necessity when the guy who fed the carrier pigeons fell through the ice while fishing. 

You and Nancy are heartier than me.

 

[Seldom Seen Slim]

MM said "And about 70% of the snow . . ."

What's your point Chris?  15 feet of snow a year keeps the riff-raff from moving up here from Milwaukee and other towns.

[tauruck]

 
 Ouch.

[Milwaukee Midget]

Kate and I actually honeymooned in the U.P.

It's like Niagara Falls, except the water is snow . . . 

[Stainless1]

Those UPers exaggerate about their snow all the time... can't really take them too seriously. 
I had to go fix an airplane up there one spring... the guys called and told me to bring warm clothes, they had 4 feet of fresh snow that fell the night before...when I arrived I had to call BS... turned out they only got 47 inches 

[Tman]

55 degrees here today. I have a guy coming to look at my 54 Chevy and hopefully it will find a new home.

[SteveM]

Yeah.  Good luck on selling your '54.  I always liked that body style.


It was 52 degrees F on Saturday here.  Hard to believe a 74 degree change since Tuesday.

Steve

[SteveM]

The snow is melting away, my hotel room in Wendover is booked for Speed Week, and it's time to start working on that list of improvements to the Rampage.

If the weather holds up through the weekend, I think I'll roll it out of the garage and fire it up.  It's about time to make some black smoke.

Steve

[bigtim44]

If the weather holds up through the weekend, I think I'll roll it out of the garage and fire it up.  It's about time to make some black smoke.

Steve

Sounds like a plan!

[gkabbt]

The snow is melting away, my hotel room in Wendover is booked for Speed Week, and it's time to start working on that list of improvements to the Rampage.

If the weather holds up through the weekend, I think I'll roll it out of the garage and fire it up.  It's about time to make some black smoke.

Steve

Glad to hear you got your room for SpeedWeek.
You'll be AMAZED by the sights and sounds and you're gonna have fun to boot!

Post up some pics or vids when you're out Choo-Chooing! 

Gregg