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The cool thing about this picture is that is was taken by a
fellow Mopar fan I met last year in Debert NS. He took the
picture to send to Aspen owner Gary Foster from Australia who helped him track down some cool mopars from down under. By
the way that's me behind the car. I'm applying sunscreen to
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No, I don't have this picture
reversed! This is Gary Foster's right hand drive Aspen. He
stumbled on my web site and told me about his Nova Scotia
connection to the photographer in the above picture. He spent
some time in Halifax in July 2001 and drove to Bridgewater for a
visit while he was in the area. Small world, thanks to the web. |
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Here's another shot of Gary's Aspen.
It's a 360 powered car that was brought over from the US and
converted to RHD. Aspens weren't produced in Australia, so that
makes this a rare and unusual car down there. He's only ever
seen one other - a wagon. Check out Gary's cool '71 Valiant! |
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This is an all Mopar event at
Dartmouth in June 2001. Six of these cars along the back row are
owned by the same guy. Sandy Colter's collection includes two
Aussie Mopars - the "Ute" seen here and a Hemi 6
cylinder Charger. He's the guy who contacted Gary Foster to
check them out before he brought them home. I believe that's him on the right. |
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I may have caught the Mopar bug form a
car just like this one I found at the 2001 Debert show. It's a
57 Dodge just like my Grandfather had. I was fascinated by some
bare wires under the dash that would spark when kicked them. Of
course I was having too much fun to stop when I was told and the
car filled with smoke as all the wires fused together. He parked
the car for good after that little incident, but I used to play
in it for hours. |
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This was taken at the 2000
Halifax show. The vehicle parked next to us is the "Merc-A-Neer".
It was an awesome Florida custom Merc, with 94 Ford 4x4 running
gear and dash, along with suicide rear doors and AMC wagon
roof and tailgate. It attracted a lot of attention. I found a
picture of it in one of those truck magazines not long after. |
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Here are two of my boys at Graves
island last year. That's Aaron's 1976 Tonka Camper he and
I restored last year. Aaron never misses a show with me. Kyle
comes with us on occasion. They are both laughing hysterically
here because some fat guy looking at the car beside us has just
let out a huge fart. Come on, buddy, hold it in, will ya? Must
have been a Ford Owner. |
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