before reading this post I know you are all going to call bull****, but I don't care, it is the truth sucka...
So we are at the swap meet in arlington today looking around and buying mostly cheap japanese tools and the like, when Robert fleming spots a rusted carrier with a ring still attached. He asks the gentleman that is as toothless as a tennessee moonshiner what he wants for the beauty. The 'shiner replies, "20 bucks" Rob looks at me and says, "This is a full case detroit right?" We investigated the piece and whispered to each other for a few seconds and then discovered that it was in fact a full detroit for a dana 44, low gear carrier. flem had a dollar to his name, so it was mine for the taking. Being the shrewd "bidnis" man that I am and being in the presence of "flem the jew" himself I couldn't just buy it for 20 bones so I offered the 'shiner 10 bucks. He said that he couldn't take less than 20 for the "posi" unit because it was his son's and that he didn't even know if his son wanted to sell it or not... He kept calling it a posi unit, and then rambled on about his mudding adventures and some 2wd he had that would mud with the best of them. Flem commented that with this new "posi" that my truck would now be able to go "an-E-Where" as most redneck moonshiners will say about a "posi" truck. I almost pissed my pants, the whole situation was so funny. I got it home, it isn't really as rusted out as I thought, spins freely, needs some new bearings and my ring gear put on it. It will be nice to have a full detroit in the front instead of that drop in ****. Flem was rewarded tonight at the flying saucer with beer for this amazing find, I wonder how many people passed by it today having no idea what it was...
to further reiterate my point:
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http://www.4wheelparts.com/product2.asp?imseqn=1177
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Does anyone know what a gov-lock looks like? Do all full detroits have a cross-shaft? I shudder to think that the greatest swap meet find ever might turn into a 20 posi, maybe the moonshiner did know what he was talking about...oh well, there are plenty of people on ebay that like posi's...
