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can never leave anything well enough alone. I have to put my stamp on it. Even the "Family Camry" is not immune. This web page will allow me to display and describe all the "Herbytoys" that have passed and will pass through my life. |
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| I hope you enjoy them as much as I do sharing them with you. | |||
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| Just click on a project below to go to that page and follow along with my project history. | |||
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Below are my
current "projects". |
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Meet the current "HRBYTOY" and my
latest major project, a '63 MK II |
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May 92: The new Herbytoy as purchased.
Sold as a 62 but turned out to be a late 64 MK II*. It looked good on the
surface, but after serious inspection... The car ran okay with a 1275 and ribcase trans but the clutch made nasty noises. Turns out it was the
throwout bearing. There was also quite a bit of body damage that had been
marginally I did
get to drive it occasionally up to '95. I'm hoping for the return to the road
in summer of 2002. *(7/20/04) All this time I thought it was a 64 I've discovered it's actually manufactured in late 63 based on the VIN. I apparently transposed the the last 3 digits in my mind and that put it as a 64. It's still an HAN7 which is the 2nd iteration of the MKII with front disc brakes and the 1098 (originally) as well as other improvements. |
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More pictures and info on the Spridgets page. |
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(One of our local "tech
sessions") |
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CLICK THE LOGO TO JOIN THE FUN ON THE SPRIDGET LIST
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There's a new Herbytruck in town!
It's a 2000 Dodge Dakota R/T Club Cab.
Drenched in Amber Fire paint (1 of only 165 for 2000) and all original with
no add-ons, yet :) It needs some detail work but is in very nice shape. Oh
yeah, and with the 5.9 Magnum V8 it's very quick too!! |
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 Had to add Tigger |
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The latest pix, April 2008 |
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| See the Dakota Zone for info on these hot rod trucks. More horsepower than a normally aspirated Lightning and lighter weight too. | ||
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| The "Family Camry", our '98 LE that I upgraded with MR2 Wheels. I also added tinted windows and a factory in-dash 3-CD changer. |
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Future plans are 16" wheels, upgraded speakers and more power to the audio system, alarm and fog lights. Not much, just enough to make it little different from all the other Family Camrys out there. | |||
| 04/01 Update: Have added a polished aluminum strut bar and a Viper 600 alarm. Purchased "takeoff" 16" Avalon wheels and now shopping for tires. |
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06/02/01: Installed 205/55-16 Bridgestone RE950's and the Avalon wheels. Nice tires, quiet and help the Camry handle quite well. | ||||
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The audio upgrade has been accomplished. The Hifonics Zeus Z700 5 channel amp is out and the Hifonics Warrior Eagle 200W 4 channel (@ 4Ω) was dumped in favor of an Audiobahn A4004T for the Orion Cobalt "drop-in" speakers w/3Ω voice coils(6.5 front & 6x9 rear). A Clarion SRV303 120W amplified subwoofer handles the bass notes. This change was made to allow use of the back seat pass thru. I augmented the bass with Aura Bass Shakers powered by an Audiobahn A2002T. All wire and connections are KnuKonceptz. The Whiteline sway bars front & rear have been dropped from the list but the Hella foglights did get installed. |
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| 11/07: Installed 215/55-16 Michelin Primacy MXV's on the Avalon wheels. I wanted a little bigger tire although would have preferred a 50 series. The car does ride a little better though. JBL speakers (components up front) have replaced the Orions. The new subwoofer is done too. See the updates on the audio page. | |||||
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