Thread: New Guy From the Dallas Area

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Originally Posted by rspears

Welcome to CHR! Nice old Plymouth, and great job on that engine, it's super clean! What part of the SWMO, NWAR, NEOK area did you stomp around in as a kid, and what timeframe? I was in extreme SWMO from late '40's to the mid 60's and for a time lived very near the cornerstone where MO, AR and OK meet.

Was born and raised in Carl Junction, MO about 10 miles north of Joplin. Graduated from HS in 79. Moved to the Dallas ares in 93. My folks still live in Carl Junction so make it back a couple times a year. Alway in August for the HAMB Drags at MoKan.

Originally Posted by hkestes

Was born and raised in Carl Junction, MO about 10 miles north of Joplin. Graduated from HS in 79. Moved to the Dallas ares in 93. My folks still live in Carl Junction so make it back a couple times a year. Alway in August for the HAMB Drags at MoKan.

Small world! I was a ways south, but not too far down in Noel & Southwest City. I think we went up to Carl Junction once for a B-Ball game, but that would have been around '64. I graduated from NHS in '65 just before the district consolidated into McDonald County HS, and my folks migrated north in ~'67. Went up to MoKan three or four times back in the HS days, too, and used to make an occasional run to Joplin to cruise Range Line Road, or to go to the early box stores for things we couldn't get in the sticks, like floor mats, license frames, etc, etc.....
Good to have you here!