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Old 05-27-2010, 08:21 PM   #6
OrrieG
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Re: Project Old Skool '57

I've seen worse. In the mid 70's I worked on the loading dock of my FIL chicken and egg business in El Paso. Guys would come over the border and load up their cars with chickens and smuggle them back across the border. Rear over load "springs" was a 4x4 wood on end between the frame and axle after the body was jacked up. They also built compartments in the front fenders that could be loaded by pulling out a fake headlight. They would completely fill the trunk and back seat area up to the windows. For reference a box about 30" x 24" x 16" holds 65# of chicken.

That was when I could drive across the border with a load of chickens, collect a thousand dollars usually in small bills and drive back without a problem. I hid the money in a fake compartment in the glove box. My last trip down there I didn't get within a couple of miles of the border, its a drug/kidnapping jungle down there.
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