After lunch we had to stop in and try the boat on the Magnetic Hill!
The girls that worked there loved the car!

At the toll border of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia
That bug screen was the best 10 bux ever spent---no cleaning of the grille!

The Canso Causeway,Cape Breton,NS

At North Sydney NS where we have to board a giant ferry for a 6 hour crossing to Newfoundland.We boarded at night and slept during the crossing.
Big thanks to the Marine Atlantic crew!
They loved the car and made sure the BoaB was on a deck where she will not get damaged.

Next morning we arrived in Port Aux Basque,Newfoundland.
Still had a 3 hour drive to get back to my hometown.

Parked here where my love of 68 Chrysler's started.
My Aunt and uncle's house where they always had big Mopars.
(64 Windsor,66 Windsor,67 Newport,68 300 440 TNT)
My Newport had to be the first big Chrysler parked in the driveway since the 80's!! My family were very excited to see the car and happy to go for a ride!

In the small community named Curling,this old barber shop was the hub. It was also the home of Tom the barber who also restored Model A's.
Tom and his son Joey inspired me and helped them tinker with the old tin during the 80's.
As a kid I had no money and no car but built model kits dreaming of restoring a car of some kind.
Going to shows with my scale model kits loaded in the runble seat,Tom gave me a trophy just for doing so.
Tom taught me about nice junk and bad junk!
I learned a lot by doing with Tom and his projects.
His attention to detail got me on the resto bug.

I moved away in 1993,visited Tom in 97 and 99.
One day I will show Tom what I could do.
But in 2011 he died suddenly of a massive heart attack.
I never got to say goodbye.
On my visit,driving my Newport to the graveyard,
The trophy Tom gave me all those years ago I placed on his grave.
Thank you Tom God bless you.

Great car. Nice to see you using it as intended 5 decades ago.

Time to pay it forward...
Growing up my Aunt drove us everywhere in her Chrysler's.
My parents did not have a car when I was growing up.
She is only 5 ft tall but had a heavy foot behind that 68 440 TNT.
She got the reputation as "Hot rod granny"!
"Boy that frigger could haul ass" she would say!

Now in her 70's and unable to drive due to medical reasons I promised to drive her to Botwood which is 3 hours drive from Curling to visit more of our family.
I was proud that she enjoyed the ride and we talked about the old times riding in her 68 300.

At my Dad's..He was very proud of the work I did to the car.

Some Newfoundland scenery shots...

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My hometown..

At the Curling War Memorial overlooking the bay Of Islands.

At the historical Glynmill Inn,Corner Brook,NF
https://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=8579

With all the miles getting put on the car,luckily had no breakdowns.
The only issues i had was the pinion seal started to leak,and had to re-clamp the rear leaf springs.
It my Cousin's garage we used the hoist to top up the rear diff.
He got a special peak at the undercarriage and was blown away!
The BoaB managed to get back to Ontario without any problems and I have a pinion seal to go in

All good things come to an end and time to drive back to Ontario.
Pee stop at Codroy valley and then the Ferry in Port Aux Basques.

Just to give you an idea how big the ferry is..
And where I took a nap. cabins cost as much as the crossing itself.

On the way back,we utilized the trunk of the big C.
In Drummondville Quebec beer was on sale! 52.99 for a case of 48.
Sheldon here loading up the BoaB,LOL

2018 was a great year.
50th birthday and got to do some bucket list things.
Sold my house,got my divorce finalized.
My relationship with Maggie has grown stronger.
Doing these road trips she made them possible with her support of my passions, excellent planning skills and budgeting.
Since I no longer have a garage to store the cars,I booked them for storage 3 weeks after the NFLD trip. kinda early but money saved on gas and keep the cars in great shape for the 2019 season.

Thanks for looking.
Hoping y'all have a good 2019 year from Maggie and i and the furry friends.