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− | ' | + | BK (short for Big Kahuna -- a name friends gave him back in the early 90s) is the [[Administrator]] of [[MoparStyle]], which he started in 2002. He's a semi-retired business executive/owner who now spends with his family, [[drag racing]], and maintaining a slew of web sites and a gaggle of [[collector cars]]. |
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− | + | Eldest of five boys and three girls who grew up in poverty living in a 2 bedroom apartment. Born in Michigan, but moved to Texas in 1961. Moved again to New Jersey in 1966, New York in 1970, and back to Texas after completion of Military service. Grew up with very little supervision, as his family was so large. His father always worked three minimum wage jobs concurrently, and his mother was too overwhelmed to keep up with all of the kids by herself -- so Dave pretty much grew up on the streets -- getting into a lot of trouble with the law as a kid. He always had a job of some type as a kid, from paper routes to washing dishes. | |
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− | + | Later attended various colleges in the evenings under the GI Bill, with a focus on business and computer science | |
− | + | '''Military Service''' | |
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+ | Dave enlisted in the USAF in 1972, shortly after turning 17, and was the youngest to be serving at the time he arrived to Basic Training in San Antonio, Texas. He spent three years active duty driving trucks, and exchanged his last year active for two years Active Reserves (under Palace Chase) to teach others to drive trucks. Dave spent the next ten years attending college in the evenings under the GI Bill. He is a service connected Vietnam Era disabled Veteran. | ||
− | ''' | + | '''Employment Career''' |
− | After | + | After he completed his military service, he (in order) drove taxi, Tractor-trailer, and dump truck; laid blacktop, roofed, and repo'd vacuum cleaners; was a bill collector, a carpet cleaning salesman, and a draftsman; a postage equipment repairman, a mailroom equipment salesman, and a computer repairman; a computer salesman, Executive VP of two large collection agencies, and owned a collections agency; owned a distress debt buying business, a software company, and a web hosting company; owned an race engine building company, and he now designs web sites. Dave and his eldest son (Dallas) recently started a Motorcycle Tour business by the name of Texas Motorcycle Excursions. |
− | + | '''Current Businesses''' | |
− | [[ | + | * [http://www.ddsenterprise.com/ DDS Enterprises 1900-Present] |
+ | * [http://www.bigkahunahosting.com/Joomla/ Big Kahuna Hosting] 2002-Present | ||
+ | * [http://www.southernstarhosting.com/ Southern Star Hosting] 2005-Present | ||
+ | * Schultz Family Partnership 1998-Present | ||
+ | * [http://www.oldhippiedomains.com/ Old Hippie Domains] 2007-Present | ||
+ | * [http://www.bulk-photo-scanning.com/ Bulk Photo Scanning] 2010-Present | ||
+ | * [http://www.texasmotorcycleexcursions.com Texas Motorcycle Excursions 2012-Present] | ||
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+ | '''Favorite Quote''' | ||
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+ | A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship. The average age of the world's greatest civilizations has been 200 years. | ||
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+ | Great nations rise and fall. The people go from bondage to spiritual truth, to great courage, from courage to liberty, from liberty to abundance, from abundance to selfishness, from selfishness to complacency, from complacency to apathy, from apathy to dependence, from dependence back again to bondage. | ||
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+ | '''Favorite Mopars''' | ||
+ | * 63 Chrysler Turbune | ||
+ | * 58 Desoto Adventurer | ||
+ | * 60 Plymouth Fury | ||
+ | * 65 Chrysler 300L Convertible 4-speed | ||
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+ | '''Favorite Place to Live''' | ||
+ | San Marcos, Texas | ||
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+ | '''Favorite car to Own''' | ||
+ | 1939 Graham Sharknose Coupe | ||
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+ | '''Favorite Movies''' | ||
+ | * Casablanca | ||
+ | * Sin City | ||
+ | * Animal House | ||
+ | * Caddy Shack | ||
+ | * Lonesome Dove | ||
+ | * Key Largo | ||
+ | * To Have and Have Not | ||
+ | * The Wall | ||
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+ | '''Favorite Book''' | ||
+ | * Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand | ||
+ | * The Amateur - Edward Kline | ||
+ | * Dereliction of Duty - Col Buzz Patterson | ||
+ | * Courage and Consequence - Karl Rove | ||
+ | * All Earle Stanley Gardner and AA Fair mysteries from the 30s-60s | ||
+ | * Treason - Ann Coulter | ||
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+ | '''Favorite Recent TV Series''' | ||
+ | * Sopranos | ||
+ | * Deadwood | ||
+ | * Dallas | ||
+ | * Simsons | ||
+ | * Family Guy | ||
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+ | '''Favorite TV Show as a kid''' | ||
+ | * Sky King | ||
+ | * Perry Mason | ||
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+ | '''Favorite TV Show as Teenager''' | ||
+ | * Laugh-in | ||
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+ | '''Favorite Song''' | ||
+ | * With or Without You - U2 | ||
+ | * Highway Patrolman - Johnny Cash | ||
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+ | '''Favorite Singer''' | ||
+ | * Willie Nelson | ||
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+ | '''Favorite Band''' | ||
+ | * Pink Floyd | ||
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+ | '''Favorite Album''' | ||
+ | * Dark Side of the Moon | ||
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+ | '''Favorite Sports Team''' | ||
+ | * Houston Rockets | ||
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+ | '''Favorite Charity''' | ||
+ | * Victory Junction | ||
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+ | '''Favorite President''' | ||
+ | * Ronald Reagan | ||
+ | * Both of the Bush Presidents | ||
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+ | '''Least Favorite Presidents''' | ||
+ | * [http://www.chairmanobama.com Chairman Obama] | ||
+ | * Woodrow Wilson | ||
+ | * Jimmy Carter | ||
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+ | '''I'd like to party hard all night with''' | ||
+ | * Alice Cooper or Willie Nelson | ||
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+ | '''Biggest Babes Ever''' | ||
+ | * Morgan Fairchild | ||
+ | * Heather Locklear | ||
+ | * Ida Lupino | ||
+ | * Ingrid Bergman | ||
+ | * Elvira | ||
+ | * Vivien Leigh | ||
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+ | '''Mopars Currently Own''' | ||
+ | * 78 [[Magnum XE]] Black | ||
+ | * 78 [[44 Magnum]] Red | ||
+ | * 79 [[Magnum GT]] | ||
+ | * 65 [[Sport Fury]] (sold) | ||
+ | * 67 [[Marlin]] | ||
+ | * 99 [[Viper GTS]] | ||
+ | * 09 [[Challenger]] RT 6-speed | ||
+ | * 09 Challenger SRT-8 6-speed | ||
+ | * 65 [[Coronet]] Red - [[Big Red Ram]] | ||
+ | * 65 Coronet Black (race car) | ||
+ | * 72 [[Demon]] [[el Demonio Rojo]] | ||
+ | * 77 [[Dodge]] [[Aspen]] Race Car (sold) | ||
+ | * 60 [[Plymouth]] 2-dr Wagon Race Car [[Texas Whale]] | ||
+ | * 60 Plymouth Belvedere 2dr Hardtop | ||
+ | * 60 Plymouth [[Savoy]] 2-door post | ||
+ | * 60 Plymouth [[Fury]] 2-door Hardtop | ||
+ | * 60 Plymouth 4-dr sedan | ||
+ | * 60 Plymouth Hardtop | ||
+ | * 61 [[Plodge]] Wagon | ||
+ | * 64 [[A-100]] Van Pickup | ||
+ | * 68 [[Barracuda tube]] frame race car | ||
+ | * 78 Dodge [[Diplomat]] | ||
+ | * 70 Plymouth [[Superbird]] ([[b5 Blue]] [[Six-Pack]] [[4-speed]] with white interior and [[shifter console]] | ||
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+ | '''Brand X's currently own''' | ||
+ | * 06 Ford F350 King Ranch | ||
+ | * 70 Mercury Cyclone GT | ||
+ | * 86 Buick Grand National | ||
+ | * 46 Olds Street Rod | ||
+ | * 93 Cadi Allante | ||
+ | * 07 Ford Expedition EL | ||
+ | * 63 Studebaker Mohawk | ||
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+ | '''Hobbies''' | ||
+ | * Motorcycles | ||
+ | * Drag Racing | ||
+ | * Computers | ||
+ | * Photography | ||
+ | * Softball (too old and too beat to participate anymore) | ||
+ | * Handguns | ||
+ | * Woodworking | ||
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+ | [[User:BK | More]] | ||
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History: The Last American Hot Rod to roll off the assembly line in the late 1970s.78 Lil' Red Truck Dodge released the Lil' Red Express Truck In 1978 it was one of the most unique Dodge trucks that had ever been produced. The Lil' Red Express was not only a real looker but these trucks were also real performers also. In 1978 The Dodge Lil' Red Express was the fastest American made vehicle from 0 to 100 MPH as tested by Car and Driver magazine. Because of a loophole in the emissions regulations the 1978 Dodge Lil' Red Express Truck's did not have catalytic converters, what the Lil' Red Express did have was a special High Performance 360 C.I. 4-barrel small block engine code (EH1) which was a modified version of the 360 police engine (E58) producing 225 net horsepower @ 3800 RPM. The package also included Hemi style mufflers with a crossover pipe breathing through 2 chrome stacks located behind the cab, a special 727 transmission and 3.55:1 rear gearing. The 1978 Dodge Lil' Red Express Truck rode on GR60x15 raised white letter tires on 7-inch Chrome wheels up front and LR60x15 on 8-inch chrome wheels on the rear and there was no spare included. All 1978 Dodge Lil' Red Express Truck's were automatics the interiors were available with a standard bench seat in red or black or with optional buckets and a fold down arm/rest console which was available both years. 1978 and some early 1979 Dodge Lil' Red Express Truck's used the "tuff" steering With the success of the 1978 Dodge Lil' Red Express Truck production of the 1979 Dodge Lil' Red Express Truck's was increased to 5,118. Most of the features remained unchanged for 1979 however there was some changes which included a catalytic converter, unleaded gas, 85 MPH speedometer.
Model Predecessor
1990-1992 Lil' Red Express Dakota by L.E.R Industries
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BK (short for Big Kahuna -- a name friends gave him back in the early 90s) is the Administrator of MoparStyle, which he started in 2002. He's a semi-retired business executive/owner who now spends with his family, drag racing, and maintaining a slew of web sites and a gaggle of collector cars. Childhood Eldest of five boys and three girls who grew up in poverty living in a 2 bedroom apartment. Born in Michigan, but moved to Texas in 1961. Moved again to New Jersey in 1966, New York in 1970, and back to Texas after completion of Military service. Grew up with very little supervision, as his family was so large. His father always worked three minimum wage jobs concurrently, and his mother was too overwhelmed to keep up with all of the kids by herself -- so Dave pretty much grew up on the streets -- getting into a lot of trouble with the law as a kid. He always had a job of some type as a kid, from paper routes to washing dishes. Education He was a D/F student until leaving high school by mutual agreement at 16. Later attended various colleges in the evenings under the GI Bill, with a focus on business and computer science Military Service Dave enlisted in the USAF in 1972, shortly after turning 17, and was the youngest to be serving at the time he arrived to Basic Training in San Antonio, Texas. He spent three years active duty driving trucks, and exchanged his last year active for two years Active Reserves (under Palace Chase) to teach others to drive trucks. Dave spent the next ten years attending college in the evenings under the GI Bill. He is a service connected Vietnam Era disabled Veteran. Employment Career After he completed his military service, he (in order) drove taxi, Tractor-trailer, and dump truck; laid blacktop, roofed, and repo'd vacuum cleaners; was a bill collector, a carpet cleaning salesman, and a draftsman; a postage equipment repairman, a mailroom equipment salesman, and a computer repairman; a computer salesman, Executive VP of two large collection agencies, and owned a collections agency; owned a distress debt buying business, a software company, and a web hosting company; owned an race engine building company, and he now designs web sites. Dave and his eldest son (Dallas) recently started a Motorcycle Tour business by the name of Texas Motorcycle Excursions. Current Businesses
Favorite Quote A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship. The average age of the world's greatest civilizations has been 200 years. Great nations rise and fall. The people go from bondage to spiritual truth, to great courage, from courage to liberty, from liberty to abundance, from abundance to selfishness, from selfishness to complacency, from complacency to apathy, from apathy to dependence, from dependence back again to bondage. Favorite Mopars
Favorite Place to Live San Marcos, Texas Favorite car to Own 1939 Graham Sharknose Coupe Favorite Movies
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Favorite Band
Favorite Album
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I'd like to party hard all night with
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