High School Chargers

[gnrl01]

Have many of you owned chargers when you were in high school, I always thought it was cool when people habg on to their old High school car even after they are an adult. I always wanted a charger back in 87...oh the dates I could of scored with a charger

Don
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[viper r/t]

I'm in high school and I've got a '68, but never take a chance of it being around school.

[dodgecharger-fan]

I had my 73 while I was in high school. Even with a /6 I was popular with the girls. Just never pop the hood.

[73ChargerSE]

I've got my '73 now, and I'm in high school.  The hell of it is, it's not too attractive because it breaks down  .  Soon I'll be getting a '69.  Just another car for everyone to make fun of.

[BigBlockSam]

i had A GTO IN HIGH SCHOOL

[694spdRT]

I had my '68 Charger all through high school. I drove a Ramcharger and a few winter beaters for everyday use. The Charger was for the nights and weekends. 

[gunner]

i dont own a charger but i do own a 72 dart and i am in high school

[1970 Charger 500]

My first car was a '70 Charger 500 that I drove throughout high school ('78-'81).

It was white with a black vinyl top, charcoal interior, 318, buckets w/console license plate # DHY-927!!!
My mom sold it for $500, because it had an oil leak, to a handicapped man who took it to California.

When I turned 40, I had to turn 17 again. Went looking specifically for a '70 500 with a 318 trying to duplicate the old car as much as possible.
I passed on a '70 R/T without the original 440 (but kind of knew where it was) for $8,500!
Bought this one on eBay for $8,600.
I got my '70 500 with MUCH MORE than I had hoped for!!
And now I just turned 19 (again) in February.

[kab69440]

Yep! Still have my first baby. I guess some things you just never get tired of looking at.

[dads_69]

I got my first charger back in 1982. Basically when I hit 9th grade, I had a 68' 318 charger. Not old enough to drive yet, but that was just the beginning. Before I got out of high school, I had about 9 or 10 chargers. All second gen style. I worked two jobs after school and durring the summers. I bought all my cars that I drove. My dad was a cop then, so I had to earn my way around the house hold. Also, speeding tickets weren't an opption, thats another story.........I'm still in contact with my high school shop teacher, he was a mopar guy as well, I held the record for the fastest car in that 4 years also, I drag raced a 68' I had back then at the race track here and it ran low 11's high 12's plus I street drove it.
Mark

[70 Battle Horse]

I had a 74 SE...untill my junior year = I crashed that Then I purchased a 70 Charger and had that my senior year

[BB1]

Here was mine in High Schrrooool, 1983.  My very first car. 383 727 and 8 3/4.

[HAZZARDJOHN]

You guys all suck! J/K You all had beautiful Chargers in highschool, and I had a 92 Buick Roadmaster!   I loved my car but I would have loved more to have a charger. There was a guy that reminded me of Wooderson From Dazed and Confused that had a rusty 74 Charger without a hood (because the bolt on the air cleaner was too long ) and everyone thought he was the coolest kid in school. He got more tail than wanyone I knew.

~HJ

[RD]

I drove my 73 SE all the time to high school, and work, and nights out, and...... I still have it today.

[ramit]

I drove a 71 charger 500 in high school (when I actually went to school).  It had a 318 with open headers (for a couple months) and all of the girls would tell me that I need to get my car fixed because it is too damn loud.

[moparguy01]

i didnt have a charger in high school. I drove my 64 Dodge Polara to school back then.

[4forty]

mine in senior year,   a long while ago.........

[69bananabeast]

had my 69 in highschool .   had it about 4 years now , b ut I will be holding onto it for a long time .  I always say I'll be buried in her.

[hemi68charger]

I had a '68 Charger in High School back in '82, my Senior year......... It was very cool and it was a good time for muscle cars.... It was my daily driver........   It even got voted in my 20th H.S. Reunion's "Top 10 things Remembered" and I was #6 !!!!!  Now, THAT is cool when 20 years later people still remember your Charger...........

It's the yellow '68.....  I got the '69 and '70 v-code about '83/'84................

Troy

[daves68]

Bought my 68 in my senior year - 1971. Kept it and it is now undergoing a major renovation. Will never give it up. Dave

[az69rtcharger]

I still have mine from when I was in high school, it was one of the top 3 fastest cars on campus. Here it is today in my garage, its going to the bodyshop next month. I've started stripping her down, but its taking me a while as I am recovering from a bad motorcyle accident. Hopefully she should be done by the fall.

[az69rtcharger]

Sorry, here is the pic

[6pkrtse]

I had a 1968 Charger & a 1970 R/T Charger in high school back in 1985-1989. I drove the 68  back in forth to school & work all thru high school Also the 70' except for rain & winter I drove my 79' Ramcharger. There were several musclecars in my school back in the day. Both of Mine, 66 Cutlass with a 454 chevy, 73 Nova with a 454, 79 Malibu w/400 sbc, 1971 350 camaro, 79' 360 Roadrunner 67 fairlane, 83 Regal with a 455 buick (fast) & a couple of mustangs & a few more I am sure I am forgetting. Guess who's was the fastest car in school. My 70' R/T never lost a race.

[MGBRingo]

I graduated from high school in 1966.  How was I supposed to own a Charger?     

I actually was a Pontiac man back then, and still am a little bit, but I wanted a Charger from the day the second gen cars showed up on showroom floors.  Finally got one in 1981.  Still have it.

[mopar_madman]

Got my 73 just after high school, was my first car and 19 years later I still got her.

[Bandit72]

i just got my 72 and i'm a senior in high-school...havn't had a chance to drive it there yet but i will...(even with me not driving it got voted one of the top 10 favorite student vehicles...

later 

[hemihead]

At my H.S. in 79-82 if you were a Mopar guy you were considered to be a dark sinister character.An outlaw.The guys respected you and the women stayed away but were intrigued a little too.You usually had the fast car but all the girls would say that " it's old and ugly.Why don't you get a new Camaro or Trans Am?" and I would say"I'm not a wuss jock and don't want to go slower." 

[Ghoste]

I had a 73 Ranchero with a swapped in 351 Boss in high school.  I got my 71 Challenger 340 'vert my senior year but I don't recall driving it to school.  Seems to me I didn't drive it until very shortly after I graduated.  I didn't get my first Charger until I had been out of school for about two years.  I sure looked at a lot of them during those days though.  Just never found the "one" for a while I guess.

[Ponch ®]

your Chargers aint got nothin' on my 87 Nissan Sentra XE 

[chrisII]

i did have my 74 for about 3 months of my sr year (spring 91). it was a bondo bucket but had really shiny dark blue metallic paint, and the white top looked pretty good. it wasnt even contested as the fastest car in school. however a buddy had a mazda (626?) that was reportedly pretty snappy (i never rode in it lol) and another friend had a ranchero with a beefy 351. i thought the ranchero might be quicker but the front end was so bad he wouldnt run em. he traded it in on a 5.0 mustang the week we graduated.

[8WHEELER]

Bought my red 68 in 1978, raced it from 79-81, graduated high school in 1980, and it was my daily driver from
1978 when I bought it through high school and then three years at college after that. I am so happy to
have all the memories, well except the tickets    Still drive it today 

Dan

[mally69]

i bought this one my senior year but coulnd drive it but im just about finshed withit
to bad i coulnt drive it when i first bought it neede to be restored but here it is 2 1/2 years after graduation

[rt green]

had a 68 orange black vynal  383 auto in hidh school.  graduated 1980. did pretty good against other cars of the area. even beat the gto judge from a nearby town that was the pain in everyones ass!!!  1980 RULES !!!!        got my 69 rt in '03. i always said if i find another one, i'm buying it!

[Lunger]

got my 73 charger in 1979, drove it all thru high school. Hmm let me go look in garage ..........yep same charger is still there hehe

[chargervert]

I still have my 70 R/T SE,I bought it in 1982!

[66ragtop]

My 66 that I had in high school in 81.  Sold it late 80's.  Now it's a 66 Coronet for me.  Must be something about those body lines !

[dkn1997]

1987, my senior year.

check out the background. my friends family replaced a mint 71 satellite sebring two door with that burgundy K car POS. what a shame. 

[Iceyone]

I got my 68 Charger for 250 bucks in 1978 when I was a junior in High School. I still have the car today.

[Magnumcharger]

I wanted nothing more than to have a Charger in High School. I ended up with a rusty '69 Barracuda, which I made do with. This was in 1978, and I just turned 16.
My best friend at the time, Lynn Smith (a guy) was the son of the owner of the local (and only) general store in town. Due to over-generous parents, he had a more-than generous "allowance". This permitted a lot of purchasing power, which went towards copious amounts of cigarettes (legal or otherwise), beer (from the bootlegger) and the "real" Coke.
Lynn was a wheeler-dealer by nature, no doubt influened by his father, who was THE consumant businessman.
One fine fall day, we found out about a '69 Charger for sale in a trailer park not far from town, and set out to find it. I believe they call it "playing hookey".
It was being flogged by the local hotshoe -"Crazy" Larry Harvey, who acheived his nickname as a result of a head injury sustained in a rather nasty car accident, which brought about the demise of one of his school-mates, and his slide into a constant alcoholic state.
Larry had the tendancy to drive the balls off of anything he got into, and demonstrated this talent to Lynn and I when we showed up to check the car out. It carried a built 440/fourspeed combination, and a 4:10 Dana 60, which were all the ingrediants required to get sideways at any and all opportunities.
So, after an impressive demonstration, Lynn offered Larry the remains of a 1977 Pontiac Grand-Am 400 in a straight across trade. This car had been in a wreck, which demolished the entire passenger side, which is how Lynn came to buy it for $400.
Larry was driving a particularliy nice 1971 Bonnyville convertible (his shaggin wagon), which needed an engine, so the deal was struck.
From that time forward, we spent ALL of our time emulating the Duke boys on the back roads of our hamlet, and ruining what was left of our reputations and/or academic potential...
We even managed to jump the car off the ground several times by driving up a dirt road which joined the highway at an accute angle.
After about two years of trashing the life out of it, he sold the car to a fellow that took it to Detroit.
Needless to say, I found and bought my Charger in tribute to those absolutely nutty days of High School.

[nakita7]

I had a 72 SE in high school. It was black on tan 400 auto. I added RT/Rallye tailights, 72 Rallye doors and a bulge hood. It was one sweet looking car!

[hydroforce]

I drove a 73 in High School, also had a couple of Chevells

[Rolling_Thunder]

Had my Charger sinse Freshman year in highschool...    i'm sure everyone has seen the pics

[Blue Pentastar]

I had my 68 till my Junior year totaled it then bought my 69 rt. People left me alone quite a bit with the 440 4spd. they didn't want to talk to much. Scott from Houston is taking care of it now wish I had never sold it er gave it away in the mid 80's.

Oh yeah I grad in 79 so it has been a spell

[CaptMarvel]

Back in 79-83 when I was in HS I drove a late 70's Simon & Simon Power Wagon, I sure miss that truck. One of my buddys drove a 64 Chevelle SS which he got by trading a 74 Vega & a cool stereo for (he got the best of the deal) My other firend, who is now my bro in law drove a very immaculate white 65 Chevelle (his folks bought it new) man what a clean car, he still has it today...I kind of lived in a Chevy town I guess, your typical assortment of late 60's Camaros & early 70's Novas (where did those Novas all go?) the only Mopars I remember at school was a red 71 Cuda, a 62 Dart (with a 4 sp) & a 73 Charger driven by a history teacher...Boonie bashin in the P-Dub was a blast though...pulled a few Chevys out of the mud...

[beenaround]

it was 1976 i had a 1969 tr/se in high school sold it after i graduated for my 1970 v code 4spd which i still have to this day.

[tipopiola]

No, but luckily my parents had not one, but two mid eighties Caprice Classic station wagons that I could drive almost any time I wanted  !  Oh yeah, you know it, I couldn't keep the ladies away  .  My only saving grace was when I got to drive my older brother's AAR Cuda'.  Tipopiola

[Dave68RT]

im in highschool, i got the charger when i was a soph and now im a senior 

[AKcharger]

Here' mine from High school 1982 . 383 4bbl 500. Bought it for $350 and drove from 11th grade till I came in the AF. I stored it for a few years while I traveled around then sold it to a buddy along with a LOAD of parts for $500.

[Finn]

I bought my 68 when I was 17.
Still have it too! Who would have thought...after 3 long years and several bitter divorces... 

[AKcharger]

After I joined the Air Force I spent most all my years over seas, sold all my cars and forgot all about MOPARS...till I found my '70 abandoned in 2002 Then I was reinfected with the MOPAR virus. But I was a real addict as a teenager, here's a few more (did a lot of horse trading)
'72 Challanger 318 2 bbl

Which I traded for this '70 340 4 speed duster

Which I traded for a '73 440 Road Runner (Old girlfriend wasn't part of the deal)

[Arigmaster]

I never owned a Charger till 2001. Here I am in 2010 and don't own one now.

In High school I went through six Dusters and Demons ('70 and '71's) in a two year period. Of those, I made one special '70 Duster with tubed front end and it had a 383 and a 727 trans from a 68 Polara which my Sister was nice enough to park into a tree.

I went through the driver Dusters and Demons like Bic lighters back then because they were cheap and easy to get. Had I known then what I know now!

[moparstuart]

Me and my high school charger back in 1984 at 16

  and my 2 69 road runners i owned in high scholl , The red car i still own today.

[moparstuart]

My brothers high school road runner he bought in 76 , He got me interested in Mopars .  I still own this car today also after he passed away in 1997 .

[paironines]

Here's the two I drove in high school. Graduated in 95, I drove the 70 500 the first semester and bought the 69 3 days before xmas 94. Drove the 69 2nd semester and to graduation. Still own the 69 but due to its rough condition and other cars getting in the way it sits awaiting its resto.

[69_Charger_RT]

I bought my 69 Charger sophmore year of highschool....................and still have it.  Never going to get rid of it

Won best car for my senior year 

[ODZKing]

Bought mine new in 73.  Drove it every day to school.

[Purple68]

I got mine in 1983 when I was in grade 12. Had a lot of good times and drove it for years. Just finishing up a major rebuild right now.

[1969chargerrtse]

Reading threads such as this just prove over and over the deep love for a Charger owner.  I've had and loved many cars for many years, but nothing is like the love for my 69.  I wanted one since 69, and I still just stand there and stare at it in designer awe. 

[Charger-Bodie]

Here is a pic of my first car....I got it from a grove of trees for 200.00. Horses had eaten all the paint off the edges and a coon had taken up residence inside,but my Dad and I made it into a real nice driver. I drove the heck out of it for almost 20 years. I repainted it 5 times during that time too.

[UFO]

From my first summer with my first car.
Still have it, going on it's second redo.Some of you will remember the "repair panels" that were available back then.

[AKcharger]

Bought mine new in 73.  Drove it every day to school.

You bought a brand new car in high School? wow! you must have had a good part time job! (or rich parents

[ODZKing]

You bought a brand new car in high School? wow! you must have had a good part time job! (or rich parents

LOL!  Yeah, Grndparents helped and I went to Community College to save $$ and used part of the college fund. 
And I did have a pretty good part time job.
It was only $3400 and change as I recall.

[Manfred318]

Bought mine in the fall of '01. It was my freshman year of HS. I still have it today almost 10 years later. I wouldnt get rid of it for nothing.