New Charger project...Canadian?

[Brock Samson]

that info would appear to be '69 vintage you need info from a few years later... But i thought you might be interested...
guess not. 

[Drache]

that info would appear to be '69 vintage you need info from a few years later... But i thought you might be interested...
guess not. 

I mean I've got most Allpar pages on bookmark

I love reading through that site 

[71ROADRUNNER]

The thing that is interesting is that it has "crusader" emblems on both sides and on the dash. The guy I got it from said it was a canadian charger. Although it was sold new at Spitzer dodge in Columbus, OH. Maybe it was imported?? Anybody ever heard of a crusader charger? Any info would be helpful. Thanks guys.

I'm here to tell you your not alone and it isn't the only one. I came across a '71-'74 Crusader (Charger with Crusader emblems in place of the Charger emblems) just as yours is with the exception of the exterior emblems being located on the quarter/pillar area. This one was located in a local junkyard here in Columbus, OH, I came across it looking for parts for my '88 Daytona Shelby Z at the time. I did retrieve all 3 emblems (2 exterior sides and 1 passenger side dash) since I had never seen or heard of such a Charger and I have yet to find out anything definitive about them. I too figure it to have been a renaming for the Canadian exports.

I think the exterior Crusader emblems I have are script only like the typical Charger script, without the solid background on the right half that the dash emblem has, but I'll have to wait until I get to my storage shed and find them to confirm this one way or the other.

[F8-4life]

Thanks for the reply! That's really cool you found one in a junkyard, I wish there was stuff like that in yards now. Anymore its mostly new stuff in and around columbus. I couldn't find any info really on the Cruasader package but the guy I got it from said he looked into it and he thought it was a Canadian car. It's a 318 colume shift, with the base dash and no A/C. Thanks again for the info it's good to know as much as I can.

[71ROADRUNNER]

It was around 10 years ago and I was floored to find anything like it there, as you've mentioned they usually only have newer cars. This junkyard had a suprising amount of rarer cars such as the Crusader, a couple Shelby Z Daytona's, a Turbo Z Daytona, a couple twin turbo Stealth's and turbo Talon's, a Shelby Charger, a Chrysler Conquest Tsi or two, etc. I only grabbed the Crusader emblems because I'd never seen or heard of one and because I knew it would be crushed at any time since it was far older. They also had a few other old Mopars that were from the 60's and 70's, but they were nothing worth remembering and the last time I was there was around '05 to get an interior A-pillar trim panel to cut up and attach my 3 gauge full pillar pod to in my '04 SRT-4 and they still had some rare late models, but the older ones were gone.

I would like to know why, with the vast resources of the internet, there is nothing on or about these Crusader's? You would think that if it were simply a Canadian rebadge that it would be fairly well known or if it were a dealer thing, like the Bengal Charger's, that it would be at least as well known as they are.

[Magnumcharger]

Found this on the web. Yes, it really doesn't apply in this circumstance.

[Magnumcharger]

Also, Check out this boat! "Twin Chrysler Crusader 440 cu in, 330 hp inboards".

http://www.boattrader.com/find/listing/Trojan-F-32%20Express%20Flybridge-97868493/?ZMC=Oodle&BAC-Oodle

[F8-4life]

Update on this old thread, I might have the chance to get this car back.
$1500 & runs. I'm thinking it might be a good buy.