geezermobile?

[69rtse4spd]

Are you talking about physical age.....or what age we act like when behind the wheel of our Chargers......?

(Many will tell you the Charger is a time machine and it will transport you back to a time when life was simpler and we where all a lot younger..........)

That is so true, but that damn center console always got in her way. .

[6pkrtse]

Hmmm, after 23 years mine keep looking good. me, maybe not so much.....

[1974dodgecharger]

I assume all u dudes r young...thats why I always reference 'old dudes' not referring to u guys here on the forum but whats out there in society.

I just assume cooter is 70 since he seems always angry in his postings lol....

[Challenger340]

I'm an old dude... 56,
and I think as we age..... our A**Hole pucker factor when it comes to spending money..... tightens proportional to hairloss ?

very strange.... because at a time in life, when I've never been MORE capable of discretionary spending of Money on a Car ? the motivation to do so is quickly lost, remembering how HARD it was to MAKE it, and SAVE it ?

"geezermobile" indeed ... now THAT term by itself, is enough to motivate me to go stuffing gunga ponies in my Charger to TROUNCE you "still wet behind the ears" whippersnappers !

[ACUDANUT]

I bought my First 72 Charger in 83 (17 years old). A 73 Charger in 85 and a 70 Charger in 86 (which I still own today)

[JesseJames78]

I grew up with the DOH and always wanted one. I found mine when I was 10 and started saving for it. First attempt to buy it I was 18, and I purchased it when I was 21. I had the money and time when I started the restoration process. I have been "working" on it for 14 years now and I am debt free on/with it. I do feel that if I had not taken the opportunity when I did (not married and no kids) I do not think it would have happened for me. I am now 35 and the family and I enjoy the D.P.H. (charger)! 

[cudaken]

When I was 16, I was dating a girl that family had her when they where older. Her dad was in his 50's had a 1969 Mach 1. I use to think "Man, what a waste of a cool car with a old man driving it"! 

Got my 68 Road Runner from Mom and Dad when I was 17. Got my first Charger when I was 25?  Second Charger when I was 31 and third Charger when I was 37.

Me and the Runner at 57.

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Cuda Ken 

[TPR]

We should turn this into a poll as it would be good to get an age update, just for curiosity sake.
I'm 34, grew up with DOH, Bullitt and DMCL and I thought I was perhaps the youngest Charger driver here in Oz, but there is another member here who is younger than me.
$40k+ Sunday drivers are not the norm here and young rich kids are only interested in sports cars.
I'm happy to be one of the Geezers, if that's how we are viewed.
TPR

[hemihead]

I'm just turned 50 in October and i even think guys that own Chargers ( and other Mopars for that matter ) are mostly all old . That , I think is because they cost so much now only rich old guys have the retirement funds to pay for them .

[cudaken]

I'm just turned 50 in October and i even think guys that own Chargers ( and other Mopars for that matter ) are mostly all old . That , I think is because they cost so much now only rich old guys have the retirement funds to pay for them .

Either that, or the stupid young kids wrapped them self and a Mopar around a tree.  :rotz:Guess old Geezers where better drivers when we got our hands on a Mopar. 

Cuda Ken

[Tilar]

That , I think is because they cost so much now only rich old guys have the retirement funds to pay for them .

Is it that or is it the fact that retirement is fixed so right now we really don't give a damn. Spend it while you got it.

[Baldwinvette77]

I'm 20,  when i saw in in the 2001 fast and furious when i was..... 8.... i remember watching it several times, and everytime i watched it i started to care less and less about the tuner cars and started to focus more on the "old black car"

i actually never learned that it was called a dodge charger until like 2005 when the dukes of hazzard movie came out...

i wanted to buy a 1969 model back in 2006, i thought buying an old junker would be cheap, or almost free, i was seriously confused when i saw rusted out chargers with no motor going for 5k +

then in 2011 i was watching behind the scenes videos about how the fast and furious movies would use striped shells and just hand build them back up as striped out, simple hotrods/race cars, and thought "i can do that, i can even weld the doors shut, no problem" plus i was just generally pissed that every 2 years or so i would see a movie that destroyed several chargers that i would have been perfectly happy with,... so in short; i finally got a charger mostly because everywhere i went i was told i could never have one, SO SCREW YOU WORLD  

[RECHRGD]

Are you talking about physical age.....or what age we act like when behind the wheel of our Chargers......?

(Many will tell you the Charger is a time machine and it will transport you back to a time when life was simpler and we where all a lot younger..........)

That is so true, but that damn center console always got in her way. .

LOL, that's why I ordered mine with the buddy seat and column shift.

[don duick]

no offence intended with the term geezer just an attempt of humour to get your attention. I myself am not young. Wish I could have bought a Charger at a young age. I would have been jumping out of my skin with excitement. got my first one at age 37 in 1999. It was a basket case with a lot of missing parts.

[Mike DC]

  
Why the hell would a young person want to be into this hobby?  


IMHO way too many adults in this hobby crap on teenagers no matter what they do.  If the kid has a raggedy car on the road then he must be abusing it.  If it's a nice car then the kid doesn't deserve it.  Either way they think the kid shouldn't have the car and doesn't respect it.  

The only thing a teenager can do right in their eyes is not have an old car.


And if no more young people had old cars, those same adults would complain about that too.  

[Brock Lee]

 

And if no more young people had old cars, those same adults would complain about that too.  

I have witnessed that many times. Young guys that want an old car and make it happen, then bitter older guys get jealous. Like the kid doesn't deserve the car and they do.

[1974dodgecharger]

Maybe the kid is a gear head? Why did u get into the hobby your pretty young yourself, slick.

 
Why the hell would a young person want to be into this hobby?  


IMHO way too many adults in this hobby crap on teenagers no matter what they do.  If the kid has a raggedy car on the road then he must be abusing it.  If it's a nice car then the kid doesn't deserve it.  Either way they think the kid shouldn't have the car and doesn't respect it.  

The only thing a teenager can do right in their eyes is not have an old car.


And if no more young people had old cars, those same adults would complain about that too.  

[cavemanno1]

I was 28 when wanted to buy my first charger!It was a '68 383,727 y2 and drove 12 hours to see her!
Never ever seen a charger in my life before but i wanted one for 10+ years.What an overwhelming feeling it was,i just loved to look of her and when the owner started her up,that was the sweetest sound i have ever heard!I knew i had to have the car and put the deposit down ,1000 brithis pounds,even knowing i didn't have the money yet!
Told the guy to just be patient and give me 2 weeks as i put down the deposit.His wife said i must be crazy to put down the deposit and not having the money!I was crazily in love with that car no doubt.
So 2 weeks going to the bank trying to get some money from everyone i knew but had no luck.Bank wouldn't do it because it was back in 2008 when the financial crisis arrived here.Wanted put my own flat as guarantee down to the bank but then my parents got upset with me and my finance and made a huge family feud!

I know my parents were just trying to protect me but they never understand my love for these cars!Mind,over here you could buy a 3 bedroom flat for the price of a nice driver of a second gen charger!So it's a big thing here.

Although i payed for my bikes and had my own flat at 26 ,no one ever helped me buying them in any ways.I busted my balls working since i was 14 not having much holidays but i didn't care because i knew one day gonna have a charger!!!At 26 bought my flat and first brand new, Suzuki gsxr ,motorbike knowing the charger had to wait because of the pricetag but wanted a toy after i got my flat!Knowing know if i didn't buy the bike would have been able to afford the charger!That is life anyway so no regret!

So had to tell the guy i can't come up with the money and my 1k was gone with the charger!People asked me if I'm upset loosing that much money!I said no way,that 1000 quid was to pay to reassure me how much i want a '68-'69 charger!Would do it again!

Now i know time wasn't right for owing a charger and got my first one at 30!Had it on my wedding day and it was unbelievable but i wish it would have turned out to be better and still have her!But the next one is not far awayand will have her sooner or later!

Having a '68-'69 charger definitely comes down to Money.
Here in Hungary there are hundreds of American cars but ours was the only '69 charger ever,although 90 guys out of 100 said their dream car is the charger.If it was more affordable then the average age would be 35!It still is with American cars because "older"folks are not into it!They grow up in the Socialist (Soviet ruled time)era and they are not interested in these "useless"expensive cars!Where money is tight,having a car that does 10 miles to a gallon is a huge financial sacrifice!You really have to be in love with these cars unless you just give up on them!People are over the moon to own even a dodge voyager!!!

[bjl69rt]

Bought mine when i was 21

Currently 23 and 2 years into building it. Drove it for a little while when it arrived and loved every second of it.

Wanted one since I was 5 years old and luckily the opportunity came up to purchase one for the right price and i jumped at it.

Best decision ive made.

[1974dodgecharger]

Great story cavemanno1 up there with muks story on he got his.......

[cavemanno1]

Thanks John!

Hell if i was living in the States where you could get your hands on them more easily than from here i would have had mine at 16!I can work very hard for somethong i want.The problem here is the car has to be implacable to register and use it on the road  

If i were there i would even buy a roadkill style charger,wouldn't care,and just fix her up as a drive her!Here ,no chance!

[hawkeye]

 
Why the hell would a young person want to be into this hobby?  


IMHO way too many adults in this hobby crap on teenagers no matter what they do.  If the kid has a raggedy car on the road then he must be abusing it.  If it's a nice car then the kid doesn't deserve it.  Either way they think the kid shouldn't have the car and doesn't respect it.  

The only thing a teenager can do right in their eyes is not have an old car.


And if no more young people had old cars, those same adults would complain about that too.  

I don't think that is fair characterization of us greezers.  If a young person comes to me and wants help or information, I would bend over backward to help all I can.    But if they start running their mouths about all they know or what they have got, I figure they don't need some stupid, old fart butting in.  I am tickled when I see any young person actually doing something besides screwing around with some electric gadget.  Respect can't be bought, it must be earned. 

[Mike DC]

  

I don't think that is fair characterization of us greezers.  If a young person comes to me and wants help or information, I would bend over backward to help all I can.    But if they start running their mouths about all they know or what they have got, I figure they don't need some stupid, old fart butting in.  I am tickled when I see any young person actually doing something besides screwing around with some electric gadget.  Respect can't be bought, it must be earned.

It's not everyone by any stretch.  I've gotten plenty of help from older guys over the years too.  


It's just that seeing that stuff happening to kids at all really bothers me.  It does happen regularly (just like young people unfairly bashing the older set, which also bothers me.) 

I wish people would keep in mind that as soon as one generation grows up really uninterested in these cars, it's over.  The generations after that are not going to retake that interest on their own.  

[Cooter]

'Geezer' is a state of kind....I gotta buddy Arnold. Yes 72. Can drive a four gear so well, people keep asking when did he put an automatic in his Road runner..

He'll drag your ass with his Indy headed, .750 lift roller cammed440 just like a 20 year old. Aint skeered.only the very select few call him the 'old man'... im proud to be one that does with respect.
he can and usually does scare the sh*t right outta the passengers in his ride.
one kid got out and stated "that was awesome! I've only heard my dad talk about shifting a 4speed like that!"
his Motto: "if your R's drop more than 300 between shifts, your doin it wrong".

[Sublime/Sixpack]

Most of the car guys I know go out of their way to help any of the younger people that show up with an older car.
Now if they show up with 26" rims on it, that sort of thing will put most people off. But for the most part young folks are welcomed by us older guys.