Dream Garage

[JB400]

Try not to drool too much.  It'd be cool to see his whole collection in person.

http://dreamgarage.com/dream-garages/featured/this-thing-039-s-got-a-hemi/

[polywideblock]

    would love to get there one day       all those beautiful  3rd gens   

[myk]

I had no idea the custom cabinetry business was so lucrative.  I read about that guy back in '05.  His place is the Graceland of Charger/Mopar fans...

[Tmb84]

Very similar to my garage! 

[myk]

"A" garage is better than no garage...

[1974dodgecharger]

my garage....

[Ghoste]

He has the museum, you can go there and see those fine cars and a bunch more too.  Plus Tim and Pam are tremendous hosts who truly love musclecars, not rich people that jumped in later looking for a place to put some cash.  Real car folks and very down to earth.  I can't speak for the cabinet business but their family were in the furniture business for a long time and Tim took what his father built and worked very hard to build it even more.  It wasn't just handed to him and he had the stress related issues to prove it.
All in all a fabulous collection.

[moparnation74]

I just cannot stop droolling.  Absolutely amazing.  True American story and those cars are in the right hands!  Imagine the people you guys have ran into that had restorable cars and would never sell them nor had  ability/revenue to ever restore them.  The old phrase, "nope, not selling, gonna restore it someday."

[twodko]

My dream garage is pretty modest. Three bays one of which has a lift, plenty deep enough to have custom
cabinetry along the back wall to include a shop sink. Plenty of windows, heating and air. Epoxy floor, room in one corner in the back for a couch and recliner sitting on nice indoor/outdoor carpeting. A reefer and snack cabinet close by. A full bathroom.....shower stall-no tub. Thumping sound system and a flatscreen.
The third bay wouldn't be a bay, it would be a plush granny/guest suite. Proper front door entrance with a side door into the shop off the living room. Separate bedroom, nice bath, comfy
but small living room with an appropriate A/V system and a small but fully outfitted galley type kitchen. Small pergola covered deck or patio off the back of the suite.

I don't want much but I'd sent top-of-the-line everything.

[69_500]

Tim has an incredible collection to say the least. Sad to hear that he was having some health issues. Hope he gets better soon because I always enjoy chatting to him and Pam at various shows. Very nice people.

[marshallfry01]

That's a very nice collection. I'm just not a fan of 3rd generations though. They look kinda funny...

[A12 Superbee]

That's a very nice collection. I'm just not a fan of 3rd generations though. They look kinda funny...

Careful, in one of my firsts posts here I referred to 3rd Gens as 'not that easy on the eye if you know what I mean...  ' and I just about caused a riot!

They are a touchy bunch.

[polywideblock]

they (3rd gen) just don't look enough like "antiques" for you 2nd gen lot      I'll take one any day and pay less for it 

[myk]

It took me 20 years but I learned that 3rd gens have a beauty on their own. I don't like what they did with the front ends but the body sculpting is beyond any words of beauty I can articulate.  Also, keep in mind that the 3rd gen also has a wider track so it handles better than a comparable 2nd gen.  Finally, they're not as expensive as a 2nd gen which is good for us common folk.  If I had the money I'd own a '71 with a spoiler and all that....

[Ghoste]

The first three generations of Charger capture the whole muscle car era nicely.  The 66-67 has that squared off look of the early stuff when they were finding their way in the new supercar market, the 2nd gens found that sculpted for speed style where the car looked like it was going 100mph sitting still and had the nuts to back it up and the 3rd gen shows off the end of an era when the carmakers all had plenty of muscle and saw the youth market was real so they tacked any kind of "speed" option (louvers, spoilers, bright colors, scoops etc.) on there they could to fatten the bottom line.

[moparnation74]

The first three generations of Charger capture the whole muscle car era nicely.  The 66-67 has that squared off look of the early stuff when they were finding their way in the new supercar market, the 2nd gens found that sculpted for speed style where the car looked like it was going 100mph sitting still and had the nuts to back it up and the 3rd gen shows off the end of an era when the carmakers all had plenty of muscle and saw the youth market was real so they tacked any kind of "speed" option (louvers, spoilers, bright colors, scoops etc.) on there they could to fatten the bottom line.

Well put, Ghoste!  Three wonderful generations in all respects.  In my area(Texas), we have lost the younger generations and the people whom cannot afford to buy/restore any of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd gens.  So they opt for the newer Chargers.  We have to be accepting to all, and watch our word coices, deep down we are all Mopar brohers.

[wingcar]

    

Bottomline is not everyone can or even should own an original Charger from the glory days of the past, after all there were only so many built, and many just do not have the skills or money that it takes to restore and or own one of these.  But those who chose to drive a new Dodge should be accepted as being part of the group since they keep the fire burning and someday they just may get the chance to own a classic Charger to park next to their "new" Charger.  Driving a new Mopar has alot of advantages...as the old ad goes:
"Some days you feel like a nut (old Mopar), some days you don't (New Mopar)"

[polywideblock]

 I was only having  a dig back         as i'v said before my "other" mopar is a 60 dart . doesn't matter if you like 1st 2nd 3rd gen chargers  ,roadrunners  or 300 letter cars or    . whatever it is   if you scratch the skin deep down we're  all mopar fans