1969 Dodge Charger R/T restoration thread.

[1970gator]

I recently bought a 1969 Charger R/T, but unfortunately the fender tag is gone.  I'm trying to determine the original color.  The green in the pics below is the original color.  Is this the special order Rallye Green or another green?  Thanks in advance for the input.

[Charger-Bodie]

f6 spring green.

[Cncguy]

Cool project, welcome aboard.

[GOTWING]

looks like "spring green" 

[1970gator]

Thank you for the info.  I have a hard time with shades of green and just needed a better set of eyes to look at it, lol.  I'm honestly undecided as to what I'll do with the car or to what extent I'll restore it.  I has been on the drag strip and off the road since the mid 80's and really a solid car.  Floor pans and trunk are really solid and salvageable as well as the rear glass area.  The quarter panels will need attention though as they have some rust and the lip rolled for slicks.  Idk, I've got a 500 cu. in. stroker motor that needs a home...maybe I'll drop it in her and have some fun at the track this summer.

[twodko]

Welcome and congrats!

My vote..........mostly restore and drop in 500ci. 

[hemi-hampton]

Dodge called it Bright Green Metallic. Some call it Rallye Green (Plymouth). Code #F6. A mid year color for 69 only. LEON.

[Mike DC]

   
Looks like a nice car to work with.   


A General Lee fan will pay you good money for those wheels if you don't want them.  The rears may be too wide but the fronts will be in demand for sure. 

 

[tan top]

 hello & welcome  70G  

[Ghoste]

Welcome to the group and congrats on the purchase.  The floor pans look to be a darker green???

[comet_666]

I saw the first picture and was like...that is my car!
Def "looks" solid
nice find!

[bakerhillpins]

Of all of the pinstripes on 2nd Gen Chargers I have seen I have to say that's hands down the only one that I like.

[F8-4life]

F6 green on a solid 69 RT is an awesome start to a project- whatever way you decide to go with it.
I vote for putting a drivetrain in it and having fun. Also great wheels, btw

[Ghoste]

Reminds me of Comet666's car/

[skip68]

Nice.   I'm betting you'll find some low gears and a suregrip in the pumpkin.   
Seems like that F-6 green is kinda rare and talked about lately a lot. 
I like that color.   

[Homerr]

On the Charger I had the best original color paint on it was when the package shelf fiberboard was removed, may want to look there to see what it looks like.

[lukedukem]

I saw the first picture and was like...that is my car!
Def "looks" solid
nice find!

i thought that too... maybe you had sold it or something

but a good starting point gator, good luck

luke

[1970gator]

Nice.   I'm betting you'll find some low gears and a suregrip in the pumpkin.  
Seems like that F-6 green is kinda rare and talked about lately a lot.  
I like that color.    

Well, the rearend is a slightly narrowed 8 3/4" and it has strange 35 spline racing axles.  The pumpkin had a spool with 4.88 gears.  The previous owner kept the pumpkin but the strange racing axles with 5/8" studs are still there.  I've got a new 3.91 ratio suregrip that I bought from Mancini Racing a year or so ago and never have installed it in anything.  So, I'm thinking I'll use the strange axles for measurement purposes and get me a new set of axles to use with the new center section that I have.  I could just put a strange spool back in it but I think I'd like to be able to drive it on the street too.

I'm leaning toward hanging new quarter panels on it and keeping the mini-tubs under it with the narrowed rearend.  The narrowed rearend is perfect for those 10" vectors on the rear of the car.  10" vectors with a factory width rear are just almost too wide.

[1970gator]

I think this car was originally a 4 speed car. I believe it was probably converted to automatic for its drag racing days. Any thoughts?

Non AC firewall:



Z bar bracket:



Looks like they removed the 4 speed hump and scabbed in an auto tunnel and urethaned it in.



Clutch rod boot filled with urethane:

[Ghoste]

Well it sure does look like there is a bracket welded on there for a clutch Z-bar.  Is there also a reinforcement on the firewall near there?

[69rtse4spd]

I vote 4-sp. also, would have come with a Dana rear. Any idea how many owners befor you, owner you bought it from might have got it as a roller after someone else blew the motor, & sold the rear. He didn't know how to row a four speed & did the auto. Back seat didn't happen to have a broad cast sheet under it.  

[1970gator]

I vote 4-sp. also, would have come with a Dana rear. Any idea how many owners befor you, owner you bought it from might have got it as a roller after someone else blew the motor, & sold the rear. He didn't know how to row a four speed & did the auto. Back seat didn't happen to have a broad cast sheet under it.  

I've looked under and behind the front seats and under and behind the rear seat for a broad cast sheet with no luck.  The glove box and heater core were removed.  So, nothing there either.  I had a '68 Charger R/T years ago and I found a broad cast sheet above the headliner in it.  That's the only place I've known them to exist that I haven't checked.  I'll gently take the headliner lose and check behind it this weekend maybe but I think that's a fairly uncommon place to find them.  The carpet had been removed to install the roll bar and then replaced.  So, if it was under the carpet it's long since lost which is a bummer.

[charge69]

One of the build sheets I found while disassembling my Charger was just about where your roll bar is on the passenger side front.  It was under the carpet and had been sprayed with undercoating from the factory.  Took a while in a parts cleaner bin to clean it up enough to read it but it cleaned up. Sorry yours wasn't available there to look.

[472 R/T SE]

To touch on what Ghoste said.  On the firewall between the master cylinder & drivers inner fender is a space that's about 3-4" wide.  The factory put a brace there too for the 4 gear.  It's the backside of the brace, held on by 2 pins.

[1970gator]

To touch on what Ghoste said.  On the firewall between the master cylinder & drivers inner fender is a space that's about 3-4" wide.  The factory put a brace there too for the 4 gear.  It's the backside of the brace, held on by 2 pins.

Is this the bracket you are referring to?  That's why I love this site. I never knew about that bracket being on 4 speeds.