Welp, the Hellcat bug has bitten, thinking about selling my car.

[redmist]

The more I look at what I want to do with a car, the more I keep looking at the hellcats. I love my Charger, but I also want something safe to drive.

Where do you even start at trying to value a car for sale? My car is NOT original in the slightest, but it has a whole bunch of very nice parts in it, and the body is a solid foundation for a re-do. Little rust, and an original EE-1 car (I love that color!)

if I decide to sell, is E-bay the best choice for it?

[redmist]

I started a list of all the stuff in my car.. and YIKES!!!   

















Originaly a 383 2bbl EE-1 car

Engine and fuel:

1967 block .030 over 440 stock forged crank
K-1 rods ARP 2000 fasteners Fully studded top and bottom
SRP forged Pistons at zero deck
Ederlbrock 84cc heads OOTB
Comp XS282S Solid cam
Smith Bros heavy wall push rods
Crane Gold roller rockers, Hughes billet spacer kit
Edelbrock pro-Flo XT Intake 60Lb-hr Bosch EV-14 Injectors
Edelbrock fuel rails, Aeromotive regulator and gauge
Full -8 braided PTFE fuel lines front to back, return style
Aeromotive Phantom 340 pump in stock tank
LS style 92mm throttle body, D-585 LS Ignition coils
Denso 120Amp Alternator
Dougs headers, 2" Primaries to 3.5" collectors
Full 3" Exhaust X Pipe to ProFlows dumped before axle
TCI Rattler ballancer
Milodon windage tray and Drag pan 7qrt
Megasquirt MS3X Engine management Full sequential fuel/spark
500HP/542 Ft-Lbs at crank, Dyno charts available

Transmission and drive:

Copes built 727 forward pattern trans
Trans-Go TF-2 shift kit
bolt in sprag
Billet steel front drum
Alto Red Eagle racing clutches, Kolene steels, Thicker band strut
Red lined bands, Teflon rings
Rear billet servo
4.2 2nd gear lever
CRTs deep aluminum oil pan & billet filter extension
PTC Custom converter 11"
Strange 1350 joint driveshaft
Stock 8 3/4" rear, 3.91 gears, sure-grip
Forged yoke, U-bolt style

Brakes:

Dr-Diff Front and rear "Cobra Kits"
13" drilled and slotted rotors front
11" drilled and slotted rotors rear
Ford Cobra calipers
Mopar 15/16 bore manual dual-res master
Upgraded E-brake cables

Electrical:

Full rewire of car Ron Francis kit
All new switches, all connections soldered and shrink wrapped
Custom Speed Hut gauges. GPS Speedo, Oil, Water, Fuel, Volts
Battery relocated to trunk, NHRA Approved box, and cut-off switch
Custom Check Engine Light on dash via MS3X
Rn Francis switches for Wipers, Lights, 3-way flashers.
0/0 welding wire front to rear for battery mains
Upgraded floor High/Low switch
Denso 120 Amp Alternator, Breaker protected
Wires tucked and hidden/loomed

Interior:

New carpet, New center console, factory top plate and shifter
Pro-Car seats
Dash cap
Needs rear deck cover, and A-Pillar plastic

Wheels, tires, Suspension:

Hotchkis Frame connectors
QA1 control arms
Hotchkis 1.10 torsion bars
Hotchkis strut rods
Hotchkis tuned shocks in front
PST Front sway bar
Rear stock leafs on flipped front mounts
17" Coys C-55 wheels 17x8 front 17x10 rear
NT-555 tires 235/45ZR17 front 285/40ZR17 rear

Body and panals:

Replaced 2 piece trunk floor
Replaced passanger front floor
Has typical rust in lower rear 1/4s starting to form
rust buffles in lowers of doors starting
Very solid over all! Factory under coating still on car
Floors look great
Only surface rust on package tray
This would be an easy body restoration, an honest great start, and solid car.

[keepat]

Motor looks awesome and the stance is perfect!

[redmist]

Thank you!

Here is a video just cruising from the inside.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k-Fps6QJQs

And some more pics.


The car is so different from whats on the market, I don't even know where to start price wise.

[303 Mopar]

Thank you!

Here is a video just cruising from the inside.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k-Fps6QJQs

Change your video to public, it is marked private.

[chargerman69]

I wood be interested if it was in canada

[redmist]

Thank you!

Here is a video just cruising from the inside.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k-Fps6QJQs

Change your video to public, it is marked private.

Done!

[JR]

I love your 68 because it looks like you built it from day one with drivability in mind. It looks like a functional, turn key car built by someone who'd rather be driving it than looking at chalk marks. I love it.

I have no clue about value, but if i was in the market now, I'd trip over stock restored examples to get to yours. Good luck man.

[charge69]

You have an awesome Charger!  Do you really want to get rid of it for a Hellcat?  To each their own but, I would not do it.

[cdr]

                                                 

[chargerperson]

I would think twice before selling your car for a Hellcat.  Though it is no Hellcat, I have 2009 Dodge Challenger 5.7L 6speed which is fun to drive but nothing unique/special.  If you are just looking for horsepower then the change makes sense, but if you want something fun to drive that is unique/distinctive, then I would hold onto your car.  My $.10 anyway

[1974dodgecharger]

the mods done to it is gonna be a hard sale.....your crowd is smaller than people who want stock...

overall you have a badass ride man....WOW!!!

[Baldwinvette77]

just get a hellcat drivetrain, Best of both worlds in a charger like that 

[ws23rt]

just get a hellcat drivetrain, Best of both worlds in a charger like that 

There are a few things beyond the drive train needed to have the best of both worlds.

[Lord Warlock]

its a tempting choice, the newer car is light years from the 60s car, and along with power, you also get drivability, comfort, and gas mileage all in a package faster than the charger.  Then again my 2010 RT Classic challenger is faster than the charger was, but already owning a new challenger, not sure myself which I'd rather have.  Afraid that if the old charger wasn't my first car, it'd likely have to go in favor of the hellcat.  I also know that i'd almost never use the power the hellcat has. 

[Baldwinvette77]

just get a hellcat drivetrain, Best of both worlds in a charger like that 

There are a few things beyond the drive train needed to have the best of both worlds.

ok  .. The Drivetrain.. AND cupholders 

[JB400]

Considering the amount of work you've put into your car already, I wouldn't trade up.  If anything, supercharge what you've got.

[ws23rt]

just get a hellcat drivetrain, Best of both worlds in a charger like that 

There are a few things beyond the drive train needed to have the best of both worlds.

ok  .. The Drivetrain.. AND cupholders 

Now there you go.

[redmist]

Considering the amount of work you've put into your car already, I wouldn't trade up.  If anything, supercharge what you've got.

I already have that in motion, and will be going to boost this winter.

Procharger D1 that will be intercooled as well.





I think what bugs me is that eventually I am going to have to blow the car apart to paint it, and do the body work, and that scares me some. I don't know if I could stand having the car down for a year or two to get that done.

Hmmm.  

[ws23rt]

Considering the amount of work you've put into your car already, I wouldn't trade up.  If anything, supercharge what you've got.

I already have that in motion, and will be going to boost this winter.

Procharger D1 that will be intercooled as well.





I think what bugs me is that eventually I am going to have to blow the car apart to paint it, and do the body work, and that scares me some. I don't know if I could stand having the car down for a year or two to get that done.

Hmmm.  

That is a tough one.----The best way is to just start doing it. Waiting because it looks like a long haul wont help.
A little planning and trying to keep to a schedule will make things happen faster.
The time you have spent so far (a piece at a time) is all behind you. It's just a matter of physical labor to expose the shell for the body work.

[hatersaurusrex]

Let me point out something important, and I say this as someone who REALLY likes hellcats:

In a few years, the Hellcat will be outclassed by some factory turbo V6 car that makes 1000 Horsepower and gets 75MPG.   It will be a footnote in the 'new horsepower wars'.

It will NEVER be a '68 Charger.  You will kick yourself every day for selling it and be one of those guys that says 'man I kick myself every day for selling it' while looking out at your Hellcat that's worth maybe 7500 bucks and has proprietary broken parts that there are no replacements made for.  You'll put it up on blocks and sit around swearing to fix it up one day, and thinking about that cherry '68 you used to have.

Don't do it.

[Homerr]

Are you going to rip in to a Hellcat and mod the heck out of it too?  You don't seem to be the type to just let stock be stock.

[Cncguy]

If it's really a choice. You probably are not a Charger fan anyway.

[don duick]

 

[myk]

I wouldn't worry so much about the power and the performance as I would the body and looks.  Horsepower can be had anywhere, anytime, but what's it going to be wrapped in?  If you want the new-ness of a factory fresh car, a warranty and all of that stuff, go for the 'Cat.  But if you want a timeless piece of steel that is historically as important as it is beautiful I'd stick with the project that you have right now.  Personally, I would stick with the 2nd 'Gen Charger.  The Hellcat is superior in every conceivable way, but one thing it will never be is a second generation Charger.  The 2nd Gen Charger only happened once, and nothing short of the heavens is going to recreate that awesomeness again.

The real question is, what do you want?