Project Car

[Ghoste]

Here's what 10k gets you on e-bay?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dodge-Charger-RT-R-T-/262049341107?forcerrptr=true&hash=item3d035b9eb3&item=262049341107

[Charger-Bodie]

Father /son Project.

[stripedelete]

Father /son / Grandson / Project.

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[Daytona R/T SE]

What a bargain !

[6spd68]

At least time took care of having to cut the trunk floor out for ya 

[JB400]

Everyone's favorite color.  It should go pretty quick.

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[qwick68]

Should be able to get it on the road by the weekend.....

[d_saum]

Should be able to get it on the road by the weekend.....

The weekend?  You take too many beer breaks..   

[Homerr]

STOP YELLING, we get it, it's a piece of crap.

[white]

I think its worth 4k

[Bob]

Baldwinvette77 could put it back together.

[tan top]

crazy prices ,  nothing wrong in taking on a project like this , if you can do all the work your self , & its just your time & cost of parts & materials etc  ,   just the price  whats been asked for these cars now , crazy     if I was 20 years younger  would take on something like this  , but would only want to pay  $1-2k ,  or next to nothing 

[hemi-hampton]

What a P.O.S. I can remember junking better cars then this to the junkyard for $50.00 LEON.

P.S. And I get people offering me 15k for my rustfree low mileage original survivor, while similar ones like mine sell for $50k?

[ws23rt]

What a P.O.S. I can remember junking better cars then this to the junkyard for $50.00 LEON.

P.S. And I get people offering me 15k for my rustfree low mileage original survivor, while similar ones like mine sell for $50k?

This is the real answer for that most often asked question. WIW?   ---Scrap to some and a gem to others.

[Pat1973charger]

Hey it's my car but 20x better!

[Baldwinvette77]

Its overpriced for sure, but it looks like a pretty decent car 

[six-tee-nine]

Hahaha...

will help to ship to Europe....... Yeah enough morons over here to buy stuff like that.....

[charger_fan_4ever]

Basically what my 70 R/t was in 2009 for $5k. Only thing missing was a 440 had a 383 in there, but what was there all needed to be replaced anyway. 25k later first shot of paint last week lol.

Inflation now 10k

[Mike DC]

Exactly.  

I dunno about 2009, but money has definitely lost half its value since the mid-2000s.



That R/T badge raises the price whether the parts are any better or not.  

You often hear the argument, "There is no reason to restore a non-R/T car when an R/T costs the same price to restore for a more valuable result."  True.  But an R/T car also costs more at the buy-in stage.  And it usually takes a pretty bad condition R/T to still be found unrestored after 45 years.

[Ghoste]

Good point.  Better to find a partial project if a finished car is completely out.  Still not always financially feasible but it is a better option a lot of the time.

[charger_fan_4ever]

To me there is 3 choices. You buy a turn key car that has photo evidence of all the metal work ect. You buy a driving car thats a little ratty but you dont touch it or just add more bondo(don't think of doing a full blown resto. Or you buy a project as you know it will need everything. I hate hearing "driving project" for 1/2 price of a done car. This "driver" needs actually more work than the basket case as you have to strip all the hack work thats been done to it.

We recently bought a 68 pontiac beaumont SD 396 car. Car is plated runs and drives has the #'s 396 and th400 in it still. Interior is all nice except for 2 bucket seat covers and a carpet. Basically pull the engine out and clean it gaskets and paint it. Body needs trunk floor and rusty over top of the wheels on the 1/4's, so probably put full 1/4's.

The price paid was laughable considering i paid $5k for the charger. Seems projects like this are few and far between in mopar world.

[6spd68]

You need to remember though, a Beaumont technically NOT a Chevelle; which commands a higher price point.  For whatever reason 

[Ghoste]

I think because outside of Canada, and to a small degree within it, no one but the hardest core GM fan knows what a Beaumont is.  But almost every gearhead knows what a Chevelle is.

[charger_fan_4ever]

But ya after going threw my charger project noway id tackle that 69 for 10k.

That car will probably stay  within the crowd that has a 10k budget and never get to restore it and keeps changing hands.

Exactly.  

I dunno about 2009, but money has definitely lost half its value since the mid-2000s.



That R/T badge raises the price whether the parts are any better or not.  

You often hear the argument, "There is no reason to restore a non-R/T car when an R/T costs the same price to restore for a more valuable result."  True.  But an R/T car also costs more at the buy-in stage.  And it usually takes a pretty bad condition R/T to still be found unrestored after 45 years.

I haven't really followed the charger project market recently. Back when I bought mine a non badge rust bucket was marginally less. Not a whole lot though maybe $1000 less than a r/t.