Proud new owner of a 68 charger

[GTSilver]

After a couple of 68 chargers that I had seen which weren't in good condition or was priced at market price from what I have gathered here in the forums I found a great looking 68 charger in Illinois through a member here Mike (1970moparmann) in this forum that was listed for sale.

Mike was more than helpful with getting me in touch with the owner Lee and passing me the info about the car. I had contacted Lee and after discussing the car description and sending me pictures of the car I was interested in the car due to its color, engine and that it seemed a straight bodied car with very minimal surface rust and also Lee seemed to be an honest straight guy over the phone. However after the recent incident with Southern Motors I took the pictures with a grain of salt and then ordered an inspection. Lee was more than welcome to the idea and he also mentioned that he has a lift that is willing to put the car up so the inspector could have a better look and inspect the underbody of the car so I can have a better inspection of the car.

During that time I contacted Leon, (hemi-hampton) (which was more than helpful and shared his advise regarding the previous charger I was looking at and was willing to go and see the car for my self as if I may recall was 30 mile trip to him but I had already had the inspection on the way) to have his input on the car and told me that it looked way better than the previous one although not a true R/T but none the less a good looking car and to also get someone to inspected and maybe the price is a bit high and try to negotiate it down.

So the car got inspected a couple of days back and I received the report yesterday. It was what Lee had mentioned exactly and no surprises and based on the inspection grading system it was a highest of all the chargers I had inspected earlier especially the last one. Yes its not a concours level car and needs a bit of work but again its a 40 something year old car. So I just got off the phone with a company I usually deal with for any car purchases in the USA and to buy the car on my behalf and told the same to Lee as well. Super great seller and I'm very glad that I had to deal with a respected gentleman like Lee.

So now I could say I'm a proud 68 charger owner finally which has been a long time coming and more proud to be a member here in this forum that had helped me from losing loads of money and also finding my 68 charger. Big thank you to both Mike and Leon as well.

A brief about the car from the ad; 1968 Charger XP29G8B. NOT AN R/T. Owned car for over 20 years. 440 recently freshened with a hydraulic roller cam, headers, Holley 750 Vacuum secondary carb. Fresh trans rebuild with A and A valvebody. Black bucket seats with console. nice dash pad. power steering, manual disc brakes, 3.54 Dana 60. New tires on Cragar Street Stars. Original color LL1. Medium Dark Turquoise Metallic. Older repaint before I bought it. Paint is not perfect looks like a 20 year plus repaint. Engine compartment repainted. Very very little rust. No quarter,frame or floor rust. One pin hole around rear window. Great running car. Not a perfect show car. We have done a lot to this car in the last 20 some years we have owned it but have not painted it....new seat covers and seat foam, new headliner, new vinyl top, carpet, added rear stripe, new windshield.

Enough of the talking here is a link of the pictures of the charger:

http://s483.photobucket.com/user/Yousif997/slideshow/Blue%2068%20Charger

Now the wait begins (usually 45-60 days) so I can enjoy driving my charger.

Thanks again for this great forum !!

Yousif

[VegasCharger]

Beautiful Charger 

[hemi-hampton]

Congratulations   I'm glad you found a nice car & everybody is happy. Glad I could be of some help. THANKS, LEON.

[Lennard]

Congratulations with your new Charger. 

[odcics2]

Wow, that looks better than the one I bought in 1973 for $750. !!!

[6bblgt]

great lookin' Charger  paint code L (LL1) "medium Dark turquoise metallic" looks awesome on it!

FYI: "seafoam turquoise metallic" is a Plymouth name for Q5 a different 1969 color 

[RECHRGD]

Beautiful Charger!  Congratulations!!

[moparnation74]

Sweet looking 68!

[CRW-FK5]

Really nice looking.  Congratulations.

[funknut]

Looking awesome!  One of my favorite 68 colors, too!

[Dans 68]

Congratulations on getting the Charger! Great feeling, isn't it? 

My '68 LL1 is about 12 days younger than yours. That color is beautiful. Have fun with it.

Dan

[Mopar Nut]

she's a beauty!

[BYB69]

Beutifull charger and congratulations!

[charger chris]

That's a great looking car.  

[TexasStroker]

Very nice, congrats on the new ride...I suppose the waiting will be the hardest part.  That said, hats off again to the DC.com forum members for going above and beyond to help out a new member!

[Stevearino]

Finally a story with a very happy ending. Congratulations. Beautiful car.

[tan top]

Very nice, congrats on the new ride...I suppose the waiting will be the hardest part.  That said, hats off again to the DC.com forum members for going above and beyond to help out a new member!

congratulations ! on getting your 68 Charger   

  great stuff  DC.com Guys for helping sort this ...  

[nvrbdn]

Very nice.

[Gazza.fox440]

Way to go bro.. Nice colour  :yesnod:

[Dino]

That's a stunning car! I'm glad everything worked out in the end. It'll be worth the wait.   

[GTSilver]

Thank you all each and every one of you and to DC.com for steering to me away from other cars to this beautiful car. Again I'm more than grateful to be a member of this community cant wait for it to get here and enjoy it !!

[M5Ivan]

Congrats! I'm sure it will be worth the wait 

[GTSilver]

Lee the previous owner had ordered a Griffin aluminium radiator and a Flowcooler water pump as he researched how temps rise in our part of the world ( today highest temp was 56C which is 133F !!) as a gesture from him. Also there was a slight transmission leak that he had notified me with prior to inspection and told if I go through with the purchase he will replace it which he already has. I can't thank him enough and glad that I purchased a car from him.

[6pkrtse]

Nice car. Great color combo.

[Charger_Dart]

Lee is a real stand up guy who I know will give you a very honest description of the car. I know you will enjoy this one and you certainly found a nice Charger. 
Here is a pic of your car with mine from about 12 years ago -