Found a 68 charger in a junkyard!

[Baldwinvette77]

This build is just awesome...on SO many levels. 

its crazy how economical it is too

in canadian dollars i have just under $5200 in it., i had some stuff laying around like the glass and grill, and 70sublime gave me the trunklid and taillights and i sold a lot of parts off the 300 but depending on where you source your parts and donor vehicles you can have a primered 2nd gen for around 5 grand USD, it wont win any car shows, but it will be fun 

[brad mcintyre]

do you need to have an e test and will that be a problem

[Baldwinvette77]

do you need to have an e test and will that be a problem

as it sits yes it will need an E test, but no it should pass since I never messed with the emissions equipment. However by Ontario law, if I were to rip out the late model hemi and replace it with an old Mopar 360, the car would be branded as a hotrod and it would no longer get require a test. Hotrod brands are given to cars that are normally required to be tested but have had their original engines replaced with one not offered by the manufacturer for that year, so I could also replace it with a hellcat hemi.

[Baldwinvette77]

so i found a set of plymouth valiant door panels for $25, i mutilated them and tek screwed them to the charger, also im experimenting with fender patch panels to extend the 69 fender past the 06 rocker 

Also screw winter

[ACUDANUT]

That door will never open.

[Baldwinvette77]

yeah i know, i need to trim it down, i probably wont even use half of the entire patch panel when im done

[Harper]

nice build, MORE Pictures Please!! i am digging it!!

[BDF]

 

[Baldwinvette77]

nice build, MORE Pictures Please!! i am digging it!!

this is all i got man, hopefully i'll be driving it soon, and with black steelies instead of the aluminum 6 spokes

[JR]

Black steelies?

You mean LX cop car steel wheels?

Those would look perfect for this car.

[Baldwinvette77]

Yup  i'd love to get a set of those with the center caps

[cdr]

I like the wheels that are on it now

[VegasCharger]

I vote for steelies!! 

[djcarguy]

  I like the 6,or 12 spoke wheels you have now. they look to have some depth or out set to them.  like the red oxide primer to. thats what i had on one of my 69 darts,before a kid ran a light an plowed the side in on my dart.

  I think in the next few years you need to find another 2nd gen an make a daytona,maybe on new big hemi chassis    Someday  hellcat hemi Daytona???   like reading an seeing ya builds.. DJ   

[moparstuart]

cop car wheels for sure 

[djcarguy]

 I like the 6,or 12 spoke wheels you have now. they look to have some depth or out set to them.  like the red oxide primer to. thats what i had on one of my 69 darts,before a kid ran a light an plowed the side in on my dart.

 I think in the next few years you need to find another 2nd gen an make a daytona,maybe on new big hemi chassis   Someday  hellcat hemi Daytona   like reading an seeing ya builds.. DJ    

[nvrbdn]

Looks to be turning out pretty nice. Good work. When you look back at what you started with and now have this. Wow. Quite a transformation. This is not a big shop process either. I like it.

[charger chris]

Looking good.     

[Baldwinvette77]

Thanks guys.. although i still haven't done it, im still going to use the cop car wheels, they're an 18" wheel that looks like a 16" just because of how its built.

i haven't done much since the weather is still lame here, but i did stick cheapo emblems on it, stickers on the quarter glass for a lot of stuff i dont own (it hides the adhesive) and a giant freaking hood scoop, once i change the wheels it'll look exactly how i wanted... well.. almost 

[nvrbdn]

Why do we have the second gas cap on the fender?

[Baldwinvette77]

Why do we have the second gas cap on the fender?

the one in the stock location i stuck on just because i had it laying around, i wanted to use it to fill the car, but the the late model cap and vent tube wouldn't work with it, so i just reused the stock 2006 stuff and have another cap to access that. It basically just has to do with emissions control.

[tan top]

 

[Baldwinvette77]

so i've actually gotten a good amount of stuff done but my old phone died and took all my pictures with it 

but i finished the outer wheel houses with the help of some goodmark reproductions, and i also bought some 68-70 rocker skins which took up the empty space between the quarter and the fender, and used some 68/69 cutlass rocker moldings to help disguise the height.

also i changed my mind yet again on the wheels, i bought a set of steel wheels for $50, some trim rings for $80 and with the help of some silver paint these now look like some chinese bootleg rallye wheels... i mean if you squint while drunk they do...

[timmycharger]

It's been a while since I checked out this project, looking good man, keep it up! Loving this one and the other beast you were building before 

[Baldwinvette77]

Thanks man, i love them both, but i like the fact that this is basically a modern R/T charger just with some old sheet metal on it, it should make a for a pretty good daily or road trip car