Long Time Lurker - Barn Finds

[Dieselholic]

I have been lurking this forum for a long time and I finally decided to join so I can comment on projects. My dream car has always been a 69 Charger. I've been working on buying at least one of these Chargers from a friend for a bout 2 years or more. The funny thing is, they are die hard Ford guys but they never get rid of anything. The 69 is pretty rusty but I'm not afraid of it. It is a 383 2 barrel car with an auto on the column, bucket seats, and a black vinyl top. The 68 is just a 318 auto car, but it has a real deal Daytona wing mounted on the back. I hope I can post an update picture someday of both of these in my shop! Unfortunately this is the only picture I have left after my phone took a swim in the lake. The car next to the 68 is a 64 Ford Thunderbird with a 390, and the motor in front of the 68 is a real 429 Cobra Jet. They have quite the stash.

[alfaitalia]

What a waste of two good cars. Makes me angry that people do that....do these folks not realise that these cars were built to be driven. They are clearly NEVER going to restore them....so why not just cash them out and put the cash into their Fords....which, without the cash injection from the sale of the Chargers, doubtless will also sit there and rot!! LOL.

[Dieselholic]

What a waste of two good cars. Makes me angry that people do that....do these folks not realise that these cars were built to be driven. They are clearly NEVER going to restore them....so why not just cash them out and put the cash into their Fords....which, without the cash injection from the sale of the Chargers, doubtless will also sit there and rot!! LOL.

I know, me too. They just kind of chuckle when I tell them they should sell those to me since they say Dodge is junk anyway. The 69 definitely doesn't need to sit there any longer the way it is looking now. They also have a 1967 Coronet convertible with a 383 in another old barn. But like I said, they hold onto everything.

[6pkrtse]

Try to get them all as a package deal. Or, if you can't afford them all. Get some buddies to go in on it together with you. Sell what you don''t want. At least they will go to better homes that way.

[Dieselholic]

Try to get them all as a package deal. Or, if you can't afford them all. Get some buddies to go in on it together with you. Sell what you don''t want. At least they will go to better homes that way.

I'm trying for both, and then I might know someone that will take the 68 right away, or I might just keep it. They have an interest in a completely restored ford product that I own, so I'm trying to work out some kind of trade deal.

[nvrbdn]

Sounds like you have a plan. Good luck.

[Challenger340]

gotta love photobucket, all I see is a square speedometer ?

[JB400]

Funny, it worked this morning.  Seen it on my phone.

[birdsandbees]

Yep.. it was there.

[Dieselholic]

First time I've had to use photobucket on a forum and I hate it already. If I click on the picture I can still see it. Can you guys?

[JB400]

Nope, because ain't got an account.

[birdsandbees]

Just load directly, but you have to downsize pics to 850 x .... or so and less than 400 KB. I use Paint for that.

[Alaskan_TA]

Photobucket has become pay-to-play.

If you post from a PC, just save the photo to Desktop or another file & insert it here, no need for PB or paying them.

This is how the PB image appears here;

[Dieselholic]

I will have to figure that out when I get back from Arizona. You guys just have to scale down the picture and then attach it?

[smithenhiven]

Can't see the picture either, but if the one has a real Daytona wing as you say, that alone is reason enough to buy them, that wing is worth a small fortune by itself.

[F8-4life]

^exactly my thoughts..
The Daytona wing is the most interesting part of these cars.

[Dieselholic]

I'll try this again.
If you look hard, you can barely make out the wing on the back of the 68.

[70 sublime]

Is the 68 that dusty or was it painted blue on the bottom and white on top ?

[Dieselholic]

It is all in some kind of white primer or cheap white paint. For some reason the shadow came out blue.

[Bad B-rad]

I wish you good luck on possibly getting/saving one or both of these cars!!
If you manage to put a deal together, maybe grab the wing from the 68, and restore the 69 as a DayclonA!!!

Sounds like you have the passion to do something with these cars, more then just let them rot.
Has to be 100 people or more on this site alone who would snatch the 68 up right away, so maybe you can put a deal together on both and get two Chargers on there way back from the dead!!!!!
Again wish you best of luck making it happen!!!

[CDN72SE]

At least they are inside, good luck in your pursuit of these two.

[68pplcharger]

Good luck hopefully you can get one or both before its to late. Even though they are inside the moisture from morning dew sets into the dirt and causes them to rot.

[Simonic]

Nice find!! Hope you manage to get them both !

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