HEMI68CHARGER Press Release #614 426 HEMI Charger 500 Restoration

[jonw29]

SC!!!!!That's my area.What area???

[nascarxx29]

What a story great rescue from junkyard and General Lee.

[Ghoste]

Im enjoying your progress Troy.   

[odcics2]

What a story great rescue from junkyard and General Lee.

Got pics of it in the junk yard?   

[hemi68charger]

What a story great rescue from junkyard and General Lee.

Got pics of it in the junk yard?   

I don't.. Don't think Tom does either. back then, people didn't take a lot of pictures and there was no convenient cell-phone... I'll look at the documentation I have to get the name of the place it was at.. It was in Tennessee before that...........

[odcics2]

What a story great rescue from junkyard and General Lee.

Got pics of it in the junk yard?  

I don't.. Don't think Tom does either. back then, people didn't take a lot of pictures and there was no convenient cell-phone... I'll look at the documentation I have to get the name of the place it was at.. It was in Tennessee before that...........

I can't stress the importance of vintage pics for documentation purposes...  Hope something turns up!

[nascarxx29]

The stolen recovered charger found in watt s on crates most stories say its a 68 .Could in been a early pilot 500
http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php?topic=114972.0#msg1420571

[nascarxx29]

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php?topic=41072.0

[mopar346]

Excellent thread and I greatly appreciate the time it takes to do the thread, I stand to learn a lot about these cars from this.

[nascarxx29]

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php?topic=95654.0

[nascarxx29]

So did this car go from south carolina junkyard and then to Tennesee then Canada to tx.In that order?
http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,131510.0.html

[hemi68charger]

So did this car go from south carolina junkyard and then to Tennesee then Canada to tx.In that order?
http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,131510.0.html

I don't think Canada was in the mix.... From what I know, in backwards order: Me (Texas), Tom (Indiana), previous owner at the salvage yard ( Carolinas ), title from then showed (Tenn) as previous title... That's all I know from this point.. At some point when it was done with the PR responsibilities, it was obviously sold, but to who and where they live, not sure..... The Canada connection is just a Canadian for sale website when Tom's friend way-back tried to market it for the 499,999.99 amount. The pictures of the car on that ad were at Tom's barn, just as I found it in Indiana...

[nascarxx29]

Interesting.Just gotta wonder if it was given to magazine editor to test.

[Ghoste]

There is one the press cars that eventually made its way to Canada of course, so it is possible to confuse the two that way also.

[hemi68charger]

There is one the press cars that eventually made its way to Canada of course, so it is possible to confuse the two that way also.

Which one? I know the owner of 610 lives in both Canada and Alabama....... That one?

[nascarxx29]

Didn't the NY Mike Russo press 500.Go to a Canada collector

[hemi68charger]

Didn't the NY Mike Russo press 500.Go to a Canada collector

I do believe so... I believe he keeps the car in Alabama.... I have spoken to him a lot over the last couple of months since I reunited the original broadcast sheet of his car to him...

[nascarxx29]

Tracking limited build numbers car as these 5 challenging  .My friend grew up in wrightstown NJ and seen propane x back in the day.Like to see it come back .So I can show him.The one of one Daytona from Sept 69 .playboy got press coverage .And then went to a Ohio dealer east Cleveland dodge I found its ad and confirmed dealer by warranty card found in car same dealer.I assume the 5 pre production charger 500s were dumped on  used car dealers ?When program ended .Similar story on the NY Mike Russo found at a used car dealer

[hemi68charger]

Tracking limited build numbers car as these 5 challenging  .My friend grew up in wrightstown NJ and seen propane x back in the day.Like to see it come back .So I can show him.The one of one Daytona from Sept 69 .playboy got press coverage .And then went to a Ohio dealer east Cleveland dodge I found its ad and confirmed dealer by warranty card found in car same dealer.I assume the 5 pre production charger 500s were dumped on  used car dealers ?When program ended .Similar story on the NY Mike Russo found at a used car dealer

Dave,
there are apparently 6.. There were 3 manual trannys and 3 autos.. The were shipped in pairs to the West and East Coast for the magazines in those area and the other pair stayed in the Michigan area....

[Ghoste]

Didn't the NY Mike Russo press 500.Go to a Canada collector

I do believe so... I believe he keeps the car in Alabama.... I have spoken to him a lot over the last couple of months since I reunited the original broadcast sheet of his car to him...

It very well could be, it was in Canada for a very long time but he has been spending more and more time in Alabama of late I have been told, so moving some of his cars  down there makes sense.

[mopar346]

Ghoste, your PM box is full, I was sending you the info on my Chargers.

[Mytur Binsdirti]

Almost a whole page and no progress pictures. How disappointing.

[hemi68charger]

Almost a whole page and no progress pictures. How disappointing.

Damn, you're right.......... I'll update tonight........... The car is pretty much stripped..

[hemi68charger]

Update for you Mark.. Tada !!!

Pretty much done with the disassembly of the ole girl. Have to wait about 2.5 weeks for the blaster I am going to try. Gent says he has a system of stripping the car to include the very resistant factory sound deadening undercoating. I will take him one of my extra fenders that has the same undercoating and see how that goes before I take the complete car there. I want to reduce the chances of something happening to the car during multiple transportation. While I am waiting I will start taking out the whiff-wham attempt to repair the rusty trunk floor back in the 80's and all the window clips.. Thanks to my buddy Julius for enlightening me on another technique for removing the drip rail molding, had one side off in two minutes and the other side in 30 seconds, perfectly..

[Mytur Binsdirti]

Nice solid floors.