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69 Charger 500 Barn Find

Started by 69F8C500, April 12, 2021, 08:28:09 PM

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69F8C500

Hello All, New to the Forum. I'm trying to get info on my fathers 1969 Dodge Charger 500. He bought it about 9 years ago from the guy who had owned it since 1979. The car came from Louisiana, Missouri. We bought it out of Elsberry, Missouri. It's pretty rough, unfortunately. No fender tag also. From what we can tell, it was a 440 auto, F8 Green with a F8 interior.. this car will be up at MCACN this year in the Barn Finds Section.

69F8C500


69F8C500


Daytona R/T SE

That has got to be Ryan's car.   :scope:

69F8C500

Quote from: Daytona R/T SE on April 12, 2021, 09:10:16 PM
That has got to be Ryan's car.   :scope:

Yep, I'm his son. He doesn't do much with the internet so I'm sort of his representative.

Daytona R/T SE

Quote from: 69F8C500 on April 12, 2021, 09:14:35 PM
Quote from: Daytona R/T SE on April 12, 2021, 09:10:16 PM
That has got to be Ryan's car.   :scope:

Yep, I'm his son. He doesn't do much with the internet so I'm sort of his representative.


:2thumbs:

TheAutoArchaeologist


moparstuart

cool cant wait to see it  , ill be in the barn find section this year too with my buddys Challenger SE 
GO SELL CRAZY SOMEWHERE ELSE WE ARE ALL STOCKED UP HERE

C500

Quote from: 69F8C500 on April 12, 2021, 08:28:09 PM
Hello All, New to the Forum. I'm trying to get info on my fathers 1969 Dodge Charger 500. He bought it about 9 years ago from the guy who had owned it since 1979. The car came from Louisiana, Missouri. We bought it out of Elsberry, Missouri. It's pretty rough, unfortunately. No fender tag also. From what we can tell, it was a 440 auto, F8 Green with a F8 interior.. this car will be up at MCACN this year in the Barn Finds Section.

thanks for posting, always cool to see cars emerge like this  :2thumbs: have you posted up the VIN? Keen to see how close it is to my 500. F8 x2, 440 also.
"An aggressive exterior with power to match was enough to pull in the performance boys-especially when abetted by a pair of pipes blaring out the back, and brawny red-sidewall rubber hitting the pavement."  

"........the four speed box changes cogs with the precision of a sharp axe striking soft pine."

69F8C500

Quote from: C500 on April 13, 2021, 04:22:23 PM
Quote from: 69F8C500 on April 12, 2021, 08:28:09 PM
Hello All, New to the Forum. I'm trying to get info on my fathers 1969 Dodge Charger 500. He bought it about 9 years ago from the guy who had owned it since 1979. The car came from Louisiana, Missouri. We bought it out of Elsberry, Missouri. It's pretty rough, unfortunately. No fender tag also. From what we can tell, it was a 440 auto, F8 Green with a F8 interior.. this car will be up at MCACN this year in the Barn Finds Section.

thanks for posting, always cool to see cars emerge like this  :2thumbs: have you posted up the VIN? Keen to see how close it is to my 500. F8 x2, 440 also.

The VIN is XX29L9B157506, we would like to get a fender tag made for it, by looking at the car we know what options it had on it, it's the build date and sequence number that are tricky.

C500

Quote from: 69F8C500 on April 13, 2021, 05:34:44 PM
Quote from: C500 on April 13, 2021, 04:22:23 PM
Quote from: 69F8C500 on April 12, 2021, 08:28:09 PM
Hello All, New to the Forum. I'm trying to get info on my fathers 1969 Dodge Charger 500. He bought it about 9 years ago from the guy who had owned it since 1979. The car came from Louisiana, Missouri. We bought it out of Elsberry, Missouri. It's pretty rough, unfortunately. No fender tag also. From what we can tell, it was a 440 auto, F8 Green with a F8 interior.. this car will be up at MCACN this year in the Barn Finds Section.

thanks for posting, always cool to see cars emerge like this  :2thumbs: have you posted up the VIN? Keen to see how close it is to my 500. F8 x2, 440 also.

The VIN is XX29L9B157506, we would like to get a fender tag made for it, by looking at the car we know what options it had on it, it's the build date and sequence number that are tricky.

A bit earlier than mine... Tags Back East are your guys to do the tag. Finding a couple cars with very close build dates should help you narrow it down for SPD etc
"An aggressive exterior with power to match was enough to pull in the performance boys-especially when abetted by a pair of pipes blaring out the back, and brawny red-sidewall rubber hitting the pavement."  

"........the four speed box changes cogs with the precision of a sharp axe striking soft pine."

C500

Your build date looks like 9/27/68
"An aggressive exterior with power to match was enough to pull in the performance boys-especially when abetted by a pair of pipes blaring out the back, and brawny red-sidewall rubber hitting the pavement."  

"........the four speed box changes cogs with the precision of a sharp axe striking soft pine."

69F8C500

Quote from: C500 on April 13, 2021, 05:48:41 PM
Your build date looks like 9/27/68

Thanks, we know that it was a very basic car, no light package, no A/C, 2 speed wipers. It did have a console. We looked for a build sheet, but no luck. We haven't looked on top of the glove box, I highly doubt it would be there.

C500

Quote from: 69F8C500 on April 13, 2021, 06:05:21 PM
Quote from: C500 on April 13, 2021, 05:48:41 PM
Your build date looks like 9/27/68

Thanks, we know that it was a very basic car, no light package, no A/C, 2 speed wipers. It did have a console. We looked for a build sheet, but no luck. We haven't looked on top of the glove box, I highly doubt it would be there.

Taped behind the glove box is a common place - I would check there. Also behind the bucket seat-backs, behind the rear seat, under the carpet in front foot wells....
"An aggressive exterior with power to match was enough to pull in the performance boys-especially when abetted by a pair of pipes blaring out the back, and brawny red-sidewall rubber hitting the pavement."  

"........the four speed box changes cogs with the precision of a sharp axe striking soft pine."

69F8C500

Quote from: C500 on April 13, 2021, 06:06:53 PM
Quote from: 69F8C500 on April 13, 2021, 06:05:21 PM
Quote from: C500 on April 13, 2021, 05:48:41 PM
Your build date looks like 9/27/68

Thanks, we know that it was a very basic car, no light package, no A/C, 2 speed wipers. It did have a console. We looked for a build sheet, but no luck. We haven't looked on top of the glove box, I highly doubt it would be there.

Taped behind the glove box is a common place - I would check there. Also behind the bucket seat-backs, behind the rear seat, under the carpet in front foot wells....


Looked in the back seats and the backs of the front seats, no luck. The carpet was replaced with some yellow shag carpeting in the mid 70s. The car sat outside for 20 years so I don't have much hope.

RallyeMike

Check this out for info. Your car is in a group of VINS. I think build date is resolved  :2thumbs:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nOP_jm5OHD6FTiF2e4S83W0Lc55cVFCds3fiwwBsE-g/edit#gid=0

F8 one step closer to catching R4 for most produced color  ;D
1969 Charger 500 #232008
1972 Charger, Grand Sport #41
1973 Charger "T/A"

Drive as fast as you want to on a public road! Click here for info: http://www.sscc.us/

tan top

Quote from: 69F8C500 on April 12, 2021, 08:28:09 PM
Hello All, New to the Forum. I'm trying to get info on my fathers 1969 Dodge Charger 500. He bought it about 9 years ago from the guy who had owned it since 1979. The car came from Louisiana, Missouri. We bought it out of Elsberry, Missouri. It's pretty rough, unfortunately. No fender tag also. From what we can tell, it was a 440 auto, F8 Green with a F8 interior.. this car will be up at MCACN this year in the Barn Finds Section.


hello & welcome  :wave:   :cheers: :popcrn:
Feel free to post any relevant picture you think we all might like to see in the threads below!

Charger Stuff 
http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,86777.0.html
Chargers in the background where you least expect them 
http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,97261.0.html
C500 & Daytonas & Superbirds
http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,95432.0.html
Interesting pictures & Stuff 
http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,109484.925.html
Old Dodge dealer photos wanted
 http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,120850.0.html

69_500

Build date isn't an issue. Can't get a tag made though without the VON. Which at this point you would be wildly guessing at. It could be a slightly educated guess, but still would be a guess. Better to not have a tag made up without knowing the exact information to have put on it.

its not as much of an issue for now, but years down the road, once its changed hands a few times it is an issue because people start believing that the tag is factual.

426HemiChick

Quote from: 69F8C500 on April 12, 2021, 08:28:09 PM
Hello All, New to the Forum. I'm trying to get info on my fathers 1969 Dodge Charger 500. He bought it about 9 years ago from the guy who had owned it since 1979. The car came from Louisiana, Missouri. We bought it out of Elsberry, Missouri. It's pretty rough, unfortunately. No fender tag also. From what we can tell, it was a 440 auto, F8 Green with a F8 interior.. this car will be up at MCACN this year in the Barn Finds Section.

Hola 69F8C500,                     19 April 2021

Viewing your photos kind of reminds us of what our garage looked like last year. Prior to selling one of our cars we didn't realize the magnitude of what it would take to get the remaining cars home to Phoenix, Arizona. So far we are at least 5 months behind our original estimated schedule.

Good luck in your endeavor and great success at the show. Not sure but you might share show barn space with the new parent of the car we sold last year; it's V2 Orange, Black Stripe and a Coyote.

Best Always,

426 Hemi Chicks
Veteran - US Navy  Ex-Smoker (05 Mar 69) 55 years, heading for 100, 45 to go. Still lots to learn, lots to make up for. Weren't no angel. Fugitive from Southlake TX's Kangaroo Court

69F8C500

Update: i looked on top of the glove box, no luck :'(.

aerolith

Clear-coat and drive IT!

They is only original once... :pity:

TWO TRUNK LIDS AND A SPARE CAP!!!

Someone's gonna get rich selling 500 parts lol... :2thumbs:
Never send to know, for whom the bell tolls,
IT TOLLS FOR THEE...

John Donne 1623

69F8C500

Quote from: aerolith on April 24, 2021, 04:17:13 AM
Clear-coat and drive IT!

They is only original once... :pity:

TWO TRUNK LIDS AND A SPARE CAP!!!

Someone's gonna get rich selling 500 parts lol... :2thumbs:

I needs major work, the rear rails are completely shot, there are no floors, it needs that spare trunk lid. It will be restored eventually.

RallyeMike

QuoteUpdate: i looked on top of the glove box, no luck Cry.

Keep your hope until the last. I just found two in my 500 yesterday under the carpet. It was glorious, until I read them and found that they were for a Charger SE and a Dart  :P
1969 Charger 500 #232008
1972 Charger, Grand Sport #41
1973 Charger "T/A"

Drive as fast as you want to on a public road! Click here for info: http://www.sscc.us/

69F8C500

Quote from: RallyeMike on April 25, 2021, 09:56:49 PM
QuoteUpdate: i looked on top of the glove box, no luck Cry.

Keep your hope until the last. I just found two in my 500 yesterday under the carpet. It was glorious, until I read them and found that they were for a Charger SE and a Dart  :P

Someone replaced the original carpet with some hideous yellow shag carpeting in the mid 70s, so no possibility there.

AKcharger

Make sure you DONT DISTURB THE DUST...will make it look more authentic for barn find exhibit