I hope you're sitting down for this one (GL with pics)

[myrt70]

I saw that on E bay,a while back. It is a real 69 Charger R/T,but it is severely rotted. Makes a good lawn ornament!

[SirNik73]

Chargers are a Fixed Commodity, they aren't making any new ones (think we all agree on that). So I think this is a good thing. They took a car that might have been crushed and preserved it. As long as that place is open that car will sit there. And in a few years, 10-20 if Chargers keep going up in price, that car might be seen as worth fixing. That car may still see life... but it were left in its field it might have just rotted away. It's not really worth the time and money today, but might be worth it in the future.

[262chargers]

That thing is way cool! 

[Just 6T9 CHGR]

That rear defroster set up is worth sumpthin'

By any chance does it have a VIN#?

[472 R/T SE]

   THE NERVE!!   There's got to be at least a few thousand more miles left on those wheels and tires, 

[bull]

That rear defroster set up is worth sumpthin'

By any chance does it have a VIN#?

I'm sure there is because the dash is still in the car. But all the windows are painted black on the inside and the bottom of the doors are about five feet off the ground.

THE NERVE!! There's got to be at least a few thousand more miles left on those wheels and tires,

Yea, as long as they're off road miles.

[JimShine]

No worse than seeing this everytime I go to the junkyard. This car was driven in and parked in 1991 (needed a front end rebuild and deemed not worth it by owner).

[tan top]

  damn looks like it was  pretty rot free judging by the amount of sheet metal cut off it , just out of curiosity   any idea what it was XP or XS

[JimShine]

Not sure. The vin and fender tag have been stolen over the years. I still see the guy that junked it. I can ask him. The front end damage was done by the yard owners who would move it around with a forklift. They would let it hit other cars and not worry about it. The roof was cut off last year. There was a '69 R/T a few towns away hat had a tree land on it. The top from this I hear is going on that.

If you hang on Moparts, you may recognize this pic of it in the cars in yards section.



The damage had been done by this time. I managed to get the trunk lid, hood and drivers side door from it.

[Charger_Fan]

I wonder if that's a rolled-on paint job (the orange car)?

[tan top]

Not sure. The vin and fender tag have been stolen over the years. I still see the guy that junked it. I can ask him. The front end damage was done by the yard owners who would move it around with a forklift. They would let it hit other cars and not worry about it. The roof was cut off last year. There was a '69 R/T a few towns away hat had a tree land on it. The top from this I hear is going on that.

If you hang on Moparts, you may recognize this pic of it in the cars in yards section.



The damage had been done by this time. I managed to get the trunk lid, hood and drivers side door from it.

yeah  Jim ,i reconise it now ,its a sad fact that some real nice sheet metal does get damaged in scrap yards , like  dents on a other   wise  excellent rot free - roof /  hood / trunk lid / were some one has walked across it for no reason.

[JimShine]

What gets me about it was the yard paid $25 for it. They only paid that because it was driven in. Usually they haul them away for nothing. I saw that car around 1994 and the rear end was missing, some of the small interior items were missing (which makes me wonder if it was special as they have piles of various 8 3/4" rear ends in panel trunks all removed), but was otherwise solid (it was a big block car, at the time I couldn't tell a 383 from a 440, but I seem to remember seeing a 440 labeled pie tin style aircleaner in the trunk). I asked how much for the car, they refused to sell me the whole car. I offered $600, they turned me down. I asked what they had in mind and they said "Buy parts if you want, but the body isn't for sale".

[squeakfinder]

I'm pretty sure its the same one I saw on feebay several months ago. Some guy back east had it as a lawn ornament.

[tan top]

What gets me about it was the yard paid $25 for it. They only paid that because it was driven in. Usually they haul them away for nothing. I saw that car around 1994 and the rear end was missing, some of the small interior items were missing (which makes me wonder if it was special as they have piles of various 8 3/4" rear ends in panel trunks all removed), but was otherwise solid (it was a big block car, at the time I couldn't tell a 383 from a 440, but I seem to remember seeing a 440 labeled pie tin style aircleaner in the trunk). I asked how much for the car, they refused to sell me the whole car. I offered $600, they turned me down. I asked what they had in mind and they said "Buy parts if you want, but the body isn't for sale".

i reckon they did not even come close to $600 worth of parts  out of that charger  back then,  since the front end was wrecked  . today would  be a different story.

[Wakko]

I saw that on E bay,a while back. It is a real 69 Charger R/T,but it is severely rotted. Makes a good lawn ornament!

The blue interior was also pretty destroyed and the windows were spray painted black.

[Mike DC]

 
The "Dukesfest" jump cars usually look about like that 4x4 underneath all the paint & bondo.


Who knows?  It may still get fixed eventually, especially if it's a real R/T.  Just wait until Goodmark makes the whole damn thing repro'd but nobody can find any more project unibodies to start with.

 

[SeattleCharger]

   On that jacked up general, that lifted lee,  . . .  that was the prototype drivetrain for the Hummer, notice the differential is not in the middle of the axle for additional clearance.  Very high tech, the axles you can see, but all the u joints and gears, driveshafts etc. are out of sight, to cut down on damage while off roading.  State of the art, you will be seeing this set up in the future on high end SUV's, such as the Land Rover, BMW, Jaguar, and Mercedes SUV models.      

[RT/SE]

My thoughts on that 4x4 Charger...........what a freakin hack job