1972 Bengal Charger revisted.

[Goldfinger71]

Hey Chris'
I should have made my post clearer.The 71 Hemi and Six-Pack Chargers are bringing good money,im well aware of it! :angel:I was actually reffering to the later' 3rd gens.Because 71's are 3rd gen's they are really the only ones bringing real good money.

[THE CHARGER PUNK]

I personally I love that car and I say that if u cant find any info besides those emblems that make it a ''bengal charger'' then i say go full blown resto and add every available option that you could order in 1972 on the charger model and i mean every single one but keep it hemi orange with black top and interior so the options would be like this,Sun roof,hideaway headlights,a/c,power steering,power disc brakes,
(se trim interior trim),dual sport mirrors,tuff wheel,dual exhuast,machine gun tips,tachometer,am/fm radio with recorder,bumperettes,window louvers,factory tinted windows,and lastly the rare 1972 option............the 440-6pack backed by a beefy 727 torqueflite with a dana 60 with 3.55 gears, i say make this car what every other 72 charger wanted to be, the last of the muscle cars, cuz i can say if it were my car thats the way it would go ROCK ON!!!!  -MATT

[twilt]

I personally I love that car and I say that if u cant find any info besides those emblems that make it a ''bengal charger'' then i say go full blown resto and add every available option that you could order in 1972 on the charger model and i mean every single one but keep it hemi orange with black top and interior so the options would be like this,Sun roof,hideaway headlights,a/c,power steering,power disc brakes,
(se trim interior trim),dual sport mirrors,tuff wheel,dual exhuast,machine gun tips,tachometer,am/fm radio with recorder,bumperettes,window louvers,factory tinted windows,and lastly the rare 1972 option............the 440-6pack backed by a beefy 727 torqueflite with a dana 60 with 3.55 gears, i say make this car what every other 72 charger wanted to be, the last of the muscle cars, cuz i can say if it were my car thats the way it would go ROCK ON!!!!  -MATT

Those are some great ideas. Sure is easy to figure out what to do with a car when you are spending someone elses money.

[Goldfinger71]

 

[Chris G.]

I was actually reffering to the later' 3rd gens.Because 71's are 3rd gen's they are really the only ones bringing real good money.

That's true, but to a 72-74 Charger lover, that's probably a good thing. 

[RD]

I was actually reffering to the later' 3rd gens.Because 71's are 3rd gen's they are really the only ones bringing real good money.

That's true, but to a 72-74 Charger lover, that's probably a good thing. 

it sure is!

[Nacho-RT74]

And since i didnt get any answer whatsoever in the earlier post...... as far as the 68 Bengal Chargers.... does a 318 68 Bengal Charger command significantly more $$ in the market place than other non Bengal 318 cars?  If they do, whats the difference % wise? an educated guess ?

just a question... weren't 68 Bengal Chargers ALL with 383 4bbl 727 ? so I don't know why 318 68 bengal floated on is just a question, no discusion

By the way, I think the emblems itself could worth almost the complete car worth for a 68 Bengal Owner on ebay market

beside that, will be nice this stuff is for real... 72 Bengal for history

[hemi-hampton]

The 68 Bengal came with your choice of a 318, 383 & even a 6 Cylinder. Only about 10-12 of them were R/T's. All had black R/T Strip, even the 6 Cylinder Cars. LEON.

[terrible one]

And since i didnt get any answer whatsoever in the earlier post...... as far as the 68 Bengal Chargers.... does a 318 68 Bengal Charger command significantly more $$ in the market place than other non Bengal 318 cars?  If they do, whats the difference % wise? an educated guess ?

By the way, I think the emblems itself could worth almost the complete car worth for a 68 Bengal Owner on ebay market

Nacho, I'm pretty sure that the emblems for the '68 Bengal Chargers are different than the ones on this car.

[hemi-hampton]

Heres the 68 Emblem, Different then the 72 Emblem. LEON.

[8WHEELER]

The 68 Bengal came with your choice of a 318, 383 & even a 6 Cylinder. Only about 10-12 of them were R/T's. All had black R/T Strip, even the 6 Cylinder Cars. LEON.

Interesting, I have only seen and heard over the years that they were loaded AC and everything 383 cars, and the added stripe.
I have never heard there was actual RT's in there, do you have some paper work or web site I could check this out on?

Dan

[Troy]

just a question... weren't 68 Bengal Chargers ALL with 383 4bbl 727 ? so I don't know why 318 68 bengal floated on is just a question, no discusion

Interesting, I have only seen and heard over the years that they were loaded AC and everything 383 cars, and the added stripe.
I have never heard there was actual RT's in there, do you have some paper work or web site I could check this out on?

Dan

Here's the info I posted the last time on the 68 Bengal Chargers:
http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,5309.msg62457.html#msg62457

There were supposedly 10-12 R/Ts but no Hemis. There were some slant 6 cars too.

I found this picture in an eBay ad that looks like a magazine article:

Look closely at car #3.

Troy

[8WHEELER]

I have only seen two Bengal Chargers in person both were loaded with options and 383's. I wonder
where all the others are ''in barns'' they would bring big big money in this market.

Dan

[Nacho-RT74]

Heres the 68 Emblem, Different then the 72 Emblem. LEON.

Ok it could be just a key chain emblem ? LOL... joke...

For a 72 bengal charger.. if 68 had black R/T tail stripes, I would add the 71 R/T stripe along the body. Didn't need to have the rallye doors, just the stripes. just an opinion.

[Troy]

More stuff that I found:



I'll start a new page for this topic so we have a better reference when the subject comes up.

Troy

[hemi-hampton]

Here's a 1968 Bengal Charger Newspaper Ad. Enjoy. Leon.