So Todd Wilson Emails Me A Link To An Auction In Nebraska........

[253862656971]

A friend sent me the sale bill to that same auction.  I thought about going but its quite a ways from me.  Glad you got one of them.  I'm even more glad that they went for a fair price so I don't feel bad about going and missing a good deal.   

[Silver R/T]

nice buy

[Old Moparz]

Cool story Moparhound, & congrats on a nice car.   

[jgbailey57]

I saw the car June 9th at the HPAC show and you're just now posting it?  Must be having alot of fun driving it.  I know I would be.  It looked like a pretty nice car, my wife and kids really liked it too.  I can't wait until mine is finished.  I think I'll just get it driveable and have fun with it until I have the funds to do what I really want.

[Brock Samson]

question:

What is that round knob to the left of the underdash "air" pull?.. and what was to the right of the radio looks drilled through the face plate?. all that extra tinkering,.. the antennas and rear brake light and those black speakers,.. need to go ASAP!
IMO... 



And what and where are all these other mystery cars?... 

[MOPARHOUND!]

Cool story Moparhound, & congrats on a nice car.   

Thanks.  Encouragement always welcome.

I saw the car June 9th at the HPAC show and you're just now posting it?  Must be having alot of fun driving it.  I know I would be.  It looked like a pretty nice car, my wife and kids really liked it too.  I can't wait until mine is finished.  I think I'll just get it driveable and have fun with it until I have the funds to do what I really want.

It takes a long time, to put together a good uninterrupted thread like this one.  More than 2 hours in my estimation, by the time you edit all the pictures to fit the 200K max limit size on the website (you may notice the pictures vary in size and quality) and type/edit all the captions.  Just now had the block of time to do it.   Sometimes think I am an aspiring closet Mopar Mag writer and don't know it...........LOL...... .

The June show was the first time I had the car on the Interstate, and discovered how high geared 2.71's are.

PM me if your project needs a good home some day, save this survivor from being cloned an R/T........heh,heh........J/K on the clone part........ .

question: What is that round knob to the left of the underdash "air" pull?.. and what was to the right of the radio looks drilled through the face plate?. all that extra tinkering,.. the antennas and rear brake light and those black speakers,.. need to go ASAP!
IMO... 
And what and where are all these other mystery cars?... 

The round knob is for the manual choke on the carb.  To the right of the face plate is where one of the 10 (seemingly) AAA stickers were.  Look at the center cap on the steering wheel, there is also glue remains there from the back of the AAA sticker that was on it also.  The correct Dodge emblem is there in the center cap, just hidden by the old sticker glue.

I'm keeping the Alpine stereo in it for now.  Would be nice to eliminate the rear 3rd brake light, and the antique car phone antennae in the middle of the rear glass at the top.  The Mitsubishi floor mats will be coming out also, at least that is what I think they are.

Mystery cars?  Car stories, lots of car stories to be told.  Been in the hobby hoarding cars/parts since I was 13 years old and bought my first mopar (still have it).  My playground as a kid was a 7000+ car junkyard of all makes (Per Kansas City Star, Circa 1971).  27 years later, the threads that could be started are endless, but the time to do them all with the pic's is limited.  I'll leave it at that. 

However, I do have another Charger rescue/near fist fight (yep, it's juicy) story on tap, with pic's, just haven't put it together yet, don't know if I will have the time.  And......

.........this other Charger is in better shape than his buddy was:  http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,10714.0.html

[BB1]

Kansas Mafia, the Charger people. 

[kamkuda]

Wow, that RED interior looks incredible.  That would have had me too! 

[Charger_Fan]

Congrats on your cool score!
As far as the original drivetrain, I'd leave it just like it is too.  Mine's a 318/904 Charger & although I wished it had more power sometimes, it was still plenty fun to drive.

[moparstuart]

I have seen this car too several times very nice car great interior
   couldnt have gone to a greater guy either

  Speedway Auto Recycling
12583 outer road
odessa mo 64076
  owner  Stuart Sutton
816-230-4587
fax 816-633-4125
cell 816-935-1246
nextel direct connect # 140*23*12846
     speedwayautorecycling.com

[Todd Wilson]

The June show was the first time I had the car on the Interstate, and discovered how high geared 2.71's are.

2.71's are awesome on the highway! You can call this Charger your road car or touring car!


Todd

[Brock Samson]

re-reading the thread on the other charger, the green one you winched in with the help of the chevy,.. the front bumper lacks vertical brackets aka bumper guards,..
any other interesting details on that one?.. 

[MOPARHOUND!]

It is actually a black car, may be differences in our monitors.  Black with blue interior, as shown on the fender tag.  Link to the fender tag info is in the first post of the thread you are referring to.......as well as his buddy's that I have yet to post the story for.  Hemigeno took the time to decode the fender tags in that thread, with others having some input later in the thread on the black car.

The steering wheel was sent out for restoration, and turned out great.  It is in another thread here on the board:

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,14855.0.html 

In all likelihood the black car will be relegated to a parts car.  As posted in the above link, the black 69 Charger 99% of people would consider hopeless.  Fenders, doors, quarters, interior, floors, etc. etc. are junk.  Cars like it are the ones the General Lee jumpers should be using in their shows after a bunch of orange paint instead of real R/T's  .

[Chad L. Magee]

Nice score Lonnie!  That one looks to be a great Charger to keep  .......

[igozumn]

I saw the car June 9th at the HPAC show and you're just now posting it?  Must be having alot of fun driving it. 

You got that right!  I don't think he owns any other car now except that red Charger.  Everytime I see him, he's got a big ol' smile on his face, LOL.

[Harlow]

When I first started looking for a mopar my dad heard about an auction out in wyoming WAY out in the boonies  and they were auctioning off a 69 road runner. We went out a day before and the guys widow let us crawl around on the car. It was a original 383 car. The engine was out and it was a '73 383 completely disasembled. The interior was wrapped in garbage bags and completely eaten by mice, but the body on it was amazingly nice, the original black paint looks great. We drove back up there the next day for the auction. When the road runner went up we didn't even get a chance to get a bid in. It shot from 1K to 8K in a few seconds. It finally went for 11,500. The guy payed WAY too much for it. If that same car were to go on ebay today I would guess it would go for 6-7 thousand.

[no318]

I am in Nebraska.  There was a larger mopar only show the day of that auction that kept alot of folks away.  I had heard the "stories" from the sale, but am glad to hear the facts and see that the car went to a good home.    Thanks for posting.

[The70RT]

I am in Nebraska.  There was a larger mopar only show the day of that auction that kept alot of folks away.  I had heard the "stories" from the sale, but am glad to hear the facts and see that the car went to a good home.    Thanks for posting.

What other story's did you hear?

[MOPARHOUND!]

Nice score Lonnie!  That one looks to be a great Charger to keep  .......

Thanks Chad!  Hope all is well at the University.

I was stopped waiting to turn into a local business, going to check out a 1970 Dodge Sweptline truck in the parking lot with the rare "Dude" package Friday night about 10PM.  I look in my rear view mirror.....and it's filled with a 69 Charger's grille and headlights.....what are the odds of that......in the "wild" as Bull would say.

It was Igozumn, first time I had ever seen him and his car in the same place at the same time (click on little pic to see big pic), his "Day 2 look" makes my 318 Charger look a little wimpy:





Chad, don't know if you have seen Igozumn's Charger R/T SE in the post below yours before, but it is a refugee from Jerry Juneman's yard in Hays, KS.  He has done a lot of work on it to get it on the road, with a ways to go yet.  It is a rare Turquoise/White Roof/White Stripe/White interior car originally.

[MOPARHOUND!]

I saw the car June 9th at the HPAC show and you're just now posting it?  Must be having alot of fun driving it. 

You got that right!  I don't think he owns any other car now except that red Charger.  Everytime I see him, he's got a big ol' smile on his face, LOL.

Good to see you posting igozumn!  Post some more all ready, 3 posts ain't cuttin' it.........!    J/K 

Hope to see you and your Charger around some more in the future.

[moparstuart]

  lonnie make him come out to sonic on friday night  instead of just doing a drive by

[MOPARHOUND!]

Finally got around to taking a pic of fender tag.  What's with the V08 (Delete Vinyl Top) and V1X (Black Vinyl Top) 

Need to get it registered on Chris' 69 Charger Registry, and a pic sent to 69CoronetRT for his 69 St Louis VIN file.

[moparstuart]

LOOKS LIKE IT HAS A VYNAL TOP TO ME  ?

 

[69CoronetRT]

Finally got around to taking a pic of fender tag.  What's with the V08 (Delete Vinyl Top) and V1X (Black Vinyl Top) 

Need to get it registered on Chris' 69 Charger Registry, and a pic sent to 69CoronetRT for his 69 St Louis VIN file.

The V08 comes from the exterior/interior color. The C6R interior was not recommended with the R4 exterior. When you had a combination that was not recommended, it was called paint/trim waiver and was coded V08.

Here's a link to Chris' showing recomended combinations: http://www.1969chargerregistry.com/gallery/interioroptions/1_9_2007_10_02_01_AM_0004

Thanks for the tag posting. They all help! Great story too. Since this red/red car came out of Nebraska, I wonder of the owner was a Cornhusker fan.....

[Chad L. Magee]

Well, things could be alot better (I have to graduate by mid Dec. or I am out, but I still have my masters degree to fall back on in the wose case).  I am trying to weigh my options and hanging in there as best I can (my nerves are shot).......

I don't remember the RT/SE that you mentioned, but that may be because it sold before I got to the backyard area.  I really wished I would have taken pics of the backlot as it would have shocked quite a few people by the amount of "parts car" projects that he had back there.  The RT/SE looks like a nice project.  You did not get rid of the white 71 RT did you?  Tomas still comments on the trip we took in in in 2006.  (He is finishing this month with his Ph.D. and going back to Hungry as a university assistant professor).