How I got my Charger thread

[bull]

There seems to be a common link between Washington and 68 Chargers. You 68 fans know where to look now.

Funny you should say that. I found two of the 74 Chargers built in '68 with the 383/2bbl/4spd combo in the NW. One of them was in the Seattle area and the other was in Milwaukie, Oregon. The second one is the one I bought after searching for nearly two years.

I grew up driving a '70 Charger but always wanted a '68 after owning one for a short time (I sold it right back to the guy I bought it from) so about 7 years ago when I started working at my current place of employment my interest in Chargers was rekindled. Many of the guys I work with ride Harleys and ater hearing how much they paid for them I one day thought to myself, "I could almost get a Charger for that kind of money." I found this site (well, the old version) and began looking. After several months of frustration by doing a national search I was finally told by a wise old sage that I should consult my local restoration shops since they are usually in the know regarding the location of classic cars. I placed a phone call to North American Muscle Cars and the owner there told me about two 383/4spd Charger he knew might be for sale locally. I never made it up to Seattle to see the other one because I fell in love with the one in Oregon. And right now it's in 1,000 or more pieces being restored.

[Brock Samson]

remember the old site's Member Map?.. the Wash/Ore/Canada area was thick with chargers... 

[The70RT]

To make a long story short, i bought it from my nephew when he decided to drop out of school for 1000 bucks. I got a loan when I was 17 and paid a 38.00 a month. Now it is costing me 15 times the amount to restore it.

[xp29f8b]

There seems to be a common link between Washington and 68 Chargers. You 68 fans know where to look now.

Funny you should say that. I found two of the 74 Chargers built in '68 with the 383/2bbl/4spd combo in the NW. One of them was in the Seattle area and the other was in Milwaukie, Oregon. The second one is the one I bought after searching for nearly two years.

I grew up driving a '70 Charger but always wanted a '68 after owning one for a short time (I sold it right back to the guy I bought it from) so about 7 years ago when I started working at my current place of employment my interest in Chargers was rekindled. Many of the guys I work with ride Harleys and ater hearing how much they paid for them I one day thought to myself, "I could almost get a Charger for that kind of money." I found this site (well, the old version) and began looking. After several months of frustration by doing a national search I was finally told by a wise old sage that I should consult my local restoration shops since they are usually in the know regarding the location of classic cars. I placed a phone call to North American Muscle Cars and the owner there told me about two 383/4spd Charger he knew might be for sale locally. I never made it up to Seattle to see the other one because I fell in love with the one in Oregon. And right now it's in 1,000 or more pieces being restored.

That's funny, my first Charger was a 68 that I bought in Coos Bay, Or. I ended up trading it back to the guy I was buying it from do to financial reasons. I was young and poor