Where did you find your Charger or other muscle cars

[69bronzeT5]

I know this has been talked about a few times but it hasnt been talked about for a while and a few members have picked up cars lately so lets do this again  . Where did you find your Charger or other muscle car?


I circled the yard where we found my Charger. It was basically sitting right in the middle of the house I circled (before they built the house )

[RD]

73 SE... been in my family since I was 2 years old
73 RR... 5 years ago, got it in trade for selling a friends 74 Cuda on ebay
72 Charger... From Emporia

[Charger1973]

I got 4 Chargers in a package deal from some dude last winter and kept the best of the bunch.  I had one already but upgraded since this one was nicer than my old project car.   

[pettyfan43]

My 73 Charger was bought by my Aunt in 77, I bought it from her in 96.

My 66 was in Holly Springs Miss! And I bought that one SIGHT UNSEEN on my Dad and another guy's word. My Dad actually found the car when he bought a 49 Ford Coupe from the guy. The Charger was parked behind it.

[WheresMyCharger]

Awhile ago it was the local newspaper or swapsheet/autotrader. The last car I looked at was thru word of mouth hanging out at a local cruise. 69 Charger 4 speed!! ( he wanted 25K , but got bid to 17K on Ebay )

[TruckDriver]

Mine Came up in a online chat with someone about old cars. I was actually looking for a second gen Charger at the time. But for $1,500. bucks, I said hell yes.

[bordin34]

I found my blue one on ebay and my black one here.

[rusty lee]

Got mine from a former boss who runs a salvage yard. his passion is mopar. shame all his stuff is rotted or way over priced.

[70charginglizard]

bought mine off e-bay in Seattle area from my friend here by the name of Mike.
Great guy.

[68charger383]

Charger off Moparts
Cougar off craiglist

[BROCK]

Got my 70 from an autotrader add in 83 for $1900.  I was the first caller & first appointment. 
The phone rang the whole time we were looking it over

Got my 72 in trade for work in 98.

[bear]

mine came from new york found it on ebay

[bullit68]

i bought my 66 charger from the owner when he followed me driving around in my 68 garage saleing with my wife.my 68 i got in 89 when it was listed in another towns classifieds and a friend told me about it.my 69 and 70 both came from this website.

[gordo1968charger]

i went to florida in 2004 to get mine,only no one was selling,not at the right price anyway.i was offered at an old town cruise a fully restored 1970 rt 6 pack for a mere $70000,i passed.(might have been a clone!!)
i saw my current car advertised in classic american for £10995,needing full restoration,but it was running and driving,uk registered,import duty paid,taxed and tested.numbers matching 383 4 barrel,california import.
i saw it advertised before i went to florida and thought it was too expensive!
got back home,thought WTF,got my cajones out,
drove it home the next day.still not sure who was most excited me or my 2 boys!
probably spent £20000 getting it close to how i want it now and i m still not finished.

[TK73]

A trailer park in Renton, WA...

[Hemidoug]

Both my Chargers found me....literally! The former owner of the 71 came up to me at a swap meet trying to sell it, the 69 was owned by a friend who was doing nothing with it and one day needed to bail out of it.

My 65 I bought off of Ebay...Got a fair deal on it considering all I needed was a good shell for a race car.....

[Harlow]

A local mopar guy told me about a 68 Plymouth he knew of out in the desert. Not sure how he found it, because it was WAY off of the beaten path. Sold that car, now I'm looking for something else. 

[chargerjy9]

my first 73 was purchased in 1974 .  It was an executive vehicle, purchased from a local dealership.  My current 73 was found in a local news ad, it came from out of sate.

[mally69]

My 69' sat in an old mushroom mine for 8 years in  PA ..  Untill i saved its existence 

[greenrt_se]

from Los Angeles in 1991,price was 400usd

[Mefirst]

Found my ride back in May 2002.. I was actually looking for a 1970 Mustang, but then stumbled across the add for the Charger.. Went to check her out and she came home with me... Its been a love/hate relationship ever since that day...

I payed about 20K $$$ for her..

/Tom

[71ChallengeHer]

20 minutes from my house.

[HITMAN 149]

found it on ebay (Baltimore MD) and picked it up 2 octobers ago!!!

[69bronzeT5]

9 years on Christmas, I got my Charger (will be 9 years )

[justin1987]

I found it about 20 minutes from my house in a garage I had drove by a hundred times and I never knew it was in there.

I picked it up a year ago today. 

[BigBlockSam]

 69  charger se . from the charger board classifieds

70 charger r/t , ebay

68 r/t. i chased the guy down the blvd . 5 minutes from here.

69 roadrunner , ebay

39 coupe,  special intrest paper. come from connetecut

Rene

[bmoparmofo]

Saved mine just in time, bought it back in 86 for 350.00, I got there as he was walking the torches towards the car to cut it up to sell the parts to someone

[69_500]

Got the 69 SE sunroof car I used to have through the old DC.com site. It was advertised in the cars for sale section. Then bought a 70 charger 500 SE with a sunroof through word of mouth. Sold both cars without even advertising them, and tried to buy my dads old 500. That deal fell through on a Monday, by that thursday I was on my way to Montana to purchase the 500 that I now own.

[The70RT]

Got mine in 1978 from my nephew.

[bull]

1st Charger: Base model '70 found on my school bus route when I was 14.
2nd Charger: '68 R/T found in the private wrecking yard of a friend of my dad when I was 17.
3rd Charger: '68 383/4spd found (after a long search) in a guy's side yard in Milwaukie, Oregon when I was 36.

They're getting a lot harder to find. You used to just run across them and although you still do once in a great while it doesn't happen very often.

[BlueSS454]

I heard about the Charger from a guy at a car show I was at with my Chevelle.  I got talking to him and he mentioned he knew a guy that wanted to get rid of his.  I went over, looked at it, and bought it.
The Blue Chevelle I got from my aunt's boyfirend, the green 69 I got via a local ad in the newspaper, my 70 Malibu convertible I got a call from a friend of mine in Maryland, I called the owner and drove down the next day and bought it.
I've been given about 10 cars total (75 Maverick, 71 Firebird, 71 Chevelle, 73 nova, 74 Nova).  I had a 77 Ford F250 bought from a township auction, same with the 86 Cutlass I use everyday.  I bought 2 cars out of junkyards for parts (86 Cutlass and 70 El Camino).  I bought 3 68 Chevelles from an estate sale to flip, still have 1 left to get rid of.  I bought a 67 Chevelle that I saw in a guys yard around the corner and another 70 Chevelle the same way.  I've about lost track of how many cars I've actually had.

[73ChargerSE]

'73 Charger - Been in the family since '75 or '76
'73 Satellite - Craigslist
Unloaded a couple projects, this is all I've got left.

[drodg]

I have bought my three cars from Gary Garren down in South Carolina.  He finds alot of survivors or nearly survivors  Here is his sight. http://www.garrenautosales.com/ 

[The70RT]

I have bought my three cars from Gary Garren down in South Carolina.  He finds alot of survivors or nearly survivors  Here is his sight. http://www.garrenautosales.com/ 

He doesn't have any prices if that tells you anything.....

[moparraw]

I have bought my three cars from Gary Garren down in South Carolina.  He finds alot of survivors or nearly survivors  Here is his sight. http://www.garrenautosales.com/ 

He doesn't have any prices if that tells you anything.....
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I found my '68 Charger in a barn while delivering tractor parts for work about 6 miles from home. The mans son got it from an uncle in Utah, getting married and building a house.
Right place right time!!  Original paint, 383, 727, a/c. $1800.00  I havent done a thing to it but drive it! Owned 10 years, Also have a '67 Chevelle from Cali. But this may be the wrong place to talk about that one!! Some people think im nuts but i like em all!!!

[rav440]

i started looking in feb of 1999 for a 71 440+6 4 spd runner or GTX i looked and looked for over a year the started broadining my search to a 72 rr/ GTX 6pak out the window at this point  after months with no luck i stated looking into the 73-74 runners now the 4spd was out the window  i came across an ad for a black 1973 rr 440 matching #s car from MEDINA OH. for $7500.00 in the winter of 2000 so i called the guy the first question i asked him was " is this a column shift auto ? " he said "YES " my reply was " thanks thats all i needed to know and theres no reason to waste anymore of your time " he tells me to hold on givis me a little history of the car and asks if he can Email me photos , then we just started BSn about MOPARs for awhile and got off the runner subject .
well months go by and i started looking at other MOPARs - DUSTERS BARRACUDAS ect , i find a 67 FORMULA S 383 4spd BARRACUDA for $4500.00 i needed work and i wasnt to sure if i realy wanted to get into what it needed . so in june of 2001 i call AL the guy from MEDINA OH he deals in MOPARs i ask him to keep his eyes open for a 70-71 CUDA BB car he asks me if i ever got the pics of the 73 runner , i told yes but i wasnt interested because it had a column shifter , so once again we start BSn about MOPARs , i tell him i found a 67 FORMULA S 383 4spd BARRACUDA but i wasnt interested in it , he says "ive always wanted on of them " so i give him the # of the guy who owned it .
about a week or so goes by . AL calls me yup and says " do you have any interest in the 73 runner at all ? "
i told him " NO" he says " LOOK ,, i just bought the BARRACUDA and the 71 DUSTER drag car that guy had , ihave to trailer them back to MEDINA . so if you want ill trailer the runner out so you can at least toake a look at it plus ill make you a hell of a deal coz your the only person who called about it in the 5 months ive had it listed in the AUTOTRADER . "
" why not , bring it out i look at it  "
AL calls  me from a parking lot up the road from me " come and look at the runner "
so i jump in my pontiac and go to meet ,,, him i didnt even get off the highway into the parking lot and i knew she was mine 
so i dint get my 6 pak not even a 4spd just a lowely colum shiter car . but its mine and i love it 
boy was my wife pissed when i brought it home 
the whole time she thought i was going to get a 67-69 camaro 

[JoeyGowdy]

Mike Bennett in Malvern Arkansas USA courtesy of eBay:

[lee]

I found my 68 charger in a shed under two taros and sitting on plywood 5 years ago.Parked since 83 still had the old kelly springfields on it 45000 original miles,no cracks in the steering wheels original hub caps and the windshield was mint not to say the rest of the car

[suntech]

I got my 68 on ebay. I was looking around for a while, and was kinda looking more towards a rolling body / project, since what i want to do is build a pro touring car.
But i wised up ( at least in my opinion), and bought a driver, and happy that i did. Nice to drive it, and familiarize with it, before i tear it apart. I drove it from Chicago to Reading PA this summer.  :2thumbs:I am in Norway, and the car is still in US, and i am ordering parts, to go in the container with it.

[TruckDriver]

Lee, that is one nice looking '68 LOVE the slotted wheels!

[Challenger_7]

If you really must know, here goes

All four Challengers, 72 Charger, 73 Plymouth, 74 Formula and 74 Corvette I found in Beirut (Lebanon - Middle East) at a dealer who wanted out, 2 years ago.
The 72 Trans Am found in the south of Lebanon from a private owner who had his eyes on another car, also 2 years ago.
The 79 Trans Am same as above but found in the North of Lebanon and the guy wanted to leave the country, last year.
The Camaro belonged to my upholstry shop owner who also needed the money, last year.
The Mach1 I found in Sweden 32 years ago (1975) when I was on holiday, and have kept it since then, it was only 2 years old.
The Desoto I found in Cedars Town (Atlanta) during a holiday trip about 15 years ago. Whilst it might not be considered a muscle car, but it does have a 330 Hemi engine
Hope you enjoy the photos

[Challenger_7]

Some more photos

[Challenger_7]

And four more photos

[Challenger_7]

Last but not the least

[TruckDriver]

You sure got great taste in cars

[Challenger_7]

Thanks for the compliment. I have a few more interesting cars but not considered muscle
The convertible has just gone in for a full resto. Under what discussion group should I post its progress? Can you enlighten me.

[BigBlockSam]

man i luv . that camaro. looks tough and firebirds, all great years too. very nice collection . 


i forgot to mention  i bought my 73 challenger from a friend . Rene

[moparstuart]

got my 69 from a member here on the board ,who live a mile from my house.

[Ghoste]

Mine were mainly found through local classified ads.  The exceptions would be the AAR, it belonged to the brother of a guy I went to college with.  The Road Runner and Coronet 500 were both sitting in service station lots near my home and one Charger had belonged to a close friend.

[supserdave]

69 charger SE and our 69 Super Bee came from a guy in SW Minnesota. Found a poorly written classified add on another mopar forum and hit a gold mine.
73 challenger, a buddy of mines kid had it, I told him if he ever needed cash and wanted to sell, to give us a call, he called me two years later on a Sunday and it was in the garage on Monday.
69 RT/SE Our dad bought it back in the late 70's and sold it in 84 to a guy that collects mopars. We ended up buying it back last year.
71 SE Charger Uncles old car that we got in 2000 or so.

[daytonalo]

My UPS got a nice finders fee when hr told me about a 1971 Trans-Am . 455 H.O 4 speed with only 45 k miles on it for 4500 , cleaned it up and sold it on E-bay for 33 k ! They only made 83 blue with white stripe with 455 H.O 4 Speed in 71 . paint was orig , needed paint and some int work , I detailed engine .

[dakotaboy]

68  SB Chager  for my 16th B-day now a 440 lives in it. found in a grass field in IN

2 69  383 Chargers 1 is a SE I bought for myself on my 17th B-day. Package deal ,found just 6miles from my house and had no clue they were there

70 SB Charger bought from a member here for parts from MI

2 69 Road Runners my father and I bought 3 months ago. (saved from barn in IN)1 is a driver

69 Newport Conv. numbers matching BB car  found hiding in Ohio

71 New Yorker 440 car (saved from a demolition derby) that is in paint shop right now to match my 68 Charger paint job. Gonna use it to haul my Charger, to far off shows.  

[Bob]

Found my 74 SE right here on the old forum, 5 years ago.

[tkkruzer]

bought my 74 R/R from Mike Bennet in malvern arkansas too. I found it while looking for a challenger. I couldn't afford the chally and was about to leave when I saw the R/R sitting all alone,painted flat black to cover up the rusty spots. and fell in love he worked with me and the rest is history. Mikes a good man and he too is a mopar fan. thanx Mike Tom

[hemigeno]

I found a triple black '68 Charger for sale along a backroad locally, and had designs on a Hemi/4-speed conversion for it.  I bought it and drove it around for a couple of years, while I was collecting parts for the conversion.  About halfway through getting everything together I totalled up the price of the remaining parts & bodywork needed to be done to the car, and it was WAY more than what decent original Hemicars were going for at the time (mid 1990s).  So, I kept an eye on Hemmings for an authentic '69 4-speed Hemicar, and called on an ad for my R/T within 45 minutes of spying it.  Had to check with the wife first, or I'd have called even sooner

I found out about the project Daytona while parts scrounging for engine detail parts on the R/T.  It took almost 2 years to finalize the deal to purchase that car and get it home.  The guy I was buying Hemi parts from knew about the car, and after he told me about it he tried not to give me the contact info.  It was already too late...     As it turns out, the gentleman who sold me the Daytona has turned out to be a great friend and we stay in regular (often daily) contact. 

[472 R/T SE]

The convertible has just gone in for a full resto. Under what discussion group should I post its progress? Can you enlighten me.

My buddy has a '73 T/A, was his high school car.  It influenced me into getting a '77 T/A my last two years of high school.  Sweet collection you have.
I'm sure folks here would like your Chally progress pix but some Chally specific sites I visit are:

http://challenger.mpoli.fi/forum/index.php
http://www.cuda-challenger.com/cc/index.php

[GTX]

I found my GTX along the side of a road at a service station back when I moved back from Maui in the 80's. Sold it and then found it again 5 years later via a local guru (Steve H) who was then working at a different Mopar parts counter. It was still in town but owned by some guy in Nevada and I bought it back, that was 1989. Been through many changes since then........

Bought the current Charger from a guy up north who had a bunch of muscle cars for sale. He used to find them and drag them home and sell them to people to restore. I think he recently liquidated his entire yard full of cars.

 
 

[MaMopar]

72 Cuda we found it at Carlisle 1993, outside the fairgrounds.  The 413 was in and it was painted, we did the interior, I drove this car daily for 6 years. Rebuilt the trans 1994.  1996 put on Ralley wheels & wing.  Ran the heck out of the beast, this one is going back on the road 2008.  Cuda has been tucked away in the garage since 2002.  Needs a bit of TLC and elbow grease.  I ned to install the 323 before she goes out on the street again.

68 Roadrunner advertised in the local paper 1994, cheap the guy needed money to get his brother out of jail.  This one spent it's life on the track 1/4 mile at a time.  Low mileage, the 383 is gone it was replaced with a 400, which I am thinking about stroking this one.  The rear wheel openings are flared to accomodate large tires.  I want to leave this since it was done early in the life of this car.

68 Coronet 440 another find in the local paper 1999, all original, 318 AT, 4 door it's all there and everything works.  It's soon going back on the road, we have polyglass tires on this one.  We have talked about a clone Cop car with this one.

75 Dodge D100 Custom, this was in the family since new, my inheritance 2000.  The bed is a bit rusty but it looks OK runs strong. This is the Carlisle truck that's about the only trip she gets any more, just in case I find parts I have someplace to put them.

91 Chrysler TC by Maserati,  My man found this in MO, 2000, I hooked him up with a ride with a long haul truck driver.  He dropped him off at a truck stop outside St Louis  the owner brought the car up to him, he drove it home to PA.

68 Dodge Charger, 383, 4 speed.  We know a guy from Dillsburg, who had this for sale 2004, we thought about this one over the winter.  Spring came the Charger was still there, the rest is history.  Put a set of Magnum 500 wheels on this summer, need a tail stripe, has the Dixie horns.  We have a blast with this car.