23 years later...I'm Mopar of the month!!

[UFO]

Are you serious !! You found it!!

[Magnumcharger]

The article(s) in the Free Press and the Sun did the job.
(Willy wasn't pleased that I went to the other guys too! )
I've been gone all weekend, and came back to find an email that said: "your search is over, call this number".
So I did, and the owner verified some details about the car...and it matched.
Obviously, it's had some hard times (as would be expected), but it's still present and accounted for!!
Now, to figure out a plan of action!!

[UFO]

If I had to choose between the two guys I would have just sent you to Willy.
Didn't think both would pick up the story that fast.
Anyway glad you located it.

[Magnumcharger]

If I had to choose between the two guys I would have just sent you to Willy.
Didn't think both would pick up the story that fast.
Anyway glad you located it.

YUP...Willy has been just fantastic!! He called me again tonight, I'm sure he was just as excited about the discovery as I was!!
Here's a pic: I term it "priceless"...

[69bronzeT5]

Awesome picture Robin

[UFO]

Awesome picture Robin

I agree

[Magnumcharger]

And here's a couple of before and after!

[UFO]

(Willy wasn't pleased that I went to the other guys too! )

I have a couple more idea's for feature's.I'll just give them to Willy to help smooth things over.

[Magnumcharger]

back end...

[Magnumcharger]

(Willy wasn't pleased that I went to the other guys too! )

I have a couple more idea's for feature's.I'll just give them to Willy to help smooth things over.

Willy's cool about it all now...we talked on the phone...I'm buying him a steak too!
He wants to come out with me to see this guy if and when I go see it!

[Stretch]

That's some sweet news. Do you plan to try and buy it back or were you just curious to see if it was still around?

[Magnumcharger]

At first, I just wanted to see if it still existed. Law of averages dictates that it should have.
And it proved itself correct.
Now I want to see if he's interested in letting it go!

[69bronzeT5]

Good luck Robin! People who say finding an old car is tough...it can happen! You found the Challenger and I've just about found my dad's GTO.

[Magnumcharger]

Good luck Robin! People who say finding an old car is tough...it can happen! You found the Challenger and I've just about found my dad's GTO.

I'll need it Cody.
Good luck with the Goat!
(Now you know what to do!)

[69bronzeT5]

I managed to track it down to Squamish. It was spotted at a show last summer there so I'll be hitting that show this year to see if it's there.

[mopar_nut_440_6]

I sure hope you get it back. I sold my 68 (purchased in 86, I was 18)  in 95 and bought it back 3 years ago. I sold it so I could insulate the house I was building I was fortunate as I sold it to a good friend and our deal was if it was ever to sell I would get first dibs. As it was I had just signed papers on selling my home and had the money to get it back. Timing is everything.

I just started working on it at the end of January and am doing a rotisserie resto on it. Hoping to have it done by next spring.

Good luck on the hunt!!

[Magnumcharger]

A bit of an update....article from the Winnipeg Free Press, courtesy of UFO (Brian).

[Magnumcharger]

Last month, I drove out to Alberta for a number of reasons, some of which will be mentioned in another thread...soon.
On my way back, I stopped in to visit Walter to see my old Challenger.
I had fully intended to pick up Brian along the way to share this auspicious occasion with me, but Walter pretty well kiboshed the idea, claiming it would violate his need for privacy.
Whatever.
So I made the journey to his place and lo and behold there it sat. It was almost unrecognizable at first, as the purple paintjob I had labored over so many years ago was only visible where the trim had covered it. A new set of quarterpanels and a new AMD hood adorned it...and not much else. I recognized the welds I had done on the cowl area where the inner fenders had seperated. Walter also produced some more familiar items, such as my pistol grip shifter, the gas cap without the trim ring, and the infamous backup light without the 'E' in Dodge.
Of course it still had the original transmission with the shortened input shaft, but the original engine was long gone.
The seats I had recovered in a different grained and colored vinyl were still exactly as I had left them.
Walter had fixed the rear frame rail where the tie-down mount had pulled through, and had done considerable metal replacement on the floors, cowl and driver's side rocker panel.

It was a weird feeling seeing this car again after half of my lifetime's duration. To be honest, it made the hair on my arms stand up (which I made a point of showing Walter).

After spending most of the afternoon shooting the breeze and having lunch with Walter and his charming wife Suzanne, I had to leave.
Before I did, I wanted to impress upon them how much this car meant to me, even after all these years. Walter wanted to make a point to me as well: he's owned the Challenger for the last 11 years and has a degree of attachment to it as well. In fact, he's not even sure if he wants to see it go anywhere. But he did concede that if he were to let it go, I'd have first dibs on it.
I wasn't about to twist his arm to sell it either, as it's in good hands and he's doing things the way they should be done.
And besides, I've got a Charger just begging to be reassembled and used, so I have some priorities to attend to before I gather more projects.
Maybe someday I'll have my Challenger back.

I'll be keeping in touch with Walter, that's for sure!

[Magnumcharger]

A few more pics...

[Magnumcharger]

And one more.
Are ya happy now Cody?

[69bronzeT5]

And one more.
Are ya happy now Cody?

Yep! Glad to see it's in good hands and it's safe and sound. Awesome pictures Robin, must of been a great experience for you to see it again. I'm excited on the hopes of seeing my dad's old GTO next month. I've heard tons of stories about it but I've never seen the car. My dad sold it right before I was born.

[Magnumcharger]

Here's a couple of vintage shots of my old ride....
One when I got it...the other after I fixed it up.

[UFO]

At least now you know it hasn't been turned into soup cans.

[Magnumcharger]

That's a good thing, 'cause I don't like soup!

[moparstuart]

 very cool robin , glad you found it .  now just keep in touch and who knows .