Who restored their classic Chargers and who bought theirs off the shelf?

[bull]

Did you buy your 66-74 Charger ready to roll or did you restore it?

I'm sure there are some categories I missed. Let me know and I'll add them if they seem relevant.

[Tilar]

Maybe I should read these AFTER the first cup of coffee. 

[twinscrew698]

How about just buying and dring the HECK out of it?

You only live once!!

[twinscrew698]

Driving is what i meant!!

[Magnumcharger]

I'm too cheap to pay somebody else to do the work on my Charger.
Besides, I like to work on my old cars. It's not just about driving to me.

[tan top]

bought a good   driver , unrestored 20 years ago ,

but now have  a nut & bolt restoration ,  every nut bolt screw part removed   , done every thing ..only  things i had fo farm out was the  re chroming of the bumpers ( i knew i should  of done the metal prep  ) & putting the tires on the wheels , oh &  engine machine work ! .

[Hemidoug]

Full resto...top to bottom for both.....by me in my driveway.

[suntech]

Bought a driver, that had been restoed by a blind butcher, but i knew that, and a complete resto and modification is starting now in the fall. For this summer i will fry tires, and enjoy

[PocketThunder]

I've never seen this thread topic before.  Oh wait, thats Daves job..      

[chargerjy9]

bought an unrestored driver 6 years ago, it now has 12,000 miles on it, still unrestored

[73chgrSE]

I believe I bought a really good, low miles, driver way back in '89. Did a bit of work on it. I've had it 20 yrs now and I think maybe my son will have to be the one to "restore" it. I'm just gonna enjoy driving it as long as I can. He can have it when I'm done.

Besides, I seem to speding most of my money on him now.

[bull]

I've never seen this thread topic before.  Oh wait, thats Daves job..      

No, Dave's job is to post links to stuff we've "never seen before."

[69*F5*SE]

I bought mine needing some restoration.  Tore it all apart and now it needs much more work than I originally planned for.  So far, I've done a lot of work myself.  I tore out the trunk pan, sandblasted the front clip and some front under carriage, got that primed by our good friend Leon "Hemi-Hampton", I restored the grille myself.  There's a lot more to do but, money will play its part a little at a time. I've got more sandblasting to do underneath and behind and when I get that done and then primed it'll be time for some panel replacement.  Sometimes I feel like throwing in the towel but, I'm still holding in there so far.  Like anybody cares.   

[68charger383]

Bought mine needing a partial restoration. Body, paint and motor done.

I just had to fix some electrical issues, redo the interior, dash/gauges and all the outside chrome trim and bumpers.

Vinyl top is my next project.

[bull]

Sometimes I feel like throwing in the towel but, I'm still holding in there so far.  Like anybody cares.   

I feel the exact same way, especially the "like anybody cares" part.

[SFRT]

bought mine in a barely running pathetic rusted out state. proceeded to take it completely apart  and back together in an 8 month psychotic frenzy...now it has 405 rwhp and runs like a top. will finish the cosmetics this fall, projected at 2 months downtime so in all about a 10 month project...that cost way too much. but I am happy. I had a great time taking it apart and putting it back together.

[69bronzeT5]

Needing full restoration

[Sublime/Sixpack]

Picked mine up when it was five years old (it was a nice car when I bought it) then 20 years later I restored it.

[bull]

Hmmm. I thought there'd be more votes in the "Bought it restored" category.

[Magnumcharger]

Sometimes I feel like throwing in the towel but, I'm still holding in there so far.  Like anybody cares.   

I feel the exact same way, especially the "like anybody cares" part.

I care....

[maxwellwedge]

Hmmm. I thought there'd be more votes in the "Bought it restored" category.

I have bought a few "restored" cars.......guess what - they are all apart. 

[OneofNoneRT]

Driver..in 1981.. Undergoing total now..

[jar1292]

bought mine one day he delivered it to me the next! I drove it through town to see how it felt. next I went across the street to me family's field. spun a donut to fulfill my life long dream and pulled across the street to its new home! all in about a half hour before the local Rosco caught wind of me! I yanked the motor that night I never planed to have it a wounded soldier this long. and as I look at it now its still on jacks till next summer.  (at the earlyest. I make payments on a twelve G car that I can only look at.... at least its better then staring at an empty shop and dream! like I did before.one step at a time...

[chargerman67]

My dad purchased ours in 96 as a project together. It needed pretty much full restoration. Since then I went away to college, my dad passed away, I graduated college, and now I'm back at it!  This time in memory of my pops.

[mopar_nut_440_6]

I bought mine 25 years ago and it was a decent driver but I am now rotisserie restoring it. Do you have a category for that scenario?

Cheers,