do you have unannounced guys on your door step asking you to sell your Charger?

[CB]

A week or so ago some out of the country dude called my house but because I was out, I couldn't answer the phone and he didn't leave a message. Didn't pay attention.
This weekend at 11am (the same guy?) stood on my door step. Again I was out doing a job for some extra $.
The room mate was home and she answered the man:

'' I am here to check out the red Charger that the man (me) has for sale... I saw the ad on the internet...''

''Sorry to tell you but the only Charger, the brown one he had for sale was sold last year. His current red Charger isn't for sale'' answered the roomie.

'' OK, so when I am in the neighborhood, I just drop by, I allready know the guy (me).'' he replied.

She didn't take a name or phone number.  


I had my ride for sale for a very short period, here on DC.com and local in Las Vegas.

This is something that I really don't like. Guys who pretend to know me, coming to look at my Charger 'for sale'.

So to be clear: MY CAR IS NOT FOR SALE! AND DUDE, NEVER COME TO MY DOOR UNANNOUNCED!

End rant  

BTW, my Charger is on blocks, full front end out for rebuild. Plus it isn't licenced yet so I don't drive her nor do I attend any shows. Nobody has seen my car.

[mauve66]

maybe he was nigerian and had a check in his wallet???

[Silver R/T]

lol those kind of guys never seem to amaze me

[TylerCharger69]

Boy!!!  If I had a nickel for everytime that has happened.  The one I remember most, was a guy who knocked on my door, claims he "used to have one just like it" wants to know if it's for sale, keeping in mind this guy is on a rusty bicycle collecting aluminum cans, unshaven....not to mention this guy was so unclean and dirty, his clothes had developed a shine to them.  Like this guy has even seen in his lifetime the amount of cash he would have to come up with...oh yes...and claiming his had a "440 Hemi"....I said..."there is no such animal out of the factory you moron....Do you see a for sale sign on it?....no....ride your happy ass off my lawn."  Some people's children....

[Silver R/T]

easiest way is to hide it in garage. I haven't had any "offers" since then

[six-tee-nine]

I Hope for you, the next time he passes by, you are at home so you can tell him the car is NOT for sal and if he keeps coming back he's going to get to know you a little better.....

[RD]

just shoot them.. they do allow weapons in belgium right?

[MoparManJim]

Had one about two years ago stop in. I wasn't home, was helping a relative out. Left a note on the door with number asking about the car. I returned the call.. and kinda mention to him that it was not for sale but he kapt on asking. Well I went over to my relative for afew days to help out.. I get a call  from the dude. Asking me yet again if the car is for sale. I said in front of my cousin's "no". Well then not maybe an hour goes by I get another phone call from him asking the same thing and yet I say the same thing also. Well about 2 days later I return home and there is a call on my michine. Well to make the least.. the guy offers me $400.00 and keeps calling the car a Challenger (And on the grill was a badge that reads "Charger")!  . I told him no the car isn't for sale and hung up. 

Then had another guy calling me and then came out and offered me $600.00  . I almost ask him what fender would he like.   

[CB]

I Hope for you, the next time he passes by, you are at home so you can tell him the car is NOT for sal and if he keeps coming back he's going to get to know you a little better.....

LoL Koen! Thanks allready for helping me out with the front end!  

just shoot them.. they do allow weapons in belgium right?

well not really

Anyway if he would return, he'd better carry a sh#t load of mula then. Not!
I am sick and tired to buy and sell cars and as I told to some of you, this car is my baby and no intentions to sell her soon. OK, maybe for 100k  

[aone415]

I'd definitely have some trepidation about such visits.  If I were you I'd be watching my car very closely.

[CB]

I'd definitely have some trepidation about such visits.  If I were you I'd be watching my car very closely.

I sleep like 8 steps away from my car. Too bad my beloved dobermann died 2 years ago
He was the guard that time!

[MoparManJim]

Anyway if he would return, he'd better carry a sh#t load of mula then. Not!
I am sick and tired to buy and sell cars and as I told to some of you, this car is my baby and no intentions to sell her soon. OK, maybe for 100k  

Heck yours is only 100K? mine is 5Mil. If a sucker wants to give me that in real doe ray me, I be more then will to take it 

[oldrock]

I haven't had offers to buy but we get tons of folks stop by to look at my sons charger. Not in a weird or scary way, just friendly folks who like chargers and want to check it out. I could see it would be different if someone hassles you like that.  

[American Muscle]

Not exactly the same situation but an offer to buy nonetheless:

I bought my first Charger back in March of this year. Like my other projects, I bought it to my mechanic who has done very good work over the past few years since I have known him. The car is in good shape for its age but there were things here and there that needed to be fixed. I also have a '69 firebird that he's been doing work for me. The firebird is in great mechanical shape but the body needs a lot of metal work. With the minimal rust and the good mechanical condition I would say the Charger is definitely the better car out of the two.

The other day after picking up my firebird the mechanic was talking about how hard it is to have more than one project and that my firebird is a great car and all it needs is metal work and paint and it's good to go. I then told him that I was planning on doing the Charger first because it seems to require less work. Then he says, 'Are you serious? Your Charger is in a lot worse shape than the firebird. It has more rust than the firebird!' Meanwhile, I'm sitting there wondering what in the blue hell this guy is talking about.

Now here comes the kicker:

After telling me about how it's expensive to have more than one project and how the Charger is in worse shape out of all my projects he tells me I should probably sell one of them. He also said that if I sell the firebird I could probably get about 10k-12k for it and if I sell the Charger I could probably get, at best, 5k-8K for it. He then goes on to tell me that 'he already has a 1967 Camaro (this part is true along with a 1970 Monte Carlo) so he wouldn't be interested in the firebird' but he 'might have some interest in the Charger'.

Mind you, it's only a 318 but it's a matching numbers car. I know for a fact I can get more than 8K for it. I didn't say anything to him but after that talk I was disgusted to my stomach. As far as I'm concerned, he does great work but don't ever try to be my friend again....

[ac_knight]

Before I moved to my new house, my Charger sat outside.  It barely fit inthe one car garage.  At about 2:00 am one night I got up to go to the bath room, looked out my back window and saw some guy "sneaking" around the front end of my Charger.  I instantly grabbed my service weapon, my sandals, and headed outback.  As I turned the corner I saw the guy trying to open the driver's side door (it was locked).  I raised my pistol and ordered to see his hands, and he about sh!@ himself.  I saw sheer terror in his eyes.  He nervously asked, "Is this Jimmy's old car?"  I promptly told him no.  He told me in a very shakey voice, "Ok, ok I was just wanting to know if it was for sale."  I told him again no, then ordered him to leave.  He didnt hesitate, and took off.  

I mean come on.  If he was just looking to see if it was for sale, why at 2:00am?  No, this a$$ was looking for alot more, and he almost got it.  I put the car in the garage after that, didnt want a repeat performance.  I am pretty sure that guy wouldnt be back.  Have kept it in a garage ever since, havent had anymore problems.

[American Muscle]

AC_Knight:

I just read your story and I can't believe some of the balls on these assholes. I think at best, if I was in your position, I would have held him there and take down his ID. At worse, I would have kept him there and called your guys at the police station. Either way, I'm glad nothing happened to your Charger but most of all, I'm glad nothing happened to you.

[ac_knight]

AC_Knight:

I just read your story and I can't believe some of the balls on these assholes. I think at best, if I was in your position, I would have held him there and take down his ID. At worse, I would have kept him there and called your guys at the police station. Either way, I'm glad nothing happened to your Charger but most of all, I'm glad nothing happened to you.

Thanks, I wasnt real concerned about keeping him there.  I was in a pair of shorts, no shirt, sandals, pistol and no phone.  I thought it best for him to just leave.  I figured he hadnt dont anything yet, I didnt have anything to call anyone, so it was best for us both if he left and stayed gone. 

[FastbackJon]

So how many of you guys have bought Chargers that you found that were sitting, looking abandoned, in someone's yard or outside on a public street, and you went up to the door and knocked to ask if they were for sale?

I've bought two that way.

[lisiecki1]

So how many of you guys have bought Chargers that you found that were sitting, looking abandoned, in someone's yard or outside on a public street, and you went up to the door and knocked to ask if they were for sale?

I've bought two that way.

sounds like completely different scenarios......if i'm badgered or find someone sneaking around anything on my property at 2 am they'll be lucky to have the capability to leave under their own power.

[CB]

sounds like completely different scenarios....

yes, my story is about some dude who says he knows me, showing up on my doorstep asking to have a look at my Charger, which isn't for sale, but he saw it for sale on the internet. (Wow what a sentence )

[moparstuart]

every day just about 

[jaak]

When I first got married (2000) I had my 69 project (running then) and I had my 69 parts car. Well the first couple of months I got married, they sat behind my parents house and a dude came buy asking about them, well I had mentioned before about maybe selling the parts car so my Mom gave dude my number. Well this guy called and wanted to buy my parts car, I politely told him no, I needed alot of parts for the other car when I started on it. Well we talked mopars a while and that was it.......or so I thought.
Me and my wife lived in a little trailor after we got married and I got the cars moved over there, I put the Project at a friends shop, and began working on it, and put the parts car behind my trailor to start stripping it and getting what I needed off of it. Well dude calls me again says he is buying a 68 but it had no front suspension, so I though hey i can sell you the suspension off the parts car because I didnt need it.....so I made the mistake of telling him where I lived. Well a couple of weeks later out of the blue, he shows up, looks at my parts car, begs me to sell it. I said no, he leaves..... the end of it....I thought.
Ever since then every couple of months or so this goober would call me again "Wanna sell that charger yet" "I wanna make a General Lee" "Blah blah blah".
Over time I had been taking stuff off this car, I had actually cut some of the right quarter and tailpanel to patch the other car.
In another one of his calls wanting to buy it, he said something like..."yeah I seen where you cut the quarter up"...I thought WTF this guys coming around and snooping around my shit while Im not at Home! I finally had to get a little more firm with this asshole.
I bought a house, moved and have a big garage now, and havent heard from this dude since....but Im sure if he ever found me he would start his old shit again, even though I dont have that parts car no more!

The audacity of some people.

Jason

[rustafarian]

I had a '68 when I first got married,  I was bartending in the wonnerful city of Chicago,  in a neighborhood dive/tavern.  I porposely parked it out front to drum up business.  Never failed, not once.

[Matthan]

Everything is for sale for the right price.

[jaak]

Everything is for sale for the right price.

Thats true...but alot of people that do this, dont want to offer you much, are not serious, or dont have a pot to piss in.

Jason

[MoparManJim]

Everything is for sale for the right price.

Now that's where you are wrong dude. 

[bearbqd]

You know what's crazy is that I DON'T have people asking if it's for sale. My Charger sits in the driveway. I have seen people look at it going by or people taking walks or riding their bikes and tell me nice car if I'm outside. I also hear teens walking along and saying stuff like "That guys got some awesome cars". Not once have I had anyone come by and ask if it's for sale. What's even more crazy is some of the stuff we have had at my best friends house that we have picked up to resell. We've had the garage doors up with a beautiful 69 Orange Judge sittin in one bay and a Chevelle in the next. We've had other GTO's, Chevelles, 69 Camaros and stuff outside there and not once has anyone in that neighborhood showed any interest. It's kind of baffling to me. I ask about musclecars all the time that we find and I get about 20 neckbreakers or more everyday going to work which is only 2 miles away. Yet, no one ever knocks on my door and asks about the Charger.
When I used to have my previous yellow Cuda parked out front, I would have people ask me all the time if it was for sale. They only asked when I was outside though. Not once did anyone knock on my door for it either. I wonder if anyone would ask about my red Cuda if it was out there.
I wouldn't mind people asking now and then. I love talking about them and I love to encourage the love of musclecars, especially in young people.
I took a friends son for a ride in the Charger about a month ago and he just thought that was the best thing in the world. He's about 8 and he told me he has all of the Dukes of Hazzard on DVD. He kept yelling out the window " WOOHOO, I'm riding in the General Lee". Afterwards, I told his dad it would only be a matter of time before he had a father son project going.

They live 6 hours away. I asked his mother if he has been talking about cars more and she said all the time and that he loves some show (I forget which, but I think she said on HBO) that has a Charger in the opening credits. He says, "Yeah, I love it cuz it has a car like Mr. Barry's in it." I think I'm gonna mail him a muscle car pictorial book and really get his Musclecar education going. Gotta keep the spirit alive in these young kids. But, I digress. I have know idea why more people don't come around asking about the cars.

[Martian R/T]

Everything is for sale for the right price.

I had a guy keep leaving notes on my door asking me to call him because he wanted to buy my Charger, the car was parked in front of my house, quite a distance from the road, and under a car cover, he finally stopped one day when my wife was outside, and wanted her to uncover it so he could look at it up close, she told him no way because I wasn't home, but he was going to buy it, she nicely told him it wasn't for sale, and that was his answer, everything is for sale, she again nicely told him that everything may be for sale, but not My Charger, he left informing her that he would be back when I was home, he never showed, I was hoping he would come back, I wanted to hear the everythings for sale speech, some people are so annoying and clueless.

[myk]

Well, at least your intelligence wasn't insulted.  I drive my car to work about once a week, and this mobile-fix-a-dent dude keeps pestering me about buying my Charger.  Now, that may not be so bad, but he has the nerve to offer me "$2,000" for the car when it's obviously worth a helluva lot more than that; about $15K to be exact.  I mean, there a lot of clueless people out there but I guess I must have "idiot" on my forehead because I know very well what I own.  Seriously, if someone wants to sell their car wouldn't they have a "for sale" sign on it?

-Edit: I was talking to my girlfriend about this the other day and she says that just because there isn't a for sale sign on it doesn't mean that there isn't intent to sell, therefor people will try.  An example she gave me was this: girls don't wear single and seeking signs on their bodies but guys pick up on them all day long.  

I guess she's right, but if anyone messes with either her or the car they're dead, lol...

Everything is for sale for the right price.

Oh and uh, a polite but definite NO on that thought...   

[b5blue]

I actually started to get in an argument at a light today! The jerk kept yelling at me "how much, how much" he kept bugging me when i said "don't worry about it, you don't have enough" he started giving me crap! I know they all think since they have 1500 bucks there rich but come on, I wouldn't sell the six pack for that! I'm getting kinda pissed off and don't want to be rude but some are just pushy! My sons get the car when I die and it's nobody's business but mine, this crap about everything has a price is bull.....if you got more money than my car is worth I don't care...that's my boys memories sitting there. The grin on my youngest sons face when I told him he was going to have to learn to drive in a 70 440 six pack Charger because that's all we got was worth more than money. Anyone know where I can get a "NOT FOR SALE" bumper sticker? (the other one I want is "HONK IF YOU WANT THE CRAP BEAT OUT OF YOU") If I had some made do you think they would sell?(The first one, I'm just kidding about the other)   

[69bronzeT5]

I'd definitely have some trepidation about such visits.  If I were you I'd be watching my car very closely.

[1969chargerrtse]

Everything is for sale for the right price.

I hear that alot and don't agree.  I've been asked to sell many cars I've owned and said No at any price until I was ready.

[Old Moparz]

In one of the similar threads to this one, I had posted that people should be cautious of others stopping to inquire about a car that they say they would like to buy. Some people are sincerely enthusiastic about cars & love to talk about them, but you just never know if they aren't some low life scum looking to steal things. One of my friends had a few mid 60's Pontiacs years ago, & he lived in a corner house on a very busy road. This made it extremely easy for a lot of people to see what was parked in the driveway.

He'd get an occasional car enthusiast stopping to talk about his cars, a 1966 Tempest convertible, a 1967 LeMans Sprint, & a 1967 GTO. Of course some would ask if they were for sale, but they weren't at the time. On one occasion, this one guy had talked about the GTO with him, & for whatever reason my friend had opened the trunk while they spoke. There were some spare parts in there, including the tri-power intake & carb set up for the 389. A few days later my friend came home & saw the trunk lid open & the tri-power set up gone.

Gee, I wonder who would've known that was there to take it? 

[b5blue]

A good friend in Va. pulled his # matching Hemi (in his back yard) and it was gone in 24 hr! 

[bearbqd]

A good friend in Va. pulled his # matching Hemi (in his back yard) and it was gone in 24 hr! 

Bastards! 

[wayfast1500]

I've had people stop when mine was in the front driveway, but since I moved it to the back driveway and covered it no issues. I was selling a motorcycle online, guy emails me asking to part it out and gives me a sob story. I say no, I end up selling the bike. He emailed me asking again then had the nerve to ask for the buyers info so he could harass him.  I ended up telling him to pound sand and to not reply to anymore of my ads.

[mauve66]

Everything is for sale for the right price.

I hear that alot and don't agree.  I've been asked to sell many cars I've owned and said No at any price until I was ready.

so THAT WAS the RIGHT PRICE at THAT TIME then....................

[b5blue]

Well for some of us there is just no price for some things...It's assumed when they offer unsolicited like that they are thinking "reasonable" and my car is not for sale anyway (hence no "for sale" sign) so why would you ask? (to get a bargain) Now if you offered a fully restored 440 six pack b5blue inside and out 70 Charger (not done by BK!) in trade I might consider it, but that would not be reasonable. So there we go, I've got exactly the car I'm satisfied with, set up just the way I want, with the exact colors I like best. I'm looking forward to doing the body work and interior someday but love driving it now every day so I try to be polite and say no and some keep pushing for some magic number.....and waste my time, because if they HAD any money they would have pulled up in THEIR Charger and said "Hows it going" instead of "How much".     

[Jon Smith]

I had loads of people try to buy it when it was parked in view of the road....11 in the first year I owned it...dont get so many now its garaged, one time a guy in a truck in front of me at the lights got out and came back to ask if it was for sale....as I was saying no the lights turned green

A guy in a porsche cayenne pulled up alongside me the other week and asked me if the barracuda was for sale...."nope" I said...

his next question was "what is it?" ...duh maybe I should have said "yeah £50k"

[b5blue]

I try to take into account my car is kinda ruff, just ruff enough where you can see slapping some bondo on it a painting it and having a not to bad car. What they fail to know is there is a freshly re built 440 with a six pack sitting on top of completely re built suspension front and back and although the floor boards need welding in the sub-frames are solid as a rock, they don't see 80% of the cars value. I want a NOT FOR SALE bumper sticker!   

[dstryr]

I want a NOT FOR SALE bumper sticker!   

Would you consider a magnet?  They come off easier!   



Seriously, though...  A youngster/friend of a neighbor kid was walking by one day when I lived in Colorado Springs.  He asked how much for my 69 Judge, #s matching.  I said I don't know, but quite a bit more than what I paid for it.  "How much was that?"   Fourteen, I told him.  "hundred?"   No, thousand.  "Oh, wow." 

Some people just aren't tuned in to the market, but love the old muscle cars.  But, I don't get the low-ballers who expect you to hand over the keys when they ask, as if they're doing you a favor.  


Here in Nebraska a guy stopped to see if I was home a couple of weeks ago and mentioned the car.  Since I was gone, my wife said, "Who wants to know?"  Turns out she works with the guy's wife but hadn't met him yet.  I'd trust him with the keys to the house but she didn't know.  Glad she's lookin' out for me!

[Johnny SixPack]

Not quite on topic, but last year I drove my '69 to the funeral home where we were having my mom's viewing (she helped me buy it), and some guy stopped in and tried to buy it.

[mauve66]

during a funeral??? absolutely no respect at all

[Charger440RDN]

I can see how these surprise visits would get annoying, but I sure wish I had a Charger somebody could bother me about!  

[gordo1968charger]

i d probably sell mine if the price is right,roughly translated
what i spent on car so far(£25k)+my own labour i ve put in(1000 hours @£20 an hour)£20k+money to buy a new project £15k=£60000,
but maybe not!