Age demographic between Charger generations?

[69bronzeT5]

I'm 17 and I have my '69. My favorite years go.....1969, 1968, 1971, 1970 and so on....

[41husk]

I am 48 I own a 69 Daytona clone, and a 73 superBee clone.  I guess I would be classified as a clone guy, but wait I also own a 70 challenger convertible, just sold a bone stock 68 to purchase the Daytona clone.  I have owned a stock 72 and 67 charger I guess I am just confused.  In short I am a Mopar guy!

[Cooter]

37 here with a 1970 BASKET case that I converted to '69 and painted orange, because of the "DOH" show. Owned it for the last 7 years. I also own a 1958 Plymouth that I never even liked till the movie "Christine"...I look at it like dis, if it weren't for the movies/TV shows, how many Chargers/Plymouth musclecars wouldn't be restored? I thought the '58 was the ugliest car I'd ever seen when I first saw the movie now, I wouldn't change one damn thing...I wasn't old enough unfortunately to own one of these cars when they were "Before DOH", but I am now, I do, and I got it the HARD way....I remember MANY a buddy seeing the Charger in the shed and saying things like "He's a glutten for punishment", or "It'll never hit the road"...My satisfaction is THEY were the FIRST ones to ask for a ride when it was done....(They didn't get it )

[Khyron]

37 here with a 1970 BASKET case that I converted to '69 and painted orange, because of the "DOH" show. Owned it for the last 7 years. I also own a 1958 Plymouth that I never even liked till the movie "Christine"...I look at it like dis, if it weren't for the movies/TV shows, how many Chargers/Plymouth musclecars wouldn't be restored? I thought the '58 was the ugliest car I'd ever seen when I first saw the movie now, I wouldn't change one damn thing...I wasn't old enough unfortunately to own one of these cars when they were "Before DOH", but I am now, I do, and I got it the HARD way....I remember MANY a buddy seeing the Charger in the shed and saying things like "He's a glutten for punishment", or "It'll never hit the road"...My satisfaction is THEY were the FIRST ones to ask for a ride when it was done....(They didn't get it )

I want your 58 :drool:

[c00nhunterjoe]

I'm 26 but bought my 69 when i was 15,  however if i had the extra money i would buy a 66. got to drive one once and it was a lot of fun.

[OldGuy]

I'm with RECHRGD on this one.  I'm 62 and had a 68 Charger back in 1968.  MOPARs were not really a sought out car back when I was in high school - most guys wanted Chevy's; 1955-1957; Corvair Spider's, Volkswagons.  We all probably wanted Corvettes - especially the split window fastbacks; but no one could afford one, so we drove whatever we could get our hands on; I had a 1949 Mercury.  I had one buddy that had a 1964 Belvedere with a worked 383.  He could kick butt with it cause the Chevy's had stock 265's in them.  Some had upgraded their Chevy's with 327's but still couldn't keep up with him.  
In 1966, now out of high school, one of my buddies bought a brand new 1966 Hemi Charger, silver, black interior-beautiful car!!  The 1966 fastback was a totally new and different look to what was driving around.  The problem in my mind with the 1st generation Chargers back then was in 1965, AMC had already built the Marlin along the same body lines as the 1966 Charger -and most guys weren't excited about AMC products. Also, the common guy into muscle cars couldn't afford a new one, so they beefed up the car they had.  Meanwhile, my buddy with the Hemi Charger was kickin' everbody's butt.  That went on until he was racing another car out west of Ogden, Utah when he went off the road and killed himself and another guy riding with him.
When the 2nd generation Chargers, Road Runner's and Super Bee's came along, my generation were in their early 20's.  We were either coming back from Viet Nam or had jobs and some money that we could now buy a new car with.  Plus, the 2nd generation Charger was such a radical new design that personally, I couldn't keep my eyes off of it. It didn't hurt that the movie Bullit came out then, either (to be continued)

[OldGuy]

Late 60's and early 70's was when MOPARs started ruling the world back then.  Guy's were buying Road Runners because they were cheaper than the Chargers.  If you owned a Charger R/T, you were on top of the heap!!  When the muscle car era ended - most of us ended up buying Ford's or Chevy's to haul our families around.  Our kids were first exposed to the 2nd generation Chargers on Dukes of Hazzard.  So, that brought a younger crowd into the fold.  After the DOH died out, so did the desire for 60's 70's muscle cars.  Now that my age group is older and can again afford a few toys, we are going after that era car.  To me there are about three (3) age groups that want the 2nd generation Charger's - those who either had an original or wanted one, those who saw them on DOH and our kids who we convinced them that the 2nd generation Chargers was the car to have.  I can't speak for someone who owns a 1st generation and why he likes it more that the later ones - maybe because that is what they had back in the day or their parents owned one - but my youngest son, since he was a senior in high school wouldn't have anything but a 2nd generation Charger - I guess because that's all I talked about.  
So there you have it for what it is worth

[Brock Samson]

 

[FLG]

Im 21 with a 73.

Granted im partial to 3rd gens, i would like to have a few others to go with it. But because of my income this was the first car i could afford and it was close by. Its grown on me quite a bit and id never trade it, but id love to have a 2nd gen among other things.

[FastbackJon]

I'm past born but not yet dead.