Big day for me......picture of my Charger NEW!!!!!

[69bronzeT5]

I've been waiting for this day for a long time.....finally got a picture of my Charger in new condition! Unfortentley Pat (the original owner) says this is the only picture he can find but it's better than nothing. It's so cool for me to see this. This picture Pat says was taken around 1973-1974 and that's his wife in the picture.

[69bronzeT5]

I'll throw in a picture of the Charger now (taken today).

[200MPH]

That is cool Bronze what are your plans for it ?

[tan top]

thats great , got a picture from your chargers original owner   i'm  pleased for you Dude    another part of your cars history    i spy tall front bumper guards , was your a late build   69  !!  from  May onwards  or was it march   or have i just drempt this up    

[69 OUR/TEA]

Very cool!!!!! Love seeing old orig pics like that,I don't know.........but I kinda like it that way.Just my opinion,I know you have big plans for it but I would not rule out doing it original.

[69bronzeT5]

thats great , got a picture from your chargers original owner   i'm  pleased for you Dude    another part of your cars history    i spy tall front bumper guards , was your a late build   69  !!  from  May onwards  or was it march   or have i just drempt this up    

June 20th, 1969

[69bronzeT5]

That is cool Bronze what are your plans for it ?

[69bronzeT5]

Very cool!!!!! Love seeing old orig pics like that,I don't know.........but I kinda like it that way.Just my opinion,I know you have big plans for it but I would not rule out doing it original.

Well I do have my plan for it and I do intend to go along with it, however like I mentioned to Pat in an email today, one day when the silver gets tired and I'm ready for a change, I will highly consider putting it back to original condition (of course with a few of my own touches )

[200MPH]

NICE!

[TruckDriver]

That's really cool Cody! 

Your car originally is the same color my '69 was new. And it is one of my favorite colors on 2nd gen Charger's. My car would of went back to the original color if my ex-wife wouldn't of made me sell it

[70charginglizard]

Cody,
That is pretty awesome. That will make a fine addition to the documentation of your cars history. I got a few pics of the liz back in the early 90's but nothing even remotely close to when it was new like what you got there. Congradulations and take good care of that baby. 

[loudmouthaussie]

cool colour mate. nice to see a comparison like that. wish i had some of mine. looks pretty good now though anyway 

[chargergirl]

That's great having an orginal pic from back then.

[mikesbbody]

Your lucky to get a pic from back then  I also like what it will look like when finished. I remember in a email from you, you said you wanted to keep it colume shift but I'm sure I read somewhere here about you were considering a console auto? (I'd go the console route  ) but whatever you do, its gonna be awesome!

[1969chargerrtse]

That's really neat.  I would love to find the same for my car, but I have no information.  What's so cool about that picture is that it shows how the previous owner thought how great looking the car was back then when it was only 4 years old.  That's what that picture is.  Not his wife by the car, but the car he was shooting, because the Charger just excites men.  Great looking 40 years and still going.  Timeless.
Though I did notice how it says R/T on the head lamp door in the today picture and I can't find that emblem in the original shot, that's odd?  

[mauve66]

i was wondering the same thing

[69bronzeT5]

I remember in a email from you, you said you wanted to keep it colume shift but I'm sure I read somewhere here about you were considering a console auto? (I'd go the console route  ) but whatever you do, its gonna be awesome!

Yeah, I decided to take the console auto route......my Duster satisfies my column shift needs

Though I did notice how it says R/T on the head lamp door in the today picture and I can't find that emblem in the original shot, that's odd?  

I added it because it's gonna be an R/T clone

[Belgium R/T -68]

Great thing to have a pic from your charger in the "good old days". How did you find the owners?

Per

[69bronzeT5]

Great thing to have a pic from your charger in the "good old days". How did you find the owners?

Per

Hey Per, I found the last owner after I responded to an ad on Craigslist for 1969 Charger parts. Tracked down the second owner by old registration papers and I managed to track down the original owner by old receipts I had.

[694spdRT]

Congrats, its always nice having pics from the old days.

[charger_cody]

Cody I must ask how the charger is coming along. I have been seeing plenty of pics of the duster and I love every one of them but the charger is the MAIN project. How is going? How are the funds for paint looking? Did you ever get her running?

Cody

[69bronzeT5]

Cody I must ask how the charger is coming along. I have been seeing plenty of pics of the duster and I love every one of them but the charger is the MAIN project. How is going? How are the funds for paint looking? Did you ever get her running?

Cody

Don't have the money for body yet.....let alone paint. However, I've been restoring little parts and picking up new parts as time goes

[hemi68charger]

Very cool Cody............. But, someone stole your wheel covers......... 

[69bronzeT5]

Very cool Cody............. But, someone stole your wheel covers......... 

They did actually get stolen Me and my dad put them on our travel trailer to cover up the bare steel wheels. Who figured the WHOLE TRAILER would of got stolen

[Mikesmoparperformance]

Congrats on that photo, good luck with the restoration!

[jb666]

That's awesome!!! I'm sure we'd all love to see a picture of ours way back when....

In the meantime, this is all I have to go by...

[69 OUR/TEA]

Can't beleive you would'nt want to do it in the orig color!!!!!! T5 is AWESOME!!!!

[69bronzeT5]

Can't beleive you would'nt want to do it in the orig color!!!!!! T5 is AWESOME!!!!

Maybe one day it'll be T5 again.....however, I'm feelin' silver right now.

[charger_cody]

I have never seen the interior of that thing. Got a pic?

Cody

[69bronzeT5]

I have never seen the interior of that thing. Got a pic?

Cody

[Skyview69]

Why not get your Charger running and drive it as is    It appears to be in good enough shape to drive...can you get it running and just drive it until you save the funds for restoring it?

[69bronzeT5]

Why not get your Charger running and drive it as is    It appears to be in good enough shape to drive...can you get it running and just drive it until you save the funds for restoring it?

I wouldn't feel comfortable doing that.....mainly because of the structual rust. It looks pretty good up top but the left rear frame rail is rusty and so is the torsion bar crossmember.

[Skyview69]

Why not get your Charger running and drive it as is    It appears to be in good enough shape to drive...can you get it running and just drive it until you save the funds for restoring it?

I wouldn't feel comfortable doing that.....mainly because of the structual rust. It looks pretty good up top but the left rear frame rail is rusty and so is the torsion bar crossmember.

bummer

[charger_cody]

Why not get your Charger running and drive it as is    It appears to be in good enough shape to drive...can you get it running and just drive it until you save the funds for restoring it?

I wouldn't feel comfortable doing that.....mainly because of the structual rust. It looks pretty good up top but the left rear frame rail is rusty and so is the torsion bar crossmember.

I'm sure there are people on here that would be MORE than happy to meet up and help you weld it in if you just buy it. Just drive the Duster as it is and take one more year off wanting to show it. I am just anxious to see that charger go.

Cody

[dpm68]

June 20th, 1969 cheers

Your car and I share a birthday. I was created in St. Louis, where was yours?

[69bronzeT5]

June 20th, 1969 cheers

Your car and I share a birthday. I was created in St. Louis, where was yours?

Hamtramck MI

[69*F5*SE]

Hamtramck is just a hop, skip, and a jump from where I live Cody.  Mine was built in St. Louis and I live near Hamtramck, that's how it figures. 

[bull]

You're pretty lucky. The earliest owner I can find on my car is a guy who owned it back in the late 80s/early 90s and brought it up from California to Oregon. He says he doesn't have any pics in his possession but he thinks maybe his ex-wife has some. However there seems to be some bad blood there so he doesn't have access to them; if they still exist. I think my next move will be to try to get in touch with her directly.

And of course the current owner of my old '70 is an @$$hole and won't send me any current pics of it despite the fact I've sent him about a dozen I took before he got a hold of it.