Just closed the deal

[justmopinaround]

Several years ago I bought a bare bones body 74 Charger from a guy that had two Chargers. He wouldn't sell the other which was complete car. Told me the cars were police interceptors and I said to myself " oh brother have I heard that before". Well he passed away - bless his soul - and I stopped by not knowing and his son sold the car to me - someone had broken all the glass out stole the power bulge hood and intake carb - but otherwise complete. No titles so started doing research both cars built 1/74 two ser. # apart UNBELIEVABLE. No keys to second Charger so removed back seat to get trunk open and what do I find - A big Motorola radio mount plate bolted to trunk floor. WTF! Called DMV to try and find last registered owner and after giving them VIN #'s am told cars have never been registered and don't exist. Have to do this and that to try to get titles but will eventually work out. Both cars are 440 U codes with only 64K miles. Could it be? WTF!!!!!!!!! Does anyone know how to decode Order Code from fender tags?  

[tan top]

hello & welcome  , sad that the guy died    sounds intresting ! so you bought both  , don't know much about  that year  , but the the third generation mob  will show up soon & will know stuff   

[rav440]

 

[RTDaddy]

Supposedly there were just over 200 cars, (208 I think), U code 440 Rally Chargers built in 74.  Good find.

"IF YOU'RE UNDER CONTROL, YOU AIN'T GOING FAST ENOUGH."

[bamadukefan02]

If they have never been titled aren't they technically new cars when they finally get titled?  If so they would be two of the oldest new cars on the road.

[rt green]

is there a lic plate on the car?

[jeryst]

Some states, like PA for example, drop vehicles from their database after 5 years of inactivity. So unless you have the title,
the car will not exist according to the DMV, unless it is on a list of stolen vehicles, which it apparently
stays on forever.

You can always just use a title service to get another title in your name.

[justmopinaround]

No license plates or inspection stickers. Have bill of sales from the person I bought them from. DMV is going to issue temporary titles to me for 1 year - then titles will become permanent. Already checked for stolen on nationwide level. Always wondered what happened to cars that weren't sold from the dealerships when the new models came out - maybe these were leftovers.

[rav440]

pics ?