'69 Charger R/T convertible

[69bronzeT5]

I saw this today at a show down in Everett Washington. Still a project with no interior. Not sure if it was a real R/T or not...

[resq302]

As much as I love convertibles, it just doesn't look right on a charger.  Maybe is the roof line for me that makes the car along with the other body lines but I just can't see it looking better as a convert.

[A383Wing]

That's Darrens car...I don't know if it's a real R/T or not either....Bob would know

[XS29L9Bxxxxxx]

VERY RARE Recall Wheels 

[resq302]

VERY RARE Recall Wheels 

Im guessing they are not originals but the repros that are now out there.

[XS29L9Bxxxxxx]

VERY RARE Recall Wheels 

Im guessing they are not originals but the repros that are now out there.

How sad, everything can be faked now... 

[jaak]

Call me crazy...I sorta like it. Would like to see pics with the top up, though. The only thing I sorta don't like is the Charger script on the fenders....but I guess ya gotta put 'em somewhere with the roof gone 

Jason

[Nacho-RT74]

Nice job on it but

As much as I love convertibles, it just doesn't look right on a charger.  Maybe is the roof line for me that makes the car along with the other body lines but I just can't see it looking better as a convert.

[HANDM]

I saw it today as well, with the top up as I was late and it was raining by the time I got there. I gotta say it was not much improved with it up.
If it is the same car I have been seeing a the roundup over the last 18 years or so, it has REALLY come a long way.

Did you see the white race daytona hooked up to the trailer?? Might have been in the show and since I was so late, the owner had it hooked up and was loading it up. My son had to tell him "your not supposed to use a race Daytona for towing" after which he replied "like I tell everybody, we've restored them once, so we can do it again" priceless, I say, priceless!

I took a couple of crappy CP pics of the Daytona hooked up if any one wants to see em

[CB]

Charger convertible?

[bull]

Yup, same here. An answer to a question that shouldn't have been asked. Doesn't even look like a Charger without the roof.

[MoparManJim]

I think the reason why some of us say this kinda don't look right is because we haven't seen very many of them around. We are use to seeing the roofs 99.9% of the time   

That car is kinda growing on me when I look at the photos. Now only if they could make a tunnel roof soft top to put on that car.. now that might top it off with the looks 

[DonC1]

Gives me an idea...one could take a hardtop beater 68-9 coronet/satellite, cut off all the panels and bolt/weld on new charger panels...instant charger without the high buy in charger price tag...or not. This car possibly started off as a satellite rag or they stripped one for parts.

[MoparManJim]

Gives me an idea...one could take a hardtop beater 68-9 coronet/satellite, cut off all the panels and bolt/weld on new charger panels...instant charger without the high buy in charger price tag...or not. This car possibly started off as a satellite rag or they stripped one for parts.

Sense you mention it, I went back and had another look at the photo showing the pass side rear interior spot. Look at the rib formation there, and then look at a charger rib formation.. I do belive they are different.

[472 R/T SE]

If it is the same car I have been seeing a the roundup over the last 18 years or so, it has REALLY come a long way.

Different car.  I think Bob used to own the one you're talking about, green correct?

[8WHEELER]

If it is the same car I have been seeing a the roundup over the last 18 years or so, it has REALLY come a long way.

Different car.  I think Bob used to own the one you're talking about, green correct?

Well yes and no, actually they were both green cars, Bobs was a 68 ''from Richard Sias'' and Darren's is a 69.

Both were at several Seattle mopar meets, Bobs car never had an engine in it, after it was made into a vert.

Darren's is a numbers matching 69 RT ''440'' Charger, and now red, but the engine is not back in yet.
Two of these before pictures of Darren's car have been posted here before just as he was picking it up.
The other is of it at our show in Seattle in 2001.

Dan

[BrianShaughnessy]

Gives me an idea...one could take a hardtop beater 68-9 coronet/satellite, cut off all the panels and bolt/weld on new charger panels...instant charger without the high buy in charger price tag...or not. This car possibly started off as a satellite rag or they stripped one for parts.

Generally that's how these one-off ragtops start off life,  as a coronet / satellite ragtop - or at least they take a lot of sheetmetal and other parts from a donor.  Seen a few around.   What VIN tag they end up with is up to the builder. 

[tan top]

Gives me an idea...one could take a hardtop beater 68-9 coronet/satellite, cut off all the panels and bolt/weld on new charger panels...instant charger without the high buy in charger price tag...or not. This car possibly started off as a satellite rag or they stripped one for parts.

Generally that's how these one-off ragtops start off life,  as a coronet / satellite ragtop - or at least they take a lot of sheetmetal and other parts from a donor.  Seen a few around.   What VIN tag they end up with is up to the builder. 

yeah thats what i'm thinking this  charger is 

[Just 6T9 CHGR]

VERY RARE Recall Wheels 

Im guessing they are not originals but the repros that are now out there.

Originals had trim rings....and probably cost more than that poor Charger

[Old Moparz]

I love it! 

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,48966.0.html

And I'm still seriously considering converting my '68 Coronet one day.

[Magnumcharger]

Absolutely lovely!!!

I mean it!! FANTASTIC!!!

Now the nit picking part.....that standard B-body A pillar post. I hate that!!!
What it needs (IMHO) is the windshield and A posts of the hardtop, which is considerably different from the fourdoor/convertible windshield surrounds.
There is at least 2-3 inches less vertical height in a hardtop A pillar.

Since actions speak louder than words, and a picture is worth a thousand words...I humbly submit the evidence....

Original and modified A frames - check it out. Looks a whole lot betterer.

[Daytona R/T SE]

I've wanted to build a Charger convertible for Decades. 

I've just never been able to lay my hands on a 68-70 B-body convertible that either wasn't a total rust bucket, or big $$$$ and too nice to cut up...

...Now, with all of the AMD sheet metal that is available AND my extensive stash of second generation charger parts, I wouldn't even NEED a charger donor car to start with, just the B-body convertible, the credit card, and my junk pile...

Anybody got a Coronet rag top they want to unload? 

[1969chargerrtse]

   Ma Mopar didn't make them for a reason and I understand why. I don't like the straight up look of the windshield post/frame/glass on a conv Charger.

[Highbanked Hauler]

   rotz  Ma Mopar didn't make them for a reason and I understand why.

  Chevy didn't do a convertible  on the Monty Carlo either did they?

[noff57]

I hate verts.