69RT One Owner Survivor Finds New Home

[ramblinn]

69 Charger RT 440, auto, console, A/C, 135K mi survivor. I've known the car and the guy that bought it new since 1971. He drove it for about 15yrs, then not so much for 15yrs, then not at all for 10yrs. If my garage wasn't occupied with a 70RR and 70 Sport Satellite, that RT would be in there.

So I did the next best thing. I hooked up my next door neighbor with the owner. They settled on a price and I trailered the car to his house last Friday.

This white/green survivor has all the orig metal, drivetrain, interior, trim, wheels, vinyl top, and original paperwork - window sticker, sales contract, maintenance records. Don't know yet about broadcast sheet, but suspect its in there somewhere.

[adauto]

Great score! 

[DC_1]

Very nice!

would luv to see more pics

[hemi-hampton]

Does it have original paint. LEON.

[FlatbackFanatic]

Very nice!!

[ramblinn]

Does it have original paint. LEON.

Yes, its like a time capsule

[Tilar]

Very nice! 

[tan top]

   nice  , need to see more pictures Dude !! 

[Just 6T9 CHGR]

Real nice....get your buddy to register it!

www.1969chargerregistry.com

[sixty8charger]

   wow!  excellent

more pics!

[Todd Wilson]

Check out those tires! HAHA   Looks like a nice one!


Todd

[TUFCAT]

Uh Oh.....my buddy Bryan (bakerhillpins) is gonna be pissed!!!  Btw, many of us would love to own that car.  

That was an awesome find!

How long have you been wanting to buy it??  

[PocketThunder]

Does it have original paint. LEON.

Yes, its like a time capsule

Its almost my cars cousin..  My car came out of Hesperia, CA.

[69rtse4spd]

Nice score, I am sure you will be more than happy to help your next door neighbor out on the car.  ,  . 

[jeryst]

So why didnt you hook up one of us instead of your neighbor - lol?

[XS29L9Bxxxxxx]

Great score! 

[DC_1]

What made the guy sell it? After keeping it so long and saving so much of the original documentation it would seem to me that the car was special to him. Good score for your buddy, I just wonded what would make a guy give up something he obviously had held onto for so long.

[ChgrSteve67]

Why was it trailered and not driven?

Did you guys find something wrong when you tried to wake her up from her 15 year sleep?

[Brock Samson]

     is it white or that cream color, hard to tell it looks really dusty in the pics...

[ramblinn]

How long have you been wanting to buy it??  

I've been bugging him off and on for several years, but then got tied up with my 70RR convertible project.

What made the guy sell it? After keeping it so long and saving so much of the original documentation it would seem to me that the car was special to him. Good score for your buddy, I just wonded what would make a guy give up something he obviously had held onto for so long.

Good question.  He has a relatively small garage and the RT was taking up a big portion of it.  He needs the room for a kitchen expansion and his woodworking hobby.  It was very special to him, but other priorities won out.   ...and the wife can park her little car in the garage   

Why was it trailered and not driven?  Did you guys find something wrong when you tried to wake her up from her 15 year sleep?

Neither the seller or buyer are motorheads, I'm the closest to one.  My advice, given the orig engine with virtually no use over the last decade, was to trailer the car to my neighbors house where I could help him wake it up...drop the tank, clean the lines, new gas, oil prime, plugs, oil/filter, then light her up.  Just to be safe. 

Its white, faded green vinyl top, green bucket interior. 
 

[472 R/T SE]

That has to be a 3/4 ton p/kup or do they make 1 ton single rear wheels, can't remember?

How'd it handle going down the road with the car backed on?  My Father learned the hard way hauling a demo derby car backed on.

I've always remembered his saying after that.  "You'll haul something on a trailer wrong one time"

[ramblinn]

That has to be a 3/4 ton p/kup or do they make 1 ton single rear wheels, can't remember?

How'd it handle going down the road with the car backed on?  My Father learned the hard way hauling a demo derby car backed on.

I've always remembered his saying after that.  "You'll haul something on a trailer wrong one time"

Its a 2500HD with Duramax/Allison.  Frankly this load doesn't even make the Dmax break into a sweat.  Handled fine.  The truck is used most often to pull 14K of boat/trailer. 

[XS29L9Bxxxxxx]

Awesome find!!! Good guy to pass to your friend, most would not 

[mauve66]

i think he was refering to the weight distribution on the trailer and not the motor/tranny capabilities, usually you try to keep the weight on the trailer over the wheels or better yet just slightly forward (as in the car  on the trailer nose first).  some trailers will wag like a puppy tail when going down the road at speed if too much weight is at the back of the trailer

[PocketThunder]

That has to be a 3/4 ton p/kup or do they make 1 ton single rear wheels, can't remember?

I'm pretty sure you can get a 1 ton with single rear wheels from any manufacturer.

[XS29L9Bxxxxxx]

That has to be a 3/4 ton p/kup or do they make 1 ton single rear wheels, can't remember?

I'm pretty sure you can get a 1 ton with single rear wheels from any manufacturer.

Yes, from any REAL truck manufacturer 

[charger2fast4u]

great find and glad to see it will be brought back to life instead of sitting in a garage and not being used. i'd love to find a clean original R/T. i hauled my 68 charger home on a tow dolly backwards that was a hell of a ride home. i can't remember the reason for having to load it backwards. i pulled it home with a 6 cyl dodge dakota what a trip

[PocketThunder]

That has to be a 3/4 ton p/kup or do they make 1 ton single rear wheels, can't remember?

I'm pretty sure you can get a 1 ton with single rear wheels from any manufacturer.

Yes, from any REAL truck manufacturer 

The only 3 i know of are Dodge, Ford and GM.   

[XS29L9Bxxxxxx]

That has to be a 3/4 ton p/kup or do they make 1 ton single rear wheels, can't remember?

I'm pretty sure you can get a 1 ton with single rear wheels from any manufacturer.

Yes, from any REAL truck manufacturer 

The only 3 i know of are Dodge, Ford and GM.