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USA Today just interviewed me (look for it in WEDNESDAY'S paper)

Started by Just 6T9 CHGR, August 01, 2005, 05:35:03 PM

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Just 6T9 CHGR

#25
August 01, 2005, 07:27:52 PM
Quote from: Old Moparz on August 01, 2005, 06:41:25 PM
Sounds good Chris.   :thumbs:

Did you get her picture so you can start a new thread? "Hot Newspaper Columnists That Write About Chargers"   :icon_smile_big:

Dude, it was a guy....... :P
Chris' '69 Charger R/T

Big Lebowski

#26
August 01, 2005, 09:01:56 PM
  Way to go dude.  :icon_smile_big: Now that the movie trashed another 23 Generals, and put the (2 door) Charger back in the spotlight, the values of Chargers should leave orbit soon.  :icon_smile_big:
"Let me explain something to you, um i am not Mr. Lebowski, you're Mr. Lebowski. I'm the dude, so that's what you call me. That or his dudeness, or duder, or you know, el duderino if you're not into the whole brevity thing."

BrianShaughnessy

#27
August 03, 2005, 05:57:39 AM
Put the duct tape away...   ;)   


No pix of Chris's car in the article.   Just a pic of a generic General Lee.   But Chris is quoted and the 69 Registry is mentioned. :2thumbs:

I'm at work - scannerless so if somebody has access to the paper and a scanner... go ahead...

Otherwise click here:  http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2005-08-02-dukes-car_x.htm
Black Betty:  1969 Charger R/T - X9 440 six pack, TKO600 5 speed, 3.73 Dana 60.
Sinnamon:  1969 Charger R/T - T5 440, 727, 3.23 8 3/4 high school sweetheart.

Shakey

#28
August 03, 2005, 06:53:45 AM
Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

Thanks for the link Brian.

I'll have to make sure my Wife doesn't see that article as I had told her the car was a good investment when I purchased it.  She now knows that I never plan on selling it but she just might try and persuade me if she thinks we could get some heavy bread for it.  I was honest with her and told her that the only way I would sell it would be to buy another one.  She says "what good is an investement if you never plan on cashing it in"?  I just winked at her!

Khyron

#29
August 03, 2005, 06:53:53 AM
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says Chris Giardina, 35, the proprietor of the fan group 1969ChargerRegistry.com.

I hope you payed for your bandwidth this month ;) :2thumbs:


Before reading my posts please understand me by clicking
HERE, HERE, AND HERE.

Old Moparz

#30
August 03, 2005, 09:22:36 AM
From the article:

Giardina, of Staten Island, N.Y., paid about $4,000 for a junker seven years ago, then spent $30,000 restoring it. "I wouldn't say I'm thinking about selling it," he says. But "everything's got a price."

A thinly disguised classified ad, so Troy has to move the thread now. :smilielol:

Cool article guys.
               Bob               



              Going Nowhere In A Hurry

psykicpup

#31
August 03, 2005, 11:02:53 AM
Quote from: 4cruzin on August 01, 2005, 06:23:45 PM
Wow that's exciting!!!!   Look forward to reading it.   Can someone post it here as I'm more apt to read this board than I am that paper!     :icon_smile_wink:  

bit difficult to get that paper here too  :( would be great if you post it! :icon_smile:
my daughter & boyfriend 'Sunny Sunday'


DFPA and proud of it!

RD

#32
August 03, 2005, 11:42:12 AM
good show chris, nice plug of the website and trying to get top dollar for your car  :icon_smile_big:  oh and i agree with the bandwidth statment.
67 Plymouth Barracuda, 69 Plymouth Barracuda, 73 Charger SE, 75 D100, 80 Sno-Commander

Just 6T9 CHGR

#33
August 03, 2005, 12:18:11 PM
Ahh crap!   My wife saw the article online as well and asked where I got the 30k from and where I have the balls to question her on spending $150 for a Zoo membership for the kids...  (in my best Homer Simpson voice) DOH!!!

I cant find a hard copy of the paper anywhere where I work.......gonna have to search later.

Got a call at home from someone at Inside Edition wanting to talk as well.......WTF is going on here??!!
Chris' '69 Charger R/T

tomonty

#34
August 03, 2005, 12:21:17 PM
Dude!! your a superstar! This is your 15 minutes, enjoy it :icon_smile_big:
It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for public office. - H.L. Mencken

Shakey

#35
August 03, 2005, 12:26:52 PM
Quote from: tomonty on August 03, 2005, 12:21:17 PM
Dude!! your a superstar! This is your 15 minutes, enjoy it :icon_smile_big:

Stretch it out Chris!  Before you know it you will be singing the Star Spangled Banner at the Mets game and going on tour with that Oriental fellow that sings about his broad who bangs him!

Just 6T9 CHGR

#36
August 03, 2005, 12:30:59 PM
Well I just got about 3 minutes more of fame......Amy from Inside Edition just called me again and asked me questions about the "69 Charger General Lee craze"
She basically asked me about my take on the General Lee clone thing and I told her that I was one of the "purists" against the clones......dont get me wrong I like the clones but I wouldnt want to make one out of my car.
This is getting crazy these past few days.   Im getting emails from reporters asking if I know any one in certain areas interested in doing a story etc......
I asked Steve (Charger4404spd) if he was interested.....some woman was looking for a Charger owner in the TN area ......I forwarded her his info after he agreed and they are in contact.

Got another one today from another woman looking for someone from St Paul. MN area......
Chris' '69 Charger R/T

BrianShaughnessy

#37
August 03, 2005, 12:35:10 PM


I know.. I know...  I got it...    guess I spoke too soon this morning  :icon_smile_big: 
Black Betty:  1969 Charger R/T - X9 440 six pack, TKO600 5 speed, 3.73 Dana 60.
Sinnamon:  1969 Charger R/T - T5 440, 727, 3.23 8 3/4 high school sweetheart.

Charger_Fan

#38
August 03, 2005, 12:42:07 PM
Quote from: psykicpup on August 03, 2005, 11:02:53 AM
Quote from: 4cruzin on August 01, 2005, 06:23:45 PM
Wow that's exciting!!!!   Look forward to reading it.   Can someone post it here as I'm more apt to read this board than I am that paper!     :icon_smile_wink:  

bit difficult to get that paper here too   :( would be great if you post it! :icon_smile:
*AHEM* :icon_smile_big:
Quote from: BrianShaughnessy on August 03, 2005, 05:57:39 AM
click here:   http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2005-08-02-dukes-car_x.htm



QuoteGot another one today from another woman looking for someone from St Paul. MN area......
Hey, send them to PT...he'll show them a side (rusty) of old Charger's thay may have not bargained for. :icon_smile_big:


The Aquamax...yes, this bike spent 2 nights underwater one weekend. (Not my doing), but it gained the name, and has since become pseudo-famous. :)

Old Moparz

#39
August 03, 2005, 01:12:37 PM
Quote from: 6T9_CHARGER_RT on August 03, 2005, 12:30:59 PM
Well I just got about 3 minutes more of fame......Amy from Inside Edition just called me again and asked me questions about the "69 Charger General Lee craze"


I'll go out on a limb here & assume Amy is a "she" unlike the last person you chatted with. So did you get her pic so we can start the "Hot Reporters Doing Stories on Chargers" thread?   :icon_smile_big:
               Bob               



              Going Nowhere In A Hurry

Charger4404spd

#40
August 03, 2005, 01:40:03 PM
You know in all acuallity, now would be the perfect time to sell ! :icon_smile_big:

The new movie may not be too great, but at least the values of our Chargers are going up again. Sure is bad for the next bunch that want to buy a 69 though.

bull

#41
August 03, 2005, 01:52:51 PM
Whoever posted Chris's quote didn't post all of it so here it is in its entirety. I notice that spellcheck doesn't like the word, Giardina, for some reason. It keeps wanting to change it to Guardian.

"People who have the cars are happy, and people who don't have the cars but want them are unhappy because they're going to be harder to find," says Chris Giardina, 35, the proprietor of the fan group 1969ChargerRegistry.com.

Giardina, of Staten Island, N.Y., paid about $4,000 for a junker seven years ago, then spent $30,000 restoring it. "I wouldn't say I'm thinking about selling it," he says. But "everything's got a price."

Just 6T9 CHGR

#42
August 03, 2005, 02:19:46 PM
Boy, that even looks as stupid as it sounds!  Thanks for posting it :(
Chris' '69 Charger R/T

rebby

#43
August 03, 2005, 03:11:43 PM
Quote from: 6T9_CHARGER_RT on August 03, 2005, 12:30:59 PM

Got another one today from another woman looking for someone from St Paul. MN area......
Cough...  ;)

http://charger.rebby.com

I'm just North of St. Paul.
Curt Rebelein, Junior
1969 Charger R/T SE (500 Stroker/833/D60 w/XP VIN)
1969 Charger (440/727/8.75, GL Project)

RD

#44
August 03, 2005, 03:14:47 PM
if you need extra copies chris, let me know, i work at a bookstore and sell USA todays.
67 Plymouth Barracuda, 69 Plymouth Barracuda, 73 Charger SE, 75 D100, 80 Sno-Commander

PocketThunder

#45
August 03, 2005, 03:17:29 PM

QuoteGot another one today from another woman looking for someone from St Paul. MN area......
Hey, send them to PT...he'll show them a side (rusty) of old Charger's thay may have not bargained for. :icon_smile_big:


Quote

Thats right.  or General_01 (Dean) has a Replica that would probably talk to her. 



Hey Dean what time are you picking me up at friday night to go to the theater?  We'll have to concrete barrier around your General so that no one steals it while were in the movie..
"Liberalism is a disease that attacks one's ability to understand logic. Extreme manifestations include the willingness to continue down a path of self destruction, based solely on a delusional belief in a failed ideology."

Just 6T9 CHGR

#46
August 03, 2005, 03:22:20 PM
Rebby & Pocket....check your PM's ;)
Chris' '69 Charger R/T

Just 6T9 CHGR

#47
August 03, 2005, 03:27:14 PM
Quote from: RD on August 03, 2005, 03:14:47 PM
if you need extra copies chris, let me know, i work at a bookstore and sell USA todays.

Grab 'em!   I cant find them here.   They're soon to be collectible ebay fodder for sure!

Thanks for the offer though......I'm sure someone closer has to have one ;)

Heres a pic of the paper Chris (Burnt70) took for me  :icon_smile_cool:
Chris' '69 Charger R/T

BrianShaughnessy

#48
August 03, 2005, 03:48:03 PM
I scanned mine for ya.  :)
Black Betty:  1969 Charger R/T - X9 440 six pack, TKO600 5 speed, 3.73 Dana 60.
Sinnamon:  1969 Charger R/T - T5 440, 727, 3.23 8 3/4 high school sweetheart.

my73charger

#49
August 03, 2005, 03:53:45 PM
Quote from: 6T9_CHARGER_RT on August 01, 2005, 05:35:03 PM
Just had a phone interview with a USA Today reporter (Anthony Breznican) about my Charger and the effects of the new DOH movie coming out on its value.   
Asked me why I liked my car, how long have I had it, do I like General Lee clones etc.

Put in a nice plug for our site as well :cheers:


Update!!!  Mr. Breznican emailed me back and he said the article will run in Wednesday's paper now......


Sounds like you do have an in with this reporter, maybe you could email him back and tell him to do an article on the new Charger and what Charger owners like the guys here think of it.
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