Hello from France

[PtitRaisin]

Hi guys,

My name is Quentin, I'm 20 yo.
I'm a great fan of the 1969 Charger (yeah, in France we love beautiful cars too!) and I swore myself to have my own one day.

Hum, what can I say about me  :
I'm student in a professional formation which consist in restoring old vehicles. (I want to live my passion completely and make my job with it)
[I just want you to excuse me for my spelling mistakes]
I like work on cars and my old motorcyle, play guitar...

I hope that trough this forum I'll can learn more and more about the Chargers, and talk with passionate people!

[Ghoste]

Welcome to the group. (and your spelling is better than a lot of people who speak nothing but english)

[BBKNARF]

Welcome aboard Quentin, a great forum to get help with all your needs and meet people. 

Frank

[tan top]

hello & welcome Quentin    , there is a bigmopar following in france !  !! some awesome  cars over there  

http://www.mopar-owners-club.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=section&id=6&Itemid=70

cant understand the lingo  , but pictures look good to me 

[RD]

welcome to the site Quentin!  You will find much inspiration and wisdom from here.  Good luck on your quest for your dream car, this is a great place to find one without the worry of getting screwed over.

[PtitRaisin]

Thanks everyone.

If it interest somebody, here are some pictures of my "school" :







There are a lot of european cars, but I really hope that I'll make my training period in US cars restoration!

[tan top]

intresting pictures    , is that a rear wheel dyno or a brake testing machine ??

check out this place  , don't know how far in france you are away from belgum  , , but check out this web site !!  might be close enough to go & have a looky 

http://www.six-packspeedshop.be

[41husk]

welcome you will be able to gather a lot of info here

[PtitRaisin]

intresting pictures    , is that a rear wheel dyno or a brake testing machine ??

check out this place  , don't know how far in france you are away from belgum  , , but check out this web site !!  might be close enough to go & have a looky 

http://www.six-packspeedshop.be

It's a dyno, but it's a little one.

I'm at nearly 450 miles to the belgium. But thanks for the adress, I didn't know this web site.

[FlatbackFanatic]

Welcome!!

[moparstuart]

welcome

[twodko]

Welcome to the site mon ami!

[PtitRaisin]

Welcome to the site mon ami!

Hey thanks, you're good in French!

[Just 6T9 CHGR]

Welcome again Quentin

[PtitRaisin]

Here are some pictures of a "bourse d'échange" I don't know what is the exact word to translate it. (It's big place where people sell, buy or exchange their vehicle parts)






In France it's not very common, and I totally like a child when I see an american car!

[hemi68charger]

Bonjour Quentin,
Je m'appelle Troy. Je habite en Houston, Texas. J'ai une 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona et 1969 Charger 500. J'aime la France, surtout Paris et Strasbourg. J'espère que vous recevez un Chargeur. Mon français est très mauvais, je suis desole.

Bienvenue,
Troy

[skip68]

Welcome to the site.   Chuck.....

[elacruze]

Welcome!

A "bourse d'échange" we simply entitle "swap meet".

Eric

[PtitRaisin]

Bonjour Quentin,
Je m'appelle Troy. Je habite en Houston, Texas. J'ai une 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona et 1969 Charger 500. J'aime la France, surtout Paris et Strasbourg. J'espère que vous recevez un Chargeur. Mon français est très mauvais, je suis desole.

Bienvenue,
Troy

Your french is good, I understood what you wanted to say and it's the main! It's true, they are beautiful cities!

Thanks for the welcome and for this vocabulary lesson!

[Tilar]

Welcome Quentin! There is more information on this site than you'll learn in your restoration classes. 

[69rtse4spd]

Welcome.

[AKcharger]

Monsieur bienvenu Nous sommes heureux que vous soyez entendiez et partagiez notre passion pour de vieux chargeurs !

[Nacho-RT74]

welcome... there is another french member around, with a 3rd gen charger

[hemi68charger]

Monsieur bienvenu Nous sommes heureux que vous soyez entendiez et partagiez notre passion pour de vieux chargeurs !

You go Chief !!!

[AKcharger]

Monsieur bienvenu Nous sommes heureux que vous soyez entendiez et partagiez notre passion pour de vieux chargeurs !

You go Chief !!!

Ah, the power of on-line language translators to make ya' look smart!

[chargerjy9]

Bonjour Quentin, bienvenue à la forum. Enfin, la chance de pratiquer mon français. Je suis americain, recentement retire de Chrysler.Je pense que c'est moi qui est quelqu'un qui possede une troisieme generation charger et peut parler un peu de francais. j'ai travaille a AMC/RENAULT, il y a 25 ans, et  depuis, je n'ai pas parle le Francais du tout. Je conduis un 1973 Charger SE, avec seulement 17,000 miles, et une AMC Pacer avec 30 k. Quand j'ai travaille a Renault,  j'ai conduise un Renault 18, et 42. quelques voitures tres uniques. SVP excusez mon mauvais Francais.c'est bien a faire de votre connaissance

sincerement
Frank

[PtitRaisin]

Hello Franck. Your french is good for an "non french guy" a lot of people told me that it's a very difficult laguage.
If you want to "discuter", you're welcome!

By Renault 42, you mean Renault 12 I think, don't you? These cars have been very common in France during the 80's-90's.
It makes me smile when I put myself in you shoes : "A french guy interested in Chargers? They're plenty here."
But in France when I see one of these beauties, I write a cross in my calendar!

I'm glad to "meet" you too.

PS : I'm sorry for my school english too. But chat with the chargermen will increase my familiar vocabulary!

[chargerjy9]

Quentin,
I am glad you were able to understand me. (I did not use Google translator, my French comes from my head). You are probably right about the R 42,
the car that I drove was the Renault built here in USA. we called it the Alliance / Encore, mine was a 1984 model. it was a good car, great fuel economy, drove well in the snow, drove it for 8 years. I was in Poland last September, saw some American classic cars there as well. A friend of mine owns a dealership that sells classic muscle cars, he says that the majority of his sales are to Europe and the Middle East.

Frank

[d72hemi]

Quentin,

Welcome to the site. I failed my high school French class nearly a decade ago so I will not embarrass myself by trying to type this in French. I know how difficult it is to get to see a nice American car while in Europe; for the next 2 years my job has me near Seville Spain, while my 1972 Charger sits in the U.S. Although, I am starting to get into some European car culture, I have spent the last few weeks fixing (cursing, yelling, and bleeding over) my friend's 1987 R5.  It reminds me of my high school days trying to the the Charger running. So don't worry about not working on a Charger right now, a car is a car, and the more practice and knowledge you gain now will make working on your first Charger easier and more enjoyable.

[PtitRaisin]

Quentin,

Welcome to the site. I failed my high school French class nearly a decade ago so I will not embarrass myself by trying to type this in French. I know how difficult it is to get to see a nice American car while in Europe; for the next 2 years my job has me near Seville Spain, while my 1972 Charger sits in the U.S. Although, I am starting to get into some European car culture, I have spent the last few weeks fixing (cursing, yelling, and bleeding over) my friend's 1987 R5.  It reminds me of my high school days trying to the the Charger running. So don't worry about not working on a Charger right now, a car is a car, and the more practice and knowledge you gain now will make working on your first Charger easier and more enjoyable.

The R5 parts (like doors and simple body parts) starts to be rare, even in France. A friend has one R5 turbo, one R5 Turbo 2, a lot of Super5 GT Turbo, one R8 Gordini... A real Renault lover.

One your last point, I think exactly like you : all the things I could learn on each car I fixed is a knowledge written in my brain!

And I'm still at "school" I'll look for a Charger when I'll have enough money! But I don't give up, I'm going to do my training period in a garage which import American cars and parts. Maybe I'll have it earlier that I think!

[chargermike]

welcome to the site. it that young people all over the world can see the beauty of the charger or any muscle car. check in often. there is a lot of info on this site and good people from around the world. again welcome

[The70RT]

Welcome.  No French here, the only French I know is toast & fries 

[PtitRaisin]

Hello everybody,

I just wanted to say that I began my training period last week. I work in a us-cars garage near my town. I work on Mustang, Corvette, Duster but I have not seen one Charger for the moment... 

I'll give you some pics soon!

[d72hemi]

I am glad to hear that you are getting your hands on some American cars. I have a question for you, do you know of a website/store that sells parts for a 1989 Renault 5, spesificaly the manual choke cable and carbruator rebuild kit, and will ship to Spain or the US? I am working on my coworker's R5 here in Spain, and so far I got it from maxing out at  80 Kpm to over 140 Kpm !

[jimcoronet]

Salut la p'tit Raisin,
J'habite pas loin de Montreal est la moitie de mon journee est en francais. I am a new member too. I just bought a 1966 Charger, mainly because I like the lines and never see any around here. J'ai les amis avec la meme passion que moi mais ils ont les mustang/camaro/trans am etc. I went on a 6 week student exchange to Bandol and Ile de Bendor about 30 years ago. We also visited Paris, Marseille and Monaco. Je vous souhaite bienvenue a ce site. It's full of people who love Chargers and are ready to help and exchange information with people who share the same hobby/passion. Bonne chance en trouvant un Charger. Ca me prennais les annee pour avoir assez de l'argent pour
achetez un. You are lucky to be working on Mustangs/Corvettes/Dusters.
Salut,
Jim

[mrbenou]

Salut p'tit raisin!
content de voir que d'autre fenchies sont des fan de charger!
j'ai galèré pour trouver la mienne.Ne te décourage pas!
tu pourrais m'en dire plus sur l'école où tu es (je suis moi même prof de méca et ca m'interesserai de monter une formation comme celle que tu suis)
je ne sais pas d'où tu es mais si tu descends sur la cote d'azur, y'a au moins 3 chargers qui assurent!

hi
i'm glad to see that there's another frenchies fans of chargers
it was hard to find but it worth the wait!
can u tell me more about your school (as i'm a teacher in mecanic,i would love to make the kind of lessons that you follow)
i don't know where you came from but if you go down in french riviera, there is 3 chargers that kick ass!

[mrbenou]

mine is the one in the center and the photo was taken in 2005.
now the general got a Hemi from barton and the r/t had been restored in 2009 and is brand new!
actual state of mine:

[Brock Samson]

http://www.transamcuda.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=46&page=1

link to race cudas in france,..

[mrbenou]

another link to these icons:
http://www.mopar-owners-club.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=63&Itemid=85
but the story is in French!

[PtitRaisin]

Hi everyone,

after reading and reading your threads, I think I'm ready to own a Charger.
Now I have a steady job, I put money aside but the problem is that I don't know where to start!
I'm checking eBay Motors everyday but I don't know any other site. (If you've got good adresses I'll take!)
I stop my searches in France because I never found one and I didn't create a new post in the "Cars wanted" forum. (I prefer to feed this post for the moment)

A friend advised me to subscribe to Hemmings. Is it a good first step?

Thanks in advance,

Quentin.

[Tilar]

Hemmings is alright, you can even find deals on Craigslist.org, but I imagine the best thing you could do with craigslist would be to try to get someone to go look at the car before you try to make a deal. Craigslist can and does tend to have a lot of scammers involved.

[PtitRaisin]

Hi Tilar,

Thanks for the tip. I often saw it in the links on the "Cars for sale" forum.
Sure, I don't want to fall on a scammer who will turn my dream into a nightmare.

What is the best State or region to search?
I don't know, maybe the state could be totally random!

[aussiemuscle]

Welcome to the group. (and your spelling is better than a lot of people who speak nothing but english)

i speak two languages. english and Bad english 

[PtitRaisin]

Do options electric windows and disc brakes make the car very expensive?

[bull]

Do options electric windows and disc brakes make the car very expensive?

I would say it's not going to add value to a classic Charger. Things like engine/trans combinations or base model or R/T will add value as well as condition but I wouldn't expect to have to pay more for power windows and disc brakes. Power windows might add some value due to the novelty and rarity but it's different than the value it adds to a newer car.

One thing about the factory disc brakes is that they're hard to get parts for so in that sense it's almost a bad thing if you want to stay stock. There are several different ways to upgrade a drum brake Charger to disc brakes now so it's not an issue, and it most cases it's preferred.

[PtitRaisin]

Do options electric windows and disc brakes make the car very expensive?

I would say it's not going to add value to a classic Charger. Things like engine/trans combinations or base model or R/T will add value as well as condition but I wouldn't expect to have to pay more for power windows and disc brakes. Power windows might add some value due to the novelty and rarity but it's different than the value it adds to a newer car.

One thing about the factory disc brakes is that they're hard to get parts for so in that sense it's almost a bad thing if you want to stay stock. There are several different ways to upgrade a drum brake Charger to disc brakes now so it's not an issue, and it most cases it's preferred.

Hi Bull,

So it would be easier to find one with stock drum brakes and change it for new performance parts.
I already drove a Mustang with drum brakes and w/o brakes assistance, are the stock drum brakes Chargers in the same configuration?
Because it was funny to put the accelerator pedal to the metal in the Ford but when it is the brakes pedal, it's less fun!

[Dino]

Bienvenue Quentin!

I was born and raised in Belgium but the north part, Flanders, where Dutch is the common language.  I have not spoken French in many years and would probably not do the language justice right now. 

Since I've been in the US for a while now I'll just stick to English if you don't mind.

There are a lot of mopars in France and the low countries so here's hoping you'll find your dream car soon!

[bull]

Do options electric windows and disc brakes make the car very expensive?

I would say it's not going to add value to a classic Charger. Things like engine/trans combinations or base model or R/T will add value as well as condition but I wouldn't expect to have to pay more for power windows and disc brakes. Power windows might add some value due to the novelty and rarity but it's different than the value it adds to a newer car.

One thing about the factory disc brakes is that they're hard to get parts for so in that sense it's almost a bad thing if you want to stay stock. There are several different ways to upgrade a drum brake Charger to disc brakes now so it's not an issue, and it most cases it's preferred.

Hi Bull,

So it would be easier to find one with stock drum brakes and change it for new performance parts.
I already drove a Mustang with drum brakes and w/o brakes assistance, are the stock drum brakes Chargers in the same configuration?
Because it was funny to put the accelerator pedal to the metal in the Ford but when it is the brakes pedal, it's less fun!

It would be easier only because drum brakes are more common. Let's just say I wouldn't pass over a drum brake Charger in search of one with disc brakes because chances are you'd be doing a lot of looking. There are many disc conversions and it's quite possible than when you find a Charger the conversion will have already been done. Not sure the power/manual brake ratio but I'd be willing to bet there are more power brake equipped Chargers than non power. I'm actually going to go with manual dics brakes on my car.

[PtitRaisin]

Bienvenue Quentin!

I was born and raised in Belgium but the north part, Flanders, where Dutch is the common language.  I have not spoken French in many years and would probably not do the language justice right now. 

Since I've been in the US for a while now I'll just stick to English if you don't mind.

There are a lot of mopars in France and the low countries so here's hoping you'll find your dream car soon!

Hi and thanks Dino!

[PtitRaisin]

I'm actually going to go with manual dics brakes on my car.

"Manual" discs brakes seems without assistance?

[bull]

I'm actually going to go with manual dics brakes on my car.

"Manual" discs brakes seems without assistance?

Right. Manual disc brakes are better than manual drum brakes but they're still manual. No power assist.

[Blue Velvet]

Hi Quentin PtitRaisin,

I am French too and also new on this forum.
After spent 20 years in the middle of the Bug, i' had sold my old bug ragtop (1957) and now I want to ride with a monument of the muscle car A DODGE CHARGER, after reading lots of post on this forum, I'm sure that here there are very nice American and good advice.
I live in North of France and soon an owner of a beautiful 68 charger from USA (they are all beautiful  )

My avatar is Blue Velvet (I have saw a lot of US movie with charger and Blue Velvet is one of them )
My name is Christophe.

link to see my bug , Oh now it's not mine 
http://cox-ovale-decouvrable-1957.blog4ever.com/blog/index-658311.html

[PtitRaisin]

Hi Christophe,

Nice to see that other frenchies have taste for great cars!

[Wicked72]

welcome and I hope you find your dream car!!!

[aussiemuscle]

mine is the one in the center and the photo was taken in 2005.
now the general got a Hemi from barton and the r/t had been restored in 2009 and is brand new!
actual state of mine:

What's the story with the removed Gen Lee paint work? (if any)

[Blue Velvet]

welcome and I hope you find your dream car!!!

Thanks,
I have found my dream car on this forum. 
It's only a time question to drive my future charger

[PtitRaisin]

Hi everyone,

I would like to know if the 318 is a good road companion?

[Dino]

Hi everyone,

I would like to know if the 318 is a good road companion?

It won't win much races but the 318 is bulletproof so you'd have a very reliable car with very decent gas mileage.  If you don't like it you can always pull it (and likely the trans if it's a 904) and install something beefier.  I don't know how many mopar engines are laying around France but you'll find plenty of them in Belgium, The Netherlands and Germany.

[PtitRaisin]

Hello everyone ! I just come back from the Puy du Fou (a medieval park in France) and among these glass reproductions of coats of arms, do you notice one which is familiar?

[Aussie R/T]

Hello everyone ! I just come back from the Puy du Fou (a medieval park in France) and among these glass reproductions of coats of arms, do you notice one which is familiar?

Ram maybe.

Great post and welcome always good to have new members and new interest.Should check out the 70's though they do grow on you.