25 years later.......(photos)

[dads_69]

Summer of 1985 I owned one of many chargers back then, raced it for a few years then sold it before I moved out of state. Well, I found the car again last weekend here for sale, now I'm only 4 grand short to have it back, so yea, I'm scrambling for cash right now. When I seen the charger in the guys garage, I starred at it for a few, 10 minutes later I jumped in the drivers seat and just kept saying *wow*..... What a feeling it was after all these years to even just sit in it.
Long story short now, when/if I get it back. I'm not selling it for damn sure......
I would also have to change my name here to dads_68 vs. what it is now also, which is fine with me! Couldn't take photos of the car either, guy was to weird about it, oh well.


Mark

[miller]

Nice find, pics please!

[MoparManJim]

Nice find, pics please!

He said

Couldn't take photos of the car either, guy was to weird about it, oh well.

[moparstuart]

Summer of 1985 I owned one of many chargers back then, raced it for a few years then sold it before I moved out of state. Well, I found the car again last weekend here for sale, now I'm only 4 grand short to have it back, so yea, I'm scrambling for cash right now. When I seen the charger in the guys garage, I starred at it for a few, 10 minutes later I jumped in the drivers seat and just kept saying *wow*..... What a feeling it was after all these years to even just sit in it.
Long story short now, when/if I get it back. I'm not selling it for damn sure......
I would also have to change my name here to dads_68 vs. what it is now also, which is fine with me! Couldn't take photos of the car either, guy was to weird about it, oh well.


Mark

any back in the day photo's of it 

[1969chargerrtse]

Funny how different people have different feelings.  I found my high school 57 nomad and had the chance to buy it.  I looked at it and remembered the days and then said no thanks.  I just saw it as an old car.  Good Luck.

[BrianShaughnessy]

Good luck getting it back.   

Hopefully it's in as good or better condition than before.   Mine wasn't but I got it bought it back anyway

[dads_69]

I do have old pics from when I owned it, I will load them up later today. Car is much worse now than when I sold it, but at least it runs.

[Silver R/T]

sounds like a cool find

[greenpigs]

Sounds good, be sure to keep us up to date.

[dads_69]

I'm a charger owner once again! Photos to follow later this week 

[69bronzeT5]

I'm a charger owner once again! Photos to follow later this week 

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Congrats Mark!

[TruckDriver]

 

[dads_69]

Thanks Cody, car is org. green with green vinyl top and black int. I'm going to paint it 68' Gold with black t/s and factory style magnum 500 rims aftermarket, 15x10 & 15x8 and that's it for now real soon.

[tan top]

 good stuff , looking forward to seeing picturs  

whats the saying ,   '' you can go home again'' 

[moparstuart]

I'm a charger owner once again! Photos to follow later this week 

awesome brother , cant wait to see pictures   

[Brass]

Congratulations.  That sort of opportunity almost never happens - glad you were able to act on it.

[earthquake68]

That's great! I can't wait to see the pictures of it.

[The70RT]

Awesome .......

[charge69]

That IS awesome .............................    I know it is gonna be in good hands now!!

[dads_69]

Thanks guys, I'm way stoked! I've wanted a 68' charger for so many years, and to find one of my past chargers for sale and get it back is priceless. Photos soon to follow 
FYI, I sold my Ford Lightning to become a mopar guy again!

[greenpigs]

Thanks guys, I'm way stoked! I've wanted a 68' charger for so many years, and to find one of my past chargers for sale and get it back is priceless. Photos soon to follow 
FYI, I sold my Ford Lightning to become a mopar guy again!

I guess that means your not dead to me anymore.

[dads_69]

Haha......smarty pants. I really need some sleep tonite, past 2 nights have been crappy, now being a reborn again mopar guy, holy crap, hahahaha.......

[moparstuart]

Thanks guys, I'm way stoked! I've wanted a 68' charger for so many years, and to find one of my past chargers for sale and get it back is priceless. Photos soon to follow 
FYI, I sold my Ford Lightning to become a mopar guy again!

I guess that means your not dead to me anymore.

[skip68]

Sweeeeeeeeeeet.

[dads_69]

Car runs awesome, picking it up tomorrow afternoon via slide back, to much snow/icy roads here. Pic's to follow soon.
I'm like a kid again, haha.....

[dads_69]

Also is Aztec Gold a factory 68' color? If not, what is paint code for that year? Another member here used to have a 68' the color I'm going to use, just can't locate who the person was/is right now.
Thanks    Mark

[THE STIG]

Did you tell the seller that you are a previous owner or did you keep that on the down low to keep him from jacking you around on the price.

[69bronzeT5]

Also is Aztec Gold a factory 68' color? If not, what is paint code for that year? Another member here used to have a 68' the color I'm going to use, just can't locate who the person was/is right now.
Thanks    Mark

'Aztec Gold' isn't a '68 colour AFAIK

[dads_69]

Cody, thanks for the info. I believe it was 1hotdaytona who has a 68' charger once painted gold, not 100% sure though. I love that color though, there is a photo of it here somewhere recently on another topic.
And no, the owner did not know I used to own it, no further comment necessary. 
I'm on cloud 9 tonight!

[69bronzeT5]

Cody, thanks for the info. I believe it was 1hotdaytona who has a 68' charger once painted gold, not 100% sure though. I love that color though, there is a photo of it here somewhere recently on another topic.
And no, the owner did not know I used to own it, no further comment necessary. 
I'm on cloud 9 tonight!

Brian did used to own a gold '68, is this the car you are thinking of?


Welcome to cloud 9 by the way, it's a great place to be!

[dads_69]

Ha, I tried to find the photo and you posted it. Sweetness, yep thats it... thanks Cody. Car has an estimated 580 or so H.P. all motor with 4.56 gears and manual valve body trani', back when I owned it, it ran a 10.87 in 1995 and car was parked after that due to no roll cage. My best run was 11.86

[greenpigs]

What... no pictures yet?


I still don't know what color I will go with when it is time, other than not red or black.

[dads_69]

Photos later today, leaving in a few hours to load car up for homebound!

[tan top]

Photos later today, leaving in a few hours to load car up for homebound!

good stuff     

[rt green]

waiting.....and excited.

[nvrbdn]

  

[69bronzeT5]

 

[66chargerkid]

 

[dads_69]

Photos, now keep in mind everybody. I'm a bodyman/painter 25 plus years, this charger will be sweeter than sweet when completed next year.
More photos tomorrow after inside shop. It runs awesome and isn't really all that bad, just looks like crap due to owner before me started to restore it via D.A. sander and no clue how to finish it, thank goodness  
enjoy.........

[dads_69]

Also, tunnel ram is off, single carb 800 Holley on it now, 4.56 gears still in it, rear tires are bald with old Centerlines still. Car has been sitting since 1990 or so in garage. Note 10.87 on windshield, which was last time car was driven at drag strip due to no roll cage.

[greenpigs]

Cool & its a good thing ya got 25 years as a body man....SOOOO is that your GF?

How about some more pics of her.

[Bob T]

10.87, whew, thats storming  and 25years, what a great story and find 

[dads_69]

Yep, 10.87 is haulin'. Piglet, you should know better by now, I don't kiss and tell. 
I remember being only 18 racing the car and to see another person have run it faster than I, grrrrr.........lol

[tan top]

10.87, whew, thats storming  and 25years, what a great story and find 

    , good pictures  , keep them coming !! looking forward to seeing more     
unbelievable  , you got your ride back after all this time  pleased for you dude  

[dads_69]

Thanks a bunch. It's a org. 383 car, I bought it for $950.00 in Tacoma,WA. in the summer of 1985 then sold it a year and a half later for $2500.00 and only did the body/paint work to it, aside from drag racing it hard and putting it away wet, haha. I won't say how much I paid for it this time around, but I will say this, I still got a smokin' deal!

[moparstuart]

  good to see ya out of the ford and back in a charger

[69bronzeT5]

Looks like a good project Mark!

[dads_69]

Thanks Cody..... I'm speechless this morning still, ha ha.. Exhaust is replaced while sitting in garage, has magnum manifolds on it right now, supercomp hooker headers are old and n/g. New set of TTI's are in order soon. Trani is rebuild also stage 2 kit w/a hi-stall conv' once again. Can't wait to start on the body now, dang customers of mine just don't understand to have enough patience to wait for their ride, ha ha.

[BigBlockSam]

good luck 

[dads_69]

Trying to post more photos, but a side note, anybody have/use or know of anybody using the Magnum Force tubular upper control arms for B bodys?

[Brock Samson]

Trying to post more photos, but a side note, anybody have/use or know of anybody using the Magnum Force tubluar upper control arms for B bodys?

Congrats on finding your Old Sweetheart! 
There might be some info here, a quick scan showed Mike aka "Mr. Angry" used them...
   http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php?action=search2
'n BTW a Mod. might move this to the charger section..
  Now, Where them Pics?..                                               

[dads_69]

Hey Dave, thanks for the info. I'm getting mixed up with Magnum Force web site. Cost is $299.00 but shipping to me in twice that. There must be a issue in the part total cost somewhere I hope. I need to reset pics, soon.

[Silver R/T]

Interesting story, waiting for those pics...

[dads_69]

Photos will not upload after 1 hour of trying, I give up......grrrrrrrr......

[grdprx]

Thanks a bunch. It's a org. 383 car, I bought it for $950.00 in Tacoma,WA. in the summer of 1985 then sold it a year and a half later for $2500.00 and only did the body/paint work to it, aside from drag racing it hard and putting it away wet, haha. I won't say how much I paid for it this time around, but I will say this, I still got a smokin' deal!

Still in Western WA?

[Troy]

Mark, your pictures are too large. There are several threads about how to resize them in the Help section.

I'm glad to hear you've got another Charger!

Troy

[dads_69]

I'm in Alaska now. Troy, thanks, tried that again but still no luck, yet. I will try to adjust my digital camera as well then post photos later. And on a side note, by not buying a 68' from you or any others on line here, finally got to me over the years and I made a great investment once again!

[doctor4766]

Here's some of Mark's pics (they were very large but I've scaled them down a bit)

[greenpigs]

Is that a shelf full of paint guns?

[tan top]

good pictures  !!    i spy ICI/nexia Autocolor 

[dads_69]

Thanks for posting the photos for me. The paint mix bank was free, so I'm only using up whats left of it. I use PPG, Nason and Dupont for the most part of resto's. 15 years of dust and grime to clean up now, started cutting rear quarters, rust bubbles more less before coating it with a sealer for now, new skins soon. Had to adjust the points for the motor and it runs awesome! I also plan to use a stock hood that came with it vs the mail-box as a friend quoted, haha..... It'll look good hangin' up on the garage wall.

More photos to follow as I do repairs.

[Silver R/T]

It's rough but it's a good project

[Brass]

Awesome pics.  This is looking decidedly like a Charger topic to me. 

[dads_69]

Made patch panels for rear quarters tonight, no other rust on car to repair/replace thank goodness. I had planned installing new skins until I started digging into it more, no need. Trunk, floors and everywhere else is clean. Just lots of paint jobs over the years I guess presserved it, ha-ha.....
I wanted to paint it gold like it photo posted a few back, but thinking of R6 red with white int. and black vinyl top like what I had owned years ago, another charger color combo I had as well.

More photos after this weekend!

[moparstuart]

Made patch panels for rear quarters tonight, no other rust on car to repair/replace thank goodness. I had planned installing new skins until I started digging into it more, no need. Trunk, floors and everywhere else is clean. Just lots of paint jobs over the years I guess presserved it, ha-ha.....
I wanted to paint it gold like it photo posted a few back, but thinking of R6 red with white int. and black vinyl top like what I had owned years ago, another charger color combo I had as well.

More photos after this weekend!

red with black top 

[dads_69]

More progress, should have rear quarters ready for primer in 2 weeks then start getting it ready to be jambed in soon after, meaning color choice needs to be decided soon.

[doctor4766]

Yep, difficult decision to make about color choice.
I'm having the same dilemma with my other Charger.

[dads_69]

Trying to post photos again, making progress on rear quarter panel repairs. Gonna be a long weekend on the car at least  ...have a great and safe new years guys!

[rt green]

what color was the car when you had it? same?

[dads_69]

Car was dark green with green top and black int. I painted it blue with multi stripes and dyed top black. Hopefully laying primer sometime next week on back half of car.

[twodko]

Use this website to resize your pix. PicResize.com - super easy and free. Great platform to start with! Good luck.

[jaak]

Mark,
Awesome that you got your old '68 back, I love reading those stories about folks getting their old cars back years later. Also look forward to watching you do the body/paint work. IIRC, didn't you have a Dart a few years back that you did the bodywork and paint "J6-Sassy Grass/Go Green"? I finally painted my Charger a couple of months ago, I painted it J6 (pic in avatar).

BTW, talking about resizing photos, you might find it easier to use photobucket.com , that way you just load them once, no resizing, changing file names, etc. and as long as you keep them on photobucket, they will show up here (but if you ever delete pics on photobucket, they disappear here also, it just shows a box with a red 'x' in it.)

Anyways, good luck and your charger,

Jason

[dads_69]

Hey Jaak, yes I did have 72' Dart J6 colored, well I jambed it in before selling it unfortunately 2 years ago. I honestly don't think having my old charger back after 25 years has hit me 100% yet. I'm stuck on two colors right now also to paint the car, sucks being a bodyman/painter sometimes, ha-ha...
Thanks for the tips on resizing my photos guys.

BTW, your charger looks awesome!

[dads_69]

Update: well charger is ready for primer, on backhalf of car I should say. I need to massage left fender first before I prime and sand charger completely before so as well so it will all be one color vs. multi-colored.
And, the current g/f is already b@t#hing, if the car comes before her, she is going to pack her stuff. Ha......women.....
Photos soon to follow as I am on a mission to drive this charger this summer looking sweeter than ever! 

[doctor4766]

Update: well charger is ready for primer, on backhalf of car I should say. I need to massage left fender first before I prime and sand charger completely before so as well so it will all be one color vs. multi-colored.
And, the current g/f is already b@t#hing, if the car comes before her, she is going to pack her stuff. Ha......women.....
Photos soon to follow as I am on a mission to drive this charger this summer looking sweeter than ever! 

I guess she knows where the door is.......

[dads_69]

Yes she does, just before I typed this, she acknowledged me again tonight, ha-ha.... So yea, PYS I said.. gees, what is it with women and cars anyways?

[nvrbdn]

Yes she does, just before I typed this, she acknowledged me again tonight, ha-ha.... So yea, PYS I said.. gees, what is it with women and cars anyways?

   just in case she doesnt know where the door is, a nice flashing exit sign above it will help her out thing is, there are lots of women out there, but the numbers of 2nd gen chargers are limited

[dads_69]

I picked a color today, finally. I'm also having a different hood blasted and deck lid so I can jamb in clean parts this coming weekend. Its a 69' color but I don't care. R6 code. 15x10 Cragar S/S rears and 15x8 front wheels also on the way. Going to pull motor/trans also soon to cut engine bay in also.
I need to decide what color to paint motor now also, orange or blue?

[doctor4766]

I picked a color today, finally. I'm also having a different hood blasted and deck lid so I can jamb in clean parts this coming weekend. Its a 69' color but I don't care. R6 code. 15x10 Cragar S/S rears and 15x8 front wheels also on the way. Going to pull motor/trans also soon to cut engine bay in also.
I need to decide what color to paint motor now also, orange or blue?

Decisions, decisions....
Go orange for the engine

Funny enough I just chose my new color too