Help with checking out a Charger in Rockford IL.

[bakerhillpins]

All

As the title says, Anyone in the Rockford IL area that could check out a car for me? I can compensate for gas/time/etc. Respond here or PM me. This is a rather time sensitive situation so please let me know when you would be available when you respond.   If you can view the car during before the weekend that is a huge bonus!!

Thanks!
Bryan

[tsmithae]

I am based in the Rockford area but won't be back there until the 13th or so...

[TUFCAT]

Three million an episode take it or leave it!!!  ....oops, wrong thread. 

[bakerhillpins]

I am based in the Rockford area but won't be back there until the 13th or so...

I suspect that it will not wait that long. If I can't get someone in there before you get back Ill PM you.

Thanks

[bakerhillpins]

Three million an episode take it or leave it!!!  ....oops, wrong thread. 

Hey, are you trying to get this thread locked?        

[472 R/T SE]

Surprised that General Lee factory hasn't beat you.  Good luck.

[bakerhillpins]

Surprised that General Lee factory hasn't beat you.  Good luck.

Thanks! I'm stressin right now..   

To top it off I am up at 4am tonight to catch a flight to FL on business.

[PocketThunder]

To top it off I am up at 4am tonight to catch a flight to FL on business.

Just have your flight re-routed through Chicago for 4 hours.... 

[bakerhillpins]

To top it off I am up at 4am tonight to catch a flight to FL on business.

Just have your flight re-routed through Chicago for 4 hours....  

Can't, I have to be in Gainesville at noon to unload the equipment from the semi.

Ill be there until the 11th so I could reroute the return trip if needed.   [edit]  I think I am getting ahead of myself... solve the first problem and then move on to the others.

[nvrbdn]

what kinda deal you lookin at?

[bakerhillpins]

A car that fits like 95% of my wanted list and the last one (last spring) like this went in under 3 days.

[nvrbdn]

im 5 hrs away by st. louis. tryin to talk the wife into a road trip, she's not being too cooperative yet. im still tryin

[bakerhillpins]

im 5 hrs away by st. louis. tryin to talk the wife into a road trip, she's not being too cooperative yet. im still tryin

WOW dude, that's a haul just to check out a car!    Don't get yourself into too much trouble with the Mrs. I am to talk with he owner again tomorrow in the AM to see what his viewing schedule is.

Thanks! 

[nvrbdn]

well, mopar city is in rockford also mabey someone closer will jump in though.

[bakerhillpins]

well, mopar city is in rockford also mabey someone closer will jump in though.

for the effort! If it's meant to be it will all work out!  Thanks.

[PocketThunder]

Here you go, this member is in Rockford.  bronzeonsteelies  http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=2448

Start e-mailing every guy in this thread if you dont have someone yet.
http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,54761.msg608163.html#msg608163


you can thank me later..   
Paul

[rustafarian]

I'd be glad to help
bob 708-860-5776
I can go Friday AM

[TheAutoArchaeologist]

The craigslist ad is gone?  Did you buy it?

[bakerhillpins]

Guys

I just got back to my Hotel room from the field - where we have no net access.

The craigslist ad is gone?  Did you buy it?

Well, that explains why he didn't answer/return any of my calls today. Lost another one. That Sux..

Everyone that was willing to help ----- Thanks, I appreciate your time!  

[nvrbdn]

dang, sorry to hear.

[bakerhillpins]

This isn't the first time (its actually the 4th time) and it probably will not be the last.    One of these days a deal like that might actually show up close enough to me that I don't have to try to "work something out". 

Ill get my Charger someday! 

[472 R/T SE]

I don't know how many times that happened to me.  Always a day late & dollar short.   A couple times I paid services' to go look at rides only to have the seller move the car.

Crazy part being I was looking at cars out east.  I got a new Hemmings (no internet back then) & found my 4 gear R/T 150 miles away.  I jumped all over it & by the weekend it was in my garage.

[PocketThunder]

Guys

I just got back to my Hotel room from the field - where we have no net access.

The craigslist ad is gone?  Did you buy it?

Well, that explains why he didn't answer/return any of my calls today. Lost another one. That Sux..

Everyone that was willing to help ----- Thanks, I appreciate your time!  

What the Firetruck!!!!!!            Next time buy it right away and worry about seeing it later....  i'm spent..... 

[bakerhillpins]

What do you want man?     I don't buy it fast enough....     or I buy it without looking at it and I get blasted for stupid shopping. 

Ya sound like the wife... 

[472 R/T SE]

I know that after a while a person starts getting desperate.  Just stick with your morals & don't settle just because.

You're the one that's spending the money.  Never know, it could take another week or years from now.

[jessejames]

Wow!! I saw this car last night and tried calling on it. The guy wouldnt pick up or return my calls. I called right away Thursday morning at 7am. I thought it was a scam... I guess it was a real car. Sorry to hear you didnt get there in time.

[ChargerST]

Are you sure it's gone? The ad is still up: http://rockford.craigslist.org/cto/2243239871.html

[bakerhillpins]

I know that after a while a person starts getting desperate.  Just stick with your morals & don't settle just because.

You're the one that's spending the money.  Never know, it could take another week or years from now.

It's all cool, Paul is just expressing some frustration.. He has been very helpful to me searching for a car and I think he wants me in one just about as much as I do. 

Are you sure it's gone? The ad is still up: http://rockford.craigslist.org/cto/2243239871.html

That's coming up deleted too.

[ChargerST]

Interesting, I can still access the ad. Maybe my browser shows me an old version saved in the cache. Anyways, good luck on finding another one. Itsure looked like a decent deal but according to the pictures it will need a full restoration.

[PocketThunder]

I know that after a while a person starts getting desperate.  Just stick with your morals & don't settle just because.

You're the one that's spending the money.  Never know, it could take another week or years from now.

It's all cool, Paul is just expressing some frustration.. He has been very helpful to me searching for a car and I think he wants me in one just about as much as I do. 

I want him to buy a different one he cant afford.    

Ya i had a couple Knob Creeks last night when i posted up my frustration and i know i shouldnt post on here when i've been hitting the sauce...     

[bakerhillpins]

I know that after a while a person starts getting desperate.  Just stick with your morals & don't settle just because.

You're the one that's spending the money.  Never know, it could take another week or years from now.

It's all cool, Paul is just expressing some frustration.. He has been very helpful to me searching for a car and I think he wants me in one just about as much as I do. 

I want him to buy a different one he cant afford.    

Ya i had a couple Knob Creeks last night when i posted up my frustration and i know i shouldnt post on here when i've been hitting the sauce...     

Trust me, I'm as frustrated as all get out!  I actually called him Wednesday night (about 2hrs after I first called, and shortly after all of our email traffic) and left a message saying I wanted to know how he would like to preceded with a out of state sale. I never heard back, but it was about 9:15 his time so I figured he was done for the evening. Meanwhile I was up till midnight trying to organize someone to check it out. He didn't return the calls Thursday either. Would be nice to have all the sleep back I didn't get that night. 

What are you going to do.. 

[NHCharger]

Sorry to hear that another one slipped by. I know how frustrating it is find what looks like a good deal on C/L. Someone local will always scoop it up before you have a chance to have someone look at it. I felt like I paid $500-1,000. more than I should have for my 68 but I know that someone else local would have paid as much or more for it.
When I bought my 71 Charger back in 95 the guy was asking $1,500.00. He said a girl had just looked at it and was coming back with $1,200.00 to buy it. He said if I got him the money first it was mine. I only lived 10 minutes away so I raced home, got the cash and beat her back to the car and drove the Charger home. She must have been pissed when she went to p/u the car

[Brock Samson]

 When i bought my 440 Six-Pack short block and when i was counting the money, the door bell rang and another car had just pulled up outside... 'n when I was first on the scene for the '71 Road Runner - the guy's phone was ringing off the hook... he finally had to turn it off,.. i was only first at both of those sales cause i worked at the newspaper and made it a point of reading the galley proofs (they don't have those anymore) everyday @ 3:30 PM, to check the Collector Cars and Auto Parts sections. I guess you could say I was cheating..   

[PocketThunder]

Here, buy this one.  Black with black top and red interior.   

http://kpr.craigslist.org/cto/2245421651.html

[nvrbdn]

When i bought my 440 Six-Pack short block and when i was counting the money, the door bell rang and another car had just pulled up outside... 'n when I was first on the scene for the '71 Road Runner - the guy's phone was ringing off the hook... he finally had to turn it off,.. i was only first at both of those sales cause i worked at the newspaper and made it a point of reading the galley proofs (they don't have those anymore) everyday @ 3:30 PM, to check the Collector Cars and Auto Parts sections. I guess you could say I was cheating..   

      sounds to me like cheaters do prosper

[nvrbdn]

where the heck is kennewick? looks like a good deal. someone wake up bakerhillpins 

[Bob T]

When i bought my 440 Six-Pack short block and when i was counting the money, the door bell rang and another car had just pulled up outside... 'n when I was first on the scene for the '71 Road Runner - the guy's phone was ringing off the hook... he finally had to turn it off,.. i was only first at both of those sales cause i worked at the newspaper and made it a point of reading the galley proofs (they don't have those anymore) everyday @ 3:30 PM, to check the Collector Cars and Auto Parts sections. I guess you could say I was cheating..    

Yeah, same. We have a maintenance contract at a printing company and I grabbed a copy of the press one day just before distrubution and scanned the ads and found an Aussie 4 speed Charger about 1 1/2 hours away.
I rang the guy then knocked off work , went to the bank and got some dough then went to the hire company and got a tandem trailer.
It was winter and cold and the guy probably hadnt expected anyone to show up so early in the morning ( 9.30 )cause his fresh rattle can paint job on the freshly bogged sills hadnt cured properly from the night before, because of the low temperatures. Also , inside the trunk ducktail was the torn off cardboard that he used as a guide while he bogged over from the outside decklid. He hadnt had a chance to pull that off also.
And the 4 speed was a toyota one and the road worthy sticker had 2 days left to run and it had no chance of getting another one.  " Thanks bud, but not what Im looking for "

Took the trailer and $ back and went back to work. Still though, it was worth a look , could have been a real find not a p.o.s.


Good luck on the hunt though  bakerhillpins    something will turn up and be worthwhile.