At what age, did you buy your first Dodge Charger?

[dodgedarren]

16, I wanted a Chevy Vega but my dad found a 1968 Charger, gold on gold, 383 with 60k miles, center council for $1000. This was in 1984. One day it just would not start so I advertised it for sale and some mopar guys came along and pulled the instrument cluster out and fixed a short on the amp gauge. I felt sick when I saw them drive it away.

[dodgedarren]

25, was tired of "dreaming" of having an old school muscle car. sold a bunch of star wars toys and other geek stuff on ebay, had some minor savings and got myself a '73 Charger SE with a 400.

since then, I sold that one and got a '69.

sold that '69 and got another more complete (but I've had to rebuild pretty much the entire mechanical part of it) '69.

I still have all my Star Wars stuff!!!!

[jobbless]

i was 17. 69 318 auto on the column.

i traded a 70 sport satellite for it.. not a good decision. the charger had a salvage title and lots of rust. the satellite had almost no rust at all, brand new dual exhaust. a perfect deluxe interior.... i could go on and on. had to have a charger though.

my charger never made it on the road. ended up trading it for a 68 sport fury convertible.  from what i found out about my charger, it ended up in the hands of the fellow that owns the joe dirt car. he plans to make a clone of his out of it.

[Exc-71]

I was 15 when I got mine, in 1984, for $650, but wasn't allowed to drive it till I was 16. It had about 60k on the odometer, the a/c and the AM radio worked, but the windshield wipers were a bit sluggish. I worked like a dog to change out the interior, do bodywork, and dye the headliner, and my boss and friend painted it for me about 6 months after high school. It was green, ugly green, everywhere, I even painted inside the trunk, door skins, and under the dash behind the glove-box. 

[MRHWS]

Where did the wheel opening moldings go?

There were none on the car and I don't remember any screw holes, but 43 years later, I could be wrong. I do remember that road wheels were on the window sticker, but the car had steel wheels and hub caps. It was a left over demo with about 2000 miles and wheels were swapped.

[ACUDANUT]

Wow, a 92 post guy gets 7 pages of feedback. 

[maxwellwedge]

Age 46 for my first Charger.

Dozens of Mopars before that.

[miller]

My father and I bought my Charger (50/50 split purchase) when I was 14 as a project car. Since then the floors, trunk, part of the frame, engine, transmission, interior, radiator, horns, and R/T emblems have been replaced. Next is the brakes, rear end, and when I am finally financially stable, body work.

[daves68]

1968 Charger White/Black Vinyl Top. Bought it in June 1971 when I graduated from HS. Still have it. Always will.

[XS29L9Bxxxxxx]

Wow, a 92 post guy gets 7 pages of feedback. 

Yeah, pretty cool!  Good topic, apparently. Thanks for all the participation 

[TK73]

36

Mostly a Chevy guy before

[71charger]

Where did the wheel opening moldings go?

There were none on the car and I don't remember any screw holes, but 43 years later, I could be wrong. I do remember that road wheels were on the window sticker, but the car had steel wheels and hub caps. It was a left over demo with about 2000 miles and wheels were swapped.

is that a gy8 car??? you should send me some pics. sorry not trying to hijack the thread

[lisiecki1]

17, 1996, $1500, found about 10 miles from mom and dads.  Wasn't looking for a charger specifically, just something Mopar.  Drove it around the block and fell in love.

1973, 318 2bbl/904 trans, needed tires and a/c components.

God I miss driving my Charger. 

One day it'll be done......One day......

[MRHWS]

Where did the wheel opening moldings go?

There were none on the car and I don't remember any screw holes, but 43 years later, I could be wrong. I do remember that road wheels were on the window sticker, but the car had steel wheels and hub caps. It was a left over demo with about 2000 miles and wheels were swapped.

is that a gy8 car??? you should send me some pics. sorry not trying to hijack the thread

Don't remember the code or name. It was close to British racing green and same shade of green as on 68 GTOs

[randr]

1984. I was 14! Still have the thing! My charger and will never sell it.

[RIDELIKEHELL]

When I was 32....in 2005

[41husk]

I was 22 but it was an 83 Omni Charger, does that count?   My dad had an 83 Charger I learned to drive on.  Later in 83 I had my first real charger a a 71 SE.  I traded that for an International Harvester Mail Jeep with the steering wheel on the wrong side.  We had some fun with that.  Had an extra steering wheel, I would start swirving and the passenger would hold the steering wheel out the window   It did not take much to amuze us.  I sold that and bought a 70 Super Bee (I wish I had that back!!!

[67Charger440]

19.  Summer of 99 I bought this for $1750.  Original 440 and trans are/were in it.




Now, either road race or drag race trim:

[vancamp]

1988 i was 17 bought a 70 R/T for $135 from a tow company ignition had went out and the owner never came back to pick it up. it was complete with velour interior.

[greymag]

I was 16 and bought a 68 Charger..........1972 for 600.00

[elacruze]

Summer of '79, 17 and right out of high school found a rusty worn-out '68 R/T, Red/black for $200 at the junkyard up the street slated for the crusher. Drove it home 3.5 miles.
Summer of '80, 18 and bailing hay in Alabama drove by my current '68 and bought it for $300.
Drove it home, 1300 miles. Almost got smashed by a speeding semi a mile from where I bought it because the master cylinder was shot.

[jb666]

17 I bought a '73 for $100, but only kept it for about a week (Traded it for a GS455).

38 when I bought the current car...

[CAPER]

Summer of 83. I was 19  as a passenger when my brother hit a pole with his 1970 440 4 Speed. We bought 2 chargers for $100 each to get the car back on the road. Took about a week when the car had a new front clip plus a paint job and we were rolling again. Nobody hurt pretty lucky at the time.

[Brass]

16 when I bought my first 68.  (Brother's friend wanted $650 - then spun a bearing and accepted $250 for it.)
38 when I bought the current car.

[rave_12000]

age 18, bought a 68 for the 440 to put in my 70 challenger.  fresh paint yellow with black interior. bought for $1075 in 1995.  sold the body to a guy from michigan. (his name was Paul) his buddy bought my rust-free 71 4 speed gtx for $500.  both wrote me hot checks.  lesson learned very early.

The guy I bought the charger from had a 64k mile superbird that i could have owned for $15k.