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[b5blue]

A car is original only ONCE. That's what makes it so valuable, 318 or not.

.  A car is only original once, and when there are as few "survivors" out there as there are these days, they should be preserved for future generations to enjoy.   

 

Sadly, as I've tried to explain here, all you are gonna see when these cars are "preserved" for future generations to enjoy is all these 318 "Survivor" Chargers cut up like the all original Model A's and T's are today..Preserved all that time, True Originals, "Survivors", for a future generation to cut up into a rat rod...

Sadly? Really..... Gladly other survivors will survive, among them I hope will be all types and configurations, optioned many ways, even the rarest of the rare the slant sixes. I get that TO YOU a 318 is "lowly" because I "get you". What I don't get is you constantly re-repeating the same point over and over? There is a whole community of collectors backed by an established set of standards to set real bankable values your "up against". Again I respect anyone's right to plop their money down and do what they want, YOU included my friend. Pick up a "buyers guide" and read just a little of how REAL pricing is established. Not emotional value, not sentimental value but the kind of value banks, investors and insurance company's back with cold hard cash.  What is happening to THIS car will drive up the value of all other survivors as there is now one less of an exact finite number that can never be reproduced.     

[66chargerkid]

Well I don't pipe up in too many threads but I figured I would throw in my  as I am part of the next generation of mopar owners. I am currently 19 and own a 66 Charger and a skew of other less *valuable* mopar's but I digress on that point.
I come from a generation of the renewing of muscle cars *in a sense*. My generation owns ls1 camaro's, 4.6 and 5.0 gt's, etc. The fast cars that are cut up, modified and packed full of horsepower. When a stock 91 5.0l mustang gt rolls into our parking lot, typically you hear remarks like slow, stock, can't compete etc. Except for a very few select people, nobody appreciates the history of the car. The new generation has no sense of heritage IMO.
Growing up in a mopar family and participating in multiple clubs, early im in my life I was instilled with a sense of history and appreciation for older mopar's. As any young'en (compared to most of y'all) you can bet I love horse power, stance, high impact colors and loud exhaust.
But listening to so many original owner's of mopars, hearing about the history of design, style and how when these cars rolled off the showroom in the 60's and 70's, a modified car with big hp, badges and exhaust is as intriguing as original factory surviving 318 cars. That sense of heritage, originality and how this history transformed an image, a decade of cars and still extends into our history today is something I personally can appreciate and wouldn't want to lose.
If I had the chance to modifiy my charger into an 800 hp beast, you bet I would. But If I had the chance to get my hands on a Triple green, 318 column shift auto with bench seats and steelies, all original factory survivor I would keep it just that way for the pure fact that it's history I want my peers to see and understand just like y'all do.
We can appreciate all chargers. A car is only original once and honestly I didn't see them new, mostly new, or when they were just A-B transportation. So this little glimpse into the history to me is important on a different basis then those who saw them new.
My vote. Find a car that doesnt have the history that I missed. That this little glimpse of history remains for the future and even for those who do remember and can appreciate the heritage of these cars.
Any other charger (even a clean one) can be readily found in this market still that would be a good or better platform for these modifications.
Q

[Ghoste]

And if you think all the T's and A's have been cut into rat rods, you need to get out more. 

[Stretch]

Well I don't pipe up in too many threads but I figured I would throw in my  as I am part of the next generation of mopar owners. I am currently 19 and own a 66 Charger and a skew of other less *valuable* mopar's but I digress on that point.
I come from a generation of the renewing of muscle cars *in a sense*. My generation owns ls1 camaro's, 4.6 and 5.0 gt's, etc. The fast cars that are cut up, modified and packed full of horsepower. When a stock 91 5.0l mustang gt rolls into our parking lot, typically you hear remarks like slow, stock, can't compete etc. Except for a very few select people, nobody appreciates the history of the car. The new generation has no sense of heritage IMO.
Growing up in a mopar family and participating in multiple clubs, early im in my life I was instilled with a sense of history and appreciation for older mopar's. As any young'en (compared to most of y'all) you can bet I love horse power, stance, high impact colors and loud exhaust.
But listening to so many original owner's of mopars, hearing about the history of design, style and how when these cars rolled off the showroom in the 60's and 70's, a modified car with big hp, badges and exhaust is as intriguing as original factory surviving 318 cars. That sense of heritage, originality and how this history transformed an image, a decade of cars and still extends into our history today is something I personally can appreciate and wouldn't want to lose.
If I had the chance to modifiy my charger into an 800 hp beast, you bet I would. But If I had the chance to get my hands on a Triple green, 318 column shift auto with bench seats and steelies, all original factory survivor I would keep it just that way for the pure fact that it's history I want my peers to see and understand just like y'all do.
We can appreciate all chargers. A car is only original once and honestly I didn't see them new, mostly new, or when they were just A-B transportation. So this little glimpse into the history to me is important on a different basis then those who saw them new.
My vote. Find a car that doesnt have the history that I missed. That this little glimpse of history remains for the future and even for those who do remember and can appreciate the heritage of these cars.
Any other charger (even a clean one) can be readily found in this market still that would be a good or better platform for these modifications.
Q

Well said! Thanks for the input.

[F8-4life]

 I can say that a survivor mopar is among the most amazing automotive art that exists. Anyone can chop a car up and theres nothing wrong with that. Thats what I call freedom! But cars like this survivor '68 charger are a different matter entirely. They stand out as statements of where our country was at, at the time. I'm 22 years old and considering how society is currently its purely amazing to me that a '68 Charger even existed. The car is a glimps back into a time that many would call some of the greatest days of their life and a time that we can all agree aint ever coming back!

Its a testement of a different era thats fading away all too quickly just as this Charger is going to fade away. A good example is old time junkyards, I'm talking about the ones out in the country basically a bunch of rotting classics in a field or in the woods. Places like these are also getting erased and it seems nobody cares about heritage of an era anymore. Of course in the big picture, people don't respect what they don't understand and thats why everything good comes to an end... to many people without brains thinking their way is right.