69 Charger 500's

[moparstuart]

 i saw the car at carlisle also  for sure a fixer but lots of damage .  Will take alot of work  .

[Bob T]

Pretty heavy rot under the window vin...
So, is the seller realistic asking 45k with the nos parts, given it will need everything plus a trans,  Or in the  ballpark guys??

[Shelby67air]

I saw it too, I heard he refused $30,000 for it. I took a lot of pictures of it for reference for my car. I will post some when I get home.

[moparstuart]

 I thought a realistic price was 30-35k but thats just my     being a dark green , automatic car  I would think closer to 30 k  .  

[5hunert]

Interesting transition period, its an XX on the dashboard Vin, and an XS on the fender tag.

[ws23rt]

Interesting transition period, its an XX on the dashboard Vin, and an XS on the fender tag.

I was wondering the same thing. Come on Danny any help on this transition period?

[nascarxx29]

I recall 300 or so were XS         http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,84606.0.html

[C500]

Nov 14 '68 is the first date the XX vin went on the VIN tag in dash. This is my 500's  build date, but has XS on the block and trans,

[moparstuart]

Nov 14 '68 is the first date the XX vin went on the VIN tag in dash. This is my 500's  build date, but has XS on the block and trans,

rick edwards has an odd ball that was built in december ( if i remember correctly ) but got XS on the dash

[Highbanked Hauler]

Interesting transition period, its an XX on the dashboard Vin, and an XS on the fender tag.

thats what mine is and the build sheet(wrong one) that was in it was in Oct.

[richRTSE]

Nov 14 '68 is the first date the XX vin went on the VIN tag in dash. This is my 500's  build date, but has XS on the block and trans,

I dont think that is correct...my 500 has a 929 build date and has the XX vin on the dash, but XS on fender tag and engine block...and also the hemi car being discussed has a 907 build date with XX dash vin XS fender tag

[C500]

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,49791.msg543765.html#msg543765

Fender tags stamped XX from 14 Nov http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,50484.msg557097.html#msg557097

[69_500]

You guys are right November 14th seems to be the transition date from XS on fender tags to XX. Before that date I have not seen a single one say XX. After that date they all say it and on that date they are amid bag. Broadcast sheets seem to be transitioning around same time frame too, but it seems to be all of them say XX after Nobember 20. Only saw one so far that is B20 that still says XS.

[5hunert]

Mine's a Nov. 20th.  Both tags are XX, but both the engine and trans numbers have over strikes on the second digit.  They were both stamped XS, then the S was over struck with an X.  The build sheet (wrong car, 30 numbers off) had XS at the top.

[WINGMAN]

  When i had mine build date 9/20/68 the block had the s overstamped with a X. Tag had XS and vin was XX. Sometimes i wish i had her back but i know it is in good hands.  JR.(Wingman)

[moparstuart]

  When i had mine build date 9/20/68 the block had the s overstamped with a X. Tag had XS and vin was XX. Sometimes i wish i had her back but i know it is in good hands.  JR.(Wingman)

I hope my daytona is still safe and sound 

[69_500]

Just a bump on this old thread about 500's.

[ws23rt]

Thanks for that Danny.
Some of the fun with the C500 is they are kind of in between the others.

I would like to hear more from those that bought them new.  
Questions like---How were these promoted by the dealers?   Were the differences from the plain old/new chargers what moved someone to buy?  Were they discounted because they were odd etc.?

I've heard lot's of how the Daytona's and ---the other brand (Plymouth cars) --tended to be a hard sell because of the numbers of cars that were made from a decision that was not based on customer demand.

My curiosity comes from thinking about our hobby in general.  Sometimes a cars history is traced back to the original owner but I've heard little about the experience from them

[Highbanked Hauler]

 Are you looking for what the situation was like when the original owner got the car or did I miss something ?

[ws23rt]

Are you looking for what the situation was like when the original owner got the car or did I miss something ?

Not so much the situation with buying the car.
I bought my first new car in 69.  --a 383 superbee-- At the time I had no clue what a C500 was and first heard about them about a year later.
I'm just curious about the car in general from the beginning and in my question is my interest in how they fit in with the other chargers for sale at the time.

[500Jon]

Hi Aero's,

I was getting worried about the vin/title errors on my 500 too?
When I register next year in the UK I will take my vin plate with me and get the 'XS' title corrected (hopefully).
Not sure what to do about the engine block being 'XS' though?
Just stamping over the 'S' with an 'X' looks real bad to me???

I will probably just leave that alone methinks and hope most Folks won't notice?
My 69 Sixpack Superbee only had the numbers stamped with no additional info.
Maybe Coronet engines built somewhere else to the Chargers in 69?

5J

[5hunert]

I'm sure the number stamping accuracy had something to do with how much the assembly line worker was drinking (or smoking?) on their previous break.  By all means leave your block number alone.  It's historic record.  Better be a factory goof than a tampered serial number.

My how things have changed.  When I was working on a Kenworth assembly line, it was not uncommon to replace an entire frame rail on a freshly completed semi truck because of the smallest issue with the serial number stamped in the frame.  We're talking an easy 50 hours of overtime pay + the cost of the new rail. 

[69_500]

Jon if your engine and trans are stamped XS I would highly recommend leaving it that way. Many are stamped that way. Many are double stamped from factory too.

[5hunert]

Mine's a Nov. 20th.  Both tags are XX, but both the engine and trans numbers have over strikes on the second digit.  They were both stamped XS, then the S was over struck with an X.  The build sheet (wrong car, 30 numbers off) had XS at the top.

Just an update. I found my car's broadcast sheet; it had an XS number on the top, November 20 build.

[69_500]

November 20th seems to the transition date on broadcast sheets from XS to XX. Fender tags switched on November 14.