Difficult?

[SmashingPunkFan]

How difficult is it to find parts for Chargers?

Like... hinge pins, to seat belts, and motor mounts, to starters?

Alot of you guys have things for sale on here, and thats one place I'll look!, but are there any places that have reproduction parts available?
Companys? Websites?

I'm just curious. Price isn't the problem at all! I'm just wondering like if you were to wreck your car, or just having little things wear thin and out over the years while you might own your Charger, just how difficult it is to find replacement parts.


If it helps, the specific year I'm interested in is a 1970 R/T.


Thanks for the help!

[69bronzeT5]

AMD provides alot of the sheetmetal that is needed for these cars.

Other places like The Paddock, Year One, Legendary Interiors, etc etc..

There are alot of hard parts to find but with all the parts coming out for these cars, you could probally build one from the ground

[Ghoste]

It also depends how much legwork you are willing to do.  I am finding more and more that people want to pick up a catalog or log in to e-bay and just get out their credit card while they bend over.  There are still a LOT of folks out there with parts who don't use the computer.  You will need to go to good old fashioned swap meets and wrecking yards and build up a network.

[SmashingPunkFan]

Yeah, I kinda thought it's gonna be tough.

But as long as they're still out there somewhere, I'm good.


Thanks again guys! 

[Ghoste]

One other thing, learn what interchanges.

[onebadmopar]

i bought mine as a shell in 98 and i mean a shell its not an r/t its just a basic 69 charger 383 difficult parts i had finding were just the small trinkets (still seeking some) but for the most part you cand find just about anything you want for these cars but their expensive good thing is every year there seems to be more and more repro stuff coming out for these cars swapmeets even some junkyards still do have stuff for our cars just gotta search a bit with me it seems after i fabricate or modify a part i need i find 4-5 of them on ebay lol

[JimShine]

Charger parts are easy to find and are actually plentiful. However, the problem is the condition and price makes finding what fits your perameters a little difficult.

[Mike DC]

You can get just about anything if you throw enough money at it and do some searching. 

The issue becomes that it's not worth it to keep doing this. Not for any more than a small/medium percentage of the car at the most.  If you're ready to spend money on parts like a drunken sailor, then do yourself a HUGE favor and spend (a lot less) on just buying a nicer starting-point car.  (It's just like most other material items -- buying it all one separate piece at a time will add up to 2-3 times as much as it would have cost to buy a car like that in one lump to begin with.)


So buy something that's 100% complete, and make sure the sheetmetal and fit/finish is already pretty near the overall condition that you want.  It's a lot cheaper/easier to change all the equipment that you want onto a nice car.  It's better than holding out for a car that comes already optioned-up like you want but is rusted-out and trashed.     




  .  .  .  All this is assuming you just want a nice & fast & good-looking cruiser.  Shopping for the added collectibility of a matching-numbers car is a whole different game.