what is youre biggest pet peave on how some chargers are done?

[supserdave]

Painted over pentastars on the fender! 

[Bandit4142]

Painted over pentastars on the fender! 

Wow....   From the looks of this thread, everyone is going to hate my '69 for one reason or another...   Black engine bay...  R/T clone...  Painted Penstar Emblem... Not original color... No numbers matching...  '70 Six Way seats in a '69... 

That's ok!   I love it anyway.   I'm building the Charger that I've wanted my entire life.       

BTW, I've been a Mopar enthusiast as long as I can remember, and generally speaking, if its a Mopar I love them all, no matter original or modded.   

[Lord Warlock]

I understand some people can't locate a real r/t and therefore build a clone, and i don't have any problems with them as long as they don't claim its a real r/t, but i've seen dozens that people would claim it was when it wasn't, and also seen these same people try to pass it off as real when they sold it.  Those are the clone owners i have issue with.  I can respect the effort people make to their individual cars and make them stand out from the rest, and am happy to compliment them when they take it to a gather or show.  I've owned a clone before, (70 z28) but always told folks it was just a plain camaro. 

I also don't care if the owner paints the car a different color, after 30 years, few of our cars paint has survived intact, and when the time comes to repaint it, pick the shade you like best.  The only reason why my own y3 charger is factory color is because the uniqueness of it.  I've repainted several cars of mine in the past, and not once have I kept the factory color, I did whatever color I thought would look good and fit my personality at the time. 

As for those that don't do the work themselves, not everyone can be a know it all tuner of every car they drive.  While I always did my own tuning on the charger (every thursday night as a teenager) and did my own engine swaps, and modding of other cars, I am secure enough in my manhood to know that I can't always do everything yourself.  I pay experts to do my seat recovering, and will pay to have a vinyl top installed, and will pay a bodyman to reweld in new sheetmetal.  And when I first got my dodge stealth, for 9 years I paid others to do all the maintenance on it, because the concepts of fuel injection motors is alien to me, as were turbochargers/intercoolers etc.  It wasn't until I'd had it 10 years that I attempted to learn how to do maintenance on it myself, and still do most of it, but there is always something i can't figure out and have to take it in to get resolved.

My motor may not be numbers matching, but only because I blew the original motor up myself and had to replace it.  Only the block isn't stock, exhaust manifolds, heads, intake, accessories etc are all original pieces.  At least I figured out how to pull and replace the motor myself (twice).

[Bandit4142]

For the record:   I don't think ANYONE that has posted in this thread was being harsh or knocking on peoples cars from the board here.    You guys are simply stating things that may get under your skin from time to time, or things you personally find annoying.    That's cool, I for one completely understand as I've been building / showing cars for a number of years, and I know that not everyone is going to love every car.

You guys are all great and I hope someday to hit one of the big Mopar shows this coming summer.   


P.S.  My biggest pet-peeve is when people refer to a platform of car as 3SI's  rather than a 3/S!   (Inside joke between me an Lord Warlock)

[69bronzeT5]

I understand some people can't locate a real r/t and therefore build a clone, and i don't have any problems with them as long as they don't claim its a real r/t

Im making an RT clone and all Im gonna get a car show board made saying "1969 Dodge Charger" and then have the options. Im not gonna put 1969 Dodge Charger RT because well, its not a RT.

[MorePwr]

You guys think you here a lot of whining, try owning a drag Charger. I've actually heard " Oh my! how could you cut up such a beautiful car?"...my responce in the future will be..Dunno. why are you wearing black socks with tennis shoes and shorts, dork. or why are you walking around with that booger hanging out your nose?

The first time I heard that I explained that I had purchased the car in 1990 as a wreck of a drag car. that had been modified in the early eighty's. My explanation was probably out of a bit of embarrassment that the car(at its present popularity) shouldn't have been cut up. Had the car been stock. back in 1990 when I bought it. I'd have left it stock. (less the wheels  I bet most of these cars went straight to the tire store to have wide ovals and cragers put on.) but it wasn't.

As I see it now, I've put a lot of heart and soul...and cash too, into bringing back a piece of muscle car history. I am very proud of that, and a bit tired of the opinion that my car should be as someone els thinks it should be. or to have someone suggest that I've somehow screwed with Charger heritage.

Do what you want with your cars they're Yours

[John_Kunkel]

My pet peeves:

Dubs

Accordian hoses

White letters showing

Bodies jacked up to clear overwide tires/rims

[rt green]

hey bandit!  now THATS a charger!!!

[charge-it]

Cloning them to look like General LEE`S..

[Ghoste]

I think my only pet peeve wouldbe when someone causes permanent damage to a car to achieve their vision.   I'm not talking about cars that are too far gone to do anything except make a 4X4 out of it but when someone takes a rust free car and changes it into a pickup or soemthing like that.
There are lots of things people do to their cars that don't fit my taste and I would never copy it because to me it's ugly, but those are just my personal opinions.

[chargerboy69]

Bandit. . . Sweet a$$ Charger. It looks great.

[twilt]

Actually.... my biggest pet peeve is people who post stuff like "what color should I paint my car" "what rims look the best" and stuff like that. I figure that people should have the mental capacity to make these type of decisions on their own.

[69bronzeT5]

Actually.... my biggest pet peeve is people who post stuff like "what color should I paint my car" "what rims look the best" and stuff like that. I figure that people should have the mental capacity to make these type of decisions on their own.

[69-DodgeCharger]

well it never hurts to ask others opinions. you dont need to do what people tell you what they think is best. they may say something that brings up a good point to you though and makes you realize that you should do something differently. basically just asking for opinions

[Khyron]

ohhh and how many times do you think we're going to see "General Lee"? 

Hey!   

I actually like them, I was waiting for the flood of haters in this thread, but so far, I count only 3, and they simply said they didn't like it, no bashing...


this thread may have turned a new cheek.... I'm seeing.... respect