Mileage when starting Restoration

[charge69]

Here is a picture of my speedometer and TicTockTach when we disassembled my Charger. Notice the miles on it ! This is an original and numbers-matching motor that only needed a .0030 overbore to clean it up after sitting for over 35 years in my garage. Professional rebuild on the motor brought it back to life nicely.

I bought the Charger in 1976 with around 78k miles on it and it was permanently retired in my garage in 1981 with the shown mileage on it now. I was the 3rd owner of it and I bought it from a friend of my brother's who had owned it since 1971 is what I have been told.

What kind of miles did your resto have on it when you bought it

[charge69]

Here is a quick pic of the man responsible for bringing the motor back to life (a few internal new parts but still only a 432 cu.in. motor) and a pic of the dyno sheet after the rebuild.

[tan top]

 


original 63 thousand miles on car
but what i have peiced together, the  original  matching #s R/T  motor  was blown up in the late 70s / may be very very early 80s & the car was parked ! it  was replaced by a 69 E 440 originaly out of a imperial in 85 by the second owner    i bought the car off the second owner early 89

[charge69]

Good stuff Tan Top.  I have always liked your car in your avatar.

[terrible one]

51,096 . . . probably 151,096 given the "well-used" condition and the fact that I know it was on the road until at LEAST 1984 

[Cooter]

All my cars were either missing their original speedo's, or were well over 200K mile, busted pieces of sh*t.

[doctor4766]

Can't remember what was on the clock when I bought my car as a project in 2006, but it went on the road with 0 miles showing as I had the instruments rebuilt and the odometer zero'd. Now has around 8500 miles showing.

[Fred]

original mileage showing on mine when I got it.  

[Fred]

I was fortunate enough to get hold of another dash that I could convert to kilometres and have the odometer zero'd which has enabled me to keep the original as is.

[road/track]

I was fortunate enough to get hold of another dash that I could convert to kilometres and have the odometer zero'd which has enabled me to keep the original as is.

300Km, that's cool! 

I assume you modified it, as 150 miles would have been about 240 Km?? 

[UFO]

141,000+ when I got it.
Very cool mod on the speedometer Fred.
Yes 150 = 240 kph.

[Fred]

I was fortunate enough to get hold of another dash that I could convert to kilometres and have the odometer zero'd which has enabled me to keep the original as is.

300Km, that's cool! 

I assume you modified it, as 150 miles would have been about 240 Km?? 

Yeah..........240 isn't fast enough for me 
But seriously,  the speedo reads correctly. Haven't copped a fine yet. 

[Fred]

141,000+ when I got it.
Very cool mod on the speedometer Fred.
Yes 150 = 240 kph.

thanks UFO.