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How many Chargers have you scrapped?

Started by NMike, November 26, 2007, 02:33:13 AM

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Big Lebowski

  Well back in '85 when you could get a $450 '69 Charger, I scrapped a bent '69 Charger & a '69 Coronet 500. I wish I still had the '69 383 Coronet 500.
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Charger_Fan

I've only parted one Charger, this one...



While I didn't actually take it to the crusher myself, I'm pretty sure it didn't make it many days after that pic was taken.
I do regret parting out that car. :'(

I bought this 4-speed SE sight unseen a few years ago, with intentions of stripping off it's useable parts & crushing it...I just can't do it. :angel:



I bought it a trunk lid this summer, to keep it's spirits up & in return, it's helping me out by holding spare hoods-n-things. ;D


The Aquamax...yes, this bike spent 2 nights underwater one weekend. (Not my doing), but it gained the name, and has since become pseudo-famous. :)

WheresMyCharger

1 '69 winter beater, paid $300 at a used car lot, got 3 years and 20,000 miles out of it. Then the rear springs came thru the trunk floor and the block was cracked. Had it sold for $100 but the guy backed out when a brake line broke as he going to drive it home. I pulled the grill assy and then called the scrapyard.

1 '70 that was hit hard in front, was going to make into a trailer but then I needed a rear end. Kept behind the garage for a few years and then it started to get nasty. It was pretty well stripped by then.
Have you seen my old '69 Charger??
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Charger_Fan

You were gonna make a Charger into a trailer?? :smilielol:

The Aquamax...yes, this bike spent 2 nights underwater one weekend. (Not my doing), but it gained the name, and has since become pseudo-famous. :)

Magnumcharger

1) 1969 Charger 383 2bbl/auto, wrecked in the front. Bought for $200, sold $600 worth of parts off of it...and sold it back to the guy I bought it from. Who sold it to a scrapyard.
2) 1969 Charger SE -318/auto, bought for $100. From same guy as above. Had every option known to man, including luggage rack, cruise control, leather seats. (No sunroof). Completely rusted out.
3) 1971 Charger R/T, traded for a Dodge van I had. Bought all the parts I needed to restore this car, then ended up trading everything to a guy...for a 4:10 Dana 60. HE parted this car out, and definately made money!
1968 Plymouth Barracuda Formula S 340 convertible
1968 Dodge Charger R/T 426 Hemi 4 speed
1968 Plymouth Barracuda S/S clone 426 Hemi auto
1969 Dodge Deora pickup clone 318 auto
1971 Dodge Charger R/T 440 auto
1972 Dodge C600 318 4 speed ramp truck
1972 Dodge C800 413 5 speed
1979 Chrysler 300 T-top 360 auto
2001 Dodge RAM Sport Offroad 360 auto
2010 Dodge Challenger R/T 6 speed
2014 RAM Laramie 5.7 Hemi 8 speed

NHCharger

Quote from: moparstuart on November 26, 2007, 03:48:00 PM

3rd gens  no great loss  LOL


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1- 72 Charger, under 80k miles.                                 
72 Charger- Base Model
68 Charger-R/T Clone
69 Charger Daytona clone
79 Lil Red Express - future money pit
88 Ramcharger 4x4- current money pit
55 Dodge Royal 2 door - wife's money pit
2014 RAM 2500HD Diesel


Ghoste

Scrapped a 68, a 70, and a 66 but they were all a very long time ago and they were each pretty rotted.  They gave parts for a number of cars.

The70RT

1- 70 I bought in like 1980. It was rust free and sat at a body shop ready for paint after a guy sanded and primered it. There was an acident on the corner where it was at and someone plowed the right rear quarter before it got painted. He took it back home and I got it from the guy for 75 bucks. I stripped it down and put the 383 HP a 69 that I sold. I got almost all the body parts that I took off still. It was a white bucket seat car with black & white hounds tooth interior.  :brickwall:
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JimShine

I have one I am on the fence about cutting up. It is a 69 and is severely rotted from under the dash to the rear. Even the perches are rotted. I keep wanting to wait and see what new parts come out to possibly save it.

71ChallengeHer

I never scrapped a Charger. I sold my 69 Charger to get us out of debt my ex-husband put us in. :brickwall: I did scrap my 70 Barracuda that was totaled. :'(

Dennis K

I scrapped out 4 myself. It was a  long time ago and 2 of them were not fixable even by todays standards. One was very rusty and in a rollover, MM1 bronze, black top and interior, 383 4v car. I used a lot of parts off of that one. Next was a red 318 car with a white interior with a buddy seat. If I found the same car today it would probably be restorable. I don't remember how much rust was on it since I only used the fenders and sold some of the white interior parts. It was a $50 parts car in the late 80s. Next was a car I bought for parts for $350, some moron made it into a custom "El Camino" type vehicle and it looked hideous. It was begging to be put out of its misery, so I did.  I saved the front clip and doors and all the good parts off of it, sold the AM 8-track setup for $50, and scrapped the rest. It was a factory black car with a blue interior, 383 2v, no vinyl top. Probably was a beauty before it was butchered. Last one was a JJ1 gold car with gold interior and green vinyl top, accordiing to the fender tag it was a 383 4v 4-speed car. If I would have had any idea they were so rare at the time, I would have saved it, but it was VERY rusty and would have needed every piece of repro sheet metal available now plus a whole lot that aren't, and back then there was almost nothing available for Chargers yet. All these were 68s, and they all contributed to the restoration of my hemi 4-speed car that's in my garage now. That reminds me, I haven't posted any pics of it in a while. I'll get to it soon.

RallyeMike

1 scrapped and 2 cut apart for stock car sheet metal.
1969 Charger 500 #232008
1972 Charger, Grand Sport #41
1973 Charger "T/A"

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bill440rt

Just one, a '70. Car was already gutted, & the tail panel & trunk floor were already cut out of it. The guy who had it was gonna scrap it, & just said "take what you want & pay to have it towed out of here." A buddy & I picked clean what we could at the time & everything we could put in his van.
If I had a sawzall, I would have come home with a lot more usable body parts. I got a lot of usable parts, including a mint grill & front bumper assembly. The rest of the car was gonzo.
On the flip side, I'm saving a '69 that could have very well ended up in the crusher or for parts, so I don't feel so bad.
"Strive for perfection in everything. Take the best that exists and make it better. If it doesn't exist, create it. Accept nothing nearly right or good enough." Sir Henry Rolls Royce

paironines

Scrapped 3. First was a 70 Charger 500 318 car pretty rusty, restorable by todays standards but didn't do a thing for me back then.  2nd was a 68 R/T someone had started a resto on, stripped it bare and left out in the elements/ lost all the pieces. I really didn't want to find and buy all the pieces for it and fix the severely pitted body so I stripped the rest of it and sold the shell to a local who did ??? with it.  3rd was a 68 383 PW car that was totally wasted.

69bronzeT5

Quote from: bill440rt on November 27, 2007, 02:12:43 PM

On the flip side, I'm saving a '69 that could have very well ended up in the crusher or for parts, so I don't feel so bad.


Good job!!! :2thumbs:. My '69 was used for parts and then was gonna get sent to the crusher but we found it and rescued it before it got there.
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1969 Charger: T5 Copper 383 Automatic
1970 Challenger R/T: FC7 Plum Crazy 440 Automatic
1970 GTO: Black 400 Ram Air III 4-Speed
1971 Charger Super Bee: GY3 Citron Yella 440 4-Speed
1972 Charger: FE5 Red 360 Automatic
1973 Charger Rallye: FY1 Top Banana 440 Automatic
1973 Plymouth Road Runner: FE5 Red 440 Automatic
1973 Plymouth Duster: FC7 Plum Crazy 318 Automatic

paironines

This is the 3rd car i mentioned in my last post. Couldn't get it to attach last time.

terrible one

Quote from: paironines on November 27, 2007, 08:53:33 PM
Scrapped 3. First was a 70 Charger 500 318 car pretty rusty, restorable by todays standards but didn't do a thing for me back then.  2nd was a 68 R/T someone had started a resto on, stripped it bare and left out in the elements/ lost all the pieces. I really didn't want to find and buy all the pieces for it and fix the severely pitted body so I stripped the rest of it and sold the shell to a local who did ??? with it.  3rd was a 68 383 PW car that was totally wasted.

Hmm, in that last pic, looking at the cowl, possibly a V21 car??

71charger_fan

Two RWD, two FWD. I bought a '73 SE for $55, stripped it, junked it. Then I found a '71 base model for $250, stripped it, junked it. A buddy of mine sold me an '85 Shelby Charger for $50, stripped it, couldn't junk it. No title. I took a sawzall to it and put the pieces in a recycling bin. I bought an '84 2.2 for a couple of hundred, stripped it, junked it.

paironines

No, I don't think it was a V21 car. If I remember right there were almost no options on that R/T except for a console.

nakita7

2 that I can recall: a 72 Topper 318 car and a 71 Superbee.

dukeboy_318

im taking one 74 to the scrap yard on thursday, so count me for 1
1978 Dodge Power Wagon W200 4x4- 408 stroker/4spd
1974 Dodge Dart Swinger. 440 project in the works.

rusty lee

two shelby chargers one 86 one 85 2.2 turbo. if I could figure out how to resize a photo I'd post a pic of them in the yard.

69bronzeT5

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1969 Charger: T5 Copper 383 Automatic
1970 Challenger R/T: FC7 Plum Crazy 440 Automatic
1970 GTO: Black 400 Ram Air III 4-Speed
1971 Charger Super Bee: GY3 Citron Yella 440 4-Speed
1972 Charger: FE5 Red 360 Automatic
1973 Charger Rallye: FY1 Top Banana 440 Automatic
1973 Plymouth Road Runner: FE5 Red 440 Automatic
1973 Plymouth Duster: FC7 Plum Crazy 318 Automatic

jasonfromIKILLYA

scrapped a 74SE I pulled out of a junkyard.  a tree had fallen on it and it was not in good shape.  Got some great part off of it though!  Power windows!!
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