HAPPY 44th

[Fred]

Well my baby's 44 years old today (sun 27th May) and she's never looked better
I"m as crazy about her today as the day she was born.
So far she's given me 12,000 miles of good times.
Here's to the next 44.    Long may she live!

Definitely worth celebrating!

[A383Wing]

both of mine turned 46 last month....May 2nd & May 6th.....

No candles here....we got a burn ban

Happy Birfday to yer car

Bryan

[ChgrSteve67]

Mine turns 45 on June 1st
Kinda scarry that we know this

Happy Birthday Freds Charger

[Fred]

both of mine turned 46 last month....May 2nd & May 6th.....

No candles here....we got a burn ban

Happy Birfday to yer car

Bryan

Are you living in the right month Bryan? 

[A383Wing]

sorry....took pain meds again.....

Bryan  (shutting up now)

[ChgrSteve67]

Didn't you all know that Bryans black Charger is a time machine.
The first 4 bbl runs the motor and the second 4 bbl controls space and time.

But don't tell anyone its a secret.

[Fred]

Is there room for us all?  I'd love to go back to 1968 and watch my charger rolling off the assembly line in Hamtramck. 

[1BAD68]

 

Mine will be 45 this year. Me and my Charger are only 5 months apart.

[ChgrSteve67]

My Charger was built 6 months before I was born.
Its funny when people ask me if I'm the origional owner.
But I have owned it longer than anyone else.  26 Years.

[cdr]

Mine will be 45 this year. Me and my Charger are only 5 months apart.

what month was your car built ?

[doctor4766]

Mine's a Hamtramck Charger too Fred.
Maybe they're related?

I must check on it's birthdate and maybe give it a wash on the BIG DAY.

Enjoy your festivities together.

[1BAD68]

what month was your car built ?

September

[rarefish]

I want a black 68......

[lloyd3]

Not surprising that the members here took the time to figure out the Julian calender and their car's birthday.  Hamtramck turned mine out on July 5th, 44-years ago this Summer. Just looked that up; it was a Friday! (maybe they weren't too hungover?)

[cdr]

mine will be 44 june 19th,mine is just barely a 68 lol

[1BAD68]

Anyone know if the factory assembled cars on Saturday's?
Mine was built 9-09-1967 which was a Saturday

[cdr]

Anyone know if the factory assembled cars on Saturday's?
Mine was built 9-09-1967 which was a Saturday

good question, mine was Wednesday

[A383Wing]

call me stoopid.....but I have never been able to figure out the "Julian Calendar" scenario

Bryan  

[lloyd3]

Can't imagine any union shop working on Saturday under normal circumstances, but you never know.  I would doublecheck that decode to make sure of your date first.  

On another tangent, I'm guessing that the line would get shutdown for the model-year change sometime after the 4th of July holiday. Does anyone here know when the model year shutdown occured at Dodge Main in the late 1960s?  My memories of that era had the new Cars-of-the-Year hitting the lots about mid-August.  Moreover, I'm told that my power brake booster (which is currently being rebuilt, and that I only recently discovered was what largely-caused the need for it's ongoing restoration) was only used in big block Chargers, and only in late 1968.  Does that sound right? Something about it needing only so many inches of vacuum verses other versions that would need more?

[cdr]

i do know that they couldent build 68 chargers fast enough

[Bob T]

Hope you went for a long cruise and a smoky skid and a couple of cold ones later on ....mines a few months away, 7th September   

[cdr]

so when was the 68 production stopped & 69 started?

[1BAD68]

Well maybe I got the date wrong. It says 909 on the fender tag.

[Fred]

Can't imagine any union shop working on Saturday under normal circumstances, but you never know.  I would doublecheck that decode to make sure of your date first.  

On another tangent, I'm guessing that the line would get shutdown for the model-year change sometime after the 4th of July holiday. Does anyone here know when the model year shutdown occured at Dodge Main in the late 1960s?  My memories of that era had the new Cars-of-the-Year hitting the lots about mid-August.  Moreover, I'm told that my power brake booster (which is currently being rebuilt, and that I only recently discovered was what largely-caused the need for it's ongoing restoration) was only used in big block Chargers, and only in late 1968.  Does that sound right? Something about it needing only so many inches of vacuum verses other versions that would need more?

Production for the new model year generally started Aug 1st.

[Fred]

Hope you went for a long cruise and a smoky skid and a couple of cold ones later on ....mines a few months away, 7th September   

Thanks bob T,  I did take her out and yes, I did a tiny bit of hooning! but not too much................don't want to attract the wrong attention. 
I see that yours is going to be 45.

Mine's a Hamtramck Charger too Fred.
Maybe they're related?

I must check on it's birthdate and maybe give it a wash on the BIG DAY.

Enjoy your festivities together.

related?..............2nd cousins twice removed maybe