Real R/T: 1969 Dodge Charger Project
Here’s a second-generation Dodge Charger that’s got both good and bad news. On the positive, parts and panels are fairly easy to come by for these cars, but the negative is that this one’s gonna need a whole bunch of them. However, it is in fact a true R/T so that’s a plus, and if you’ve got some good metal skills maybe this one would make a decent winter project if you’ve been searching for a B-Body to restore. The Mopar is in Waterford, Wisconsin, and can be found here on eBay, where bidding has gotten up to $16,700 so far with the reserve not yet reached. Or you can have it today for the buy-it-now price of $25,000.
This Charger is another example where the seller provides little information about the car’s history, but I think it’s pretty safe to say any past environments have not been kind to the body. There’s significant rust outside, especially in the quarters, and when the hood is lifted we can see it’s corroded all the way through towards the front, plus the trunk lid isn’t exempt from rust on the underside either, although hopefully here it’s just on the surface.
A 440 and 727 TorqueFlite are included in the sale, and although there’s no fender tag under the hood we do get a VIN included which verifies the Charger is an authentic R/T model (XS29) and did indeed come with a 440 (L). But there’s no word on whether or not the big bock we’re viewing will still turn, and the condition of the automatic transmission remains a mystery as well.
The interior may be the strongest area, and surprisingly it looks like the dashpad might not be cracked, so perhaps that can be salvaged. The driver’s seat has at least one tear and appears to have caved in under its own weight through the floor, but there’s a chance the passenger bucket might actually clean up with a lot of effort. It’s hard to tell about the rear quarters with that radiator resting in the back.
Moving farther down, that’s one rusty undercarriage and it looks like part of it might have failed just since the car’s been sitting in this driveway. The seller specifically mentions the platform will need new front and rear floor pans, a transmission cross member, rear frame rails, and a trunk pan. The ’69 Charger R/T is one of my favorites and I’d love to see this one get saved, but it’s about 10x out of my league to ever get back on the road. Are you seeing much hope here?
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Comments
Rather expensive parts car, but at least it comes with the optional barefoot gas pedal and footrest…GL2TB!
Rough ‘n’ tumbler right here.
The seats may be in decent shape, but they’re not original to the car. Color and upholstery pattern are incorrect. The console should be tan, as well.
Looks like motor and trans from a motor home. Pieced together junkyard special.
It would take 5 years and 30 K to get this restored, market prices are stagnant right now for finished classics. It may change if the economy improves in 2024
That should motivate you to work harder and find a better career path or start your own business so you can join the rest of us who are having lots of fun playing with cars still. It’s not hard. This is America, the land of opportunity. The only thing holding you back is you. Trust me, prices aren’t coming down the way you hope they will. There will always be market corrections where prices dip a bit for a couple-few years, but the next cycle will see them go higher than the previous one. That is the way of things. It won’t change. But you can change your situation and do better so you can join the rest of us.
Get REAL. Most young people I know are in debt up to their eyeballs and have advanced degrees, yet still can not make ends meet. The idea of home ownership is a dream, much less having cash for an over priced hobby. I suspect you are an old Boomer like me. We grew up when the rules were more fair, not the same world. I wish what you said was true, but it is not. We need a world where everone does fairly well, then extra hard work makes your life even better, but that is not the way it is. I guess the problem is a bigger picture, than just our little hobby.
LOL! In comes Paul spewing his, uh.. pipe dreams as usual. The world does not work like that and has never worked like that. The only thing that has changed is that the rewards for hard work are greater now than they have ever been before. Those who CHOOSE to work hard and smart are rewarded justly. Those who CHOOSE to stagnate get no sympathy or pity from me.
The degrees and debt up their eyeballs exemplifies the problem with the current generation. They all expect others to pay their way to success. The only loans I’ve ever taken in my life have been for homes and one small business loan. That was all I needed to cement my path and secure my own future. No student loans, no expensive degrees. Just good old fashioned hard work, smart work. Just like it’s always been.
This one is too far gone. Especially for that price! 👎👎
Another rusted Mopar and people will lose there minds to get this!! It’s a bloody shame this Charger looks like this. It’s good for parts. Just make sure who ever gets this check out the 440. Make sure it’s a HP motor and a 440 not a 383. For the BIN $25,000 do they bring it to the new owners house?🤔 Buyer beware on this on this one. 🇺🇸🐻