pat1969charger
Well-Known Member
Hello all, I have been browsing the forums for months in the background and have finally decided to join. I have always wanted a 69 charger since I was about 8 years old but where I live (Nova Scotia) there are few to find. So in March I decided to buy a 73 charger se that was about 6 hours from me in New Brunswick thinking it would be as close as I'd ever get to my 69. I worked on it from march until August replacing the firewall with one for a 73 challenger as well as a new front full floor and donor door hinge posts. In may I found an as on kijiji for a 69 charger the guy was asking $3200 came with a parts coronet and new floors from the firewall to the taillights and a soda blasted mint condition hood. I immediately got in touch with the guy and got some better pics from him, the car was a wreck by looking at the pics and I opted not to buy it. Fast forward two months to end of July beginning of August. I decide I email him again and see if he still has the car (ad long gone from kijiji) and to my surprise he says yes. I asked his best price again and surprisingly he says $2000 takes it. Well then I scramble to get resources together to go get the car. August 16th I make the 5.5 hour drive to Cape Breton trailer in tow behind my ram and my brother and father and best friend as support/loading helpers. The photos didn't do it justice, it was done, no floor reAr rails non existent, front rails rotten. Basically the only pieces left that are good is the roof structure (which needs lots of patches), the upper rad support and dash frame/window regulators and stainless trims, entire body is rotten to point it's lost shape and is sagging. So for some stupid reason I bought it for 2k thinking at the very least I had well over 2k in parts to sell which i do. So now I have commutes to restoring it. As I said I have all the new floors that came with it, I bought a 68 satellite to use firewall, upper and lower cowls, front inner fenders, lower rad support,door hinge posts, inner wheel tubs and shock crossmember. I have bought new full rear rails, rear spring perches and trunk support brace. I have new rockers ordered inner and outer, front rails and torsion crossmember. I have been watching some build threads such as sgtpauls and mopar4don. I have the 69 service manual and am hoping I can build a jig and basically build my car from scratch. Crazy I know! Anyway just wanted to introduce myself and tell the story of how I came to be here! Sorry for the long post!
aboard!
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