When did 2nd Gen Charger prices explode?

[Moparnocar]

They've been high since I got in the game, I'm interested tho, when they start really going up and why? Bullit? Dukes? Fast/furious? There must of been a series of events.

I'm wondering if a 1st Gen is used in fast n furious 9 correctly, could it be the bigger trigger for value? Already starting to see them here and there more

 

[70chall440]

Good question, one I don't think there is a real solid answer to as it depends on who is answering. Back in the day (late 70's) Chargers were just like all other Mopars, relatively cheap even after Dukes aired, although they probably started to rise around then but not terribly so. I don't think Bullit did anything for them to speak of, however IMO it was in the early 2000's that Chargers really seemed to start getting a lot of attention and began rising faster than others. They were seen by the automotive world as the poster child for the brand. Part of this might be attributed to the name recognition garnered by the new version (not saying they are the same in any way). I bought a roller 70 Challenger RT for $5K in 2000 and a 73 Barracuda (running but barely and very beat) in 2003 for $2500, in 2012 I bought a 70 RR roller for $5K and after that I started looking for a G2 Charger (preferably a 70) to add to the collection but rollers were going for $7-10K so I gave up.

Attending SEMA, lots of Chargers there all built in one way or another. I guess another way to put it is that every Chevy and Ford guy knows what a Charger is and wants one, but are not too concerned about the rest of the brand for some reason; kind of a weird dynamic to be sure but the net result has been that prices of Chargers have gone up through the roof.

 

[Kern Dog]

They've been high since I got in the game, I'm interested tho, when they start really going up and why? Bullit? Dukes? Fast/furious? There must of been a series of events.

I'm wondering if a 1st Gen is used in fast n furious 9 correctly, could it be the bigger trigger for value? Already starting to see them here and there more

I think that the Fast and Furious movies accelerated the climb in values.
The Dukes of Hazzard, Bullitt and other TV appearances made many aware of the existence of the car but the Fast and Furious movies just took it beyond.
I bought my '70 in March of 2000 for $1700 and I drove it for a month, commuting 130 miles a day in it. It was a 318 model with 4 wheel non power drum brakes.
I bought another '70 in September 2019 for $5000. It was wrecked in 1996 and has not been registered since. It came with no front brakes, no radiator, a thrashed interior, the original 383 out of the car. I had to replace the entire front structure due to crash damage.

 

[NoCar2023]

After Barrett Jackson Scottsdale 2006.

 

[Aarons Air]

I don't think its just chargers. I think its ol school Mopar muscle in general. I see 72-4 e bodies go for more now than 70 & 71's did a relatively short time ago.

 

[Moparnocar]

I don't think its just chargers. I think its ol school Mopar muscle in general. I see 72-4 e bodies go for more now than 70 & 71's did a relatively short time ago.

True, but Chargers seem the highest the quickest IMO

 

[tonysrt]

I think all the gas crisis we faced had a lot to do with it. As the price of gas increased the gas guzzling muscle cars were sold very cheaply. Then the price of gas stabilized in the mid 80's and people, like myself, got interested in returning to the muscle car band wagon. At the time I must have looked at a dozen Cudas that were essentially rust buckets and were going for big bucks. I eventually settled on a 71 Cuda, 4speed and Dana rear less original 383, but the most rust free car I saw. As the market was drying up, each year prices were rising. The demand for the muscle cars increased because there were no real factory hot rods being built by Detroit anymore, thanks to the Government stepping in and strangling the engines with all that air pollution equipment that had to be installed. Mopar had to cheat by building the Lil Red express truck to circumvent all the MPG requirements. So whenever the Govt. gets involved there is hell to pay. Right now there trying to screw over the Model Airplane Hobby.

 

[cuda Hunter]

After Barrett Jackson Scottsdale 2006.

That's the one. Prices jumped ten fold immediately after a few perfect examples sold at Barrett in 06.

 

[chargervert]

The Chargers had fairly strong values before the 2008 crash,but since the rebound of the market,they have soared on value. AMD making sheetmetal for them was a game changer for second gen Chargers!

 

[Moparnocar]

That's the one. Prices jumped ten fold immediately after a few perfect examples sold at Barrett in 06.

Interesting...that would coincide with pretty much the height of housing prices, but I don't remember car prices falling much after 2008, for a basic muscle car

 

[davek]

fast and furious jacked the prices,plain and simple

 

[Demonic]

Around there, '05-'06 or a bit after the recession. The revamped DOH in '05, the persistent F&F movies helped. Exposed the next generation of car kids to an icon, that is still less seen than a Mustang or Camaro. It is the best damn looking car on the planet. Like that one to the left there.

 

[Kern Dog]

Who doesn't love the curves and bulges of these cars? They are shaped like an attractive woman's body.

 

[Moparnocar]

fast and furious jacked the prices,plain and simple

I'm not 100 percent sold on that tho. FF was 2001. ( The first one) if that was the biggest cause, wouldn't you see a ton of DOM charger clones running around? I would think so. Just like General Lee.

 

[NoCar2023]

She's a beauty, Kern.

 

[coronet68mx]

@Richard Cranium let's see what you have to tell us

 

[Demonic]

wouldn't you see a ton of DOM charger clones running around

Nah, they were already hard to find AND expensive already, like the rest of the 68-72 ish B bodies, prices already climbing.

Oh, and the two bad guys that tried to take out Detective Bullitt. Started to get recognition for that sequence.

 

[DeltaV]

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I definitely like it without R/T door scoops!

 

[Kern Dog]

Me too. The red car is a 500 model, not a real R/T though.
Still, I think the scoops cover up one of the great 68-70 styling cues, the scallops.

 

[chargervert]

I like the scoops on the 70 R/T it separates it from the non R/T models.