Today i ran into a Hemi Charger at the US Car Show in Gunzenhausen Germany...

[Michael_]

Today i went to the US Car Show in Gunzenhausen Germany.
I was really surprised when a real 69 hemi charger pulled up. First time i've seen a car of this league at a show here in germany.
We talked to the owner who also opened the hood and it looks really nice under there aswell down to the correct hoses and correct style hose clamps. It's a real hemi car (VIN and Fender Tag Confirm) but the Engine is a date coded replacement. 4 Speed car aswell.
I thought i'm already pretty narrow minded with being only interested in american cars from the late 60s and 70s mainly but the owner of this car is even more extreme with the "mopar or no car" mentality.



While this car was clearly the star of the show i've seen a bunch of other interesting cars aswell. See photos: Album — Postimages
I have even seen a first gen dodge intrepid which isn't crazy exciting but seeing one in germany is VERY unusual.

 

[Runcharger]

Apparently all the wrong stuff, green, no vinyl roof but man that car is a knockout!

 

[Michael_]

Apparently all the wrong stuff, green, no vinyl roof but man that car is a knockout!

Add no power brakes to the list but i like green. Mines green as well but unfortunately it does not have a hemi.

 

[chargervert]

Beautiful car,and he already has his snow tires on for the coming winter!

 

[hemi71x]

What part of Germany that city located at?
Spent 2 years in Germany, 1974-76 US Air Force, at the Zweibrucken Air Base.
Jet Aircraft mechanic, flight line crew chief, on the RF-4C Phantoms.

 

[RemCharger]

I have even seen a first gen dodge intrepid which isn't crazy exciting but seeing one in germany is VERY unusual.

Those were great cars, we had quite a few of them

Beautiful car,and he already has his snow tires on for the coming winter!

Better prepared than most !

 

[Cranky]

When I was in Frankfurt in late 71, I saw a road runner and another Mopar (don't remember what) at the front of the line at a stop light and when the light went green, the race was on. It sure made me homesick!! But....at the time I was driving a 66 Opal Rekord 4dr with the 1900 engine with the progressive 2 bbl carb, 4 'on the floor' with bucket seats!! Never saw another car like it! That 'little' car would bury the 200 click speedometer with 4 of us in it. The car was crazy nuts for a 4 banger until my roommate rolled it into a snowy ditch. At least the roll only crushed the passenger side of the roof and he didn't get hurt. Hated losing that car...

 

[440 4 speed]

Apparently all the wrong stuff, green, no vinyl roof but man that car is a knockout!

Green means growth. Hope especially for the agricultural people. Why does it need a vinyl roof? Seems that those cars need far roof repairs than non vinyl roof cars.

 

[Cranky]

What part of Germany that city located at?
Spent 2 years in Germany, 1974-76 US Air Force, at the Zweibrucken Air Base.
Jet Aircraft mechanic, flight line crew chief, on the RF-4C Phantoms.

I was at Hahn AFB.....

 

[WileE]

Today i went to the US Car Show in Gunzenhausen Germany.
I was really surprised when a real 69 hemi charger pulled up. First time i've seen a car of this league at a show here in germany.
We talked to the owner who also opened the hood and it looks really nice under there aswell down to the correct hoses and correct style hose clamps. It's a real hemi car (VIN and Fender Tag Confirm) but the Engine is a date coded replacement. 4 Speed car aswell.
I thought i'm already pretty narrow minded with being only interested in american cars from the late 60s and 70s mainly but the owner of this car is even more extreme with the "mopar or no car" mentality.

Awesome, great looking Charger. Michael, I think you need to do some more catching up to that owner's frame of thinking !!

 

[HEMI-ITIS]

Thanks for posting all the pictures! It never ceases to amaze me the amount of American cars at these car shows down under,New Zealand,Germany,England,FinLand and so many more places Like Japan.

 

[Kern Dog]

I thought that the 68 and later B bodies with the Hemi also came with power brakes.

 

[Cranky]

I thought that the 68 and later B bodies with the Hemi also came with power brakes.

Don't know but don't see why not....

 

[RemCharger]

I thought there's 3 flavors ,
Power/ disc/ 10" rears
Power/ drum/ 11"
Manual/ drum/ 11"

 

[68BabyBlue]

Add no power brakes to the list but i like green. Mines green as well but unfortunately it does not have a hemi.

Doesn’t matter. I followed your car before you bought it. A great example of what a mainstream R/T looked like back in the day.

 

[1 Wild R/T]

I thought that the 68 and later B bodies with the Hemi also came with power brakes.

A32 (auto) or A34 ($ Spd) 4:10 Super Track Pac automatically triggered (B41) Disc Brakes and (B51) Power Brakes....

So the Charger in question came with 3.54 gears...

 

[Michael_]

What part of Germany that city located at?

It's in Bavaria: Gunzenhausen - Wikipedia

Doesn’t matter. I followed your car before you bought it. A great example of what a mainstream R/T looked like back in the day.

Yeah i'm not complaining. My car also has AC and Cruise Control - both options not available with the 426 Hemi Engine.
Both have pros and cons.