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It looks like Chris Birdsong has been bitten by the third generation Charger bug!

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I saw a video today of Chris Birdsong buying a third generation Charger R/T! I was just like him a die hard second generation Charger guy,with the exception of the occasional E body or ten,until I started hanging out with Gary and Pam and the third generation Chargers and Plymouth cars started to grow on me like a fungus that won't go away! At one point I had nine third generation Chargers and a 71 Plymouth! That's how it starts!

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That's kind of what happened to me, the second generation Chargers started getting too expensive and harder to find, and third generation Chargers were plentiful and somewhat affordable.
 
Being bitten by the 3rd generation Charger bug is not a bad thing.
 
I sold two 71 Chargers,gave a third 71 Charger away and sold a super solid 72 Charger. I also sold a 71 Satellite and a 72 Satellite and parted out a 72 Road Runner parts car,so I am getting the third generation addiction problem under control.

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I have owned one triple green 71 Charger 500. It was a Texas car and had absolutely zero rust anywhere. I should have kept that car. The only thing I hate is the tail lights on 71 500's and R/T's though.
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I have owned one triple green 71 Charger 500. It was a Texas car and had absolutely zero rust anywhere. I should have kept that car. The only thing I hate is the tail lights on 71 500's and R/T's though. View attachment 1957817
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I think the taillights are fantastic, they have more detail than any other taillights from the muscle car era.

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I like the RT taillights too. My buddy bought his 1971 Charger not long after I bought my '70 back in the late 80's. He later added the bulge hood, Go wing, RT doors and the RT taillights to an otherwise plain-Jane '71 Charger. He also replaced the original column shift with a console.

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My friend Marvin told me that if i ever drove a 71 i'd fall in love with them and he was right, As far as looks go they are a little trickier to make look good I think. Have to get the colour and wheels right and shiny paint is important. If a 3rd gen is dull green or brown with F78X14's on it, dont expect everyone to love it,

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He gave some beat up brown (dark gold ?) POS, 318 car auto
(don't remember the year now)
it even ran, but he trailered it there, behind one of his gen 2 (68 ?) Chargers
think it was a 71, a gen 3 Charger, ragged out feces filled, that looked like it was
left in the desert for decades, animals living in it
& it ran though
looked like it was beaten with a bag of nickels/dead cats or a baseball bat
on every corner/fender, hood, deck or quarters, not a square inch of flat/straight sheet metal

'FREE though' (or he traded something ? cheap, for it)
or
it looked like the Org. Owner couldn't drive for ****
IIRC Birdsong allegedly gave it, to Steve Dulcich from 'Roadkill Garage'
there was an episode with Wiley & Chris (no Dave) helping Steve
do the gen 3 Hemi/Tremec 5/6 speed swap in the 74 D100 MoPar Muscle Truck
 
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Birdsong had a 73 Charger SE but the views for that car didn’t get very many hits so he stopped making videos on it and sold it off. People are still sleeping on third Gen Chargers so there is some time left before the price goes up. I think the third gen chargers look great and will grab on later this year.
 
I too am warming to Gen IIIs. Especially the Charger. I've never owned one. Only Gen II Plymouths.

I'm not going out of the way to hunt, but if I ran across? I wouldn't have any buyer's remorse. (Come to think of it. I've never had "Buyer's Remorse." Selling? Every single time!)
 
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