40 years out of storage '68 Charger

[Outatime]

96 year old owner. Interesting story and transformation of a solid looking, one repaint Charger.

 

[Richard Cranium]

That car needs the Cranium treatment.

 

[eldubb440]

440 six pack in a 68

 

[Jeff Peterson]

I'm gonna have to say fake, many years ago I went with some office people where I used to work to help clean out a unit when someone noticed they'ed been paying years to store files from before computors, probably about the same amount of time as claimed here, anyway they couldn't find a key, even with a big ring of em', so we had to get the manager to cut the lock, once we opened the door the Spider/cob webs were basically solid front to back, top to bottom, I didn't see one in the video.

 

[F4R/T]

Makes me think of a 1990s resto that sat after it was driven for awhile.

 

[Richard Cranium]

440 six pack in a 68

It's a 383 with a six pack. In one view, you can see that there's no boss on the block in front of the valley pan.

If he was paying 40 years worth of storage fees, he screwed himself.

 

[dadsbee]

I should have bought a few bags of barn dust before pulling the Bee out of the container after 14 years...

 

[Mopar Hunter]

The grille’s been painted.

 

[Richard Cranium]

The grille’s been painted.

I noticed that. The seats have also been reupholstered wrongly, carpets replaced (heal pad is in the wrong location) and the trunk floor pained black. Looks like the car was painted with a roller.

 

[Mopar Hunter]

The guy said the Charger was in storage for 30 years, that building doesn’t look like it’s five years old.

 

[chargervert]

That car needs the Cranium treatment.

The car looks better than most barn find Chargers from the New England area. Most are rotted up to the door handles and beyond!

 

[chargervert]

The guy said the Charger was in storage for 30 years, that building doesn’t look like it’s five years old.

It was probably moved from one storage building to the next over a period of decades.

 

[Coelacanth]

I watched that last night, too. They did a nice resto on it. What surprised me, seeing how many performance mods he did to the engine (6-pak intake & carbs, headers, etc.), was that it didn't have a Sure Grip rear end. When they did a burnout at the end of the video, only the passenger side tire was smoking.

 

[Budnicks]

40+ min. Ammo detailing commercial,
96 y/o man liked it...

looked to be a std low buck 383 2bbl/727 on the column,
with headers & a low deck 6-bbl intake, small man. drum brake car
Not a fan of the wheels choice...
Should have got new tires for the Org. Daisey Wheels, be better...

 

[Charger72]

I simply enjoyed watching the episode as it was a '68 Charger.

 

[chargervert]

The car might not be perfect but it is a Charger that can be driven and not worry about every little stone chip. It is a lot more fun than a trailer queen.

 

[Rusty knuckles]

Don't stop enjoying them to restore them either unless you're confident you will be having fun again in a year or 2.

Seen so many people pull down a running driving project to restore only to burn out, lose interest, and sell it.

 

[Kern Dog]

Thanks for the video.

As much as I do like a larger diameter wheel, those are terrible. The wheels that were on the car looked period correct.

 

[Runcharger]

My feelings exactly, either drive it or sell it. Of course that's what works for me and I don't tell others how to spend their money. Owning a piece of machinery and letting it deteriorate into not being usable isn't for me.

 

[XS22J8R]

My ‘71 Challenger in my island of unwanted toys collection is stored in a building for the last 8+ years. I get ambitious every year or two and swap another car for it and bring it home for a bit, but still feel guilty it sits as much as it does.
However, in that building there are a few cars stored that have been there for decades untouched. A gator top Challenger T/A has been there over 25 years. There’s a 66 or 67 Vette in the corner, I’m told it’s a tri power, so long that’s its car cover has deteriorated to shreds. Those both need full restos. There’s a 70 cuda 383 there for a long time unmoved that looks great when you pull the cover back to see it.
Happens a lot sadly….