Another Hoosier here!

[Benji]

As promised pics of Tim's 1969 Hemi Charger 500.

Benji

 

[moparstuart]

awesome details ?

 

[Benji]

awesome details ?

A buddy of mine (Tim) bought it in 1980. The guy he bought it from yanked the hemi and put it in an Anglia and sold the rest of the car to Tim for $300.00 including a 318 engine. Time drove it three years and then parked it. He claims he is going to restore it someday, but it will cost about $150,000.00 + (in my estimation) and he ain't got that kind of money. I offered Tim DOUBLE his money that he paid for the car but he said no.

Benji

 

[65DODGE]

thats awesome i hope he either gets around to restoring it or sells it to someone who will give it the restoration it deserves hate to see something like that just setting around when it could be enjoyed either way very cool car thanks for posting the pics.

 

[greenmonsta79]

Well if you only offered to double his money that's not much? that car in that shape is worth at least $15,000 (maybe more!) Just since it is a Hemi 500 car!

 

[69clone]

Well if you only offered to double his money that's not much? that car in that shape is worth at least $15,000 (maybe more!) Just since it is a Hemi 500 car!

I believe he was being sarcastic.
Anyways thats an awesome car.

 

[Benji]

I believe he was being sarcastic.
Anyways thats an awesome car.

He has been offered $20,000.00 and turned them down.

Benji

 

[David]

Welcome from Ft.Wayne IN. Awesome car

 

[HEMI-ITIS]

Snow tires{lol} and a big blower behind the car:sleepy2:

 

[greenmonsta79]

Pretty sad really, car will probably rot to the ground right there. I can't stand people that don't have the means to restore a car of that historic signifigance and insist on holding onto it in hopes of one day they might "get lucky" and restore it. He should have taken the $20,000.

 

[Benji]

Pretty sad really, car will probably rot to the ground right there. I can't stand people that don't have the means to restore a car of that historic signifigance and insist on holding onto it in hopes of one day they might "get lucky" and restore it. He should have taken the $20,000.

Since it is sitting on a concrete floor in a ventilated storage barn (with tractors and not livestock) it shouldn't "rot" but I agree he should sell it to someone who has the means to restore it.

Benji

 

[moparstuart]

that car is worth at least 40 k as it sits even in this bad economy

 

[69clone]

that car is worth at least 40 k as it sits even in this bad economy

Stu don't you have one your restoring?

 

[69rtse4spd]

Hemi

He has his reasons for not selling.

 

[moparstuart]

Stu don't you have one your restoring?

yes i have a 500 , but a hemi 500 is a whole other ball game

 

[Budnicks]

Benji welcome to the FBBO forum. The days of the $300-$350 Mopars is long gone. I do remember those days buying cars 5+ a year & turning them to support my racing habbit. Good luck.

 

[roadrunnerman]

welcome.nice charger,looks like it would clean up good.not much rust on it.

 

[slick66]

Welcome from a Hoosier transplanted to Arizona.