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out of the 3, I personally like the split bumper style of the 69 best, but still prefer the 1st and 3rd gens, even so, I can enjoy a 5 to 30k car way more without worrying about every little scratch
 
At $68k I think at least for me, all the money is in it already - maybe to much.. Bidding any higher will just be digging a money pit deeper.
 
Especially considering you would need to take it apart and start over
To what end?
You may be unaware, but some own these cars and drive them as they are, as imperfect as they may be. For them, they enjoy the car whether they would win a $14 plastic trophy or not.
That is how it is for me.
"Correct" paint dabs and wire looms?

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How does that make the car faster, better handling, stop quicker or sound better?
Me? I don't care about that. I love the styling of these cars, the power and the sounds they make. New cars isolate you so much from the driving experience to where you're doing 85 mph and it feels like you're barely moving. 85 in a classic car, even one that is solid and tight, feels fast.
I admit, you don't want a hacked together car where it is structurally unsafe but unless you're a trophy chaser, why trash talk a fairly priced car that would be a lot of fun to own? Don't you drive your car?
 
it's the tail lights I think
The only thing I actually like about the '68 taillights are the reverse lights. I can't stand double-circle taillights, it's been done to death. Were they trying to copy the rear design of the '68 'Vette? Same recessed rear window, same double-circle taillights. Did the Charger or 'Vette come out first in '68? Honest question. Wedging in the circles looks like an afterthought on the '68 Charger. The '69 and '70 taillights nailed it, IMO. :)
 
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out of the 3, I personally like the split bumper style of the 69 best, but still prefer the 1st and 3rd gens, even so, I can enjoy a 5 to 30k car way more without worrying about every little scratch
When I look at a 69 grille, I think back to when Pontiac started their split grilles earlier.
 
I wasn't going to say anything because these cars are out of my price range, but I thought even the pictures from further back the door lines along the rocker looked wack-o.
Also, a car that nice with bedliner spray all over it instead of paint is either for sale in the midwest and terminal fear of rust/salt erosion has made the owner go overkill, or much more likely not in the midwest and the owner is hiding a bunch of really bad booger welds and hack jobs.

That is a driver quality car. You can get away with the bad alignments on patina cars that people know it is a work in progress or hot rod. Once you make it shiny it better be ALL shiny or all you did is make more work for the next guy that wants it to be right.
As such, it should not sell for more then 35K. But it will. Most likely to a "classic car dealership".

Caveat emptor.
 
As such, it should not sell for more then 35K. But it will. Most likely to a "classic car dealership".
I think your valuation is way off. Like 20K short, at least. It looks fairly decent to me, and nitpicking details like a bedliner'd trunk, stupid wire routing, trunk with apparently missing bump stops, hood springs either weak or not adjusted properly, etc. does not devalue a decent 2nd-gen Charger by 20K. Yes, it's not done but if you think a Charger like this is only worth 35K...then you and a bazillion others would be lining up in droves to buy it. :)
 
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I think your valuation is way off. Like 20K short, at least. It looks fairly decent to me, and nitpicking details like a bedliner'd trunk, stupid wire routing, trunk with apparently missing bump stops, hood springs either weak or not adjusted properly, etc. does not devalue a decent 2nd-gen Charger by 20K. Yes, it's not done but if you think a Charger like this is only worth 35K...then you and a bazillion others would be lining up in droves to buy it. :)
I wouldn't.
But I am not a nostalgia driven, more money then I can spend in the rest of my life boomer gen either. No offense.
I also have had my fill of fixing other people's shity half *** work in my life. So if I was in the market for a car like that it would either be one I could fix properly or one that was fixed properly for more money.

A car like this is a flippers dream, all shined up without the price tag to match. Just need a sucker to take the hook and pocket 10-25K.
By the time someone pays to strip the car and fix all the hidden junk, and then redoes the car, even starting at 35k it would cost more then buying a proper car, or restoring a decent project.
This is not a project car, nor is it a finished car. It is worse then a project car with layers and has layers of $$$ to peel off before it can have the $$$ reapplied correctly.
Or it is a shined up driver that looks great from 25 feet and does good burnouts without worry of stone chips or door dings. People don't pay collector money for driver cars. Well, smart people won't. Nostalgia driven grandpa fat wallet might.

But it doesn;t matter to me. I am sure someone will make it their pride and joy for way more then it is worth and I likely will never see that car again in my lifetime.
 
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