Hi, `68 Charger R/T

[nihil]

Story time. I was somewhere around the tender age of 5 years old, we were living in some apartments in North Carolina, and my parents left me with a babysitter for a night out on the town. Said babysitter wasn't very good at her job, and I took the opportunity to sneak outside and play in the snow. After several minutes of throwing snowballs at a street sign, I saw a white Jeep CJ with a gold eagle on the hood slide down an icy hill and plow right into the side of the Charger. ~30 years later, I fixed it.

The damaged door:

Mess in progress:

Getting it aligned:

It's labeled in case I forget what kind of car it is:

Lock cylinder and glass put in the new door (it had busted glass when I got it):

 

[nihil]

You got a bad *** car man....My dad never gave me anything like that...All he ever gave me was a ride to my job so i could buy a car!!You should fix it up and keep it...After all it was your dads car...I,m sure he,s looking down at you right now,watching you and looking forward to seeing that fat burnout!!!!!!!Gota love the 68 r/t!!!
Bill 67GTX

It took me many many years to talk him out of it. At 15 I got the same "time to get to work" treatment (that's how it should be really). I have what's left of his ashes in a small pendant type thing that will be hung from the rear view mirror. And yes, I do love this car.

if you dont bring the car come spectate , look me up you cant miss my car .

If she keeps overheating I'll probably be driving the Audi. After 10+ minutes worth of driving she pisses coolant from the overflow tube. Might try yanking the thermostat out tomorrow.

welcome,sorry about your dad.you're right that color does look good with that car.if you need any help just look up and ask.if not,go to plan b and ask anyone of us here.

Thanks, I love that color on that car. But I grew up with it, so to me it just belongs that way. Any advice on a cooling solution?

 

[moparstuart]

take the radiator to a radiator shop and have them boil it out

 

[nihil]

Yanked the thermostat this afternoon and she's behaving much better. I'm still thinking a crossflow aluminum radiator and electric fan is in order, this rad has some corrosion on the outside, and I took a peek inside with a video borescope and it's nasty in there. First and foremost she's going to be a driver, not a garage queen, so I want the most reliable cooling available (I know copper is a better conductor of heat, but damn it's expensive).

 

[stappy]

Ok, so I just watched that video and it was a HOOT!!! Specially the look on his face at the dance saloon... BUT, he said the Charger was ONLY built for 8 years... Which years would those be? 66 thru 72? 68 thru 74? and what about the "other" Chargers? Does he not consider a 75 to be worthy? Does an 84 Shelby Charger not have enough nads? What is up wit dat??? :edgy:

Oh, yeah... NIce Burgundy, I like that. I just got a Blue 69 and when I went to the big cruise recently I saw a 68 (blue) and a 70 (also blue) Charger.... I think Burgundy would have been sweet.

 

[nihil]

Today sucked.

Took the girl out for breakfast/lunch at 13:00, got home around 14:00 to the sound of rushing water behind the garage door. Hauled *** up the front steps, ran inside and down to the basement/garage to find the garden hose had sprung a massive leak. My garage and basement are the same level of the house, and the faucet is smack in the middle of the basement side (place was built in the 40's), so I ran a hose from there, through the drywall separating them, and hung it in the garage next to the door where it would actually be useful. At first the leak was deflected off the wall, right into the open passenger side window of the Charger. Then it proceeded to erode a hole through the drywall and soak the back of the shelves full of camping gear, lawn and garden hardware, and random car parts.

I move the Audi and the Jeep out to the street, and backed the Charger out to get some sun. Pulled out both front seats, rear seat, seatbelts, door sills, kick panels, and center console. Wadded the carpet up and threw it away (it was bad enough dry, but soaked it's useless). While the floors were air-drying I dried up the rest of the interior and took care of the basement. After things inside the Charger were dry I then hit the rust spots with a wire brush, vacuumed the living **** out of the interior, and sprayed some rustoleum over the cancerous regions of the floorpans. I have to say they were actually in much better shape than I thought they were. I figured the full length pans would be needed for repair, but just the front 1/3 or so are required. 21:00 and I finally finish and get inside and sit down. Enough blabbering, here's pics.

The spot where the hose once hung:

Close up of the erosion:

The floors:

And rustoleum'd (can got a bit drippy towards the end):

 

[detmatt1]

Love that car, I would say stick with the cooling system Ma Mopar designed for it, for street use it truely is the best system out there. Like MoparStuart said, have your rad. boiled out and put a new 180 degrees thermostat back in.

 

[earlytime]

welcome nice looking car keep us posted with pictures