67 Charger 53 years, this past October 16th. Our oldest son’s 1st birthday. Jim Rodebaugh still has the Charger he bought new in 1966.
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How many years have you owned a performance/classic vehicle ?
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70bigblockdodge
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Bought my '69 Barracuda the day we pulled in from my first West-Pac cruise in April 1987. Although not a performance car with a /6. I bought my '70 Challenger with 383 in November 1987 as a driver while I put a 440 in the Barracuda, then sell the Challenger.
I still have both.
I still have both.
Very remote chance we visited that owner in about 1979. Saw a guy that had 3 1st gen Chargers, 1 was red.
Not here, too many mosquitoes, and I heard Ontario had big ones!
SteveSS
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Yes I did. In Mpls to an all my life buddy. He takes it to quite a few shows (which never interested me.) I see you're from up that way. Do you recognized the car? A show or on the street? The car is pretty well known in NE Mpls also where he lives and i used to.
I have seen it once or twice, sharp car! Wasn’t it stolen and recovered a couple years ago? My brother in law grew up in St. Anthony and I believe he knows the current owner.
41 years the first two were Javelins. Thats what $300 could get in the early 80's.
Well, my number must be 48. My first car was a RoadRunner, and Ive never been without SOME sort of performance vehicle since then...except now; guess my 67 318 Belvedere isnt very much of a performance vehicle...but it sure is pretty! Reckon one of my current bikes qualifies tho, so I'll say 48 years total.
I bought a 71 340 4 speed demon for $300. I did the body work and rebuilt the 340. I drove it for 10 years. I had several foxbody Mustangs. I wish I would have kept the Demon and the 83 Mustang GT.
I bought an SLR 5000 Torana in 1982, and have owned them ever since. I got a valiant charger in 1986 (265 4 speed )and got my dodge phoenix in 1990 and haven't looked back
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Triplegreen500
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Bought my Daytona C/S competition package turbo brand new in Sept. 1991 (I was freshly 19; I'm 51 - ugh! - now); still have it.
Bought my Satellite wagon in '95...
...and I still have IT.
I've had a ton of others in the interim - a '71 SSP, a '49 Coronet, a '66 Newport big-block 3 on the tree, a Volare /6 factory a/c car, a '77 Adventurer shorty cargo van, a '72 D200 crew cab long bed 360, TONS of '80s turbo mopars, a handful of Jeeps (TJ, YJ, XJ, J10, ZJ 5.9 limited, and my current WK2 Ecodiesel), and now I finally have my Charger....but these two (and, now, the Charger) will be with me pretty much forever. Or, at least as long as I have my driver's license.
Bought my Satellite wagon in '95...
...and I still have IT.
I've had a ton of others in the interim - a '71 SSP, a '49 Coronet, a '66 Newport big-block 3 on the tree, a Volare /6 factory a/c car, a '77 Adventurer shorty cargo van, a '72 D200 crew cab long bed 360, TONS of '80s turbo mopars, a handful of Jeeps (TJ, YJ, XJ, J10, ZJ 5.9 limited, and my current WK2 Ecodiesel), and now I finally have my Charger....but these two (and, now, the Charger) will be with me pretty much forever. Or, at least as long as I have my driver's license.
GetX'd
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That‘s Where I’m from - St Anthony. That car destroyed all comers on Central, Lake St, Hiway 88, Hoover St and wherever else I ran into friendly competition - or pricks too for that matter. Those were the days. I did a ground up 7/8 yrs ago. I had all the work done up there except the bumper chroming and leather interior which i did out here in the LA area. The house in the pic is not mine - it's Murlowski's on Silver Lake - just after restoration was complete. If your BIL knows the current owner and is from St A he probably knows me too. Big family in the Village. My sister still lives in the family home there. Because of the lifestyle out here and how much freeways rule your life and plenty more - having the car out here was more of a pain than an enjoyment. The friend i sold it to had wanted that car ever since i bought it in 71. I never even tried to sell it on the open market. It was more about what i thought he could afford - not about the money. I could have made bank but wasn't trying to. No regrets it was time. The muscle car scene is much more alive up there than here where it was born. Its a shadow of its former self - and there's this weird cultural thing where different brand owners won't give the time of day to another brand owner. That really turned me off. No one knows how to work on these cars unless they own one. And lastly at $6/7 a gallon for diluted piss 91* and the mileage that six pack got ..... You can do the arithmetic and mental math and - after 48 yrs and see maybe it was time.
Tell your BIL hello from Kevin West.
43? That sounds a little light.
My current Mopar holds the record for any vehicle I've owned, ever. 23 years and counting...
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71dodgechargerrt
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49.
Had my 66 Belvedere I 2dr post for 35 years. My first car was also a 66 Belvedere. Owned my 70 383 Challenger and a 71 340 Cuda for over 15 years and regret selling them to this day.
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