1968 Dodge Charger first drive in 30 years!

This 1968 Dodge Charger has been sitting in a field since 1990. In this video we attempt to start and drive the car. Next video we will be pulling the original 318 motor and swapping in a 440 and 727 transmission! Make sure your subscribed to the channel so you don't miss out! Thanks for watching👍🙏😎🤟
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[@ronb55510]

Mechanic kid your awesome at what you do keep up the good work love your channel I'm glad I'm a subscriber lol

[@Mechanic_kid]

Comments like these are what keep me goin🙏🏼 Thanks Aaron!

[@ronb55510]

Mechanickid your welcome I in joy watching your videos it Britten's my day thank you for posting these wonderful videos

[@escobarmaldonado1403]

19 years old learing to fix cars with my 72 El Camino. Cool to see another young dude into classics

[@Mechanic_kid]

Very cool!

[@1968440GTX]

Like you, I started doing this over 40 years ago. A teenager in love with Mopars. My first car was a '70 Charger I bought from the original owner in '81. I now own a '68 Plymouth GTX with a 505 stroker. It's good to see someone your age working on these machines of the past. You're learning a valuable skill. I also live in Portland. S.E.

[@Mechanic_kid]

That’s awesome! When I get it up and running we’ll have to meet up and go on a cruise🤟🏼

[@1968440GTX]

@@Mechanic_kid we can meet for coffee some early morning.

[@ronnietyree8316]

You remind me of me about 40 years ago.wishing you luck on that project.dont give up.😊

[@RaiderX948]

Great to see younger Americans working on the old American Muscle, good luck with your car, it's very cool. Never sell your Charger, keep it in the family, what a dad you have. AMERICA!

[@jonathanlee3284]

My first car was a 68charger with a 318 and it had 316 thousand miles on it and I wish I still had it❤

[@jasonturner3512]

I love the sound of the old Mopar starter... friends used to give me the business about its signature sound.... but then would put their money on my car in most races.

[@peterhodges6684]

Nice car, one of my favorites !

[@Mechanic_kid]

Thanks, Peter! New video out shortly. Just finishing up the 440 swap. Stay tuned🤟🏼

[@Shadetreejr1967]

Dampen the area around where the battery leaked, once wet sprinkle with baking soda to neutralize the acid, rinse it down thoroughly then wash with Dawn and rinse again. Hopefully you'll catch it in time before it starts to rust the metal!

[@Mechanic_kid]

Will do that thanks!

[@suanganikjumpangoen7520]

I really like 1968 dodge charger R/T.

[@antoniohosino145]

YOU HAVE TO JACK THE CAR UP AND GET THE FRONT WHEELS OFF THE GROUND ROTATE THE STEERING WHEEL SLOWLY LEFT TO RIGHT WITH CAP OFF TO EVACUATE ALL THE AIR IN THE SYSTEM !! GOOD-LUCK !!!!

[@shaftmasterlathes]

Don't paint it, rub it down with Penetrol. Don't sell it.! I did the whole new interior, headliner. new vinyl top then antiqued the top to make it look as old as the 331 paint . Nothing Cooler, good on you.

[@mercedesw211classic]

Such a beautiful car !

[@jimcockburn4652]

If you don't keep working on the rebuild of your car you will find that the work you have already carried out will deteriorate and need further attention. Take your time doing things, pay attention to detail and use finesse doing all things and you will find that at completion of your MOPAR build every minute and each dollar spent was worth it.

[@brentforte5950]

Everytime you hit that starter it reminds me of my Dart 318 I put a 4 speed in. Chain drive starter..

[@percys9427]

Your Father is a smart man buying that car ! Rusty or not , it is a '68 charger ! Good video !

[@donniemiller6476]

I really injoy watching young people messing with old cars, my son and I both have 1968 dodge chargers.

[@randomprecisionmotors3130]

Bare-bones '68 in 1968 didn't even have Power Steering...

[@barryphillips7327]

Even in not so good condition these cars are worth HUGE money nowadays, you should be able to repair the battery case, plastic weld it!

[@paoyang8558]

I need you to be my Mechanic!!

[@anthonyrettaliata7311]

Great car young man ! My neighbor had one just like that in high school back in 1979 . Keep working on it 👍

[@BERNIE817]

Such a cool car! Excited to see the journey, be careful with those batteries though hahaha!

[@EBthere]

I think the red wheels give the Charger a nascar/stock car look. It looks cool. Nice work young man.

[@ScottsSpeedShop]

At first, I absolutely freaking hated the red wheels, but once you started to back the Charger out of the driveway, I remembered why 68-70 Chargers are the greatest looking muscle car ever. Thank you for re-invigorating me, into wanting to work on my 1970 Charger, we dubbed Jezebel. Oh I almost forgot, I fell in love with the red wheels as soon as it hit the street. Great video man, keep up the great work, oh and make sure to secure your battery down, that could have been bad.

[@Mechanic_kid]

Appreciate it Scott🙏🏼 Just subbed to your channel🤟🏼 Looking forward to seeing more of your Charger as well

[@Pissrust69]

If it obviously has fuel in the carb and you can see it dont pump the gas a thousand times in between cranks. Its designed to only need one or two to start. You flooded it out thats why it was so difficult to get going. Since your carb and everything looks new the proper procedure would gave been to crank it with no ether and without touching the gas to draw fuel to the carb. Once you see the oil pressure come up, give it 1-2 pumps then crank. Only give it 1-2 in between attempts. Ive learned this from experience its the proper procedure to start a carburated car cold. We have pulled several pos cars and trucks out of fields and put fresh gas in them and this procedure works every time and is the smoothest starting procedure. This is how the factory says to start these cars for a reason. Ether and shit tons of pumping is not necessary, just floods the engine out and makes things more difficult. I daily drive carburated cars all year around and i live in canada. 2 pumps in minus 40 gets the car going with about a minute or two of throttle modulation till its warm enough to not stall. Just thought i’d share this with you to make your life easier next time around

[@Pissrust69]

If its being a real cunt and doesnt wanna fire at all after several several attempts thats when you give it ether. Even then you only typically have that scenario when the carb is 50 years old and complete trash. I bet that thing woulda fired right up with 1-2 pumps once the carb had fuel. I guarantee it would have 100%

[@goofesgts]

hose and clean the engine bay down try getting off that battery acid , cause it will rust the metal

[@labellamaffia]

Nice inside view. Would love to see a side view of inside too while you’re cranking ☺️

[@musclecargarage8882]

Nice work. I'm kinda in the same situation with my 68 charger. I need to get mines up and running also after I finish the bodywork

[@Mechanic_kid]

Hard to find motivation with big projects! But these mopars deserve to be seen on the road🤟🏼

[@ronnietyree8316]

Take it easy on the ether,it will pop a hole in the piston.

[@lovetocrank]

Glad you got it running, but is there a better sound than a Mopar starter when the car is cranking?

[@bradleyfurer7847]

Pick up the correct upper radiator hose next time you’re at the parts store… that one looks a little crimped because it’s too short.

[@antoniohosino145]

CHECK THE TIMING FIRST , THEN ADJUST YOUR IDLE AND MIXTURE !!!!

[@jameswillams2365]

And get your battery retainers

[@ronnietyree8316]

Drain the tank and put in fresh gas,should be ok.

[@jameswillams2365]

Magnum 500s

[@danielnorton8090]

How bout some old fashion gasoline

[@cyberpiston8100]

I destroyed the battery in my 68 charger that same way, fell on the manifold and leaked everywhere

[@Mechanic_kid]

I thought It was about to explode lol

[@ronnietyree8316]

Wash that battery acid off the frame.

[@ronnietyree8316]

You want to sell it let me know.

[@jayjones9050]

It actually runs like a bag of shit. You have a signifcant amount of loss of power. Also a noise in the rear.

[@Mechanic_kid]

Hey, thanks Jay! I replaced the bag of shit with a 440👍🏼