I Bought A Rusty 1969 Dodge Charger! (But It's Worse Than I Thought)

[@indianaslim4971]

I like the fact that you buy these project cars for personal reasons and not with a flipper mentality.

[@dwaynepadgett9322]

I completely agree! The Love of Chargers should be a personal thing not a financial thing!

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Yeah. This is what I love. And when I do sell things… I don’t really make money. So if I am a flipper, I’m a really bad one 🤣 thank you.

[@zcam1969]

@@DeadDodgeGarage paint it blue , please .B-5

[@kevinrabe55]

Thought you might like this. I was born in 1962, and in the early 70’s my uncle who was a mechanic loved mopar. He also had a chopper with very long front forks. (Easy rider style) anyway my best friend and I use to get in and play like we were driving in the 2 R/T chargers that were sitting in his yard . Neither one ran - I guess they were waiting in line. They were there for quite a while. I loved sitting in them and dreaming. One was that blue on this car with white interior. The other was copper with black interior. They were set side by side so imaginary racing with be and my buddy was inevitable!

[@ScottDLR]

I agree; one of the best looking cars ever made, especially in B5 blue. I vote for street cruiser because I want to see more of these on the road.

[@Turkeybaby1972]

Burnt orange,plum crazy best two colors

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

I want it ready for street duty, and for a real good time!

[@zcam1969]

Honestly i can't tell if that car was originally blue or red ! lol. does it have a fender tag

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

@@zcam1969 It was definitely B5 blue, and appears to have had black interior originally. The fender tag is gone, so I have to rely on the available clues.

[@zcam1969]

@@DeadDodgeGarage see if it has a Dana 60 rearend .that will you clues as to the original engine

[@torekristoffersen176]

Very cool! ‘68 is 👑 in my book as well!

[@dwaynepadgett9322]

Any day you can trailer a Charger home is a good day!

[@Mike_Collins392]

For sure !!!

[@Bob-Whiting]

Very True!

[@peacemaker6156]

You found poor mans gold. Sandpaper, primer, something alittle rowdy under the hood. And enjoy it.

[@mrkeopele]

one of my first cars 1975 i got a red 1969 dodge charger, oil burning 383, loved it, drove it around mountain curves Estes Park Colorado, thanks for the video

[@scottsmith1897]

Nice find and now the fun begins......... 😆 Cant wait to see many more videos on this project.......

[@danielweith1075]

Jamie, please turn the lovley old Mopar beer can into a street machine!

[@pcbullets8726]

Wowza! That is one rough Charger! But at the same time, like you said, you can make it your own. It would look pretty bad ass painted primer black with a white stripe on the back. Can't wait to see what happens with this one!

[@halseyknox]

Bummer that muscle cars of this era are pretty a rich guys world now and the rest of us get the rust bucket scraps. Im a Ford guy but I do love mopars as well, just have never owned one. As far as chargers go I do think the 68/69 chargers are the best looking but I prefer the 68. My favorite mopars are the 64/65 coronets and belvederes, two doors of course. That numbers matching 68 you have with the 383 is a real nice charger.

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

It is, and I worked hard and made a handful of good decisions to get it. I’m sure not a rich guy. But it can be done.

[@johnmullins2798]

Hahaha "I need to stop with the shop vac while there's still some car left." Good stuff.

[@kart70]

Stop with the shop vac before the DDG Charger becomes a UTG 55 Chevy sedan.

[@rockystanaitis2908]

You are correct about needing 30 Chargers. It works out nicely for DD Speed shop. So it appears that you have purchased a similar project to his first Nomad. About halfway through he said “really I just bought a roof and a title”. Best part is, you are one of the most “gitrdone” people on KZbin. You got this.

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Yeah someone else commented that’s what I bought here too. Haha. I’m on it! But first I need to save up some bucks and call AMD…

[@mightymikethebear]

@@DeadDodgeGarage If the guys at AMD see this video they will be more than happy to talk to you.

[@Littlehotrodshop]

I don't need any special thanks. I'm glad the car's been saved and I'm glad I was able to help out. Btw That's one sweet looking d100

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

It sure is. People keep trying to buy it. Haha.

[@geebopbaluba1591]

Well you have a lot of work and a whole bunch of money to spend on panels. I still think that those are the coolest cars ever built.

[@clembob8004]

Yeah, this is definitely the ideal "fun machine", a car you can just do whatever you want with and not worry about originality and all that other "buzz-kill" kind of stuff. The 440 is the way to go, and then flat black on EVERYTHING for a "murdered out" look. Actually, anything you do with it will look cool, because....CHARGER!

[@musclecarmitch908]

Awesome find! I never could make up my mind weather I liked the 68 or 69 the best, so I got one of each! Then like a idiot I sold them both together at the same time! I had a 70 too! If I had to choose 1 it would be a 68 for sure though. A project charger like that is nonexistent around here nowadays and if one popped up it would be a bidding war and fight for it! I've finally came to terms that I'll never own one again but at least I got to enjoy them in my younger days!👍

[@dinadaughtry8993]

You might be able to find a 73-74 for a decent price, maybe not the best Chargers but far better than anything 75 up, and Firm Feel makes parts for the front end that helps immensely with the isolated K frame on those cars

[@steveash9831]

OMG! It's story time! In 1983 I was 24, and living in the rust belt of Western NY. I was in the market for a Superbird. I found an orange Daytona with black guts and a white wing. The original owner was selling it for $2000. It was a 440, 4 speed with 54,000 miles. It ran and drove great, and everything worked. It was completely an untouched, all factory equipped original. I had the cash in my pocket, but I passed on it because it had 2 dime sized rust holes in the quarters behind the wheels. My friend bought it... parked it his yard for ten years and sold it for $8000. Yep. Wing cars were two grand back in '83! It sounds like a bonehead move, and missed opportunity today, but had I bought the car, I would have drove it for a year and sold it to buy something else. I had three more chances to buy a wing car... a Hemi Daytona that was missing its engine, and 2 Superbirds. The best one was a pristine Superbird for $4500, but after I drove it, my desire for a wing car died, because ironically, people in those days called you stupid for driving such an ugly car!

[@lancenorton1117]

Back to 1983, just finished Basic Training for the Army Infantry and had a bonus check burning a hole i my wallet. See a 1970 Charger at a local used car dealer for I think around $2000. It was Root Beer Brown with a white vinyl top an brown interior. The engine was a 2 barrel 318 with an auto transmission behind it. I kept it for about four months and found it boring with the 318 so I sold it to another soldier. He never transferred the title and sold it to another soldier that I had to go to the title transfer place to get the car into his name. He got drunk one night and creamed the rear end into a telephone pole.

[@scofab]

I dunno... back in the 80's we drove 'em around looking like that. Spend some time together and see what else she tells you... remember Christine... lol. Always fun, thanks again.

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

I fully intended to, until I realized the full extent of it. For what I have in mind… I’m concerned the back half of the car may not survive the experience as-is.

[@dwaynepadgett9322]

Black with flames...baby moon rims...7" front, 10" rear...dual high rise with funnels...chrome roll bar...new chrome slappers. That would a badass! Name it "CRITICAL MASS"

[@greggsvintageworkshop8974]

You're a very lucky man to even find one of these even in poor condition. Make it Cool and fun and we want to watch it happen! Regardless of what you do, it is a solid investment. These cars are going nuts as far as value! Of course, you already know that. LOL

[@swissarmychainsawadams9541]

I kinda like the "house paint white, with triple color fade!" look!

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

It’s actually primer gray. It does look pretty crappy white on camera. Haha.

[@thomasrounds3337]

Even as a lifetime Chevy guy, the 68-70 Charger is one of the most beautiful and perfect cars ever built! Street/Strip Jamie! Then you have 1 Charger to baby and one to beat on and have fun! As far as engines, you have enough to choose from and you can just swap back and forth between LA&RB engines. Enjoy your new old Charger Jamie!

[@prorebuilder]

Nice find. My 69 R/T was in similar shape. Look forward to this build. 440/ Flat black sounds a like a good option. All the panels for my 69 Came from AMD, However, a lot of parts can be re-purposed from a 4 door. IE Cowl, A posts, frame rails....etc.

[@vermontguy7692]

Gotta go with the drag car plan. It's already got the post-factory light weight body and floor delete option. 😁

[@sinistercharger]

That's going to need a collossal amount of work...Your a brave Guy...Can't wait to see the videos. ..Will make great viewing 👍

[@auteurfiddler8706]

My first Charger R/T was in roughly the same body condition as yours. It was also medium blue with a white vinyl top and white interior. It did run and drive great. This was long before there was replacement panels available.

[@dinadaughtry8993]

I have a special affinity for Dodge Chargers, the 69 is probably the best body style but I like them all (as long as they are 74 and down) my first car was a 72 Charger that I bought for 50 bucks back in 85

[@SchoolforHackers]

You’re killing me…

[@swilkobarfingtoniii1642]

My first car was a '68 that I bought off the little old lady next door. Body and interior were perfect but she let her son work on the engine (383) and the top end was off and full of mouse nests. But it was rusty and that's a good sign, right? Anyways, I had it towed over to my family's shop and within a few hours one of our customers offered stupid good money for the car. I sold it and bought a 1970 Nova and had plenty of cash left over. Good times!

[@0004612]

Get Birdsong to weld on all the necessary sheet metal, he’s got lots of experience. Congrats Jamie! Owning one charger is great but two is phenomenal.

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

I have a welder and some experience too 😁

[@TigerDrop787]

Seeing this makes me happy my dad kept his 70 r/t in the garage all these years he bought it in 84 for 800$ the rear quarters got rusty so we cut them out and bought new ones and there's a tiny bit of rust around the rear window above the trunk and that's it currently about to start it for the first time since 87

[@davidbrown4180]

Good thing AMD makes all the parts to fix it 😂

[@kart70]

Now all it takes is time and money.

[@rexkean]

Here is my input Jamie. You build that bad boy the way you want the thing to be! I will agree, i think the B5 blue would look great on it!

[@kart70]

Just not orange. Pretty please?

[@iamsmartmethinks]

Makes me miss washington and a rusty shop. Bravo

[@shanew.williams]

Looks like you live in a beautiful part of the country. Can't beat those #452 heads (for a good smog era head). I ported mine & shaved .060 off of them to make my '65 Dodge Coronet go real good.

[@jeffpriem4888]

Great Find. I took it all for granted when I was 17 in 1984. I bought nearly this exact car in the exact condition for $100 then.. Hello From Wisconsin.

[@CarTech1976]

Another awesome video!! It would make an awesome drag car because you already have two beautiful street cruisers. Do what your gut says! Thanks for the content

[@mattfarahsmillionmilelexus]

-I never saw this coming- I totally saw this happening, and soon too. Great find, totally restorable, with the usual blah blah blah boring caveats. I see 2.5 reels of MIG wire in your future, and a water cooled VISA card. AMD is gonna love you.

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Yeah, all those things you just said 😅

[@rennkafer13]

So just curious Jamie... what exactly would you weld subframe connectors to? :) And yes, I did catch your paraphrase of "Whip It"... "When a Charger comes along, you must buy it"

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Hopefully there’s still some metal in there somewhere 😅

[@rennkafer13]

@@DeadDodgeGarage I dunno... may have to do floors first. At least sheetmetal is available for that... I'm not that lucky other than a few Charger/Coronet shared items.

[@Cfchild1]

Definitely a good candidate for a track drag car as you will have to cut out and replace a good portion of the metal regardless.

[@jayweiss4378]

Uncle Tony on the big screen 👍🏻😎

[@marcbrown6391]

Edit, I wrote all that below before seeing just how bad it is. You have to give us the back story on how you bought it without knowing what you were getting. Was it that cheap? Street strip, just a fun car. Full interior, no roll bar, 440. Stock looking except the tires and wheels.

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

It wasn't quite cheap enough. But it's a Charger. When you can buy a Charger... buy it. I was sent some pictures and could see the back corners, the worse lower quarter, and scale on the floor. But the way they were shot (as usual) really didn't show the actual level of badness.

[@marcbrown6391]

@@DeadDodgeGarageI forgot to mention, I loved the “And remember”.

[@Mattisgarage]

And reemembeer, STOP POKING! I'm welding 68 RT which started as replacing trunk floor. I did not remember and poked it. Now it is stripped down, roof is good (I hope!)

[@barryrussell4106]

I love it. I have a ratty 68 mustang fastback and people lose their minds over it. It is crazy how people are attracted to an iconic car that is not restored or about to be. Party on Jamie. I have a buddy that has a satin black charger with the flat black callouts it is really hard to beat the look. It just looks sinister

[@danielweith1075]

After my 2nd viewing I wish to add to my previous comment; please build the street machine you can daily drive and be afraid every day knowing how much fun (trouble) you can have in her. The fun part is missing out of daily transportation with round aerodynamic no style modern vehicles.

[@Darryl-69SE]

I know a guy whose brother has a general lee. He bought it done. Has had it for a few years. It is in mint shape. Anyways, the guy has a shop like yours. He is going to take the general lee and change it back to original which happens to be red. I know you will like this story.

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Most excellent.

[@curly239]

440 no question! Love your Mopars and your channel!!☺️👍❤️

[@curly239]

Oh, one more thing! Have considered a rebel flag on top of the '69 Charger?!😉☺️👍❤️

[@stevelaffoon3339]

I love chargers but this one may be a heap

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

You are not wrong… but I still love it

[@IncahootswithChrist]

You sir, are a glutton for punishment. On the plus side, you can't mess it up and if you did, noone could tell.

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

😅 yeah, that.

[@waynedavis7245]

I think I would lean with the brake and suspension work to go with the 440 . With the power of the 440 it's always a plus to be able to stop and take a corners, especially where you live. Stay safe buddy.

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

I’m not planning to drive it hard on the street. But I am thinking some level of suspension build would be cool.

[@DenisEdwards-ls2de]

Don't think I'd do much with it. Just make a beater. Leave the panel rust. Belt sand primer off the side. Back to some kind of blue or red. Clear coat it. Just some thick plate metal for floors. Scarlet but fun beater. Good luck. Great looking car.

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

I need a little bit more structural rigidity for what I have in mind… and I’m afraid there isn’t surviving paint under most of the primer. But I essentially plan to do as little as possible.

[@DenisEdwards-ls2de]

@@DeadDodgeGarage might look good flat white with a flat black stripe. White don't show the defects. Good luck. Great find.

[@DenisEdwards-ls2de]

@@DeadDodgeGarage ye Man keep the rusty roof and top side. Blow white down the sides with a black stripe. Black wheels with white letters. Good luck. If it was mine that is. ,,🤣🤣

[@doublebackagain4311]

All it needs is 'Everything'

[@mikemiller3650]

Well, I'm glad I asked in last week's live chat how much of a Charger you could build from repro sheet metal because I think I'm gonna get to see. I think as long as you keep that VIN tag, it still the Ship of Theseus

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Yes I think you’re right. Haha. It really only needs like the whole back half… well and some other things

[@Mclovingarage]

Happy I could assist you in your Mopar hoarding! I enjoy enabling friends to make expensive car choices! I personally would enjoy seeing a dirt road thrasher maybe more mad max style. Burnout machine, drifting, and all the hooligan shenanigans you can imagine!

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Coming right up!

[@beljames1563]

B body needs a b or rb engine if options are available.

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

And multiple options are!

[@mexicanspec]

Fun fact. That Oregon plate is not transferable. The public got angry when that plate came out showing Oregon with brown skies so they tried to get rid of the plates. Starting with the Q series with the blue sky you can transfer them to your new car.

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Oh, I had no idea!

[@Darryl-69SE]

You are right, you do have your own show! And so many new videos!

[@johnsmith7676]

You paid 200 bucks for it, I hope.

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Funny

[@auteurfiddler8706]

I appreciate the irony of calling it a race car when it has a lot of the 1979 "kitsch" that guys inflicted on cars which actually made it worse in every respect. Especially racing. I LOL'd when you mentioned that is didn't have ladder bars. A lot of guys that want to make a 1979 malaise era kitsch car today have forgotten that covering the back windows with free decals from the hot rod store was part of it. The small steering wheel.... I would have included the ladder bars as part of it, but now I am not so sure they were all poser on a Mopar. I would like to see you test them out on something and give your impression as to whether they helped.

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

I didn’t call it anything, I asked the question - drag car or 70s-80s street machine? I think we all know it was the latter, when we consider that it still had a small block under the hood. Also, I said it’s missing shackles - ladder bars are something very, very different. Shackles exist to lift the rear of the car slightly and ruin your leaf springs. Ladder bars are actually a useful traction device. The slapper bars that are on it are often said to be pointless on a Mopar, so you could also be referring to that. But I have heard conflicting reports. Either way, these ones weren’t doing anything without the rubber pads that engage with the leaf springs.

[@olmo-r8n]

you can always turn it into a planter.. you know add a little more dirt, plant some roses, tulips, etc,...it'll drain the excess water off easily

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

🤣

[@DanEBoyd]

I'd weld up all of the holes and paint it B5 again. I prefer a black vinyl top on the '68 too , with that red, but white looks especially good with colors like B5. I wonder what color the top was. The white gives a real clean look - but is kinda grampa-ish. I also wonder if they Bondo'ed the roof seams, which wouldn't've been leaded if the car got a vinyl top I think. Bondo is bad because it doesn't like to flex like lead does, and that area of a unibody is subject to some flex.

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

The seams would’ve been leaded either way. I don’t know if there is bondo there, but the roof seam looked good and I didn’t suspect any tomfoolery there. I haven’t gone looking for filled trim holes yet either. But either way, I don’t think I’d put a vinyl top back on. I always wanted a red ‘68 with black top, black stripe and black interior. Once I saw the white in person though… I realized how awesome it was. I could never change it.

[@jhillaudio]

This one is one only a parent could love. Your prodigal has returned.

[@jeepsblackpowderandlights4305]

i got a 76 Jeep j10 with nearly as much rust as that took me 4-5 months to rebuild it all.. lots of cutting welding etc

[@Totalstang]

I think it would be cool with your skill level and tools available to take a donor more door A body and strip all useable parts-slant six,a904,7 1/4 and bolt it in. Then take patches of all the donor a body metal (roof, floor,trunk-anything metal) and canabolize it to make patches for a floor and trunk in the charger. Extreme budget build. I bet you could come out cheaper using an a body donor and putting together a budget charger than trying to find b body parts to affix. I wouldn’t mind cruising in a slant charger, as long as it’s reliable. Either way nice find!

[@googleusername5587]

Structural rust, and any rust that be a problem. Subframe connectors. Suspension including front/rear sway bars. Built 440, 3rd pedal. I have fun. Why build it for a drag strip? Why build it for any singular task. Built it to beat it, and build it to rebuilt it. Just my 2cents.

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

You’ve got it exactly! Except I am not committing to a third pedal - yet.

[@wiggyjones]

Really looking forward to this one. Unlike the Valiants, everything is available as a repop for this, right?

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Just about, yeah. There’s a lot of stuff available.

[@born_again_torinos]

As for the 15 foot tall chrome skeletons...A guy has the exact one in his back yard here in Spokane Washington. Maybe it's a thing.

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Never seen a chrome one but there are a few less shiny ones around here. Haha.

[@just-incase]

Well first you gotta get rid of the fat brake pedal so you can put in your left leg exerciser and then get that pistol grip thing that comes through the floor. They say the four link suspension works great in the rear. I was always curious what primer black would look like if you sprayed some clear coat over top. Like a paint job in progress for as you do body repairs.

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

I’m definitely keeping an eye out for the three pedal solution parts. I’m a leaf spring guy though…

[@jeffhutchins7048]

I had Remington Mud Brutes on my '91.5 W250 Cummins, BEST truck tires I ever had.

[@tedlawrence4189]

I bought a '68 Charger when new. 440 torqueflight. I sold it for $150 in '79. Well maintained but completely rusted out. I lived in No.Indiana. The salt on Winter roads killed my Charger. Back in '79 it was not worth restoring.

[@dinadaughtry8993]

Nowadays just a dash with serial numbers and a fender tag and title with 4 wheels is worth something

[@willythewave]

Operator...will you help me make this call. Isn`t that the way it always goes?

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

“Well let’s forget all that - and give me the number, if you can find it, so I can call just to tell her I’m fine…”

[@michaelgrogan3224]

There was a time when I was afraid of rust! If you can do it all yourself.....worth the work! I wanted ask....about your 68. I noticed your wheels are SS and I'm doing the same. Can you tell me what rim/ tire combo you run? Is that the biggest for stock chassis and suspension?

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Rear is 275/60r15. Front is 245/60r15. I don’t know the specific measurements on the wheels, but the rear has more width and about the same back spacing to kick the tire outward and give the dished look. I think front is 15x7 with 3.5” back spacing and rear is 15x8 with 3.5”, but that’s an eyeball measurement. The 275 fits with no problem. The old rear tires were 295s on a 10.5” wide wheel. If they had another inch of back spacing, they would’ve fit great in the wheel well and not hit anything. A 295 back tire is definitely possible on a Charger with very careful measurement and wheel ordering.

[@michaelgrogan3224]

Thanks a bunch Jamie...my particular car is a 70 Bee. I want to order my 275/60/15 and 225/70/15's soon. I also plan to use the SS wheels and the critical question is of course backspacing. I ran a 10x15 deep dish Crager on a Challenger and they fit..barely. Surely this B body has the extra room out back. Incidentally, I hope it doesn't make any difference but I converted to 4 wheel disc too.

[@Cat-Privilege]

There is an old Charger just down the street from me just sitting in a driveway rusting away. The owners try to keep it hidden underneath a tarp and do for the most part, but the first time I saw it, I knew it was a 2nd generation Charger just by the shape. Then one day, there was a big storm and the wind tore the tarp off and low and behold, a very ratty B5 Blue 68 Charger, I've never gotten to see it close up as I don't know the owner's but something tells they are not very receptive to the idea of selling her, hence the tarp. Hopefully, one day she will be in the hands of someone with the motivation and resources to make her awesome again.

[@ChristopherArmstrong-et3ud]

Maybe I missed it but would love to see a video on your Ram Cummins. I love Diesel’s. It’s music to my ears.

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Oh yeah, I did a couple videos way back when I got it. The Cummins stuff doesn't get views so I don't bother anymore. But I love that truck - and I do have a Cummins powered ramp truck build coming up that I have wanted to do for like a decade now.

[@scottmaziar4136]

I hope someday to visit you as I love chargers just like you. Someday, when I get back from Virginia, I will go over to Rocket while you’re working and will visit.

[@HOCKENBERGER]

I feel your pain, and excitement. I share your affliction for old rotten hulks. I just couldn't resist this poor old 62 C30 long panel truck last summer. And I STILL haven't even towed it out of the guys yard yet!! At 55 years old, I honestly have NO IDEA if when or how I'll finish ANY of my project vehicles. But, I dont care. It's what makes me happy. I thank GOD for this hobby.

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Oh yeah. Awesome. I resigned myself to the fact that I could never finish everything that I want to. But the drive and the excitement for the projects keeps me going. It's my main motivation for getting out of bed in the morning. I hope not to watch all of them rust into the earth around me, but I will never get to all of the builds, and that's ok.

[@HOCKENBERGER]

@@DeadDodgeGarage kzbin.info/www/bejne/mZjOpmR5rcaLqpYsi=jaNioKqELjK8NZhq This one IS just to rot back into the Earth

[@jeffrowlette]

That project is over my head! One of my criteria when I bought my Barracuda was the body had to be good...

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

That’s what I strongly prefer. Unfortunately they usually aren’t.

[@Bradydog-in7ut]

Is there enough frame left to save? How about the mounting points for the shackles/torsion bars?

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

So far, it’s just the one soft spot.

[@ppeters480]

The red one will like its new nursing home friend, its rough but still would be Uncle Tony approved, his orchards of pickins are likely a bit better in TN than in the PNW. Looking forward to future updates !

[@Oldjohn52]

I'll bet that sheet metal is 20?% lighter than when it was manufactured.

[@Oldjohn52]

Still, it IS a Charger.

[@brianbloom1799]

I stopped Fixing Cars that were that rusted, You have to fabricate to many Panels, Or break your bank account buying them, Its a nice car when finished, But unless you have a full love of the car, Your patience run thin quick. I just missed out on a 69 super bee, I'm glad I did I seen the car , It was Real bad, The car Parted it out. Well Good luck Happy welding.

[@ch357magdodge6]

Where it already has hole cut in trans tunnel it would look great with a 4 speed shifter coming through. And 3 pedals always makes a car cool and fun.

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

I agree. Haha. I don’t know if I will be able to trip over a whole big block four speed setup any time soon though.

[@ch357magdodge6]

Yea big block complicates things for sure. Either way a roadkill style charger would be cool.

[@007fredh]

Jamie, seriously! You are 10 times more intelligent than I am, and I know when I buy a car that rust is the most important thing to look at nothing else matters it doesn’t matter what type of car it is or anything it is how bad is the rust. I’m absolutely wishing for the best but maybe someone will come by and say look I’ll give you 20 bucks to pull that thing out of there and you take it.😳😂😂 looking forward to all your future videos no matter what you film!

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

I did look, just not hard enough. Haha. The thing is, if you want one of these, and you don’t want to pay $50k, this is what you get. There are no other options. I got lucky and bought this one before it hit Marketplace, or there would’ve been 100+ other guys lined up to buy it.

[@WillyMcCoy50]

Love the Charger. A Coronet 500 is a better choice to brawl. The patina craze is better done with dry climate cars. If you had a good touch with a welder and money AMD would be great.

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Oh don’t worry, my people will be calling their people. But I need to sell something else to fund it first.

[@michaeladamo1188]

I love it! You did good and you know it! Are those front seats from a hang 10 dart?

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Big time. No, I think they are brand X.

[@jamespn]

You could grind up that Dodge and use it for garden mulch, great source of iron.

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

😅

[@rockystanaitis2908]

You don’t really need to remove the rust. Just put the 440 in with a 3/4 cam and drive it. The rust will auto delete.

[@Spiritofthewild-d9o]

go with the slant six engine...it would actually be very refreshing to see someone build a really smooth quiet nice driving charger that just floats down the road effortlessly and runs perfect...the kind of charger you could just lolly gag around in all day without a care, not performance oriented but comfort and smoothness

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

I have that. It’s my almost completely stock ‘68 383 car. I would trust it to go anywhere. It’s smooth, it’s comfortable, and everybody craps their pants when they see it. I would never ruin it by making performance modifications. It’s my highway cruiser. Now, I have actually started to put together a slant six powered daily driver quality car on the channel before. For some reason I traded that to my brother.

[@duncandmcgrath6290]

I’ve got two 69’ 318 SE Chargers . One , a rotted parts car and the other nearly rust free but brutally dented runner …both had tictoc tachs 👍

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

I know it was always optional, just odd to see it in a base 318 car like this one. I don’t have a fender tag so I have no idea what it was or wasn’t ordered with beyond the obvious.

[@bendeleted9155]

Yikes, brother! My favorite also, but wow. Did they park it in the bay? Hey, I see you have my 1st car up there ('66 Barracuda) That was a great car.

[@brianandglendaharkin9457]

You got the parts Jamie BUT you have a huge panel job 😳. So was it red or blue 🤔etc . On another note point our 273 V8 in the AP6 VC and VE had more HP than the 273 you mentioned 😃.👍🏻🇦🇺.

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

The performance version of the 273 had a lot more than that here too. Haha.

[@Darryl-69SE]

There are actually a lot of ppl they don’t like chargers because they like the fords/chevys 🤮. I’d like to see about five or 10 chargers in front of your house, waiting to be worked on.

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

I’m working on it 😅

[@meh-canics9628]

More stickers will make it go faster! Good score! Good investment

[@MidnightOilsRestoration]

What a beautiful rustpile🤗! AMD is going to love you 😅. The charger lives-🤷🏻‍♂️we’ll it will…all in due time my friend 😁

[@Anthony-nw5zv]

Well you made my Saturday 😂 listening to you ramble on about the rusty 69 charger. P.S. for sale fifteen projects for sale, y'all pick & choose which one.😊 $2500. Each. Always great to watch UTG 😊

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

All that, and more

[@matthewmckee9914]

That red charger is a real nice cruiser.

[@MikeJBlues]

6.1 Hemi swap , very cool 69. Did small block chargers come with a front sway bar? I thought only big block cars got them. 🤔

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

All Chargers had them in some years, like ‘68. It was included with the “heavy duty suspension” that all Chargers came with. I am still not sure when that stopped. Definitely by ‘73.

[@jmendo2546]

It was worth the buy, it has the *hard to find black inside trunk taillight cover. 23:23. When I seen you scraping trunk then wildly poking that caused spark's over gas tank, I thought oh boy he's gonna catch new car on fire lol. Seat's look like late 1970's Van, I recognize Lug nut is for Cragar sst rim's 23:41

[@aarvolaredonjunior1032]

Go to wholesale metal warehouse get you some 2x3 sq tube for your frame cons and any extras you need, cutout whole FP,weld in 1 piece FP 2 in higher remember you don't have to weld everything 3m panel bond is your friend.400 built will be cheaper and lighter.Good luck😊

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

I’m not going to do any of those things. I did consider making my own subframe connectors though.

[@iamsmartmethinks]

My mana got holes in the fingers on his gloves. OG right there