I Fixed Everything Wrong With My 1968 Dodge Charger In Three Easy Steps (Kind Of)

[@robertspence831]

The Cragar SS is hard to beat. Good choice.

[@clutchkicker392ison5]

Always hard to beat . On ANYTHING

[@geebopbaluba1591]

Why does Mortsky hate them? I’ve never understood that

[@zairomolino4074]

Aar torque thrust?*at as for American races

[@robertwest3093]

The SS and the SS/T rims are absolute classics!

[@Daniel-fd3wp]

The tires and hubcaps from Bullit. Steve McQueen getting chased.

[@matthewb8229]

That car fired up, and immediately Primus popped into my head. What a wonderful sound of both ideals.

[@italktoplanetsbaby]

🎶Jamie was a racecar driver...🎶

[@Daniel-fd3wp]

Pork Soda that brings back memories. 👍

[@jefffanning2799]

The Cragars look Phenomenal!

[@dogdoc1]

I so like the Magnum wheels.

[@65rivierags35]

Crager SS is a great alternative to the Magnum 500 and both wheels look great you can't go wrong with either one!

[@bod7468]

There are so many things to do so I gave up and now I watch you.

[@SypherF]

Well done! And must say very much like the "Aaaand remember".

[@steveb6371]

You know that you have something special just by the sound of that starter!

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Damn right!

[@jasonyoung5628]

Those Mickey Thompson are practically brand new, at least they're from this century. I replaced 30 year old tires on a 77 firebird last week.

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

😮

[@punkytown3804]

3:58. he said he was gonna put it right in the mud-hole. Wife says I only get to do that on my birthday.

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

😅 I wondered if I’d hear about that one

[@josephkay7785]

Nice Cragars and so much better stance with less air in those rear shocks. Right size rims too! I hate it when people put 20's on a sixties muscle car - it just looks so wrong.

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

I couldn’t agree more!

[@nickpau3756]

At least you got the important thing done to the Charger.

[@neverclevernorwitty7821]

That is such a beautiful Charger, maybe one day....

[@localcrew]

The Torq Thrust D is my favorite.

[@kenjohnson3641]

She looks great

[@Mclovingarage]

Nailed it! Cragar SS wheels are iconic and perfect for a 68 Charger. Had a set on my Dart Swinger and loved them. Excellent Choice!

[@codyhollinger6531]

I really like the size of Tires. It's much better than the 295s . The Chargers showing its age . You have the right approach do what you can and still be able to enjoy it.

[@Roosters_Restos]

Yup so much better, vintage is as vintage does. Forest, I mean Jamie 😂

[@RaiderX948]

Slot mags with 275/60/15's for the rear & 245/60's up front are what I run, love that tire size combo. Your car looks great, do what you like and enjoy it all, we're all just big kids.

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

I got a set of polished slot mags with those exact tire sizes for my ‘69 Charger 😁

[@jimbo5728]

Infinitely better look with the cragars!

[@mypronouniswtf5559]

One more comment(it helps your algorithm anyways)..hope its not annoying! Cragers and Slots were the most common wheels back in the day for those cars and to be original/stand out I ran Magnum 500's lol...plus as a teen I was poor! I still love Magnums but I switch out from my other cars,Cragers,slots,stock wheels with dog dish caps and I have a few rare sets of 78-79 Magnum GT and Aspen/Volare Super Coupe wheels (different centers than cop car wheels dog dish dont fit)... Just thought I would bore you with more or my 80's era wheel popularity at least around here..Now to be real original a set of white wall tires the thick ones with wire wheel hubcaps,I know dont ban me for that.. There was a 68 Charger here back in the mid 80's with 2" white walls and wire wheel hubcaps,an old lady drove that a car,kicker was it was black/black duel exhaust,console,tach and a H code 383,yes as a 16 year old I asked if she wanted to sell it,she gave me one stare and said NO very firmly :) I remember that car like it was yesterday,nicest Charger I ever seen back then..I knew I should have got my Dad to ask her,she didnt like long hair punks I guess lol The AC/DC shirt probably didnt help!

[@Easterhands]

Your enthusiasm and passion for these things is so infectious. Love your channel man

[@Mattisgarage]

Cragar SS, the greatness. Right after slotmags! Perfect stance too 👌👌

[@waterbourne9282]

Looks waaay better.

[@jhillaudio]

Charger looks right now, Jamie happy. Good vid, makes me happy.

[@derekstone355]

Don’t you just love the THINGS!!

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

I DO!

[@jamesgrant9317]

Craig ears are timeless. They look great on her!

[@MiraMesa2]

Finally! Cragers rock!

[@MikeJBlues]

Cragar is the best upgrade for any Musce car. Man it looks tough. 👌

[@davestark2015]

Alright !!!! My favorite channel good to have another video !!!

[@jonmoore8995]

My first choice would have instinctively been Magnums, but have to admit, those Cragers look so right. What a fantastic Charger. Eye Candy.

[@OlderNotNecesarilyWiser]

The iconic Cragar SS is pretty much the solution to all wheel problems, had a set on my 70 Cuda, can't beat them!

[@johnkendrick7304]

Damn! That's a good looking charger

[@MetallicAH2O]

With super low expectations you're basically never disappointed. I'm also pretty sure Charger is Latin for WIN! Super cool car and awesome video as always!

[@sarkisbarkil867]

by the way: Chrysler engines are the best among others.. GM smooth but pocket blower.. when thing is being heavy duty and simple: no Ford, no GM and no AMC .. I owned a 74 dodge coronet for 14 years and I never spent money on it excluding changing oil, spark plugs, gas,.. the engine is 318 / 2 bb carb. it's a fantastic car.. Even the electronic ignition module, it was changed once all through 14 years.. u do a good job man.. u provide experience to those who love Mopar.. in my country we are in shortage for spare parts.. if we have enough no body leaves Mopar and goes to GM

[@waynedavis7245]

Do what you want with your car . I had a friend take my for a ride in his 55 Chevy pickup before he rebuild it . That poor old truck wasn't safe to be on the road. After a lot of work and a frame swap and a LS swap. Now he drives it every day. PS there was a lot of beer and late nights involved too .

[@jamesblair9614]

If you’re on the forums, one thing nearly everybody agrees on is stance is important, but that’s where the agreement ends. To my mind, you are definitely headed in the right direction.

[@marksaylor3123]

Cragars are the gigady!

[@dadalebreton184]

Some sell drugs, You sell DOPE!!! What an amazing car.

[@BlooMule]

Cragars and slots are the best types of wheels, but finding nice Cragars is a lot easier than finding nice slots. Keystones are cool too.

[@glennyaromy1367]

The car really does look great with the Cragars man. Good choice!

[@SeanJoseph-s2s]

Yup good old B-body content can't go wrong....your car looks nice....thanks

[@staceyrenner5418]

MUCH better. You're right though, polished slots would look amazing.

[@joshuajesch7154]

Don't apologize for the kitty paws...are you sure it wasn't from mine? 😆. You absolutely nailed the perfect look.

[@SharonD369]

That car looks sweet 👌

[@davidstepeck2644]

Crager S/S, hands down the best rim ever made.

[@mikemullay5622]

Your '68 Charger diecast is an Ertl Elite, which was a high end diecast made by Ertl back in the early 2000's. Nice model.

[@mikemullay5622]

@@DeadDodgeGarage You are correct. They did. Fred Ertl III first sold Ertl to Racing Champions, which I think was a division of AC2 Brands. But don't quote me on that. At any rate since then two new diecast companies, Acme and Autoworld are using some of the old Ertl molds to reissue some of the more popular Ertl diecast models.

[@musclecarmitch908]

Awesome improvement! Period correct perfectness!👍

[@butcher390]

I hear you Jamie 🙏 Thousands of steps , Just to get , too your task 🤦‍♂️ Those Cragars are perfect Absolutely love ❤ your 68 Charger

[@at6texan1942]

Very nice choice. You cant go wrong with with those wheels.

[@DavidSnow-s2r]

Cragar SS with bf Goodrich. Love the car Mopar or no car. Keep up the great work and stay safe out there.

[@philspear73]

I agree, looks better!

[@0004612]

Indeed Jamie! My first car had them and I still dig em. Looks excellent!

[@realmaindrianpace]

It's a love/hate. Love the SS's, hate unilug. Order your hub-centric centering rings, and the hate part turns in to mildly annoyed by. Still a major improvement.

[@matzrat5006]

Stance is perfect now.

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

I couldn’t agree more!

[@christophertodd6405]

That is one pretty car. The Cragars are perfect.

[@Grandadsjunk]

Crager mags are very nice they set the charger off very lovely any way its a very nice car take it easy brother hood

[@Fleetwoodjohn]

Those look awesome 😎👌🏼

[@jeremywilliams3307]

I used to have that model. My favorite car and color. Nice car brother

[@rennkafer13]

I've never been a Cragar fan, for the same reason you don't like Magnums... everybody had them when I was in HS. They do look good on the Charger though... and they a lot less common now.

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

I get it. Yes I have a much different perspective on them. The Torque Thrust IIs that I removed from the car have become the “everybody has them” option, and any vintage day two wheel is now more rare and much cooler. In my eyes, anyway.

[@rennkafer13]

@DeadDodgeGarage ya, you're not wrong on the Torque Thrusts, I've never been a fan of cookie cutter cars. And you're spot on with "In my eyes"... you own it, yours is the only opinion that matters.

[@garryhatchett775]

Love the cragars. The magnum 500 would have been a good choice too.

[@cbobmonster]

Looks so much better beautiful charger

[@tonyb3864]

It's looking good.

[@aarvolaredonjunior1032]

I do agree with everything you said today

[@timbarry5080]

Those rims look great. My friend had a dark green one with a black top. He had the keystones.. those looked cool, too

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Niiiice. The guy I bought this from also had a dark green with black top ‘68. That’s the one I wanted to buy first, but it needed an engine installed and the front seats were missing. For $12k more… I bought the one that drove home. And I really didn’t want a green one anyway 😅

[@timbarry5080]

@DeadDodgeGarage lol. That's a deal! For 12g more you get much less. You made the right choice. Your care is awesome

[@scottsmith1897]

Looks great with the SS on there. My 69 came with slots on it 30 plus years ago........... oh the 80s.......... and understand the issues with trying to get something done it always leads to more work.......

[@louislepage5111]

Cragar SS wheel's WORK on the 68 Charger, nice score 😊

[@RichL8223]

Those Cragar’s go nicely with the red paint.

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

It’s perfect!

[@Darryl-69SE]

I would love to drive a Charger like that!!!!

[@axleratio]

Send a pic of the Cragars to Mortske . He hates Cragar wheels ,headers and flexie hoses. Love to see his expression on his face! I love the Cragars on your Charger.

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

I’m with him on the header question. I don’t quite get the flex hose hate but it keeps popping up in my comments. They must all be Mortske fans. Haha.

[@MichaelTrivisonno-h3e]

That car is awesome!!! Cragars look great!!!

[@beljames1563]

Looks nice. Stance Is much better.

[@acardiac5983]

Just looks right!

[@Dartman440]

Love it. Got Cragar S/S on my 70 Roadrunner to. 🤩👌

[@randylear8264]

Looks good Jamie. Good choice.

[@pcbullets8726]

Yeah, the Craigars look pretty awesome!

[@davidthomits544]

Looks great with new wheels 👍

[@rexkean]

Chargers + Cragars = Nice!

[@PhilDodgeFury]

need a. Ricky and Julian driveway 🎉

[@williamanthony5021]

I LOVE WHAT YOU LOVE 👍😎

[@italktoplanetsbaby]

Man, that is a beautiful car. Well done. I made a small scream when you pulled it into the shop after washing it. The angle made it look like you were gonna gack the driver door on the lift. True to form, tge easy would have become complicated. Crisis averted.

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

I’ve pulled it in there many times. But they’re not small cars, and I’m always afraid the corner of the front right fender is going to hit 😬

[@michaelnault5905]

I also have seen a car in a tree! Wheel's look great.

[@bartorlans5390]

Looks great Jamie.

[@mypronouniswtf5559]

Looks 1 million times better with the cragers,don't care for the wheels that were on it,they don't do anything for any old Mopar,but hey I just have great taste!

[@williamanthony5021]

NO MATTER HOW YOU CUT IT IT'S A DODGE CHARGER GORGEOUS NEVERTHELESS AND THANSK 😎👍💪💵🤑😁

[@vandalsr1959]

The greatest wheel

[@johnmullins2798]

Looks good!

[@brianandglendaharkin9457]

Nice charger love the 383 with a 323 rear 👍🏻but I wish your charger wasn’t so high in the rear 😲🫣🤔.👍🏻🇦🇺.

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

I lowered it several inches by letting the air out of the shocks. I think it’s much better now - but I like a bit of rake.

[@clutchkicker392ison5]

Vry Nice. ay Jamie, tighten up the exhaust bolts. MMK.

[@66balsam]

Great rim choice, I was worried when you mentioned the road wheels- had them on both my 73 Cuda and 66 Charger- never liked them. Swapped Charger to 15” Hemi steelies with 68 caps- looks awesome!

[@michaelfurlan7077]

everyone has their own opinions. Cragars on 68-70 chargers is the way to go. Car looks great. We did not have much time to talk due to your schedule but I bought my first 1969 charger with a 383 in 1973. Back then in Chicago everyone had Cragars no matter if it was mopar, chevy, etc. Six months after I bought the car I bought my first Cragars. I also bid the old tires goodbye with a hole shot burnout on slick pavement that left behind approx 100 feet of rubber on the pavement. bald tires a 383 and slick pavement make for an awesome combination.

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Ohhh yeah. It sure does. Haha. The 383 is the greatest.

[@michaelfurlan7077]

now that you are going down the 69 rabbit hole - Tom H got a lot of other parts that you did not see when you picked up my 69. they were picked up by another friend of toms. i do not know if he even received them yet. i know your engine stuff will come first, but a quick look may not hurt. thanks as always mike furlan

[@aquamarine9979]

Awesome! Much better now. Have the same wheel/tire set on my Coronet. Love the look but hate taking them off/putting them on because of the lug nut holes.

[@allanperryman388]

Sweet car!

[@helenfinchsewwrite]

Your not alone it’s taken me most of the day to drag out an engine and gearbox from the garage and load up into a trailer. Not so much fun when your on your own at leat it only weighed 400lbs I suppose.

[@minnesotatomcat]

I didn’t mind the first rims terribly if they would have had the proper offset and you could have dropped the rear down to where it is now. The stance killed it for me, looks proper now 👍

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Exactly. If they had actually been measured and fitted correctly, I probably would have left well enough alone. But I much prefer this.

[@SteveP-vm1uc]

The ONLY way for Cragar SS wheels to get better is to make them NOT UNI-LUG!!! Love the wheels and car, buddy..... Though I do LOVE a completely filled rear wheel well!!! 275 60/15s on the rear of my 65' Coronet 500.... 245's up front!! ;)

[@CarTech1976]

That looks amazing!! Make longer videos please! Best channel on KZbin, keep it up!!

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Most of my videos tend to be this length or longer. I never set out with any length goal in mind; it just kind of is what it is. But I’ll see what I can do!

[@CarTech1976]

@@DeadDodgeGarage Nothing better than sitting down and watching a nice long episode of Dead Dodge garage! Thank you for the great content. I’ve been a tech for a while now and I can recognize when someone is knowledgeable and talented tech (which you are).

[@petervokes3774]

Good choice. Big improvement. Now for a white tail stripe to tie it all together?

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Hey, that’s my plan!

[@thralldumehammer]

I had a set of 14s and 15s. The 14s had deep-dish rears with huge ass tires. They were for my first car, a 67 Dodge Coronet 440 two door hardtop, Garnet Red with a white top. Originally had 14 inch steelies with full size hubcaps with MoPar triangle in the center. Miss that car😢

[@thralldumehammer]

Also original 383 2 barrel with 727 Torqueflite transmission. Wasn't there when I got it. Had a 318 out of van.

[@719diesel]

yes, ..the stance is perfect now, .. nice choice on the rims .. now you gotta go play some slide with verve! and you also have to get really drunk and just stand there and look at it whilst holding your beverage. great channel, thanks man

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Yep… mmmhmmm… yep. Haha. Thanks!