I found my dream Mopar muscle car: a rare survivor/time capsule 1969 Dodge Charger…stored 30 years!

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1968 68 1970 70 RT R/T garage find barn Cuda Barracuda Challenger 340 383 440 426 hemi Superbee Roadrunner Coronet Mustang fastback B E Body
After years of searching, I found my dream car. After a 30 year slumber, I got it running and got it back on the road…I had no idea that a future wreck in this Charger would lead to finding bone cancer in my right arm just before it turned deadly. Stay tuned for part 2!

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@archieguitarz4700 5 ай бұрын

What a beauty she was. Feeling just a bit paranoid about taking out my 70 Challenger R/T. I've had a few close calls with my cars, even on country roads.

@amostlymoparfamily 5 ай бұрын

Thank you! I know the feeling! Thats one of the main reasons why I have started to gravitate toward patina cars lately! I’m paranoid of damage to really nice paint!!!

@mopar01lairamore65 5 ай бұрын

What A awesome story! when the picture popped up of it wrecked i was like nooo!

@amostlymoparfamily 5 ай бұрын

Thanks! Part 2 is coming soon…it’s still a pretty wild story…even to me…and I’ve had lots of time to process it. The tuen in the story is pretty wild.

@robertwest3093 5 ай бұрын

The last radiator rebuild I had done was around $75 in 1994. WOW times have changed!

@olikat8 5 ай бұрын

The HD cooling radiator in my Valiant sedan came from a junkyard. Radiator, shroud, & clutch fan were about $25. Had the thing boiled out, pressure tested & slight seam leak soldered for $80. That was about 4-5 years ago, luckily it's still doing fantastic and I know it's almost impossible to find a radiator shop...

@amostlymoparfamily 5 ай бұрын

There used to be radiator shops all over the place but now there’s only one that I know of in the city of Wichita, which has 500,000 people.

@robertwest3093 5 ай бұрын

It's getting harder and harder to find your dream car without the seller asking too many dollar signs. That and there aren't a whole lot of them for sale anymore.

@amostlymoparfamily 5 ай бұрын

I’m honestly surprised these old Mopars keep turning up as often as they do!

@Fleetwoodjohn 5 ай бұрын

The factory masking of undercoating on the rear leaf spring mount 😎 Beautiful car. Get it roadworthy and LEAVE IT

@amostlymoparfamily 5 ай бұрын

That’s exactly what I did. Another episode is coming soon!

@JoeFilardi 5 ай бұрын

hi im glad you have this charger a lot of guys say they will rebuild them but don t do it and they say what you want to hear form them

@amostlymoparfamily 5 ай бұрын

Yeah. I promised the guy I was going to drive it!

@jmendo2546 5 ай бұрын

Man , That Charger would have made the "survior's tent" at Chrysler's at Carisle or the Mopar National's and been the toast of the Show. To have a Surviving >Red< Charger is a feet in itself then add The White top and interior. Most Charger were Green on Green or Bronze and tan interior. Sorry about the lost most people would have just took the check without finding out were it went from the Kansas Iaa auction. For you to find out it's in Lebanon, I'm guess the one near Isreal oversea's, is unbelievable and restored already and on the road, Look's like it's R4 Tor Red now.

@amostlymoparfamily 5 ай бұрын

Yeah, it was such a cool survivor. I am still shocked at the condition that it was in. It does look like he change the color a bit, but that color looked very different whether it was in shade or sunlight. I have pictures of it that make it look like two entirely different colors depending on the sunlight.

@440Nichole 5 ай бұрын

One of my favorite cars growing up , watching Duke’s of hazzard helped 😂❤

@troydspain1099 5 ай бұрын

Looks exactly like my uncles car in Dallas : Red/White with 318 ...Beautiful

@amostlymoparfamily 5 ай бұрын

Nice! Does he still have it? Red/white is such a pretty color combo!

@troydspain1099 5 ай бұрын

@@amostlymoparfamily he traded it in the late 70s for a Grand Prix .... broke my ❤️

@RaiderX948 5 ай бұрын

Great story, I'm guessing the car saved your life in two ways.

@amostlymoparfamily 5 ай бұрын

Correct! I’m almost done with the 2nd video but emergency room imaging found a massive pre existing issue.

@markmartin5765 5 ай бұрын

Great car.One of my favorites, in theses deals how come the price isn’t mentioned, just adds to the story,curious to know.

@amostlymoparfamily 5 ай бұрын

Yeah, I get it…but i have just decided the story is more about the the life of the car then about the price! Some sellers done like those details being out there…Sorry! The rest of the story on that car is pretty wild. I’ll probably be able to post the next video tomorrow

@charlieb308 5 ай бұрын

I know how you feel, I bought a mint 1984 Monte Carlo SS, had it for 3 days and a dude pulled out in front of me when I was going 45 mph.

@amostlymoparfamily 5 ай бұрын

It was a major bummer but emergency room imaging found a major health issue so it was worth it. More to come!

@charlieb308 5 ай бұрын

@@amostlymoparfamily can the charger be fixed?

@amostlymoparfamily 5 ай бұрын

@@charlieb308I sold it at auction after the wreck. The guy who bought it from me (from the country of Lebanon) has completely rebuilt it!

@charlieb308 5 ай бұрын

@@amostlymoparfamily that’s good, I would love to have a 68-70 charger but they are so expensive even needing a full restoration. I had my chance to buy one for $7500 back in 90s but I chickened out

@davidstepeck2644 5 ай бұрын

Great story, but I don’t think you needed to read it. You seem very passionate about the topic and it would of shine through.

@amostlymoparfamily 5 ай бұрын

Yeah my delivery needs work. These are the first two videos I’ve done so I’m learning!

@6538970 5 ай бұрын

Why don’t people ever complete the story with the price paid like is it that awful to reveal

@amostlymoparfamily 5 ай бұрын

It’s just something that I have decided not to do. Sorry! The real story here is what happened with this car once I owned it for about three years. Check out the next episode if you haven’t already.

@Lou-oy2xd 5 ай бұрын

How much was the car

@zcam1969 5 ай бұрын

so ! motor mouth how much did you pay for it ?

@amostlymoparfamily 5 ай бұрын

Yeah, I do need to slow down my delivery…I’ve never made any videos before so I’m getting used to it. The price wasn’t cheap but I don’t discuss purchase prices. Sorry!

@amostlymoparfamily 5 ай бұрын

Also, the rest of the story is about surviving a nasty car accident and then finding bone cancer as a result of the emergency room imaging. That’s in the next segment.

@zcam1969 5 ай бұрын

@@amostlymoparfamily my brother bought a 69 Charger R/T new when her returned from Viet Nam in 69 . they are my favorite car .take care of it