REVIVING My 1969 Charger! How Bad Is It? Floor Pans and Paint!

"For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised." -Hebrews 10:36
THE TIME IS NOW! Can my 1969 Dodge Charger be brought back to life after sitting for years? We start back guns blazing with floor pans and paint! It's just a matter of time before we make Hot Rod Power Tour and Holley MoParty! Think we can make it?
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[@brandonloveday]

Finally....the Charger is getting attention!

[@gagemathis7822]

we appreciate the content Dylan! I would like to say a big thank you to you for keeping these vehicles alive. I’m not entirely sure if you are like me or not but I do not enjoy seeing vehicles sit and rot. cars were made to be driven and I think you see that. I am almost 18 and as soon as I can I’m gonna try and start saving vehicles just like you have. I’m from Arkansas and there’s a bunch of abandon cars here so I think I could do pretty well. anyways man as said before appreciate the content. Keep this going!

[@DylanMcCoolVideo]

That’s the spirit!

[@Abram.burning.rubber.garage]

I love what you do keep it up

[@billyjackson5799]

​@@DylanMcCoolVideoif you still have the original engine you should go through it and build it up and put it back in the car it would be a lot better than the one that you have in it now

[@clevelandmaker386]

Oh .... and don't forget the money....the gobs and gobs of money

[@Vaino_Hotti]

Making sensible repairs instead of bolting on shiny new stuff? What a breath of fresh air!

[@rodwood6871]

Beautiful car !...well worth restoring....I know you are a "patina" guy but it would be cool to see this one all the way thru to new exterior paint !....keep up the good work.

[@adamtereska8734]

I second that completely. The patina thing is so common anymore, and a 1969 Dodge Charger deserves to be repainted.

[@R3TR0R4V3]

Yes, please for the love of God, paint that thing... It _definitely_ deserves it! 🙏

[@torekristoffersen176]

This Charger and the old Challenger is what brought me to your channel years ago. To be honest, I haven’t watched your content the last couple of years because I liked what you did back then, more so than now-

[@mamabearandpapabear4689]

I'm glad you didn't give up on it! Great progress!!

[@lindanelson8400]

I love the overall look of the car. Those old Chargers are my favorite Mopar muscle cars. You did an excellent job on the interior, but before you reinstall the tire for your seat, you'll want to clean it up nice, repaint the rim, and put some tire black on the tire. It's got to look nice. 😊

[@DylanMcCoolVideo]

Good idea 😂

[@jasonsapp792]

Dylan...muh man...the content WE WANT TO SEE!! Some of your older projects are really loved

[@MichaelD429]

There's a super clean one sitting here in North Carolina that I drive past everyday to and from work. It looks like just a shell and it's all primer gray. Has a for sale sign on it.

[@mikecrowley6487]

Were is it?

[@MichaelD429]

@@mikecrowley6487 it's on 98 coming from wake Forest to Durham. Right hand side

[@hippydippy]

Nice to see the Charger back. Love that car. Can't wait to see the upcoming updates on the restoration.

[@DavidJones-hl5om]

Dylan what an improvement on the inside of the car.I'm sure you're going to sound deading the floor also the roof that will make the car much warmer in winter and cooler in summer, what a great job

[@danswartwood4580]

Happy 28th birthday Dylan, thank you for sharing

[@Skuggan84]

The car that brought me to the channel in the first place. Love to see it again. We have all been idiots in the beginning and done stuff the wrong way. It's called learning.

[@risinbison1106]

First time I watched this channel was when you bought this Dodge. You did a live chat and even answered my question. Been here ever since, glad to see its back.

[@RattleTrapGarage]

I remember the build series on this car, it's an awesome car you did good

[@hamchron]

Very cool that you are teaching Briar all these skills. More young people need these skills.

[@brycepeters964]

While you have access to it all, you should add sound deadening to the roof, floor, behind the door cards before putting everything back together.

[@stevebeck57]

I would love to have my youngest grandson and Briar stand side by side. They could be twins and they wouldn’t say a word all day. Just nod their heads and smile. Love what you do and thanks for sharing.👍🏼♥️🙏

[@brianbloom1799]

Just Remember when Doing the floor, It has to look just as good under the Car as on top, You have nothing but Time, so Don't rush it, The car is not going anywhere, and I have done enough restores to know, . Just do it right and take your time. Good Luck.

[@samoliver3366]

A grinder and paint makes me the welder I ain’t Glad to see the charger again. One of my favorite cars of all time

[@mclaine7342]

Loved that car and project back in the days. I know the legacy story but still thinking...this car need a good painting. :)

[@Carcrafter7165]

The interior is looking great already. This Charger deserves some love.

[@WyoCutlass71]

One of my favorite episodes is when you dragged this car home! Good to see it back getting the attention it deserves. It needs to get those steel wheels back on it

[@tims5481]

You're so lucky that it wasn't previously redone. I had to learn to weld on my grandfather's old truck. He brazed and used different thickness metal. That was a trip to weld on! 1965 C10

[@dragonraiderknight4625]

This brings me back to the long-term project cars where you would see wheels, brakes, floorpans, and suspension. I really do enjoy those long-term projects, these short-term ones are good don't get me wrong, they just don't fully scratch the itch. I will always come back to watch another project by Dylan McCool, they are awesome it does however give me the bug to find my own old car to rebuild and restore.

[@jgott1745]

Some DynaMat in that thing on the floor and roof, carpet, and a headliner and it’s a whole new car to drive!

[@mikegowen4967]

Glad to see the Charger coming back. That's Gen 2 Garage theme music at 26.00. Alison is from a Mopar Family and she drives a Very Wicked Small Block Dart.

[@chucksgarage7165]

You might want to invest in a cheap plug weld hole punch. Beats the heck out of a drill. Those new floor pans look great!

[@joeyleclaire]

Glad you’re back on this one. The charger is why I originally started watching way back when

[@leslietarboxjr4287]

Glad you are back on the Charger; I have been eagerly awaiting it's return. It is more important to seam seal underneath the floorboards than the top, that is where all the water is going to be splashing up. Looking forward to seeing this gem restored and back on the road.

[@RCindustry]

I'm glad to see you're working on that one again that was one of my favorite projects you did

[@royhaught9516]

It's unusual that the rear floor pans rust out and not the front. You guys did a great job, looks awesome!

[@jimjacobson8758]

Enjoyed your video! I like the fact that you’re obviously a man of faith & therefore your videos don’t have any trash, strictly car content! Keep up the great work on those dodges! Any pickups in future videos?

[@davidsproule4006]

This was the car that made me subscribe, love it. So glad to see it getting some love. Please for the love of all things fit sound deadening and a head liner. It deserves a banging interior.

[@Mohawk21-oi1ni]

Dylan, this is a nice welcome back for this car! GIT ER DONE , SON.... THATS SOOOO MCCOOL!

[@tomclarke6475]

I don't weld much, but I still bought a punch for plug welds (what you were calling spot welds). Way easier than drilling and not that expensive.

[@AAAthreat]

I luv this car! This car was the reason I subbed years ago to your channel. Still watch all of your videos today cant wait to see more Charger vids. Thanx Dylan from Scotland.

[@hunterhobbs4374]

I like the unpainted unloved look. I like the idea of fixing that car up where it counts, for performance and comfort. But, I think I would keep the outside appearance just the way it is. Looks cool.

[@williamfaber734]

Thank you for framing yr restorations in the Scripture. We know especially this time of the year where our Ultimate Restoration is.

[@jeffpeed7492]

For I (we) can do everything through Christ, who gives me (us) strength ! phil4.13nlt

[@stephenh5166]

Glad to see you working on this again! My car is a pretty close twin to yours and seeing yours get worked on is very motivating to get my butt out in the garage.

[@mordechaitaub3594]

Happy 28 birthday, Dylan 🎉🥳. Thank you so much for sharing. The floor in this car looks great now. I can't wait to see what you have in-store for the future.

[@douglasmesina6922]

You got a cool shop. I'd love to see Christine done. You're lucky you didn't burn the car down man.

[@John-ts1kk]

I appreciate all of your videos; you really are an inspiration and I have gained a lot of knowledge from your videos. Thank you so much! I cut my teeth working on older Mopars. You inspired me so much that I purchased a 1966 Barracuda

[@thecougareliminatorden1622]

Love the '69 Chargers. Shouldn't be too long term of a project with everything that's been done already. Looking forward to seeing it!

[@jamesbigham9036]

Dylan the car has really improved a lot. I looking forward to seeing the next video. I am a big fan of 1969 chargers since I grew up watching Dukes of Hazzard and I loved the General Lee.

[@kennethsonier1766]

Good afternoon from Cape Cod 🦈 you and Briar did a fine job patching the floors and painting. You're right that car really is in my opinion rust free. You don't see too many Chryslers in that condition that old. Can't wait to see the interior. Keep up the great work and the awesome content guys 👍✌️🇺🇲

[@chuckypaonita7974]

Well about time Dylan, lol. I really missed the Charger. I hope you go all the way and finish this car, thanks for sharing

[@chrisj2713]

The rustoleum rust converter in the spray can has worked really well for me on my projects for getting into crevices. You should try it. You still need to paint over it but it's worked well for me.

[@WiscoLad]

I really like the time lapse and the soundtrack. Keep up the good work. I'm hoping to be able to do the floors of my car when it comes time.

[@chacehawkins4708]

I love these top to bottom rebuild serieses so much

[@toddwilson6357]

I don't mind the time lapse parts. At least you're showing your work, not like these other car shows! Keep up the good and entertaining work!!!

[@tinkerne-round4079]

You need to seam seal the bottom of the car at the seams. You don't want water, dirt, and debris between the sheet metal from underneath either.

[@spikebebop9070]

Thank you for sharing the work on the Charger, Brother Dylan. A lot of YT channels are all about getting these great old cars driving again (i.e., engine, drive train, suspension, brakes) and they'll clean the interior and replace/repair seats if they're too broken/nasty to sit on. But you are going the extra mile and restoring the interior. It's going to look great and run great. Keep up the good work.

[@joshsiegle1229]

I felt physical pain when you were describing the history and the power tour driving experience. 🤣 I think you should do a montage of sliding across the hood of each version of the car, maybe climbing in through the window. Like progressively dejected hood slides .....🤣 It will ride again soon! Insane amount of work you've done and continue to do on this beast.

[@nathandube1685]

So glad the charger is back! I remember talking to you on power tour this summer and you hinted at it coming back. Im excited! watched it in 2018 and the 2022 hash! itll make it this time! Cant wait to see it

[@lukasznarozniak3615]

Dirty lary crazy lary paint color charger regards👍

[@2003cobramustang]

Floors look a lot better and good to see you teaching bryer he’s been a great help.

[@BrazenHead76]

I thoroughly enjoyed this video. I recall you saying something about how the KZbin algorithm didn’t like the multi-phase builds. I like the “can we make it run” videos, but I enjoy this content much more. You guys are doing a great job! Can’t wait to see more.

[@fifthlomat717]

Best way to weld in a patch panel is to have a inch of overlap then seam seal the edges, or best way possible is to use the whole section welding where the factory did ideally with a spot welder. Doing a butt weld is the most difficult to cut and weld.

[@DylanMcCoolVideo]

Butt welds look the best. I don’t like overlapping.

[@RickyPinkston]

Another thing youngman i,m really glad you have a young man also working right beside you learning a skill and trade its a joy to watch this unfold our hobby or yes habit is slowly trying to be killed off with all this EV.s being pushed on us i had my day doing this and i miss it disabled but still really watching you and all the rest on youtube and am so in love with that pretty doggie of yours i think it would love to go on some of your rides to boy mine did i had labs and pits miss them also so much youngman enjoy watching you all

[@808v1]

nice to see this again, cant believe its already been 5 years since I orig. saw it.

[@nicklewis7291]

I'm glad to see you get this car back out. I was wondering if you had sold it because it became so frustrating.

[@upfactoryracing4148]

I'm glad your doing her justice because that was the first thing I started watching on your channel before the 73 Challenger.

[@justengaddy9708]

So glad the charger is back, can’t wait for this series

[@dm1123751]

Glad to see you back to working on the charger. I think we really love seeing the projects coming back to truly roadworthy condition.

[@michaelmonday418]

Love this car! I've always wanted one. Keep working on it until you get it the way you want it this time.

[@user-cx5sl2et1b]

Good Afternoon Sir , I hope you are doing well and having a fantastic day today Sir !

[@lateefcarrere1649]

Having watched this car from episode 1, it's almost hard to believe that it's been 6 years. Glad to see it again, like an old friend.

[@franklananna9684]

Love this car I think it deserves new paint!

[@sevenity2677]

I have missed some episodes but I really like how you keep them in a time capsule of where they are. I love old cars and trucks! I want to see where the Plymouth duster suv is at? Great channel and love that you leave in the diagnosis and repairs because all of that is getting lost.

[@user-li1fi4qu5n]

Congratulations on all the progress!! Great job y'all.

[@terryeustice5399]

Look forward to seeing this completed before Power Tour. You will look a lot better out on the road. Presentation is everything. Thank you Dylan! 💯👍👊

[@JonathanSparks-ht4vq]

You should do a colab with the ol’ Junkyard Digs and Thunderhead 289 and have them help you get your car ready for Power Tour

[@puddleduckist]

Great 2 see the car from my favorite shirt get some more ❤️!!! Rock on 🤘 Dylan....and Bryar!!!!

[@cartersgarage392]

Probably a good idea to cover the window glass, that splatter will destroy the glass. Don't ask how I know. ;)

[@jeffpeed7492]

& the gauges & chrome getting sparks shot at (dash & shifter

[@HPTBANDIT]

I’m glad to see the chargers is back. It’s what got me hooked to the channel.

[@ttvbubba1962]

I love this car I think it would be amazing to see you repaint it the Green that was on and make it shine it would look awesome

[@Hootman865]

You should try those spot weld cutters. Drill bits made for the task. I do believe you would appreciate them

[@jeffpeed7492]

& judicious use of an air chisel.

[@brycebeckman539]

I have missed this car sooooo much since it was supposed to go to Power Tour 2022. Glad to see it again

[@danielstrachan8988]

I can’t wait to see more videos on this car, I have always liked them since I saw the movie Bullit way back when it first came out,very cool cars😁😁👍👍😎

[@arjaitheoriginal]

You know, having a fan and USING a fan, are two different things. Generally, USING the fan while welding, is the right thing. ;)

[@ihcubed]

Return to floor pan work, nice!!

[@deezmemes6623]

This gives me more motivation to finish my projects!!

[@caughtafaygo]

idk why but i enjoy your vids with Briar. fun dynamic.

[@TNridgerunner42]

Hello fellow Tennessean I always love to see an old charger revived and back to life keep up the great work and I'll be here to see your progress

[@AndrewHCann]

Excellent video Dylan :) , Bryer :) also super work did on 1969 Dodge Charger floor repairs and looking nice done too 100 well done guys! Also say welding was terrible at first do arc , mig if saw mine years ago though was make track for dink go over speed bumps also yes Lol ! But got better of practicing up and trail also errors give more better feeling do right from wrongs ! Project did for my High School Automotive Mechanics shop & tech classes with welding was put 1976 Chevrolet Impala LS 4 door car above like cab on my late dad 1968 International 624 Detroit Desiel motor farm 2 wheel drive and took me 6 months do up got 96.8 % final mark for my grade 10 year for 4 hours each day ! Yes had get stuff from metal dealer and hardware store plus welding store too ! But my late dad & uncle help out too on some lady friend of my family help me learning welding better to ! Was done welding rods of Lincoln type with 6011 rods ! If saw it how looking you say that so cool was not inclose cab with doors also windows was top only ! Fun part farmer and his wife bought farm with tractors, combine, machinery on home farm 1997 still has my welding hood project on tractor too saw it in January 2024 !

[@Bruningable]

Your Charger is one of the coolest cars on KZbin! Just great!

[@RickyPinkston]

Yes I was really hoping you would finish the ole girl all the way and paint her back to O.G paint sweet to watch great videos

[@moparconnection]

Whoohoo! I was hoping you'd get back on getting your Charger right! If the Fury isn't ready in time, I might be taking our '69 Charger on Tour too - can we tag along with a fellow Mopar?

[@DarkFlamage]

Check wheel alignment on that rig. When you drove it on the lift, looked like it had too much positive camber angle. Easy way to remedy incorrect stall speed of the torque converter.... Rip it out and install manual tranny/clutch set-up. Like any good muscle car should be.

[@ArcadeTom]

Very nice work Dylan and Briar! Great information in this one!

[@stevelangston2359]

I learned about weld-trough primer from this guy; Hotrod Car Guy! Your neighbor in Tennessee.

[@douglasfehler553]

Am so glad you are restoring this icon of automotive history and if you do not like it you can always sell it and buy a whole bunch oof project vehicles. Did you ever watch the building of the dukes of hazard jump car that the built on a Crown Victoria, I you ever find a 1988 2 door crown vic Or Grand marquis with the 351w if you go1983 to 84 the were carburated With the vv carb and swap out the intake to a 4 barrel and a cam fine some salvage yard pedals for ford mustang and instal a to Trans and throw son 4.11 gears in the differential you will have a fast reliable Vehicle and I should not wreck the bank to much.

[@LunaTic-fy9ve]

Been watching you on this car since Day 1! Please keep more Charger videos coming! So glad to see what is gonna come of it! The floors look great! Good insulation will keep your feet cooler bro

[@jerredwayne8401]

I would consider myself a chevy man for sure. Especially pickups, but i must admit a 69 charger is my favorite car of all time. Im extremely excited for this build series!

[@billpar]

so glad you went back to the charger it Was one of my favorite cars a friend had a 69 New and was the same green which when new was beautiful , thanks for great content and your love of the lord and HIS life changing word

[@danscott3880]

Dylan. I'm 52 soon to be 53. I'm still an idiot. 😂 But the fact that you acknowledged it shows maturity. Dylan - I cut the fuel line 😂😂😂😂

[@jeffpeed7492]

been there, done that.

[@orlandoruiz5824]

Fuel spill and sparks, You're a lucky man, Gotsta be a tad more careful brother!!!, Wow, God loves you bud, We need you alive for the content, Think about it!!!🤔🤔🤔🤔😁

[@FreedomRock44]

Dixie was helping she is the Shop Manager.......and she was telling you MORE TO THE MIDDLE with that last piece.

[@joeismissing]

So glad this project is back ...we were promised it's return ! 👍🏼