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| Author: | cdr [ Thu Mar 01, 2012 2:10 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: my 68 charger project katy texas |
to be continued |
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| Author: | TexasStroker [ Fri Mar 02, 2012 1:18 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: my 68 charger project katy texas |
Nice, looking forward to seeing how it all unfolds... I'm not Troy, but he is on here, just hasn't posted in awhile, lol. |
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| Author: | cdr [ Fri Mar 02, 2012 3:40 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: my 68 charger project katy texas |
well then i got a 67 pontiac tempest got it running then my mom said we were moving & the car was not comin with us ,so lost my car,my older brother was still freinds with our old neighbors that owned the jj1 gold charger & he wanted to buy the car & so did I ,mom said no to me but we made a deal that when my brother was done with the charger he would sell it to me,well i knew where that was going my brother tore up every car he ever had, i worked on that car tune up motor mounts wash wax thinking that it would be mine some day,well he wrecked it all over,dents everywhere,he drank & did lots of drugs, about a month went by hadent seen my brother or car & he shows up & i ask where's the charger,he tells me it stopped running & he left it somewhere & it got towed away,so much for my dream car,a good buddy of mine had a 69 super bee that we played in the streets with & sold it to me on credit,wasent able to pay for it so gave it back to him,then found a 69 coronet h code for real cheap did some work to it got it running then mom says we are moving to dallas i said oh hell no,she went & i stayed here 1979,stayed with freinds & lived on the streets,got a job at hilo auto supply in 1980 & a customer had a 1968 gts 383 that he had taken apart & i bought it for 100.00 put it all together & had a cool car that was all mine,got a 70 road runner & painted it,that was my daily driver,about 83 got married ,sold both cars to buy a house,i wonder if the old gts still lives |
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| Author: | cdr [ Fri Mar 02, 2012 3:54 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: my 68 charger project katy texas |
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| Author: | cdr [ Fri Mar 02, 2012 4:03 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: my 68 charger project katy texas |
022 3.jpg [ 220.77 KiB | Viewed 12358 times ] that was the end of mopars for along time ,got involved with racin chebies,to be cont |
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| Author: | cdr [ Fri Mar 02, 2012 4:51 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: my 68 charger project katy texas |
i hope ya dont mind my long story,i know its hard to beleive but i hate typeing |
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| Author: | TexasStroker [ Fri Mar 02, 2012 9:04 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: my 68 charger project katy texas |
Maybe hotrod340 would know of that car... |
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| Author: | cdr [ Mon Mar 12, 2012 8:53 pm ] | ||
| Post subject: | Re: my 68 charger project katy texas | ||
my 68 poop gold charger this is just like the 1st 68 that i saw as a kid
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| Author: | cdr [ Tue Mar 13, 2012 5:29 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: my 68 charger project katy texas |
so as the story goes in jan 2011 sold my chevy duelly & had my 85 iroc z that had been sitting for 6 years that i decided to get running 350 roller tpi,ported heads,small comp roller cam,well started & coulkd not stop & thought i really want to get a old mopar & started looking,old mopars are pricey i soon found out,still kept workin on z & spent about 6500 on it & im an auto tech,so thats all parts,fast efi system,self tuning i love it,any how still gotta get it sold to finish my charger,june 2011 got diagnosed with cancer & MS so i said thats it sellin my awsome hotrod 125hp rear wheel 95 in harley,couldent ride anymore,& bought this 68 charger in north texas,not much rust,very happy with the car,pretty much all original but been sitting since 1981,needs complete resto,went through my cancer surgery & all good on that,thank GOD,sooooo been workin on my dream 1968 charger resto mod will post my progress in the resto forum |
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| Author: | Hd4406z [ Tue Mar 13, 2012 8:10 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: my 68 charger project katy texas |
Good luck on your project, looks like alot of time and work ahead. But in the end it is worth it. |
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