ABANDONED 1969 Dodge Charger Sitting for 20 Years 

This is far from good shape it's a rust bucket and basically for parts now, it's just a piece of shit if that

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I'll stick to your opinion mr uhhhh VDUBB20 /

sorry guys, but 20 years of sitting outside...it's in good shape. For example, rear windows on these were notorious for leaking water into the trunk, and that gas tank would be on the ground by now. The rear leaf springs? they would have busted loose, since designed to hold up the car's weight, and poked thru the floors. As for the cost to restore it...yeah, nearly ALL cars cost more to restore :) but a charger like this is worth dough, hollywood would grab one of these just to put in a roll cage and send it jumping in a F&F movie. the fact this is an SE and optioned, it's worth taking to a pro who can put floors into a unibody car and have it still come out straight. i'd hate to think what good raw material you guys are cutting up, thinking it's too far gone. sometimes we think if we can't accomplish something, that makes it impossible.

But so true!

It’s ok you should just go watch the restoration series he just finished that took 5 years

@@iheartlreoy8134 got the link

i will say, tho, when you wash your body or your car's, you work from the top, down. that keeps the dirt off the parts you already washed :) He was working the bottom of the rear quarters upward.

It might have not been intentional, we don't know what happened

Should be thankful the guy didn't sell it for scrap in the 70's and 80's like a hundred thousand others did.

TheUnclefester13 I hope you get one bro

TheUnclefester13 me too!

How are you doing am Amanda

Amanda Lee Howdy Miss Amanda.

TheUnclefester13 where are you from

cant wait to get mine on the road. love em

Yep true shame to see one in such a state. Paul England.

It's not that bad...considering a used front intact grille on these is over a grand. Body wise? I could show you some real horror pics...a '67 Mustang with a beautiful paint job that a customer came by the shop with all proud. The rear quarters were *riveted* on. Yes...underneath that *beautifuly* paint job LOL. Oh and the frame was previously buckled and heated and what looked like *sledgehammered* back into some sort of shape and was twisted LOL. I guess no one got underneath the car at any point recently.

aww man that sounds awful, especially as he was so proud of it, please tell me there was a happy ending for that car :/

***** At what, the Mustang this poor girl brought in or the Charger?! The Mustang had a happy ending... ;) Once we showed her what we found she was willing to find both rear quarters and my Bro' heated up and straightened/fixed the frame on a Blackhawk. Car looked like new when it left the shop and she couldn't be happier. She still sends us Christmas cards LOL. Even if we lost money I just couldn't see her getting screwed over like that as the car had relatively low miles, a nice original interior, etc. If I find pics i'll post 'em...

but the rust is killer

Surprisingly they held air long enough to move it around.

wait, is it your personal vehicle, or are you gonna fix and sell it?

or, as I would do, is it gonna be a General Lee?

and the chrome bumpers too :3

Ruben Ybarra .кіно .вова.

You are lucky

@@xxxno3xxx9 😎👍 thanks!

@The outdoors_ BMX 😎👍

Hi

Yep. Excellent tunes and cool video.

Why u people always use racist names for ? It sounds so stupid how u say it.

+DamnSkippy1 sr you do not now me or my dad so shout up you keep saying that shit so what's my dads name you dume ass .?.

I agrey good music

What is the song title?

Well, it’s a 1969 Charger. Rotten or not, still one of, if not *the* most beautiful car built.

ScrewsNutsAndBolts NUTS

skydoo So loo ok

Looks better than any brand new car today

ScrewsNutsAndBolts : I agree. It's mostly fine as it is - just don't wear your best clothes in it!

Chris Servoss theres a book i read at school, years ago, by nicholas fisk, wheelie on the stars, its set hundreds of years in the future, when all gasoline and other internal combustion motors have been outlawed for many many decades, so youngsters growing up will never experience these american legends, .....then a bunch of kids find a ancient 70s 2 stroke dirtbike, in a cave, something like a maico or yz400 or similar beast, and they manage to get it running, for one epic blast .......

Short reply : ..They are not part just of american history..they are part of the world history too ..Many eyes get the tears when they slowly cruising on European streets... Heart is shakin' when you hear the thunder rumble of mighty V 8 ....earthquake, when some of those "toys" drives by...God...What did happend to all those F-100's , '49 Merc's ,GTO's ,Falcons , Darts , VW Kharmanns ..Opel Mantas... Earlier you've could recognize a car from a distance of 3 Miles ..You've heard him and you knew it : " It's a Riviera... Roadrunner ...Torino...Opel Escort ..VW GTI ..." ...and now....From a distance..all of new cars looks almost the same , they almost sound same... they made them without souls...however ..this "blue boy " looks already better after a " good shower"......Thumbs up for rescuing

One day....... one day.......

That will never come

İnşAllah

Same here

@@srivedswain5895 I wouldn't be so sure

The Gaming Cookie Dough right

Yeah I almost got an orgasm

The Gaming Cookie Dough you took the words right out of my comment.

He missed few spots

The Gaming Cookie Dough : I didn't know vegetation could grow on paint until I watched this. I actually thought the car was green.

It's actually not too bad. I've done *waaay* worse. So the interior has to be stripped and the floors re-done (the interior was completely coming out anyway as it was ....just totally wrong). They sell the entire replacement floor-pans for these in one piece. Would you believe one of the most expensive pieces to restore/replace on these is....the grille?! Don't believe me then look it up. I'd seriously get a 383 and an original 727 torque-flight transmission and run with it. And have plenty of black primer ready.....LOL....

Steve Idxp Just think, when it is all said and done you can look back at what you started with and the end result and say to yourself I brought her back from the brink.

yeah, this one isnt all that bad at all. building two far worse than this right now

Yeah...I don't get it. Pretty much all of the classics we get we rip down to the bare bones (frame or unibody) and build it back up anyway. I love watching these various "classic car restoration" shows and they flip out when they see a rust spot the size of a quarter. Really girls? Pull up your panty hose and fix and patch the damn thing. Don't squirt out your Nuva Ring. What's with all the drama? Gotta be a TV thing. Getting to upgrade the brakes, suspension, etc. A labor of love......

Fer sher. Put yer big boy pants on, roll up yer sleeves and go for it! This is what restomoddin's all about.

Depressing, sickening, disgusting.... and so many more word's! :D

it happens i have a 70 chevelle thats been sitting for about 10 years now. time has its way of slipping by. ill prob sell her soon. a shame shes a good 12 second car but no time

Yea I guess there are other reasons the guy could have let it go like that.. But its always nice to see them come from the grave to be re built, you should really think of getting rid of your Chevy so maybe we can see the same :p

Hey....there's thing that pops up and happens unexpectedly. It's called *life*. I had to hide my old "High School Rides" from friends, most family and definitely where I was living as ...I wouldn't have them today. No way. My family blows so bad if they thought they could make $50 profit...they would've been gone in '83. They didn't even know about them LOL. I had to put myself through school, get a job, buy a house w/ a garage then suffered a serious back injury while on vacation overseas. The fact I still have them is nothing short of a miracle. Thank GOD I have some decent friends who let me store them. Now, all these years later...I get to take them apart and give them the attention they deserve. Well worth the wait.... So yeah, that's how things like this can happen.

^ ^ ^ And i'm ranting about my '69 Camaro Z/28 302 4-spd. Black on black w/ gold stripes.... My Aunt/Uncle hid it for me in their garage (as long as I "cleaned it out" LOL) so they had it for 35 years. My Uncle started it faithfully every Month and drove it front a few feet, and back a few feet. Without fail. I can't owe them enough. I'm *finally* just getting to this car now. The paint is faded and it needs a grille and a front fender...

Amen.

Vanguard Motor sales? :-)

LOL!! They're ridiculous with their asking prices.

Have seen these go for $10,000+ in this shape....crazy

chargalant Yep,exactly right.

As a detailing freak, so could I. Not to brag (Okay, to brag) when we got my grandfather's Chevelle running again and back to our garage (His is full, ours was not) I spent my 15th birthday waxing it. All night. I'm about to turn 17. Now, how many kids these days would do that?

Not many

+84Bronco351 I would

JRC99 i would lol

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Yeah keep naming. The cars made from 68/70 were the most famous muscle cars!

Vhh

you would start with putting your hand on the hood and saying, "dont worry baby nobodys gona hurt you nomore"

first disassembling then the body cure.

only one of Us Car Guys can see a "Diamond in the Ruff"! i've caught hell for over 40 yrs. because of that talent! Lol! I'm a Ford guy, but the first car i ever tried to buy was a '69 Charger, thanks to Peter Fonda!

2 of my favorite things: a Ford truck, & a '69 Charger. where's Miss Mary, & Deke?

Boy that pressure washer worked some miracles, love the color, & is lookin good! my cousin took me for a ride in his '68 Charger about 130 mph. back in '75' or '76 scared the Hell out of a 15 yr. old boy! I Loved It!

I think it is beautiful even like this.

I drive a 75 Firebird. It wasn't used for 11 years ago. Until I realized it had a purpose. To show off the dumb modern retards who's the muscle car king. They always do there research and say it has 200 HP. But it actually has over 700 HP, this is not a engine swap or a replacement. This is the original engine and it's age is around 43 years old as well as the entire car. Forgot to mention it's the Formula 400 series. Drives like a dream come true. Which it is....

Thanks!

+Dylan McCool did you ever finish her

Cool right my friend

I ended up getting a 2018 camaro rs instead of a charger. But the charger is next.

I know, right?!

Jeffery Christopher it gave me 8 days of sleepless nights.😂😂😂

The guy who owns that carwash cried too

So did the car.

Talk about sins being washed away. Geez

Olympic Gaming totally agree

thats called music brother..... music that is

So true

Sounds a bit more modern ... whoever it is ... Loved it, so sweet

YEAH , LUV IT !! BLUES WITH A CAPITOL < B > AS IT'S SUPPOSED2 B !!!!!!

Yeah i know, people throw away/neglect great cars such as this.

Think about it, maybe someone didn't have money to keep this piece of art in good shape? I would cry if i had to make the same decision. My life goal is to buy dodge charger 1969 and make it mine.

People need to think about it. Those cars were not classics when they were sold and/or abandoned. Many people sold, and *Scrapped* these cars when they were having issues, or the owner couldn't afford it. Think about this, after the mid 70's fuel crisis, how many people do you think sold their high performance cars? Tons of people did. Some people even had them crushed and scrapped. My dad had to sell his 1972 Mustang Mach 1 sometime in the late 70's, or in the 80's (He never told me what year) due to the fuel crisis. God only knows where that machine is now.

Maybe they were not classics and it's most likely possible that the fuel crisis was a factor i just couldn't see people abandoning their cars, they'd sell them probably or they were abandoned because they couldn't sell them. It's just that if i am going to buy a car, i want to keep it for a very long time (maintain it well) or sell it to someone who will do the same. But then sports/classic cars also depreciate too and people's mindset is if they can't get any money out of it, they waited too long. Any high performance car during the fuel crisis would have depreciated regardless of the mileage, year or well maintained.

+Maksymilian Miękoś thats my dream car

Producers of the Dukes Of Hazzard should be put away in a mental institution for wasting those chargers.

Plymouth roadrunner if it wasn't for DOH the charger wouldn't matter as much today

At least it wasen't in Canada. You would have just seen a pile of rust.

Plymouth roadrunner they did waste a lot but most of the stunts actually just had some random car dressed up like a charger

Dreez76 that’s shameful even for a Beautiful car like that one

Fred Maxwell she came back to life :)

Why should that be bad? I would love to own a Tesla

why should that be bad? you asked... well... too much electronic crap, system for this, system for that, fuck that, this car on the vid a simple car... sit in it, turn it on, and drive it... today's car are overfucked with electronic bullshit, too complicated to repair and also very expensive, and for everything you need ELECTRIC ENERGY... the old cars were simple to build, simple to repair, and also inexpensive to repair... that's why new cars are GARABAGE

@@xgamerbih could not agree more

@@xgamerbih facts and all that computer bullshit jacks up the price of the vehicle. People are paying 25 grand for a Chevy Cruze smh

You won't see no tesla in a video of a 1969 Charger!

Jazzmyn sb hell ya I thought the same thing.that algae was serious

yes

opo cok

This cannot become a dream car only collector's car

Not likely at all.

Very likely

Font V no its not

yea no current cars will survive long enough. Cars are made to fall apart now days made to be replaced companies learned hoe to "properly build" a car now so you have no choice to replace that car you bought 20 years ago. and chances are in the next 20 years heavy fines will be placed on those that want to still drive that old muscle car for the environments sake

David Gonzalez i am a jdm cars enthusiast and i appreciate this vid #same_passion

David Gonzalez me too even tho i appreciate german heros

all the good cars are good man lol😂

No shit gonzo

only people with blue shirts will appreciate these videos

Yep,hope I can get two or three more myself...

I just wish they were not found on these conditions

They used a wench

Nice! You can never go wrong with a hopped up B body.

LU7HQW my dream car is the 69 charger

LU7HQW exactly. Same here.

70 charger

I am only 12 years old and this is my dream car one day I will find one I don't give a f*ck if people laugh and it rusty

AJ Medina777 even if it is rusty and you have the money you could always restore it

They were probably on drugs, mentally ill, retarded, drunk, or all of what I said

DiamondHackerYT // DHYT not even drugs would make you that stupid to abandon this beauty

Dickheads

It was abandoned in the movie called steve mcqueen bullit 1969 movie

@@erickmonroy1348 I'm looking for a charger to bring Italy... Can you help me with shops website? Thanks dude

Si amigo un coche estupendo🤩

LazyRock k

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I think we all have it too .I used to masturbate in mine & fuck every girl that wanted ride in mine

Pat Barker back then new cars rattled and sometimes wobbled from the factory, nothing wrong with the car per se just people not used to newer cars making such sounds, same today, if a 2011 car loses a bolt you go oh well nvmd, but if you brand new mercedes would do so, you would freak out.

Ive just bought a canadian car to restore, didnt realise it was going to be so hard to find the original solid oak wheels and body panels, i had to make the steamy boiler and whale oil lamps myself😀

Eso es cierto una obra de arte

Jose Santos así es toda la linea de los modelos de diferentes años del Charger chevrolet son hermosos esos autos

Tienes razon pero me pregunto si esta registrado

Martin esInWhite Charger chevrolet? Es un dodge no un chevy jajajaja

Se mamo charger chevrolet jajajajaajajjaja

Man same here I'm from Oklahoma lol we make shitty money but have some of the most beautiful mustangs and trucks down here... BTW I daily drive a 77 Chevy c10