Photos of my passion for all things Mopar and 1969 Charger R/T.
About this Mopar:
I bought my 1969 Charger R/T on July 26, 1983 when I was 16 years old. I used all of my lawn mowing money ($1700.00) to purchase it. It was my daily driver from 1983 to 1990. In 1990, I parked it as life happened (got married, had kids, 8 years of college, jobs, career, etc.). My kids are now grown up, and it's time for me to get back to my car. I bought lots of stuff for this car over the years. My car was missing the original power train. I discovered it had a 23 spline 4-speed instead of an 18 spline 4-speed and an 8-3/4 rear end instead of the Dana. I have since picked up a couple of E440HP engines (1969), a few 18 spline Hemi 4-speeds (one of which is out of another 1969 Charger R/T), and a couple of 3.54 geared Dana 60s. I have lots of extra grille parts, tail lights, and trim pieces as well. I picked up a console and original 4-speed shifter that it was missing as well. I found the broadcast sheet, and I've decoded it. I found that I have a rare option called the V21 hood performance treatment option. It's also a mid-year color called F6 Spring Green. My plans for the car are to do an "old school" build. It will look mostly stock body wise, with the exception of wheels and tires. No 22" wheels for this guy. I will run it like I ran it in the 1980s. 15" 50 series tires in the rear and 14" 50 series tires in the front. I will do some modern upgrades to make it more enjoyable to drive. Disc brakes all around, a Passon gear set for the 4-speed to make 4th an overdrive, new technology suspension to make it handle better, electrical upgrades, 500-600 HP from the engine, and other safety items. I want to enjoy driving this safely. I recently contacted the previous owner ( of which I haven't talked to in 34 years) in hopes of getting some history and previous owner information on the car. I also asked if he happened to know where the original engine, trans, and rear were for the car. He said he'll have to do some research, but that he may actually know where all of the original components are. We will see. If not, I have stuff to put it back to the way it should be. I'm also a CNC programmer and CNC machinist. I combined my passion for Mopars and CNC machining by making signs for my shop. I hope to someday do this as part of a new business that I'm putting together. I've been in touch with Chrysler for licensing and can have the contract signed when my shop is ready to go. That's my story so far.
