Does anyone remember when second generation Chargers were cheap?

[69b3rt]

I always ended up paying too much for my cars. I paid $675 for my 69 Charger R/T 4-speed car in 1984. It was in rough shape. Car was bought out of impound lot for $225 a year earlier, then sold for $450 before I got the car with an extra 440 and auto trans. I got stuck paying all three sale's tax to get the title. I made out OK on it by holding onto it I guess.
A very nice 69 Charger R/T 440 auto sold for $3,000 then flipped for $3,500 back in 86 and still in exact beautiful condition residing just 4 blocks from me.

 

[Nate S]

Of course the reverse of this thread: I can't believe I sold *** for $xx! would be simply cringeworthy.

 

[chargervert]

That's a whole other story, I guess one could say it is all relative, but there are a couple cars that I sold,and then right after I sold them the prices skyrocketed out of sight! The A12 Super Bee and and my 71 Barracuda convertible come to mind.

 

[junior340]

Right out of high school 1980 I wanted to travel all the US, I found a deal on a beautiful 68 Charger 318 auto. My Dad approved so I got it for 500 bucks. I talked them Way down from a crazy price of 550.
It made the whole trip with only a coil wire and one flat .
Good memories.

 

[YY1]

As late as 1991, there was a turquoise non-running 1970 318 Charger with a nice body down the street from a friends house behind a mobile home.

No sign, but someone talked to the owner and they said $900, which we all thought was high at the time.

By 1992, it was gone.

 

[Moparmann]

I paid $1778 for my first base '70 Charger, a one owner 29K mile car in 1974. After it was totaled in 78, thirty years later, in 2004, I paid 10K for my current car, a one owner all original '70 Charger 500!

 

[DAH]

I currently own my 3rd 67 Cornet 440. I refer to the first 2 as used cars. Funny thing is I have had the same Pioneer FM stereo in all of them.

 

[Splangj]

Man, those were the days. Sounds like most of us were too young to collect cars at those cheapo prices. This is me in my 69 RR I bought in 83 for $1000. The ads are from Auto Trader in the mid or late eighties I believe.
To make things worse, I turned down for free one friends beat but running 71 RR 4speed, and a second friends 68 Coronet R/T with no engine or trans, but very straight and rust free.

 

[Splangj]

Sorry about the repeats, whiskey.

 

[chargervert]

Sure,post them over and over again,and rub salt in our wounds!