Idiots with Chargers

[coronet68mx]

There are probably more but I found these two channels with two idiots driving chargers and destroy them, as a mopar fan it hurts see this, also is sad to see the lack of common sense in this two young man doing stupidity for a like.






Stupid is as stupid does.

 

[Mike D]

It is young guys keeping the hobby alive and bringing them to the next generations. I love watching those videos.

Who doesn't want a charger with a blown big block. They are actually driving them, I'm all about it.

 

[moparedtn]

I don't find either of those channels either particularly entertaining or informational.
Both are "hosted" by nothing more than garden variety attention whores - lots of those out there
these days, seems like. Their stuff is all about their showing their asses, not the cars themselves.
What they do to cars, they could do to any car - and I'd appreciate it if they'd choose to do it
to cars less special than classic Mopars.

If that's representative of the hobbys' future, I'm glad I won't be around long enough to see it.
There's plenty of actual good YT channels out there centered around the Mopar hobby.

 

[coronet68mx]

It is young guys keeping the hobby alive and bringing them to the next generations. I love watching those videos.

Who doesn't want a charger with a blown big block. They are actually driving them, I'm all about it.

I don't think the hobby or restoring these cars is about installed g a big blower on a tired 440 and hear It knocking an hour later, or moving out that poor 69 with the flat tires or throwing a dumbbell to the windshield of the orange Lee, I know the 2nd gen charger are an object of desire but IMHO is about to preserve this cars not post a video where you literally destroy the car for a couples of likes, money does not save you from being stupid.

 

[chargervert]

I put a big dual quad intake with twin Holley 660 carbs on it, on my 70 Charger R/T SE back in the day and blew up my original 440 engine too! It's what we did!

 

[#41]

That guy in first video is a prime example of a complete d*****b**.

 

[Coelacanth]

I wonder what's worse: Guys like this, buying project cars and doing what-not to them and driving them & bashing them...or guys who hoard project cars and let them rust away in fields or barns for decades, where the cars will never have a chance at restoration?

My opinion is, if you bought it, you own it, and do wtf you want with it. It's not my business. At least there's enthusiasts and communities like this where we have enough people that want to restore and mod these cars and bring them back to life in a respectful way.

 

[6PKRTSE]

I think the days of the boring ole stock restorations is about over. If this hobby is going to continue. The next generation will come up with there own ways of enjoying these cars. Museums, sitting in owners garages and in and out of enclosed trailers to shows because it is restored to perfection is what puts this cars into the price ranges no one can afford.
Hacking them up and beating on them is what the younger generation wants to do with them. We all did it when we were younger. We just did it when they were just used cars. Not collector cars.

 

[WileE]

If it's not a "special" car... example Hemis, 6-bbl, special edition ( bengal charger for example ), original unmolested stock numbers-match car... I say, do what you like. Like we did back in the day. Make the car "uniquely you". To each his own.

 

[Cheapsunglasses]

I wonder what's worse: Guys like this, buying project cars and doing what-not to them and driving them & bashing them...or guys who hoard project cars and let them rust away in fields or barns for decades, where the cars will never have a chance at restoration?

My opinion is, if you bought it, you own it, and do wtf you want with it. It's not my business. At least there's enthusiasts and communities like this where we have enough people that want to restore and mod these cars and bring them back to life in a respectful way.

Guys letting their cars rot, or the guys that only trailer their car to a show a couple times a year, and spend the rest of the time jerking off to it sitting in the garage under a cover, is a million times worse then someone actually doing something with theirs. With that being said, I can’t stand the whistling diesel guy, he takes it too far

Like what @chargervert said, ya’ll use to have all kinds of fun with the cars, now that there’s catalogues of replacement parts, what’s the harm in having fun with them!

 

[Kern Dog]

Whistling Bunghole is annoying and really hard to look at. I mean seriously, the dude is ugly. I can't stand to even glance at him.
Having a career by just destroying mostly classic cars is wrong and certainly not something that I would "Like and Subscribe" to.
The other dude looks like the type of guy that picks a banjo with his feet and ties unsuspecting males to trees for perverted immoral acts.

 

[moparedtn]

I think the days of the boring ole stock restorations is about over. If this hobby is going to continue.

The whole point of the classic car hobby IS having examples of the history of automobiles that people can
see, drive and enjoy.
Antique and classic car shows are still chock full of beautiful examples of cars from the 1900's and up -
we can still see, feel and experience actual history of the automobile, which is of course a big chunk of
the industrial age history of humans on the planet itself.

"Boring"? No, boring is slapping a blower on yet another clapped out old rag - or "LS-swapping" yet
another poor old car that someone was too lazy to actually do the work to properly steward an old ride.
Oh....and if I hear the word "patina" one more %&#$@ time, I'm gonna puke.
There are still a bazillion plain Jane Chebbies and Fords from the 60's and 70's out there if someone feels the
need to holley.com one of them to death like those SPONSORED douches in the videos...
but that crap is truly BORING to me, reflective of a lazy, disrespectful element of the hobby I'd just as soon
go away, because they totally miss the point of the exercise.

 

[coronet68mx]

The other dude looks like the type of guy that picks a banjo with his feet and ties unsuspecting males to trees for perverted immoral acts.

Any personal experience?

 

[Kern Dog]

I like the idea of just get it running but I do cringe sometimes at the Roadkill style lack of refinement in some cars I see on TV shows.
My Jigsaw car....

....MAY make me look like a hypocrite but at this point, I do have an interior in it. All the windows are in place. The body has no rust holes, it is safe to drive, there are no leaks. It is complete and could pass an inspection if they were required in this state.

 

[dadsbee]

Your money, do what ever you want with them. They're just old cars that skipped the junk yard 10 years in like most . IMHO driving them first and foremost, is the most important. Getting the next 2 generations to keep that going is next...

 

[Coelacanth]

Guys letting their cars rot, or the guys that only trailer their car to a show a couple times a year, and spend the rest of the time jerking off to it sitting in the garage under a cover, is a million times worse then someone actually doing something with theirs.

Even back 20+ years ago when some of my buddies and I drove our Mopars to Red Deer for the annual summer Mopar Meet, none of us had much respect for the trailer queens that showed up, and the only time they started up was to back them off the trailer into their parking spot. I'm guessing most of those guys hardly ever turned an actual wrench, jammed a knuckle, slashed a finger, burned a forearm or even broke a sweat working on an actual project car, they just spent top dollar on an already-finished car, or paid other experts to do all the restoration work.

Anybody who actually drives their car to meets, who actually does some of the maintenance and restoration him/herself, is someone who has somehow earned it moreso than just purchased it.

I remember one of my buddies' 3rd-gen Charger couldn't make it to the meet one year and drove his Aspen instead...because he HAD to drive a Mopar (or no car). I had the idea to paint "Kiss my" to the left of his "Aspen" emblem on the trunklid in white liquid paper. The car was a turd but got quite a few chuckles at the meet.

I knew another classmate, uber rich parents and spoiled as can be, bought himself a fully restored vintage 'Stang (don't know the year) and entered it in some car shows, all he cared about, was obsessed about, was winning a trophy. Meh.

 

[Cranky]

Any personal experience?

 

[Cranky]

I think the days of the boring ole stock restorations is about over. If this hobby is going to continue. The next generation will come up with there own ways of enjoying these cars. Museums, sitting in owners garages and in and out of enclosed trailers to shows because it is restored to perfection is what puts this cars into the price ranges no one can afford.
Hacking them up and beating on them is what the younger generation wants to do with them. We all did it when we were younger. We just did it when they were just used cars. Not collector cars.

Stock restos will be around for awhile imo but there will always be someone that will modify them to fit their personality....imo

If it's not a "special" car... example Hemis, 6-bbl, special edition ( bengal charger for example ), original unmolested stock numbers-match car... I say, do what you like. Like we did back in the day. Make the car "uniquely you". To each his own.

I've had a few original cars that didn't need to be molested even though a couple of them should have been kept and restored to like new condition but that just wasn't me. One was really nice and kept that one for 15-16 years, another was a higher end convertible that my first wife hated so it got sold when I found a house with enough space to build a fairly large garage. She was pregnant at the time and sold that car to a buddy. The car I really regret selling was a 71 340 Cuda with the billboard that ran really good but it too needed at least some restoration. Sassy Grass too. Anyways, I'm also one to make my cars 'uniquely mine' but never did anything that couldn't be undone.

Even back 20+ years ago when some of my buddies and I drove our Mopars to Red Deer for the annual summer Mopar Meet, none of us had much respect for the trailer queens that showed up, and the only time they started up was to back them off the trailer into their parking spot. I'm guessing most of those guys hardly ever turned an actual wrench, jammed a knuckle, slashed a finger, burned a forearm or even broke a sweat working on an actual project car, they just spent top dollar on an already-finished car, or paid other experts to do all the restoration work.

Anybody who actually drives their car to meets, who actually does some of the maintenance and restoration him/herself, is someone who has somehow earned it moreso than just purchased it.

I remember one of my buddies' 3rd-gen Charger couldn't make it to the meet one year and drove his Aspen instead...because he HAD to drive a Mopar (or no car). I had the idea to paint "Kiss my" to the left of his "Aspen" emblem on the trunklid in white liquid paper. The car was a turd but got quite a few chuckles at the meet.

I knew another classmate, uber rich parents and spoiled as can be, bought himself a fully restored vintage 'Stang (don't know the year) and entered it in some car shows, all he cared about, was obsessed about, was winning a trophy. Meh.

Bought lots of cars that didn't need much if anything but bought many more that needed quite a lot!!! Did buy a turn key 71 Duster race car that ran 9's and trailered it to a local weekend parking lot get together that was close by and some drunk bastid started in on it after he asked me what it ran. He got pretty belligerent saying no way and back then, I got right back in his face. After that, I said forget the dang parking lot stuff before I hurt someone or some jerk hurt me lol

 

[Budnicks]

If it's not a "special" car... example Hemis, 6-bbl, special edition ( bengal charger for example ), original unmolested stock numbers-match car... I say, do what you like. Like we did back in the day. Make the car "uniquely you". To each his own.

110% agree

 

[Budnicks]

the 1st video is an idiot, he can do what he wants, but it's just dumb

my/our generation day 2'd these cars
very few of them were left 100% stock
many were tastefully done,
some not so much
& most were $350- $1500 cars back then too, even cherry all OE cars
they were just unwanted old cars, gas guzzlers,
some even called them junkers
many were scrapped...

I passed up on a 68 Dart with a 426 Hemi transplant done very well
because it was $5k, that was out of the world price...
I could buy 3) 68-70 RRs or 3) 68-70 Charger R/Ts for that

I was saving them, putting them back on the road, some 33-ish) 68-71 Mopars/cars
mostly 12) 68-70 Charger R/Ts & on my 13th) RRs, a few Dusters & Demons,
a 68 Barracuda (I inherited from an uncle already day 2'd)
even more GM Camaros/Fierbird-Formulas & Trans Ams/Olds 442 64 & 65
a few Early Fords/coupes hot rods/Altereds,
some 66-67 Fairlanes, 65-70 Torino GT/Galaxies
& some 15-ish (?) older W100 or W150 or W200 Power Wagons
& diesel Power Rams trucks from 1965-98, before I got my 99 Dakota 4x4
318-440s to 479-535cid stockish to full built
w/a727 hi-stall converters to 833 4 speeds, some Dana's some 8-3/4"
usually rear gears were changed too, I had a collection of them
& probably another dozen-ish GMC/Chevy pickups from 1955-94
they were cheap...
Maybe not 100% original or rarely ever 100% stock,
unless it was extremely rare, even then they were rarely ever 100% stock
or trailer queens/garage dwellers...

then I (most of US) even still did usually;
New wider wheels & tires, I pref. Crager S/S or Halibrand Polished Slots,
1st thing we ditched was the steelies/hubcaps
added headers, an alum intake & Holley carb, usually a camshaft at min.
maybe added sway bars &/or better gas shocks for a handling car,
maybe old Lakewood traction bars, like 99% of my generation all did
out here anyway
class of 77' baby

but doing it to wreck them is just stupid