My 68 Charger - A Work In Progress
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The Rebel
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Buttoned it a bit more today in the garage as it was raining out.
Had to superglue one of the grill mounts back into place as it snapped sometime in the past. The only thing that kept it from coming out was the washer.
Had to superglue one of the grill mounts back into place as it snapped sometime in the past. The only thing that kept it from coming out was the washer.
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showard
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I can't wait until I can take mine on a nice long drive.
The Rebel
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Hey guys. As many of you know I've been trying to find more history on my car & I've been pretty busy.
I reached out to the City of Livonia, where I bought my car and where the PO bought it as well. They don't keep any records, tax, DMV...etc...
I reached out to the Archives of Michigan/Michigan History Center, then the Detroit Historical Society. No dice there.
I spoke to the Sec. Of State's office (they run the DMV) and they told me they only have records going back to 2006, anything older than that is destroyed. So I said what the heck & filled out some forms to do a title search and hit some pay dirt.
I was able to get back 2 owners ago and the forms contained his full name & address. I tried using Yellow Pages + other online websites but all of them you have to pay for the info. I decided to call the operator & gave them the info I had & in no time I had his number.
Bill and I spoke for a 1/2 hour tonight and he told me the below info. If anyone has any recollections of seeing my car in Livonia, I'd love to know more from you.
1. Bill was either the 2nd or 3rd owner. He bought the car in 1984 in Livonia for about $1,225-$1,250.
2. The car was original miles, I got it with 78,***.
3. The guy he bought it from was a toolmaker, named Jim who worked at one of the Dodge plants. Apparently his son took the car out & ripped out the exhaust system going over some RR tracks. The exhaust system was redone but the pipes went under the rear axle not over it, so he took it to a place called Dave's Exhaust over on Michigan Ave to be redone correctly.
4. Bill had a guy/place add the pinstripes. Name is Hatton, supposed to be someone well known.
5. The car was raced at someplace called Telegraph.
I reached out to the City of Livonia, where I bought my car and where the PO bought it as well. They don't keep any records, tax, DMV...etc...
I reached out to the Archives of Michigan/Michigan History Center, then the Detroit Historical Society. No dice there.
I spoke to the Sec. Of State's office (they run the DMV) and they told me they only have records going back to 2006, anything older than that is destroyed. So I said what the heck & filled out some forms to do a title search and hit some pay dirt.
I was able to get back 2 owners ago and the forms contained his full name & address. I tried using Yellow Pages + other online websites but all of them you have to pay for the info. I decided to call the operator & gave them the info I had & in no time I had his number.
Bill and I spoke for a 1/2 hour tonight and he told me the below info. If anyone has any recollections of seeing my car in Livonia, I'd love to know more from you.
1. Bill was either the 2nd or 3rd owner. He bought the car in 1984 in Livonia for about $1,225-$1,250.
2. The car was original miles, I got it with 78,***.
3. The guy he bought it from was a toolmaker, named Jim who worked at one of the Dodge plants. Apparently his son took the car out & ripped out the exhaust system going over some RR tracks. The exhaust system was redone but the pipes went under the rear axle not over it, so he took it to a place called Dave's Exhaust over on Michigan Ave to be redone correctly.
4. Bill had a guy/place add the pinstripes. Name is Hatton, supposed to be someone well known.
5. The car was raced at someplace called Telegraph.
telegraph rd., street racing back in the day I never made it there, but i'm sure there's guys here that were there back then. maybe someone will chime in.
Raced every car I had in the 70's on Telegraph Rd, it was the Mecca for street racing back in the day. Got a lot of tickets for what was called "Looping", thats cruising a fast food place, but not stoping to patronize the business (police in Dearborn Heights thought that would stop us)
Hatton was the premier freehand pinstriper in the area, his place was on Ford Rd, he pinstriped 2 snowmobiles an a helmet for me in 1978
Man those times were the best of times
Hatton was the premier freehand pinstriper in the area, his place was on Ford Rd, he pinstriped 2 snowmobiles an a helmet for me in 1978
Man those times were the best of times
The Rebel
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Well the heat finally broke today into the 80's down from 101.3 yesterday, so decided to take out the tail lights & clean them up.
Also they were crooked and low and behold the one marked "R" was on the drivers side & the one marked "L" was on the passengers side, see the R & L marked on the inside brackets. Also noticed when I took them apart the foam padding was still there on the nuts.
Also they were crooked and low and behold the one marked "R" was on the drivers side & the one marked "L" was on the passengers side, see the R & L marked on the inside brackets. Also noticed when I took them apart the foam padding was still there on the nuts.
showard
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There are a lot of grooves and corners to clean on those tail lights.
Keep up the good work.
Keep up the good work.
The Rebel
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Hey all, been a while since I've done any real work. Saw this on ebay & liked it much better than the cheap plastic toppers or the really expensive repro battery, so I opted for this @ $23.95.
Got all brand new heater & radiator hoses on order as well.
Got all brand new heater & radiator hoses on order as well.
Was wonder why you had a Michigan plate on front in post #141? Then saw the paper work in a later post then the rear plate. I still run my old vainty plate in the front.
The Rebel
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Hey Fran. Good to see you! Hope all is well with you and tour family. Can't believe up north is going to get 3-4" tonight/tomorrow.
I'm pretty sure that plate has been with the car all it's life but can't prove it unfortunately. I've tried but so much time has gone by & governments got rid of lots of paperwork we could have used to better document our cars.
I'm pretty sure that plate has been with the car all it's life but can't prove it unfortunately. I've tried but so much time has gone by & governments got rid of lots of paperwork we could have used to better document our cars.
My car was bought at Haynes Motors in Bridgeport Ct.. In 67 or 68 owner moved to California and moved back around 72. Sold it to a fried in Sept 74 and I bought it in June of 78. I'm lucky, in 2015 went to talk to Original owner and he had all the paper from new. Paid him $300 for it, I told I'd the paper work. Offered the money to give a reason to part with it. Think he sold it $950 in 73.
Getting paper work that changed hands 4 or 5 times near impossible.
Getting paper work that changed hands 4 or 5 times near impossible.
I assume from the cost its a display battery?
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