Very Cool '68 Charger Survivor, Orig Paint, California Black Plate Car

[scuncio]

Awesome...and...still sporting the slant 6 and 3-on-the-tree.

Imagine a '68 Charger living out such an easy life with the base powertrain, while its siblings were thrashed/jumped/molested relentlessly. Amazing!

Still hard to believe it's worth the $31k it's currently been bid to. I would have said $20k would be about top dollar but I'm obviously wrong on this one.

Link to 1968 Charger auction (http://ebay.to/3pktqtn)

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[Canuck]

I think I read somewhere only 6 ,3 speed standard 6 cyl 68 Chargers were built. Saw another one in Gold years ago from the Seattle area.

[72heavychevy]

Wow, up to $42k in bidding! Hard to believe but I guess there's a high demand for survivors these days.

I think I read somewhere only 6 ,3 speed standard 6 cyl 68 Chargers were built. Saw another one in Gold years ago from the Seattle area.

I'm wondering if that was considering more options, in the ad he states 906 cars were built with the straight-6 and 3 on-the-tree in '68

[BJCHEV396]

I guess this slant 6,three on the tree Charger,is rare and desirable.Good combo if you're selling a car!

[Bill Pritchard]

That rusty tailpipe has a bunch of holes in it....they look too uniformly round to be rust holes. What could possibly be the reason for that? And no, I'm not accepting 'weight reduction' as a credible response :wink:

Less than 30K orig miles and the original block & trans are gone??? Like what, someone was out hot-rodding it all the time and blew them both? Seems odd. How does the carpeting at the drivers side door sill get completely worn away? Also the fact that the bidding is at $42K seems odd, 'survivor' or not.

[BJCHEV396]

17 bidders.I think somebody's gonna have a case of buyer's remorse!

[Jonesy]

Thats more like 129,000 miles judging by the wear and tear on that vehicle.

[mssl72]

That rusty tailpipe has a bunch of holes in it....they look too uniformly round to be rust holes. What could possibly be the reason for that? And no, I'm not accepting 'weight reduction' as a credible response :wink:

I saw that too Bill. I wondered. Possibly original pipes being a California car. Maybe they thought it would give it a more throaty sound. Maybe it whistles under acceleration!

[Too Many Projects]

It'll come back later with a different fender tag and a 440, 4 speed...:biggthumpup:

[Bill Pritchard]

Maybe they thought it would give it a more throaty sound.

:haha:

[Lynn]

Something is fishy, and the anchovies haven't arrived yet.

Not my original saying. Any ideas where I plagiarized that one?

[Mr70]

M*a*s*h

[Mr70]

Sold for $42,500.00

[427TJ]

It'll come back later with a different fender tag and a 440, 4 speed...:biggthumpup:

This.

[Bill Pritchard]

It'll come back later with a different fender tag and a 440, 4 speed...:biggthumpup:

It'll need a new VIN also, because Chrysler had the foresight to have one letter in the VIN that indicated what engine originally came in the car.

[Lynn]

Before seeing this car, and of course without doing any research, had someone casually asked me if they ever built a 69 Charger with a slant six, I would have guessed "no".

$42,500 for this car makes no sense, survivor or not.

And Mr.70 is correct. Stole that line from Hawkeye on MASH.

[Too Many Projects]

It'll need a new VIN also, because Chrysler had the foresight to have one letter in the VIN that indicated what engine originally came in the car.


Probably have everything they need from the rusted to dust donor.