68 charger checking in.

[Finn]

Hey everyone,
Name is XanTh, (almost) 21 year old engineering student from the usually sunny but currently cold southern California.
This is my 68 charger I bought when I was 17. First project car and a never ending money pit haha. Ive managed about 90% percent of the work myself with the help of my dad and some awesome friends.
Specs on the car: 440 with multipoint fuel injection, 727 transmission. ridetech/Airride suspension with the 4 link rear. Frame connectors and torque boxes, Hooker super comp ceramic coated headers with 3" exhaust, dynomax ultraflows, quick ratio steering gearbox, 8.75 with 3.55s and suregrip. Disc brakes at all 4. Wheels are 18x8/20x8.5.
Still have a lot of little things to do but here are some pictures. Sorry I don't have too many good ones since it spends most of its time in various states disarray in the garage haha.


When I found it:

Recent:





Also found two 70 challengers last year that were too good a deal to pass up so those are next in line. Ill post up the story and pictures of those in a bit.
Ive been poking around and there's a ton of awesome rides and information here! I already have a list of ideas modifications Id like to make to my projects just from the few threads Ive looked at so far.

[Mr.VENGEANCE]

wow thats a very nice Charger!

[79-TA]

Hey, welcome to the site! What school do you go to? I'm at CSULB. You'll have to check out some of the nearby PT events so you can meet some of the locals. Maybe we'll make a trip to Adam's Motorsports Park again sometime soon.

[CruizinKev]

WOW very nice man!!! looks great! welcome aboard! we need a build-thread with lots of progress pics here in the "project updates section"

[Finn]

Thanks guys! Currently I'm at a local community college, planning to transfer next fall, assuming I can afford it lol. What are you studying at Long Beach Brett? Is there socal PT events often? Never been to a pro-touring specific show before.

[Finn]

Ive got ton's of build pics, definitely will start a thread for it.

These are the challengers I mentioned above.
Was on lunch from work driving down some random road for the hell of it after getting In n' Out () when I spotted what I thought was the b-pillar of an old mopar through some shrubs way off the side of the road. Naturally I flipped around and drove back and forth about 8 times to confirm this haha. Went back the next day with my video camera (its got the zoom) and snapped a shot.

When I looked at it on my computer I realized there was the hood of an r/t challenger next to it. At that point I knew I had to track down the owner. Next day I knocked on the door of the closest house in the area and sure enough, the guy that answered said he was storing them for a friend and they were for sale. Told me to go check them out. This is what I saw.





I called the owner up and made him an offer. He said he already had a guy that was interested but if he didn't come up with the money they were mine. Well sure enough, he called back and told me to get them the hell outta there. 16 hours of moving later and they were mine.
When I met the owner I learned a pretty cool fact. The "convertible" was used in the movie natural born killers, and he gave me some paperwork on it. I use the term convertible loosely because the car WAS a real RT/SE LA plant car in sublime green before the movie people cut the top off and re-painted it. The other was picked up as a donor car but I hate seeing one savable car chopped for another so that's not going to happen. Both are 383 magnums and the hardtop was originally a Plum Crazy purple car with the gator grain roof.
Got them both running within the next month. Cleaned them up a little and did a mini photo shoot with some friends for fun.





Right now Ive been putting a lot of time into the hardtop, getting it to the point of being a daily driver. This is the car Ive got some serious long term plans for. I'm looking for a handling beast on a restricted budget. I went a little overboard on the charger so now Im aiming to build the challenger as strong of a performer as I can using 80 percent of what I got and the rest from deals I find at swap meets and junkyards. Should be fun!

[Bullockracing]

With all the hacking already done to the "convertible", I wonder if the novelty of it being a movie car would outweigh modding it up. You could make one awesome car show display out of it... Then again, Natural Born Killers wasn't a smash hit movie, so you've got the perfect starting point for a really wild custom convertible (motorized hardtop?).

[CruizinKev]

oooh niiice!!! ..oh and also like the cars

[79-TA]

I'm a mechanical engineer. My last semester should be next fall.

For a while, some folks were doing monthly canyon cruises. Then for a while in the summer, we went to Adam's Motorsports Park quite a few times. A couple of times we met at the weekly Cars and Coffee car meet in Irvine. Getting ready for RTTC interrupted that a bit, so I'm hoping we'll go again soon.

Keep an eye out for SoCal track events too, even if just to spectate and hang out. Some guys are looking at Buttonwillow in early April while others might make a trip up to Del Mar for the Goodguys event.

[THE TECH]

Very nice! I like both models.

[Rybar]

Nice Charger, and nice score on the Challengers.

[RicerwannaB]

Nice! looks good!

[killer67]

Love the Charger!

[SRT-68]

I pretty much like everything you posted.

[thedodgeboys]

nice stuff whats the story about the 08 on the door?

[Motorcitydak]

Any more plans for the Charger or is it all about the Challengers now? Im excited to see another Charger on the board, I just came in from the garage after working on my 68 Charger

[Finn]

If thats the same Silver Fox charger Ive been following your build on dodgecharger.com. Awesome work man! Right now Im working on finishing up some things under the dash so I can put the windshield in and seal it. At that point it will be a project I can drive on the streets. Future plans: Id like to tub the wheel wells, put in a full cage, fender braces...see how it does with that. I also really like to put a 5 speed in it. Theres a new one that just came out from "passion" I think?? Electric cut-outs just for fun too
Im sure the more threads I read on here the longer my list will grow.

As for the 08 on the doors (and the pirate flag on the roof), that was just a random idea that became a reality haha. Always liked black cars, but Ive seen a lot of black chargers. I was watching the dukes of hazzard movie one day (dont judge me lol) and I got to thinking, wouldnt it be cool to make the anti general lee. Started photoshopping and liked what I was seeing. Got a lot of crazy looks and questions when I rolled it out of the paint booth haha.

[Tiger]

Hey Man,

welcome to the list! Nice cars and a very nice friend you have.

good luck with the projects and keep us updated.

[Nessumsar]

Wowza, 3 Mopars? Awesome! Where abouts are you, looking at the terrain I would guess somewhere in the foothills?

Us young guys should get together sometime.

[Bullockracing]

Us young guys should get together sometime.

Only if he brings his "friend" right? J/K!!! Or not...