Recommissioning my '68 Charger

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Recommissioning my '68 Charger

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Hello everyone, my name's Lewis and I've recently joined the Mopar Muscle Association UK.

Among other things, I used to own a '68 Firebird. I made the mistake, however, of selling it about two years ago.

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Since then I'd chopped and changed from time to time, but that lust for another muscle car simply didn't fade away.

To cut a long story short, I ended up buying the '68 Charger that Steve here was selling.

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To say I'm happy with it would be a huge understatement, haha. It moves under its own power but it's effectively been parked for ten years, so it needs a little reviving - brakes, exhaust manifold gasket, a few patches of welding - but it's all there.

If you're interested, I'm formally writing about my experiences with the car as I go along, and you can find the first update here: http://goo.gl/ycmeyh

I'll be swinging by and updating this as I go along, and hopefully I'll get to meet some of you in person soon - I aim to have it on the road for the Mopar EuroNationals!

Cheers!
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Welcome and thanks for posting, that is a great looking car you have there - and the previous one was not too shabby either!!

Where are you based?

Welcome to the Board - we wait with interest on your "Workshop" thread!!!!

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Hello Pete, thanks for the welcome! I live in London but the car's based a little further north at the moment, at my parent's - fortunately they've a garage I can use. Great to be able to work on a car without getting wet, for a change!
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Excellent - we have a few members in that area who could probably assist if required, some may even be sane!!!!

Good luck with the build - that is part of the enjoyment of an old car!!
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Post by Mossy68 »

Welcome. Great to see a car getting back on the road.
I'm sure you'll soon fall in love.
Best of luck. :thumbright:
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Great looking car........ 8-)

Welcome! :hello2:
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Hello nice looking car :thumbright: look forward to reading about your progress
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Post by Pete.S »

That Pontiac looks great...

Nice 68 too :thumbright:
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Post by cadboy »

Hi Lewis and welcome to the club and the forum.

Love your FB and the Charger don't look that bad either.

Enjoyed reading your write up, look forward to more.
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hello there :hello2:, nice cars 8-)
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Post by morgan »

Cool write up. But then again, cool car... You wait. You wont have driven anything that commands public respect like the charger - it can be alarming.

Welcome from an utterly-unbiased 68 owner 8-)
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welcome :thumbright:

shame its not black ;)
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Welcome! I used to have an almost identical Firebird, I loved it dearly!
Good luck with the Charger, hope to see it at the Nats 😊
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Hi mate - great car !!

Just gone through a similar process myself

Lots of evening visits to Ebay USA coming your way :)

Your web page was a great read - imo you got that car very cheap !!
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From OcUK ? :)
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