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Title: Who's had their car the longest?
Post by: lloyd3 on February 08, 2018, 02:31:41 PM
From the 1968 50th Anniversary post here earlier, it's pretty clear some of us have had our cars for a significant stretch of time now. 29-years is the longest I heard of so-far, can anybody beat that one (mine is 22-years in April)?  Another question: is your car older or younger than you are (I'm 10-years older than mine)?
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Post by: 41husk on February 08, 2018, 02:47:40 PM
I have owned my 70 convertible Challenger since 1982 36 years in may :2thumbs:
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Post by: ray230 on February 08, 2018, 02:55:24 PM
Mine was my first car. It will be 42 years in October!
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Post by: birdsandbees on February 08, 2018, 02:56:31 PM
I bought mine ('69 Bee), from my Father, in 1980 (when I was 18). He bought it new..

'Bird I bought in Feb 1990, when I was a month short of 28 and I've now had it for exactly 28 years.
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Post by: Dans 68 on February 08, 2018, 03:03:53 PM
Well, my '73 Charger has been in my family since it was new. In my garage maybe 12 years.  ;)

Dan
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Post by: 68pplcharger on February 08, 2018, 03:18:10 PM
I've had mine for 13 years. Not the longest by any stretch, but damn it seems like yesterday when I drug this thing home. Car is 5 months and nine days older than me.  :icon_smile_big:
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Post by: dual fours on February 08, 2018, 05:17:57 PM
Wednesday, May 4, 1977.
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Post by: A383Wing on February 08, 2018, 05:20:13 PM
I got my 66 Charger in March of 1974.....still have it....so in less than a month to go, makes it 44 years of ownership......
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Post by: Alaskan_TA on February 08, 2018, 05:28:02 PM
I would guess someone with a vintage 8-door Chrysler 'Airporter'.  ;)

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Post by: Derwud on February 08, 2018, 05:51:07 PM
May 25, 1981... My Sixteenth Birthday. Brother and Sister bought it in the Summer of 79.
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Post by: alfaitalia on February 08, 2018, 05:59:11 PM
Well I'm a new boy to this Mopar thing..only had my 69 for a little over 2 years (well most of it!)....but I'm slightly older than the old girl. I was 51 a couple of Friday's back .....my car was 49 in December as far as I can tell.
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Post by: DAY CLONA on February 08, 2018, 06:05:41 PM
I've had my Challenger T/A for 40 years now, my other assorted E bodies for about 15-35 yrs, and my 70 Charger for about  32 yrs
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Post by: Fitz73Chrgr on February 08, 2018, 06:06:26 PM
Got the 73 when I was 16...that was 15 years ago.  I've had the 70 for about a year and a half.
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Post by: white on February 08, 2018, 06:39:57 PM
Since June of 1992
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Post by: Todd Wilson on February 08, 2018, 07:13:12 PM
31 years this March for my 71 Charger

(http://job-rated.com/71sun/IM000024b.jpg)


Todd
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Post by: john108 on February 08, 2018, 07:55:43 PM
Bought my 1968 Charger R/T off the showroom in 1968.
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Post by: HANDM on February 08, 2018, 08:33:54 PM
I've had my 70 Challenger for 26 years and the 69 Charger for 25......
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Post by: stripedelete on February 08, 2018, 08:39:39 PM
It will be 33 years in July.  They went too fast........
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Post by: BSB67 on February 08, 2018, 09:00:14 PM
Quote from: DAY CLONA on February 08, 2018, 06:05:41 PM
I've had my Challenger T/A for 40 years now, my other assorted E bodies for about 15-35 yrs, and my 70 Charger for about  32 yrs

Similar here. The GTS for 40,  Charger for 32.
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Post by: 69rtse4spd on February 08, 2018, 09:42:14 PM
First 69 Charger in 1976, still got it, & they just kept coming. 
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Post by: LeesRT on February 08, 2018, 11:36:41 PM
It will be 35 years for me this year...1969 Charger R/T.
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Post by: smithenhiven on February 09, 2018, 07:31:47 AM
I hope one day I can say I've owned mine for several decades, but I'm still in the Honeymoon phase with my 70, having owned it for just 2 years.  It's 13 years older than me.
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Post by: Draco on February 09, 2018, 10:06:28 AM
  36 years
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Post by: tfdub on February 09, 2018, 11:02:53 AM
Bought my 71 Challenger convertible in June 1972. Bought my 74 Charger in 1987.
Terry
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Post by: CDN72SE on February 09, 2018, 12:58:26 PM
Not the longest... 27 Years for me, March 19, 1991.

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4318/35995902062_9a961ae4a7_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/WQQpB5)

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4747/40171447361_69c7cac20b_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/24cPaKp)
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Post by: 4cruzin on February 09, 2018, 02:55:22 PM
First car bought in 1982, last year in high school and still sits in the garage.  My other Mopar bought in 1997 so 21 years on that one.  No plans to part with either anytime soon . . .

:2thumbs:
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Post by: Charger_Fan on February 09, 2018, 04:16:55 PM
My first vehicle (a '66 F100 truck) I bought in 1980, still have it.
I brought my Charger home October 1986, so in a few months it will be 32 years. I am older than both of them, I'm a '64 model. ;D

This is the morning after I bought the Charger, the Pinto was mine too.
(http://i.onfinite.com/km6Zdy8s.jpg)

This is June 1991.
(http://i.onfinite.com/yPZrtddq.jpg)
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Post by: XH29N0G on February 09, 2018, 07:18:32 PM
Last time I posted to one of these it was 30 years ago.  Now I have owned it for 35 years and in my family for 48 yrs.

Pic with strips to protect doors still on doors and a pic of me in the valliant we traded in for the charger.  Didn't realize how much I looked like a bobble head.
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Post by: XS29L9Bxxxxxx on February 09, 2018, 08:59:59 PM
I've had one for 8 years, the other for 6.  :Twocents:
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Post by: BDF on February 09, 2018, 09:52:22 PM
My father bought the '69 brand new, it's the first car I ever drove (1972) and it has been in my garage for the past 17 years.  :icon_smile_big:
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Post by: held1823 on February 10, 2018, 09:40:29 PM
late 69/ early 70 photo
we've grown old together
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Post by: charger500440 on February 11, 2018, 09:49:59 AM
Purchased my first car on Feb 1st, 1987. A '69 Charger SE 383-4bbl... still own it today. I was nearly 17 years old then and I'll be 48 in a couple of weeks, where has the time gone? But I remember the day we went to go purchase it like it was yesterday...
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Post by: Bad B-rad on February 11, 2018, 12:41:59 PM
I have owned 6 or 7 Chargers, over the years,I owned a 66 for 12 years before I had to sell(wife got sick) it.
Current 1969 I have had for just over 14 months.
and  the car is 11 years older then me.
I hope to have it for so long I will be getting that flying car conversion done to it like on Back to the future II.
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Post by: Charger-Bodie on February 11, 2018, 01:49:50 PM
I got my 68 Charger in 1985. Had it for 20 years sold it. Was owed by him for 12 and back here at home again.
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Post by: 70sixpkrt on February 11, 2018, 09:55:16 PM
32 years.
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Post by: XS29LA47V21 on February 13, 2018, 09:37:19 PM
 :popcrn:

My 69 is a early yr production 1969 and I am late yr.   :poke: :shruggy:

Bought the longest owned one in 1987. That sounds like a lot of yrs putting it down, sure has been fun.
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Post by: Charger RT on February 13, 2018, 09:51:05 PM
bought my 68 from my brother 33 years ago it was his first car and bought it in 1980.
Tim
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Post by: RTDaddy on February 14, 2018, 02:34:58 PM
70 R/T, Old Man bought it Aug. 1970, became mine Aug 1977.
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Post by: moparstuart on February 14, 2018, 02:52:05 PM
Quote from: RTDaddy on February 14, 2018, 02:34:58 PM
70 R/T, Old Man bought it Aug. 1970, became mine Aug 1977.
I seen that car before   :icon_smile_big:
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Post by: jwells1993 on February 14, 2018, 04:50:12 PM
had mine a couple years now and its 25 years older than me :cheers:
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Post by: VegasCharger on February 15, 2018, 01:29:27 AM
6 years now. :2thumbs:

Although I've wanted a '68 since my high school days, I didn't own one until almost 6 years ago (4-18-2012).  :cheers:
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Post by: timmycharger on February 15, 2018, 09:08:59 AM
21 years for me, bought it in 1997 for $3995, originally TT1 green, green top/interior with a 318 auto and 8.75 rear,  Now its 1969 B7 blue with a 440six pack, 4 speed and Dana 60  :cheers:
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Post by: 6pkrtse on February 15, 2018, 01:39:17 PM
Man, some of you guys are getting old & had your cars for ever. I have had mine since I was a teenager & going on 28 years here for my red 70 R/T S.E. Other cars have come a gone but this one will always stay. Still unrestored & looks good enough to cruise. Ibought it just as you see it. Haven't done nothing but wash & wax it & drive it.
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Post by: Draco on February 15, 2018, 03:30:37 PM
Very nice :2thumbs: :2thumbs:
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Post by: Draco on February 15, 2018, 03:35:41 PM
Very nice  :2thumbs:
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Post by: joevhb on February 15, 2018, 10:08:04 PM
Nearing completion on a restoration of my '68 Charger that I've owned for 43 years.
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Post by: TPR on February 18, 2018, 01:01:16 AM
Only five years. It has gone quickly though.

(http://www.tr440.com/images/gallery%20011.jpg?crc=362757426)
TPR
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Post by: tan top on February 19, 2018, 09:34:19 AM
  had mine since April 1989 , starting looking for a 69 charger  R/T  with the color combo I wanted in late ( septemberish ) 1988 ,  had to be an original Y2  :drool5: , black interior  :yesnod:  black vinyl top car  , never knew much about codes then , I knew it had to be  XS29 , I knew Y2 , & it had a black vinyl top , only later I found info to decode the fender tag properly ( before internet ) turns  out it had A47 & a V1T on the fender tag too .  a Tan vinyl  top with that color combo  :eek: , who would of ordered a charger R/T SE like that ! , cant of been many ! still waiting to see / find another with that color combo  ;) :popcrn:
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Post by: draftingmonkey on February 20, 2018, 08:00:32 PM
Bought my '74 back in '78.