What is the end game for your Charger? Are you saving it to sell later or something else? Mine is a part of the family after almost 30 years. (Much of that time a work car hauling tools and making store runs.) It's paid it's dues and lives the life of Riley mostly repaired and sort of restored. My kids all want to keep it so it stays in the family. :2thumbs:
If I have a Charger when I croak the kids will have to sort it out
I think they like the car because I do but my 3 kids are not really car people
I never keep a Charger for ever
Seem to get board and want to move on to another adventure
I have been trading up everytime so the toy keeps getting better :)
I'm getting buried in mine.
I don't think about what will happen to my cars when I'm dead unless I kick before the wife.
If she wanted to sell it, I'd understand. As much as she likes it, a manual transmission isn't her thing so she'd sell it and bank the cash.
I'd have no problem going to my grave knowing that.
Being the 2nd owner of my 68 Charger, I plan to keep it a long time.
I've already told my wife and daughter if they were to sell it after I'm gone, I'd be OK with that.
Unless something happens health-wise as I get older, I don't plan to get rid of it.
Now if someone comes along with alot of cash................... :lol:
Ryan
Everyone that matters knows my "fully restored" '74 SE Brougham will be my son's when I get too decerped to care for it or pass away. His oldest daughter fell in love with it the first time I let her set behind the wheel! Guess who is #2 in line when the time comes. :2thumbs:
This year will be 38 years owning for me. Will keep it until I can no longer drive it, then it's up to my family to decide its fate.
For the 30+ years of ownership/ caretaking of my 69, I had no intentions of selling it as It was more of a piece of eye candy than an actual enjoyable driving experience. When the mice started invading it it had become a troublesome asset that I could no longer stand to let be a home for them (mice).
While I do miss having it to look at, I'm happy that it went to someone who'll enjoy it like I never had a real chance to do.
I'm planning on concentrating the Challenger and hopefully enjoy it to some degree before I let it go too and thus end my long and torturous relationship with Mopar muscle.....
My loved ones can scrap all my worldly possessions 5 minutes after I die if it would make their lives a tiny bit better. IDGAF. In 100 years nobody is gonna remember any of us or anything we owned.
I have had my red 70 since I was a teenager in high school for 34+ yearsnow My second 70 Charger I have had about 15 years now. I will die with them both.
My car was for my pleasure, period. The fact that it is now worth something is immaterial. My son has become a true "car nut" because of it (for better or for worse) and he will be the next owner when I'm finally done with it. With all of the changes I'm seeing in the world (political & economic) I'm not sure it will be much of an asset by that time but...oh well.
I often like to quip "I wish I was Jay Leno" i.e. having the money and a place to keep all the 65+ cars I've owned over my lifetime..but the reality is, having neither, I have to let them go when the thrill is over and I lust for something different. I truly wish I could have kept my three Chargers for life but.........
Well, I have my 1969 500 restored for the most part. Some things could be improved but it's pretty much intact and drivable. 1969 Rt/SE is still waiting to be restored but it is going to need just about every piece of sheet metal replaced. I'm glad I still have it though because the prices of 69 chargers have gone through the roof. We have a few more dodge Plymouth and AMC cars on the list also so charger number 2 is still waiting for it's time. My kids have no interest in cars but they are aware enough to get a good price for them if I pass away. Most of what we have are project cars so you're looking to spend at least 50k to get them back on the road. Everyone of them is special to me.
I have no kids but if I make a will I'll probably give my 69 383 car to my wife and my brother will get the 69 R/T that I'm making into a General Lee. I've told them both that I'd rather them sell the cars to a hood home instead of letting them sit in the garage or the woods for 30 years after I'm gone.
I'm giving one away to the kid of the previous owner. I'm looking forward to sending it home and having more clear shop space. As for the other two and all the parts, ... I plan to continue slowly selling things off over the next 10-15 years until I get to zero.
Once in the past I dreamed having one of each gen, one 67, one 69 and my 74 which even the 71 is the most desireable, 74 is still my fav, so no reason to sell or change it. That dream seems is not going to happen.
Said that, and with my car in parts at a paint shop since 2013 in Venezuela, once is reassembled my plan is bring it to Spain and enjoy it as far gas prices and availability in Europe allows that. Rent it for TV commercials, music videos, wedings, events, etc...
Not thinking on selling but just if the life demands it.
Keeping my 67 until I die I suspect. Fully professionally restored in 2015 so only thing left to do is drive it.
Not sure what my two sons will do with it I am gone
It'll go to a new owner when I'm unable to work on it myself (age, health, etc). My boys appreciate the car for what it is, but aren't really into cars in the sense you need to be in to own one of these.
Had it for 33+ years now, completely disassembled and restored by me except for body, paint and engine rebuild. I probably know that car better than I do my wife (30+ yrs), and it's more reliable and has a better body.
Yeah, that day is gonna be a rough one.
To see it as I've dreamed it. Throw it around the Nurburgring, make a bad car chase movie and get buried in it when I go.
I've had a lot of health problems over the past 11 months including needing the paddles in the ER to keep going. So, I've reached a point where the car no longer seems so important. I've been seriously considering finally parting with mine as I'd hate for my wife to have to deal with it if I should have another emergency that doesn't turn out in my favor. If it goes, it's going with all the spare parts.
I hear ya! :pity:
My health sucks, just had another Kidney cancer surgery & I have Multiple Sclerosis , I love my 68 Charger all built by me from the cyl head porting to the tires LOL, runs high 10's 1/4 & can drive it anywhere, if something bad breaks not sure I can fix it if its a big physically demanding job so thinking about selling it, when I walk out to my shop & see it & my 2020 T/A 392 Challenger , I think the Challenger makes me smile more than the Charger, the new Challengers are an awesome looking & driving car I love it , by the way my bone stock Challenger runs 11.79 1/4 , pretty good for a heavy boat. 428611481_7255048721220441_3334432316311069281_n.jpg
I feel very blessed to have three fantastic kids (all boys) who love my cars, and they will inherit all of my cars someday. Except maybe my LO23 Dart.. man, my wife hates that car! She might insist on selling that one so nobody gets killed in that beast.
Quote from: 71charger_fan on February 28, 2024, 10:08:29 PMI've had a lot of health problems over the past 11 months including needing the paddles in the ER to keep going. So, I've reached a point where the car no longer seems so important. I've been seriously considering finally parting with mine as I'd hate for my wife to have to deal with it if I should have another emergency that doesn't turn out in my favor. If it goes, it's going with all the spare parts.
:o
Wow! Scary.
Glad you're still with us, with or without a Charger.
Quote from: cdr on March 02, 2024, 01:32:29 AMMy health sucks, just had another Kidney cancer surgery & I have Multiple Sclerosis , I love my 68 Charger all built by me from the cyl head porting to the tires LOL, runs high 10's 1/4 & can drive it anywhere, if something bad breaks not sure I can fix it if its a big physically demanding job so thinking about selling it, when I walk out to my shop & see it & my 2020 T/A 392 Challenger , I think the Challenger makes me smile more than the Charger, the new Challengers are an awesome looking & driving car I love it , by the way my bone stock Challenger runs 11.79 1/4 , pretty good for a heavy boat. 428611481_7255048721220441_3334432316311069281_n.jpg
That sucks, Charlie. You've been a cool guy for the time I've read your posts here and on other forums. It is a terrible thing to deal with failing health.
The new hot rods are a lot more comfortable, that is true. You have to admit though..... It is hard to beat a classic car in terms of style and simplicity.
Not making plans as they have a way of changing, whether you like it or not.
This is the kind of post that has hooked me to back to this forum after being mostly absent for the last 5 years. Credit to B5blue for that. So many great responses to this question. Owning a second Gen charger was the only thing I truly wanted in life. It's about the only thing that I've achieved that hasn't disappointed either. It's only been 6 years for me but I've thought about this since day one. I have 4 kids a wife and one charger. Last year I sat my kids down and had them watch the "Black Ghost" video on YouTube. At the end as they sat teary eyed. I had them google black ghost. They were horrified to see the #1 search result being that it it had just sold at auction. "That ain't happening to my car" I said. My plan is to leave it to everyone (Yes in writing it's already written up) Wife an kids will basically be a board of trustees. Sharing the cost to maintain and care for the car. So it's not a burden to any one individual. They'll also get to share enjoying the car. My hope is it'll help keep them connected to each other. After I'm gone. I know I'll be dead so who cares, and who knows. I sleep great at night knowing at least everyone is clear on my wishes. Reading replies from long time owners in different stages in life. Is very interesting and enlightening. It's just a car that for whatever reasons has become ridiculously "valuable" I know, and as Will said plans have a way of changing. My crappy charger is both priceless and worthless at the same time. My charger to what end? I guess it's be it's best caretaker while I live. My wishes are known and that's all I can hope for in the end.
If the "Black Ghost" is the story about that '70 Challenger, I hope for your sake that you were able to see through that whole scam.
Come on, man....a heavy, fully loaded Hemi Challenger, totally stock with maybe the exhaust removed, zero special tuning yet somehow it was supposedly a dominant street racer worthy of legendary status?
The people that actually fell for this are not real car gearhead car guys, they are the type that watched Graveyard Cars and believe it is real too.
No offense meant to you but the whole thing was a mountain out of a molehill. At the core, the truth was actually limited to being a story of a veteran that became a policeman, a man that owned a car that was a mid 13 second car as it was. He may have been a great guy but the story is grossly exaggerated.
Well said Kern, and I totally agree. It was a really good "story". That certainly helped drive up the price of the car. Showing them that was a manipulative move on my part for sure. As I knew it would tug on my daughters heart strings especially. They were just so pissed to see the happy ending of the video snatched away like that. Hopeful that shared experience might help them keep the car a little longer.