1969 Hemi Charger 500 in a Tractor Shed...... The End

[TheAutoArchaeologist]

Well you will need to pick up the current issue of Hot Rod Magazine for the adventure.  But I'll show you some pictures.

1969 Charger 500, Hemi car with a 4-speed.  B5 blue, blue interior.








There was also the 67 Hemi GTX 4-speed car in front of it.





He also had rows of Mopars... including a 64 Fury Max Wedge Car.







In the first trailer... he had is dual 4-bbl collection





Then he showed me his 1st Gen Hemi collection....





AND then we entered the barn that he boarded up in 1994 because someone broke in.













Some Uber rare NASCAR early 426 Hemi Stuff





Made the cover of Hot Rod this month.... as though you guys will notice that!



So just another boring adventure.  If you want to see the pictures from the ENTIRE EXPEDITION.  Click the link below.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/hemipwr70/sets/72157631261516756/

Ryan

[hemi68charger]

Very cool !!!!  Love seeing that Holley 3-barrel !!!! 

[Ghoste]

"Wow!" is just so inadequate.

[charger Downunder]

Wow there must be so much to find in the USA. I would be sniffing around every weekend if i lived over there

[JB400]

I wouldn't mind waking up where he's at every morning.  But, I'd be selling some stuff to fix up some of those cars.

[Mike DC]

Wow there must be so much to find in the USA. I would be sniffing around every weekend if i lived over there

Don't get the idea that this sort of find is common.  It made the cover of "Hot Rod" for good reason, it's pretty rare.


There's still a lot of single cars & engines out in the rural areas of the USA if you are willing to pay for it.  Even the most backward toothless rednecks know that muscle-era stuff is worth a lot now.  There's a lot of them just holding onto one car because they like having something everyone else wants.  

These guys will never restore the car the are sitting on.  But the mere fact that they have a car way out of their own price range means they probably got it decades ago, which means the owner is getting up in years now.  Eventually they die and the car gets sold off.  If we're lucky it's still restorable by then.




 

[Ghoste]

And anyone who hoards like this guy for this long definitely isn't into the selling thing too much.  Not a slam on him and I could be wrong, he might be all about selling, I'm just saying that typically if he has accumulated all of this and kept it hidden from sight for all those years, he probably isn't ready to share much beyond this pictorial right now.

[held1823]

I wouldn't mind waking up where he's at every morning. 

i'd much prefer to wake up next to the hot rod cover girl.

[1970Moparmann]

I wouldn't mind waking up where he's at every morning. 

i'd much prefer to wake up next to the hot rod cover girl.

Wow!   Nice and perky...

[1970Moparmann]

Ryan, yet another awesome adventure.   

What did the owner think when you told him pictures will be in Hot Rod?

[TheAutoArchaeologist]

The guy was very happy to hear that the article would be in Hot Rod.  Hopefully my excitement wears off on him and he does something with a few of the projects.

For the mean time the stuff will sit.  But maybe someday he will start moving some stuff to get some cash or projects going.

Ryan

[ACUDANUT]

This guy needs to shit or get off the pot.  Sell/trade or whatever, but don't let these parts turn to dust.

[F8-4life]

Great find! Is hot rod worth a subscription? Honestly Id probably be into the barn finds mostly but if they got other good stuff thats even better

[F8-4life]

how does the saying go? somthing like "improper storage is the greatest enemy of collectables"

[charger_fan_4ever]

Will he take an organ for that Hemi 500  

Up to the rockers in mud what a shame.

[pettybird]

Great find! Is hot rod worth a subscription? Honestly Id probably be into the barn finds mostly but if they got other good stuff thats even better

I like Hot Rod quite a bit.  Obviously, there isn't much Mopar in it, but there's a LOT of tech and some great articles.  They expanded the mag about 6 months ago and it's thick.


Pleasantly surprised by how hot the cover girl is, too...damn.

[Highbanked Hauler]

wonder if that 500 has the build sheet for my car???

[Patronus]

I love the planter collection - Its too bad orchids only bloom once in a while.. 

[tan top]

   
see that C500 has red painted rear drum , by the looks of it    thought it was somewhere in early 69 they started doing that ?? , unless its off another car ,   

Awesome lot of pictures Ryan  , thanks for sharing 

[Ghoste]

I thought they did it earlier than that?

[TheAutoArchaeologist]

You can see the rear was in the mud for a while.



Ryan

[Mopar Nut]

Nice, thanks for the pictures.

[Hemi Runner]

This guy needs to shit or get off the pot.  Sell/trade or whatever, but don't let these parts turn to dust.

LOL guys like that will never "do anything" with that stuff, they just want to say that they have it. I think we're also entering a HUGE decline in prices. The baby boomers who have both the love for these cars and the cash to play big are declining in numbers. You've got ever shrinking numbers of car enthusiast as the boomers die off and the hippie liberals take over in fast numbers. If you can get 75K for a mint restored hemi superbird in 20 years, I'll kiss your ass.....just my positive Monday morning outlook on our hobby lol

[tan top]

I thought they did it earlier than that?

yeah your right  !!    , had a bit of a read up  

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php?topic=89795.0
http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php?PHPSESSID=fkj1ec64ff5d4qv9rorh2m2ql5&/topic,4972.0.html

You can see the rear was in the mud for a while.



Ryan

yeah !!  


, ignore my post with red brake drums , i   got confused !!  (easy done )

[moparstuart]

looks like that right upper stud may still have the safty keeper on it also like its never been off