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1968 Dodge Charger 383 #'s Match 727 Auto 68 Solid Project 96k Original No Res!! on 2040-cars

Year:1968 Mileage:96000
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Up for bids is my 1968 Dodge Charger. This car is pretty much original, never been cut up or molested. Still wears all it's original sheetmetal as far as i know. The car is triple green, and the engine is original to the car. 383 2 barrel, and is still in that configuration. The car had one respray in the 80's, and it's showing it's age. The car has sat mostly since the early 90's, and could made into a daily driver very easily, or could be a good resto project .While i did go on a 5 mile journey in it recently, and it actually drove really nice, the carb is a little tired and could stand a kit being put in it. The body is WAY better than most charger projects out there. It has a mint grill, mint hood, the fenders are very nice, no rust, one ding in front passenger as shown in pic. The doors are fantastic with no rust, as are the rockers. The quarters are 90% there, could get by with some patching. The driver's side back towards the bery back has some bondo fro a dent in it's past that was repaired. It's above the middle belt line, not down low. The tail panel and rear valance are in great shape, and these are normally nonexistant on a 46 year old charger. There is a small spot on one of the valance corners. The back window lower corner area that is prone to rust is pretty awesome on this car. The worst area on this car is the roof. There is quite a bit of pimpling under the original vinyl top, and if you are going to replace and put a new vinyl top, then the roof can be fixed and then a new top put on. If you are planning on a non vinyl top when redoing, it may warrant a skin. The trunk is good on the extensions, could use a center trunk pan. The floors are in great shape, as are frame rails front to back. There was one small rust spot by the gas pedal(driver's front) that was replaced with metal 20 years ago, otherwise floors are mint. Gas gauge and speedo work, oil and temp do not. Factory A/C car, not currently working. I do have the AM thumbwheel radio for the car. Interior is very presentable for a driver, could use carpet, upper dash pad and headliner. Fender tag is present as well as the build sheet.

As you have read, this is an excellent hard to find solid unmolested project car that you can drive as you make better. These kinds of chargers are the hardest to find. People nowadays want $50k for a restored 383 charger, or they want 10k for rustbucket project cars. It's hard to find a good one that just needs some TLC. You will not find a better project car for the money. I am listing the car NO RESERVE so high bidder owns it. That being said, PLEASE SERIOUS bidders only. I reserve the right to end this auction early at any time for any reason, as car is for sale locally. Please feel free to ask with any questions. I do have a clear Tennessee title in hand. Thanks for looking and good luck!

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Chrysler investigating complaints of vehicles with faulty power modules

Sun, 24 Aug 2014

Chrysler owners are hopping mad after experiencing a series of electrical gremlins in some of the company's vehicles. Issues range from mere annoyances - windows rolling down and radios turning off of their own accord - to serious safety issues, with headlights that randomly shut off at night and cars that stall and refuse to start.
The issues are being blamed on the total integrated power module, which can cost up to $1,000 for customers to replace. This, of course, has led to a hefty batch of complaints to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, with 240 owners expressing their displeasure so far. Another site, CarComplaints.com, has registered over 300 complaints relating to the 2010 to 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee and Dodge Durango, alone, according to The New York Times.
Chrysler has acknowledged that it's investigating the complaints and is analyzing the faulty TIPMs, but that isn't quite enough for customers of the affected vehicles. The newspaper has snagged a few of the more harrowing tales with the electrically challenged Chrysler products, culled from the NHTSA complaints.

Chrysler recalling 49K Chargers for headlight components

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Chrysler has issued a recall for about 49,375 2011 and 2012 Dodge Chargers with halogen headlamps due to a problem with the lights. The automaker says that there could be an issue with the jumper harness and other related components.
The automaker says that 43,450 cars are affected in the US, 2,850 in Canada, 375 in Mexico and 2,700 outside of North America. The vehicles will have their headlight assemblies, including the jumper harnesses and bulbs, inspected and potentially replaced. Dodge says that its engineers investigated reports of that were similar to what was found when it recalled about 10,000 police Chargers in 2012 for overheating light components. There have been no injuries or accidents related to fault, according to Chrysler.
The automaker will be in contact with affected owners, and schedule the service. Naturally, any repairs will be free of charge. Scroll down for the company's full announcement.

Watch this Dodge Viper get clawed to death

Tue, 07 Jan 2014

There's a scene in the James Bond movie, Casino Royale, where Daniel Craig's Agent 007 is captured by villain Le Chiffre, played by Mads Mikkelsen. Le Chiffre tortures Bond in a scene that is rather difficult to watch (especially for blokes) and impossible to describe on these digital pages (Google at your own risk). This video is the automotive equivalent of the Casino Royale torture scene.
It shows a Dodge Viper - a late, first-generation GTS judging by the center-exit exhausts - getting assaulted by a giant piece of heavy equipment. The large claw shows no mercy on the V10-powered sports car, rending its muscular curves into pieces and then running it over, just for good measure. It's a painful video to watch (and hear!), made worse because we don't know what the Viper did to deserve such a fate. About a third of the way through the video, the cameraman indicates that the man with the claw is a new operator from Chrysler, and it appears there may be some fire damage, but beyond that, we don't have much to go on.
Scroll down for the video but be warned, it isn't for the faint of heart.