Man if that car looks as good in person as that photo...(the 68) If you don't score it, send me the contact information! Looks like a couple months down the road before I would be in the position to buy it, but would be well worth a phone call at that point.

 

It doesn't! The car was used for drag racing. The chrome was not good, neither was the paint. The engine was pretty strong but needs a rebuild, there was oil shooting out of the exhaust pipe...The rear tires were also useless.
Hopefully the Challenger tomorrow afternoon won't be as disappointing. I've always been an E-body man anyways.

 

Well hate to hear that. It's not like there are a ton of them left around in good shape.

 

You can thank "The Dukes of Hazzard" for that.

 

Ha! Ain't that the truth.

It's ok that the Charger wasn't great though, I bought the Challenger on Sunday.

 

pics or it didn't happen!!

 

Nice, very sharp car.

 

I forgot to bring the camera, sorry!

I'm picking it up Saturday morning. I didn't bring any money but a "contract" was signed.

Quick question: What is the sound difference between piston slap and a header gasket leak?
When the engine is running it sound like a gargantuan pair of hands is clapping next to my lead. The sound was present at startup (cold) and after a test drive (Warmer).
The guy assured me it was a gasket and said he would replace it before I pick it up. I think he was being honest.(There are two pictures in his living room: 1 is of Jesus, the other of John Wayne) But I still wonder...

Any ideas?

 

Tells me he's a believer in kill them all and let God sort them out!
Cant say I have experience in piston slap.. but ask me about determining a crack in the cylinder wall on a 327...

 

Lord, I hope its not that. The engine was supposedly rebuilt a little over a year ago. It looks like was too. The paint on the block looks new and there's not a spec of oil to be seen, top or bottom.

 

go with the Challenger! beautiful. In 75 I was in the dealership intending to buy a remaining 74 Cuda, red with the white interior. salesman blew me off for being young and not having the money to buy it. Ticked me off. A week later I came back in, asked the receptionist to call the dealers GM and that salesman to the showfloor to discuss a car. When they came down, I told them the car I wanted to discuss was the new Nova SS I just bought and I wanted to ask tyhem what they thought of it all, comparing it of course to that Cuda still on their lot. LOL when I saw the look the GM gave the sales guy. bet they talked about that a bit more after I left.

Oh, I see you bought the Challenger after i posted this. Good overall choice. the Charger in the pic to me just didn't look right.

 

The Charger wasn't quite right. I can excuse the SixPak lift off hood. (was not a sixpak, though it did have a monster carb on it) The passenger seat is in a state of perpetual decline, the engine looked old, the oil pan had a good sized dent, the tires were bald, & the paint/body needs work. I have neither the time nor the spare cash to do fix all of this, especially at the price he was asking...

The Challenger just needs seat belts, header gaskets, & a posi rear end. (My Wavetrac has spoiled me)

 

Proof that the car is now mine...

 

absolutely gorgeous! color me jealous.

 

No it probably won't. I sold a 73' Javelin AMX back around 2003. I still miss that car more astime goes by.

 

that 73 AMX was supposed to be my first car, new that is. I was 17, my dad knew the fleet manager at an AMC dealer. unfortunately, they firmed at 3500 for the AMX, so I ended up with a 73 gremlin x for 2000. when you made 1.65 an hour at 17 that 1500 might as well as being 15 'million. loved that gremlin though til it got traded on the 75 nova ss. Btw, look at the specs of size and weight between the Cross and the gremlin. not that far off. getting in the Cross sometimes makes me feel that old gremlin again for a lot of reasons.

 

mdaniels4. You have lived my life. Back in 1974 I wanted my first new car. The man who lived downstairs of me in a two family house was a salesman at a local AMC dealer. He said he would give me a good deal on a new car. I walked into the dealership and there in front of me was a fully loaded Javelin AMX in light blue. It had a sticker of $4500.00. I loved that car, but like you I thought I can't afford that. I was making $1.70 hr at the time. I ended up with a Red 74' Gremlin X that cost me $3200. out the door. I loved my Gremlin too. It got traded later on for a 1972 Javelin AMX. I almost bought another 74' AMX last fall off of Ebay. They cost a little more now. The dealer and I agreed on $19K for a fully loaded one. When I emailed him back to say I had the loan approved he told me it was sold.