A love story of one man and his Charger

[mikel429]

http://vimeo.com/22457028

This guy bought his '71 Charger brand spankin' new and still has it 40 years later. What caught my eye about this is that you can just tell that he loves this car to death - it's no hot rod, it's no highly sought after collectible. It's got dents, paint's a bit faded, but he doesn't care - it's still his baby after all this time and he's lost no love for it.

Anyone else hope to find a car like this? The one you'll never get rid of and will still put a massive grin on your face like it's your first time driving it. It made my stony heart melt slightly.

[Motorrad]

Not a 'sought after collectable'?- that's a very desirable piece of muscle car history.

Nice video though.

[Hudson]

nice to see some retard hasn't painted it orange, jumped it over a bridge and wrecked it, like the rest of em.

[SD1992]

That is such a beautiful car

When I get my first pay check I plan to buy something similar (a 69 GTO... mmmmmmm) and keep it forever

[R12HCO]

Bloody hell i get attached to them but dont think ive ever had a car more than one year.

[budgie smuggler]

Nice vid. I saw one of these at a car show the other day. Iconic car. To be honest I was surprised at the scale of the thing. Everything about it is huge, including the noise. Love it.

[R26Andy]

Nice vid, thanks for sharing

[E30Addict]

I love videos like this and hope that I can find a car that will hold the same significance for me.

It also reminds me of this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTvFWQM3kwY

[LuS1fer]

There was a guy in the US who had a C3 Corvette which he had himself buried in. That's love!

[Motorrad]

LuS1fer said:

There was a guy in the US who had a C3 Corvette which he had himself buried in. That's love!

That's the automotive equivalent of 'sati'.

[300bhp/ton]

R12HCO said:

Bloody hell i get attached to them but dont think ive ever had a car more than one year.

Isn't that an oxymoron?

[trickywoo]

mikel429 said:

It's no hot rod, it's not highly sought after collectible.

Eh??

It'd probably do a standing quarter in 13 / 14 seconds and sell for $70,000.

[PaulB81]

I hope to find something like this one day. I only seem to keep cars for a year, max is about 2 years

[Fartgalen]

That put a little smile on my face. Good on the old lad.

[300bhp/ton]

mikel429 said:

http://vimeo.com/22457028

This guy bought his '71 Charger brand spankin' new and still has it 40 years later. What caught my eye about this is that you can just tell that he loves this car to death - it's no hot rod, it's no highly sought after collectible. It's got dents, paint's a bit faded, but he doesn't care - it's still his baby after all this time and he's lost no love for it.

Anyone else hope to find a car like this? The one you'll never get rid of and will still put a massive grin on your face like it's your first time driving it. It made my stony heart melt slightly.

Green in more ways than one

[LukeSi]

I like it and it shows dedication. However... The 69 does more for me.





In orange, with a big 01 painted on the side and a Confederate flag on the roof. And that is what the charger will be remembered for.

[trickywoo]

LukeSi said:

And that is what the charger will be remembered for.

[LuS1fer]

LukeSi said:

In orange, with a big 01 painted on the side and a Confederate flag on the roof. And that is what the charger will be remembered for.

Not by people with a slightly higher mentailty who watched Bullitt...


Personally I will never understand the predeliction people have for TV cars....er though the new Knight Rider GT500 was fairly tasty...

[stewjohnst]

Fartgalen said:

That put a little smile on my face. Good on the old lad.

+1, spent an hour yesterday trawling the US ebay for old muscle...guess I'll be writing this afternoon off doing the same

[Classic Grad 98]

Can't imagine any contempoary production car which I could get attached to in that way...