OK guys, I bought this 68 Charger and was wondering what to do with it. I have a bunch of parts that I could use to fix it up and get it driving again. Doors, hood, grill, motors, transmissions, 8 3/4 rear axles. She was born with a 383HP and 727 Auto (now MIA), Buckets and console, GG1 Dark Green with S6F Dark Green interior (also MIA).

The bad parts , Floors are rusty and partially cut out, trunk floor and lower quarters are rusty, dutchman and sail panels around rear window are rusty, 90% of interior is gone, car does not roll. The good parts , I got a title, the dash is in the car with the VIN, floor shift column, also front and rear frame rails, inner fenders, roof, trunk lid, and both fenders are rust free.

So the question is should I fix it or should I cut it? Thumbs up, she lives to ride another day or thumbs down, she goes to the great salvage yard in the sky?

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I know of a number of people that would love a reasonably priced project. Unless you need the parts from it, build it or pass it along to someone that will.

I kind of want to build it, but I have had a couple of good offers for the fenders and trunk lid, and there are other projects that would be before this one. I'm sure the frame rails and inner fenders would sell at Carlisle.

A 68 Charger should NEVER be cut up unless it is more rust than metal. That car is repairable. I bet you could slap door etc on it and Ebay for a decent chunk of change

It looks like it is fixable. If you have the title and the dash VIN is still there you should not part it.

Pick it clean and crush the rest.

AMD has every piece of sheetmetal needed to fix that car. I say keep it whole and sell it to someone who will save it if you don`t want to. I wish you were located closer to me, I would love to have it.

Save yourself a pile of greif, flip the parts on ebay and go have a nice cold beer.

Looks salvageable to me. You should see the total and utter JUNK that people are here fix up because that's just what it is around here.

Put the doors and hood on it and get it rolling on whatever and I bet you can sell the thing whole for more than you could part it for. Any salvageable 68 Charger should be saved. Don't cut it up. People are cutting up too many good cars as it is, plus if it's rusty already, how many really necessary parts is it really going to donate to other cars anyway?

It would be a sweet car done. I have some dark prowler purple paint I was thinking about spraying on it. It also has rust holes in the rockers, the tail light panel, rear valance, valance corners, the inner and outer wheel houses are rusted next to the trunk floor , but the firewall and cowl are good, the rear seat floor pan, and the package tray area is good.

What do you think? If you could part it quickly and make good money or if you had some of the parts and a lot of time & cash, maybe put it back on the road?

Fix it.

Too many good cars are being parted out. The 17 year old kid that's building that crusty 71 Super Bee has cut up at least two very restorable Chargers to build his car.

Double what you are offered for the fenders and deck lid and sell it to me!

Not enough 68 chargers around.

by all means fix it. I had a '69 road runner that was worse than that. took me a couple years to gwet all the parts, but I got it on the road. didn't cost a ton either. woulda had it painted till my garage burned last year. that Charger is well worht saving.

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Sell it and parts to someone who really wants it.
You are obviously on the fence so to speak so sell it and move on to an easier project MOPAR

Fix it. Since motor is MIA, add crate hemi.

You know my reply !

I love 68' Chargers!

I've seen worse be saved. It's up to you. Can you fix it? floors and trunks are one thing. 1/4's and frame rails are another. If it has good frame rails and only needs lower 1/4's I'd say save it.

I'd say save it, I know the delima though, got a 71 Swinger no one wants, but cant bring myself to build it or get the chop saw out, probably end up doing the later when the time comes for my 69 GTS just waiting on full quarters.

I appreciate everyones input on this car, and i'm beginning to agree with the consensus. I sometimes wonder if I have too many projects and if the decision to either pull this one into the stable or send it the glue factory is the best one .

They do reproduce a lot of the parts to fix this car, and I can handle floor, trunk and body panel replacement, thankfully none of the framerails are rotted, that would almost be the breaking point. It is small parts that need to be gathered up like rally gauges, dash wiring, big block A/C lines and hoses, upper door pads, etc... that got me to hesitate and ask.

If you guys were to restore it, should it be taken back to a stock Green on Green 383 Auto car, or cloned into an R/T, 500, Daytona, General Lee or something else? I am kind of partial to the dark prowler purple, but at this point the car could be any color.

Thanks again for everyones thoughts.

Why I love America, It's yours, do with it as you please....

At least untill the environmentalists try taking it away

One like that you have carte blanche to do what you want. Imagine it's 1968 all over again. You're sitting in the local Dodge dealer, checking off options or an order blank... There are some pretty cool options available now that weren't then too. SAVE IT. Enough second gen Chargers have already been destroyed. They're also probably the prettiest musclecar ever built.

Sell it to someone who has the means and knowhow to repair it if you do not. That is an easy project. I recently did a Challenger convertible and the only thing left of the original car is the windshield framen conv. top well area and the quarter glass area. I know several people who would be interested. All the sheet metal is now available so that takes crushing any Charger just plain stupid. Moparts member RTidd has is looking for a shell. Contact me if you want to sell.

It sounds like it's in better shape than the one I fixed up. If you don't want to fix it up yourself, I think you should sell all the parts to one guy who does. Deck lids aren't too hard to find, and used fenders aren't worth anywhere near what they were now that the new AMD parts are available. Take lots of pics of the parts you have and put it on ebay as is, you will probably be shocked to see what it goes for. If you decide to fix it up, paint it any color you want, put in any engine you want. Just don't make another general lee out of it.

you got your for sale add in the right place. the people that buy all these patched up rust buckets you guys brag about.

If I had one to start from scratch I think I'd do black w/ a red R/T stripe Black int.

If you decide you don't want to get into that, I'd sell it package deal to someone else than is interested. I would not cut it up.

Well I cut up Mopars for a living and I say save it. 5 years ago, maybe cut it. Today, NO.

save it

I wouldn't cut it up, sell it to someone that will fix it- somebody will fix it!

I'm doing a 68 Dart 170 2dr sedan right now that needed full floors, trunk, extensions, lower 1/4's, the gutter around the trunk and a little work around the rear window, all the bolt on sheetmetal was junk also.

Why? because I like 2dr sedan Darts , I've aways wanted one and never came across any for sale, then had 2 fall in my lap, the 68 and a 67 parts car. after selling off spare parts and some other horse trading I should have a decent looking '68 Dart with a mild small block and discs for around $1,500.

She needs to live to ride another day. You just need to pick the correct buyer.

Save it as they don't make them any more. Once it is gone... it's gone. Forever.

Looking at the pic, you obviously have the room to fix it up. KEEP IT! I love my 69 Charger 440!!

If you do fix it, remember it's so far gone you can do whatever you want to it. You're not ruining anything if you make it into a race car, or a modern street driver with a tube K frame, efi, 4 wheel discs, etc. Do whatever you want to it. But if you don't want to fix it up, sell it to someone else who will. I bet you'd be able to sell the thing whole for the same amount of money you'd get from parting it, especially if stuff is missing from it already.

SAVE IT...SAVE IT....SAVE IT!

Save it. Like was said put the parts on it that you want. Paint it like you want. A friend had a 68 RR in worse shape than that. It is now a street legal car that is raced quite often.