UPDATE 04/21/2022: We’ve recently seen a few classics appear on our desks at Barn Finds where the vehicle has failed to sell, or the winning bidder has pulled out of the sale after the auction ended. The latter scenario appears to be the case with this 1969 Dodge Charger. The previous listing indicates that it sold for $20,600, although the same owner has again listed it for sale here on eBay. The bidding has rocketed to $13,277, although this figure remains short of the reserve.
The SE package was introduced in 1969 for the base Dodge Charger and Charger R/T. While many buyers were only there for minimalist affordable performance, the customers who selected the Special Edition option were treated with a few luxury components to add some glam and comfort to their muscle. The SE featured leather bucket seats, a wood-grain steering wheel, faux wood dash decor, deluxe wheel covers, hood-mounted turn signals, and a little extra chrome. Though its glory days are in the rear-view mirror and it needs a complete restoration, this 1969 Dodge Charger SE may be a decent candidate if you’re in the market for a second-generation B-Body project. Located in Oologah, Oklahoma, it can be seen here on eBay.
This Charger was originally and still is an F5 Medium Green color car and was indeed factory equipped with the SE package, as indicated by the A47 on the car’s fender tag. The seller says the vehicle is fairly complete, and although not shown it does come with a decent ’69 Charger hood. The doors and fenders are said to have limited rust, but other body parts like the quarter panels, taillight panel, portions of the roof, and some other areas are going to need attention. There’s also body filler mentioned in some outside panels.
The car was originally a 383 cubic inch 4-Barrel V8, but unfortunately, it’s long gone, as is the transmission. The good news here is that the firewall and other things we can see in the engine compartment area look to be fairly solid. There is also an almost complete 383 2-Barrel out of a 4-door C-Body that can be dropped in, should the next owner want it. The Charger does still have its 8 3/4 rear-end in place.
There’s really not a great photo of the interior area, but we do get to see part of the floorboards which the seller says are all in fair condition, although it would have been nice to have seen it all with the seats removed. A couple of rare interior options the car originally came with are a rear window defroster, which still has some of its parts present, plus a 6-way driver’s seat which has been replaced with a standard seat. No photo of the instrument panel is provided.
Things are not looking as good under the deck lid as they are upfront, with the trunk pan cut out and the fuel tank MIA. There are also no pictures included of the car’s underside, but the seller mentions that the frame rails are in pretty good condition. The car also comes with a clear Oklahoma title in the current owner’s name. Obviously, many hours of hard work are ahead for the future owner, but there are a lot of worse B-Bodies out there and if you’ve got the time and resources maybe this could be a worthwhile rolling starting point. What are your thoughts on this 1969 Dodge Charger SE?
I can find something to spend lots of time and 💰 on for less:-)
At 20K – Good Lord.
Two too many zeroes in the price.
I agree with Terry. Maybe @$2000. it would be worth restoring, but $20k seems ridiculous to me.
There’s a sucker born …….. darn autocorrect.
It is too bad that the prices are so out of touch with reality. If this were a few grand or less, then you could actually use it as a hobby. I mean, work on it off and on in your own garage after supper and on weekends. You wouldn’t have to worry about value and all that goes with it as the intent would be for self use. Myself, I would drop a good handling small block in it. A standard LA 318, but fit it with a small 4bbl and dual exhausts. Maybe a four speed and for sure air. That would be a pleasure able car to drive either on a long trip or around the curves. The way it stands today, this will get an insane big block wedge or even a hemi. Those cars are limited in what they can reasonably be used for plus the cash is going to take 95% of the humble hobbyists out of the equation. Cash is king for sure, as the king dictates for all.
68 Charger back seat
As bad as Charger prices have gotten, you can still buy a nicely redone 318 car for under $50K. Far better to start with that and put in the powertrain of your choice versus starting with this craziness.
This 70 Charger sold a few weeks ago for $50K! (Final bid price plus taxes and fees) 318, water in trunk, poor rust repair, poor modifications, etc. https://www.ebay.com/itm/224800730480?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D1110010%26algo%3DHOMESPLICE.DISCCARDS%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D236211%26meid%3Dc4b80e61506e4312bf9eea96b056380b%26pid%3D101110%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D1%26sd
Was looking at Hemmings auction kind of getting a idea of what it would cost to get a decent car and shazam!! 1971 dodge charger 440 4 speed for 21,000 use to be a 318 car and some one put it together & repaint so Its feasible to come out with a pretty good muscle car if your careful
It’s a shell of its former self. I’m not trying to be metaphorical. It’s literally a shell of its former self!
Insane. If this is where the market is then..well God bless them because 20K for a rusty roller is as crazy as it gets.
I had a 69 R/T back in 81 and 82. It was pretty beat up and I couldn’t keep it running and let it go for about the 500 I paid for it. It was in far better shape than this one. I guess it would sell for 30?
If I had known. Even with 40 years of storage I could sell at for a profit.
Yard art.
I’m going to keep following along to see how crazy this gets. It’s already out of hand by a long shot!
383, Automatic, No A/C… Gggrrrrrreeeennn! I rarely speculate on value, since that is an indeterminate. It’s worth what it’s worth. But, there HAVE to be better projects out there for $20,000+.
Think people, think.
Alot of cash for very little.
I missed out on a 68 Charger the same color with a 318–for $1,800 in 1974. It looked like a new car. It was on a Saturday I looked at it. Came back Monday and someone bought it after I left. Anyone that would pay this price–needs help ——more then likely the saler is the bidder himself. Look around and you can do alot better for alot less and drive it. Barret Jackson prices is where big shots bid–go to a small auctioner and you see alot of difference.
What moron put a piece of crap up like that for a 20G price tag, but some idiot will buy it
Well…no more SE seats…nor SE weels…nor SE chrome trim…nor…well, it just isn’t a SE anymore.
Someone is gonna get robbed here, cause that’s double what it’s worth with all the sheet metal your gonna need to make it solid again, there’s plenty more out there
I had a 69 Charger SE same color with a white interior. 383 magnum automatic fully loaded. Cost me $1500 back in 72. I went through a lot of rear tires with the posi-traction. Traded it even for a 70 Challenger RT 440 4speed. Those were the days
It looks like the 68 – 70 Charger is the new Porsche.
Prices that most every post here at BF will complain about, but somehow those prices keep going up and people (all of them considered morons and idiots) keep buying them.
20,000 seems a bit high. I hope the old car bubble will pop one day soon. and all these inflated prices will come down, much like real estate does.
A comment on that: You’d best hope for the exact opposite to be the case.
Back when I could afford them, they had almost no value, and were treated that way. This Charger is an example.
When I got them, they usually needed a lot. They were ‘rode hard and put up wet’. My friends and I got a lot of experience with dual quads, tri-powers, and other exotic configurations.
Right now, a top-of-the-line factory performer from the Big 3 will set you back $90K-$150K or more. The top performers from all over the world can continue up the food chain until they reach $3M+. Coincidentally, that is roughly the range for collectible cars (not including the stratospheric 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO, serial number 3413GT, sold at RM Sotheby’s Auction on August 25, 2018, for US$48,405,000, or others in that category).
It sounds cold, but if you don’t like the prices, earn more money. It really is that simple (and difficult). I live in a house that in 1955 sold for $15,500. I bought it 30 years ago for $73,000. It was a steal at that price. Today, it is worth upwards of $450.000.
The current value lines will assure that these cars will be available (instead of crushed) to many coming generations as examples of the wild and crazy time in America, when the sky was the limit.
Whenever I see a ’69 Charger like this, only one thing comes to mind: paint it orange, put b&w “01” on the doors, the cross-flags behind the rear window, and a big Confederate flag on the roof. Yeehaw!!!
Why the flag? How about a smiley face on the roof? Make everyone feel all warm and happy on the inside. I am sure Barney the Dinosaur would fully approve.
Another Mopar “roach”!
with the aridgenal engine and trans its a 500 dollar car thats it
@ glen kay:
Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull describes your comment the best:
“Let us close our eyes
Outside their lives go on much faster
Oh, we won’t give in
We’ll keep living in the past”
Beautiful!
It is a beautiful song, but it’s about living during wartime, wishing for a better time in the past.
First sentence of a BF listing from 2015 in similar condition:
“It never ceases to amaze me to see what some people are willing to pay for project cars. Has the supply dried up so much that a rusted-out 1969 Charger is worth more than $5k? I could maybe understand if there was a big block under the hood…”
It was a running, driving car!
Some buyer has one hell of a hangover and one seller has to do another listing. That’s how these things go sometimes.
What are my thoughts on this 1969 Dodge Charger SE? I think I’ve seen enough ’68-’70 Chargers to last a lifetime. This is #21 in 2022. Yes, I counted.
Mostly complete ?? it’s missing most of the important bits