Dodge introduced the Charger in early 1966 as part of their “Dodge Rebellion” marketing campaign. It was a mid-size personal luxury car with fastback styling and bucket seats for all four passengers. The Charger was not a huge success in its first two years but took off with the B-body redesign of 1968-70. The seller has a second-year Charger that runs well with a 318 cubic-inch V8 but is going to need time in the body shop to be fully sorted out. Located in Albany, Georgia, this Mopar opportunity is available here on eBay for $8,000 OBO.
The first Charger was a late arrival in 1966, so the 1967s saw few noticeable changes. Hidden headlights were still a Charger staple, and you could get the car with any Dodge engine up to and including the 426 Hemi. 1966 editions found 37,000 buyers while the 1967 versions saw a big drop to 15,000 units with no reason that we can find. Besides the 318 V8, this ’67 Charger has a TorqueFlite automatic transmission, both of which are said to do their jobs well. Yet the odometer isn’t far from turning over at 95,000 miles.
Researching the VIN on this car shows that it appears to be original. The seller has owned it for two years, and the well-worn silver/grey paint (primer?) may be hiding some variant of red when you inspect the area around the VIN plate and under the hood. The upholstery looks to be in good shape, but the interior will need a new carpet set. We’re told some rust will have to be dealt with, but it looks far from being major.
A new carburetor is on board and adds to how well the car runs. Should you decide you want to add a big-block V8 for more performance, the seller is throwing in a kit to help with the transformation (BYOE – Bring Your Own Engine). The 1966-66 Chargers are the rarest of the ones built in that decade and the next, so this could be an attractive ride once restored.
$8000 bucks for a running old school mopar? Seems good
Restore or Modify, that IS the question
How about crush?
Is he back again ?
Not bad on the price for whats there – if your looking for a first gen…..
What you call patina I call needs paint would make for a fun car to repaint using the cheap harbor freight tools
You can always spot telltale signs of the so-called “mechanic” who thinks he knows what he’s doing just by looking at the battery and seeing that he removed the positive terminal first.
Always remove the Neg. first on a negative ground vehicle for safety reasons.
Why the drop in production 66 to 67? They probably read their mail. The answer around the punk broke brats I ran with at the time thot it was uglier than the original sin… Some kinda morphed station wagon? Which was the vein I was in right up until I met a Texaco station owner in Fair Oaks that had one with the Hemi that he had balanced and blueprinted (he said) put a set of Hooker Headers on her and had a set of ripple wall slicks in the back of the wagon… Paid his rent with Friday and Saturday night bar bets… I’ll never forget the sound or the feel of that Hemi inside his steel service bays..