Not sure if this is where I should share this so I'll put it here. Let me know if there is another forum more suitable.
I haven't posted on here much for quite a few years, work got in the way. It is deer season in ND and it made me think about the Mopar find I made while hunting. A friend and I were out looking for tree rows to push in North Central ND and not having much luck when he asked me if I'd mind stopping by his friends farm to say hi. Since the hunting wasn't going well I figured what the he'll. We arrived at his friends farm and it was unseasonably warm for mid November in ND. As we were BSing I looked over at a small garage type building back behind the guys house and the door was open. It looked like there was a Mopar parked in there so I asked if he would mind if we walked back and take a look. He said sure. As we walked back to the building he started explaining that his high-school car was parked back there. When we got to the building, I could see the taillights of a Charger. We walked into the building and there was a 1969 Charger. I was shocked at the condition and asked how often he drove the car and he told me that he drove it maybe once a year for the past 20 years. He said that the tires were starting to dry rot so it hadn't been driven in a few years, just started it occasionally. For the next couple of hours we talked about the Charger and my passion for Mopars. I asked him about the Cragar rims on the car and he said he bought them brand new from Sears in the early 80s. He explained how he put the original rims in his basement and they were still in the same spot he put them in the 80s. He talked about how the drivers seat cover started to split at a stitched seam so he had some crushed velvet inserts made but he saved the original inserts and they were in his basement also. He said he looked for the build sheet when he had the seats out and didn't find one. I asked if he had ever checked behind the glove box. He said no, he didn't know that was where they were occasionally put. I asked him if I could check and he said go for it. I reached up behind the glove box and felt a piece of folded paper taped to the back. I asked him if he wanted me to try to carefully remove it and he said he'll yeah. So I carefully tugged at the tape and got it to come loose from the back of the glove box. We opened the paper and there was the build sheet in sunlight for the first time in over 40 years. We were both super excited to see it and he said he felt like he was a kid at Christmas. He asked if I would like to see it out in the sunlight and I said of course. I helped him get it started with a jump pack and some gas in a jar and he backed it outside. Wow...an original paint 1969 charger idling right in front of me. I couldn't stand it anymore and asked him if he'd consider selling the car. He said that he couldn't sell it because it was his high school car and he had owned it so long. I asked for his phone number so I could keep in contact with him. When he parked the Charger and closed the garage door I was pretty bummed. But then he said, he knew where to find deer and they were on his property and he would show me and my buddy where to go and allow us to hunt it. We were able to flush some deer and fill our tags but I couldn't get that Charger out of my mind. Here's a couple of pictures from that day 5 years ago. There's more to this story. Let me know if anyone wants to hear more.
I haven't posted on here much for quite a few years, work got in the way. It is deer season in ND and it made me think about the Mopar find I made while hunting. A friend and I were out looking for tree rows to push in North Central ND and not having much luck when he asked me if I'd mind stopping by his friends farm to say hi. Since the hunting wasn't going well I figured what the he'll. We arrived at his friends farm and it was unseasonably warm for mid November in ND. As we were BSing I looked over at a small garage type building back behind the guys house and the door was open. It looked like there was a Mopar parked in there so I asked if he would mind if we walked back and take a look. He said sure. As we walked back to the building he started explaining that his high-school car was parked back there. When we got to the building, I could see the taillights of a Charger. We walked into the building and there was a 1969 Charger. I was shocked at the condition and asked how often he drove the car and he told me that he drove it maybe once a year for the past 20 years. He said that the tires were starting to dry rot so it hadn't been driven in a few years, just started it occasionally. For the next couple of hours we talked about the Charger and my passion for Mopars. I asked him about the Cragar rims on the car and he said he bought them brand new from Sears in the early 80s. He explained how he put the original rims in his basement and they were still in the same spot he put them in the 80s. He talked about how the drivers seat cover started to split at a stitched seam so he had some crushed velvet inserts made but he saved the original inserts and they were in his basement also. He said he looked for the build sheet when he had the seats out and didn't find one. I asked if he had ever checked behind the glove box. He said no, he didn't know that was where they were occasionally put. I asked him if I could check and he said go for it. I reached up behind the glove box and felt a piece of folded paper taped to the back. I asked him if he wanted me to try to carefully remove it and he said he'll yeah. So I carefully tugged at the tape and got it to come loose from the back of the glove box. We opened the paper and there was the build sheet in sunlight for the first time in over 40 years. We were both super excited to see it and he said he felt like he was a kid at Christmas. He asked if I would like to see it out in the sunlight and I said of course. I helped him get it started with a jump pack and some gas in a jar and he backed it outside. Wow...an original paint 1969 charger idling right in front of me. I couldn't stand it anymore and asked him if he'd consider selling the car. He said that he couldn't sell it because it was his high school car and he had owned it so long. I asked for his phone number so I could keep in contact with him. When he parked the Charger and closed the garage door I was pretty bummed. But then he said, he knew where to find deer and they were on his property and he would show me and my buddy where to go and allow us to hunt it. We were able to flush some deer and fill our tags but I couldn't get that Charger out of my mind. Here's a couple of pictures from that day 5 years ago. There's more to this story. Let me know if anyone wants to hear more.
I'd be calling Ehrenberg and setting up a barn find photo op and article. I think its worth showing the Mopar community this gem!
