OCT 13, 2003 - Took the car to my mechanic who is going to rebuild the engine and transmission completely from the ground up. Here are some pic's

 

the last picture is of the casting date of the engine - 10/28/68 - which would make it a correct date for the car, plus the casting number is the correct number for this model car. I wont know if this is a number matching engine and tranney until I can inspect the vin that was stamped onto it....

On a side note....In the last week Ive won a correct Intake Manifold - Cast number 2806178 with date cast 1-31-68, plus the correct two Exhaust Manifolds - Cast number 2843992 with cast date 11-15-67 and cast number 2806900 with date cast 4-11-67 on EBAY. I also just started bidding on the correct carburetor - Model 4618S....As you can tell, those parts were not correct on the engine when I received the car. Just figured out that the front seats are not correct either, differnt vinyl pattern plus this car came out of the factory with no headrests, they were not federally mandated to have headrests until the middle of 1970 and this car had no headrest option on the buildsheet nor the fender tag.

The correct vinyl should be like this 1969 Charger

Mine

The correct design is 6 individually pleated rectangles in the cushion and the seatback. The inserts were covered in Ascot grain while the skirts were done in Coachman grain, in red of course. For some reason the past owners somewhere along the line put new front seats in, the rear look original.

 

OCT 26, 2003 - Update on the progress so far. The Carb, Intake and Exhaust manifolds should be in this week, the engine and tranny is still in the shop getting rebuilt. Have a few pic's of the dismantling so far.

Some of the interior parts

OCT 28, 2003 - Got the Carb today, will post pic's soon. Also will be sending the gauge console out for refurbish later this week. Started a list of what I have paid so far for the restoration, link up top.

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