1969 Charger 500 Rescue - 45 YEARS in Storage
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Some special cars have rolled into Nick's Garage over the years.. This one is going to be remembered for a long time.
I just watched the video, it brought a tear to my eye seeing the Charger again. The front left fender got damaged when I was towing the car with my 76 Chevy van. The towbar broke a weld, and the car impacted the left rear quarter panel on my van. I was very lucky that there was no real major damage, that cannot be easily fixed. I was surprised to see that Nick had already found a replacement grill and headlight bezels. I know that the car is in good hands at Nick's Garage. Work your magic on the Charger Nick. I loved the video, good job George. I can't wait to see more.
Im going to enjoy watching them bring it back to life, thank you for sending it to Nick for us to enjoy.
You made the best choice indeed Mr Eugene. Thank you for your service to America in the USAF. It's possible we did Basic Training at "Happy" Lackland AFB at around the same time as I enlisted in the late summer of 75.
Eugene what is your most memorable story of this car?
And you"re getting a great value for your American money vs our Canadian dollar.
@@theanomalous1401 I started Basic Training in Nov. of 1968, and finished in Dec. of 68. A total restoration is what I'm planning on for the 500. Than you for your service as well.
I see Gene has commented about his car. Here's my 2 cents. You have a great car with a lot of personal history. You've made a good choice in putting it in Nick's hands. The first words that came to mind when I saw the car was "Total Restoration" Now is the time to bring this car back from the dead & do it right one time. My advice to Gene is to dig deep and do it right, now isn't the time to cut corners to save a couple of buck's. Take it back as stock as you can and avoid the temptation to use aftermarket resto-mod parts. A totally stock restored car will have the best value when you're finished. Trust Nick and follow his advice!!! Good luck, you have a great car, you're a lucky guy!!!!
Just one change I would make electronic ignition especially if it could be disguised
@@reginalddentry7338 yep. I just made a 3.5hr drive on Sunday go for 9hrs because of a faulty $15 condensor. Have ordered and paid for a full electronic distributor and associated electronics!
This car reminds me of my Mustang that was my very first car. Its a 72 sportsroof. My parents bought it for my 16th birthday in 1983. I traded it 22 years ago and a friend found it on the facebook marketplace for sale last September. It hadn't been driven in many years but was still a solid car. I'm in Alabama and we don't have much of a rust problem here. I started on it the day I bought it back, Sept. 26, 2019, and last Friday July 10, 2020 I called it done. As much as I can do anyway as I'm not able to do the paint work. It took me around 500 hours in the nine and a half months to get it driveable but I'm a teenager again. Oh the memories that my car holds. And the first thing I did when I got it back was stare at it and say out loud" where do I start".
I had a chance to buy a 500 Charger when I was 18 years old but I didn't know how rare they were and I passed on it. One my many mistakes in life. Thanks for the video Nick.
Don't be too tough on yourself.. we had no idea what these cars would be worth some day.
passed on 2 mint non working 240sx then one year later the drift craze caught on...
@Gary:"If you knew how many cars We 'derbied' in the day....you'd send 'us' all for immediate Psychiatric Evaluation"(¡{!
@ kanadian bacon so true I derbied a few cars back then and wish I wouldn't have but like Nick said we didn't know what they'd be worth today.
@@kanadianbacon7733 Just think how many Charger bodies died with the making of all the Dukes of Hazard episodes.
Poor Jean-Guy! Eugene has a lot of work ahead of him and Nick needs to get some Pads on that hoist!
That is the all time best looking dodge of all time if you ask me. I remember them when they were brand new!
I feel you on where to start. I am redoing a 1947 Greyhound bus that sat behind a house since 1973. Just yesterday we were able to get it to move on it's own power after replacing the entire air brake system. Electrical system is next. You have started with a lot less and restored them to better than new!!!!! Keep up the great work!!!
Check out Bus Grease Monkey's channel. He's a mobile vintage bus mechanic, drives a 1947 Silversides to clients nationwide.
@@Superuser009 That's what inspired me to get a 1947 Silversides after seeing how cool they were.
The lines on those Chargers back then...such a beautiful car...Nick and the crew will bring it back to live and do it right...it's in damn good hands in Laval.
Install the rev limiter on John Guy, not his car, lol. Beautiful Charger from Gene. I hope he green-lights a total restoration.
There's more to work with, than you had when you built yours, can't wait to see it come back to life again. Great video.
Can't wait!
If I ever win the lottery I know where I’m sending my mopars! Nick is a very humble guy and deserves the business!
Thank you for the history of the 500.
Best quotes by Nick. "Ok, no big deal". Awesome. Nick, I have a 67 Coronet 500 Convertible. She sat since 79' up in Minn. Bought her last November and am about half way through getting her torn down and rebuild. Good times sir.
That is awesome!
66 through 70 Dodge Chargers are some of my favorite Mopars of all time. Nick, I know you and your people are going to make this 1969 Charger 500 a rolling masterpiece. This old gal is in the best hands!
I hope that Gene goes for the full restoration for himself, Nick, and all of us to enjoy. Money well spent!
Can’t wait to that 500 Charger restoration. It’s in good hands. Nick is da man!!
Those Chargers are so damn rare, even more than the Daytona. I am so glad those guys managed to find this lost gem to try to restore it.
NICK probably the best guy for a old dodge rebuild or restore
You are a man of difficult missions, you can repair Nick
Can't wait to watch the progress. I hope Eugene has deep pockets because that car is worth every dollar it takes to bring it back to life.
Going to be an expensive restoration but is a valuable car so worth it in the end. Been working on getting my 67 D200 Pickup going after sitting for 23 years. It is a challenge!!
Love hearing the excitement increase in Nick's voice as he looks over the Charger.
Got some work a head of you Nick! I know it'll be done right. Great to see the crew back at the shop too :-)
Still have Charger 500,Superbee,Plymouth Emblems from going to the Junkyard with the "older" guys at 14 on Saturday for all you can pull for $20.00 from 8 am to noon!
Glad you said, "its going to be one big job to fix this". Thats about where I started with my GTX. it is a big job.
Wow, I didn't expect this to be the car coming from California. Such a cool car👍
I had several 60's Chrysler products growing up. The only 440 I had was in a 67 New Yorker. I put dual exhaust on it. Otherwise stock. Very powerful (at least to me) my friends made fun of it. Most of them had two door sport cars of the day. We drag raced, I usually beat them too. I'd leave them sitting on the starting line roasting their tires off while my big Chrysler was going down the track. They weren't laughing at me then. Good times, and good cars. Can't wait to see the progress of Nick working on the Charger.
During High revs the valves float and the keepers come out. The responsibility of secondary springs is to take up the slow retention factor of the larger springs which reduces the chances of the valves floating and the keepers coming out.
All motors have an operating range in terms of RPM. I agree with the rev limiter- because it's very easy to miss a shift or over revving the engine. Very easy to get carried away- especially when you're pushing the envelope.
Gold! Much like the one we used to thrash around in (sadly) before we realised what we had.
I blew up a Ford Flathead in 1965. Before installation, checking the crank bearings, we forgot to install the rod bearing cap lock. After removing the engine, it made rattling sounds as we inverted it to remove the oil pan. A connecting rod was wedged into the pan so hard thst no oil had been lost. A wrist pin, completely devoid of any piston parts, fell out. I kept that as a souvenir for years.
Side note. . . I had acquired two Flathead V8s for $10. . . when a new water pump would have cost $13. . .
I use to own a 1969 Dodge Charger 500, F8 green, fully loaded.....Nice to see another one.
Right on
everything in those old cars is like a time capsule like that map etc. I wonder what was in the glove box ??
If that car was still in California you would probably have to spend about $100,000 to relocate that wasp nest LOL
This is one car that no matter how much the restoration costs, the car will still be so much more valuable in the end. I remember a friend telling me once, that it costs the same to restore a 318 car as it does a R/T model. Try to start out with the best.
Poor John! Oh well you’ll fix it up. Wow that Charger 500 is awsome. Yes it’s needs restoration but so what. One thing I’ve noticed about Charger 500’s besides the Flush back rear window, A Pilar aero moldings and 68 Coronet grill.the front seats look like 68 non Head rest. The shifter looks 68. The front turn signals look 68. I saw a picture from and old Mopar publication showing a prototype Charger 500 built on a 68 Charger body.
If i remember correctly that charger 500 grill is used originally in '68 coronet. 🤔
thejarzap1 you are correct. Even though it was a one year model there are still a few items kicking around for sale. The trunk lid for the 68 Coronet being the hardest part of that years model to find. I grabbed a couple grills and bezels a few years ago from scrapped cars just in case🤞🤞
B Brown I remember in 2005 a friend of mine was looking for a trunk lid for a 68 Coronet cheapest one we could find was 500.00
@@bbrown5887 Was the rear glass and the insert for it from the coronet also? 🤔
Nick your batting 500. That’s a killer ride
That's one sweet ride @ Eugene Castles . Can't wait to see Nick and his staff being it back to life. Great video guys hope your staying safe. Have a great day.
Yeah man, the sloping back window for aerodynamics. I didn't know about the window molding, that is a cool fact to tuck away in the memory banks... :D
There is a car like this in Montreal. I've seen it at Orange Julep. The guy put a 572 in it I think. The car is in perfect shape.
I think Jean Guy needs a memory tune-up, These engines just do not rev to the end of the world. That is disrespect. Beautiful car-my dream (66 Charger) car but not to be!
Thanks for the great show Nick.
Bob
Whole lot of East coast rust on that West coast car! The map in the door is another clue and did I see a old Jersey plate on the front bumper? I'm a Maine resident, I know rust like nobody's business.
The car started life and was driven on the east coast.. but was stored out west since the mid 70's.
I see the same damage on Southern cars left in the weather. Window channels, dirt packed quarters hold moisture.
@@Vintageguy73 absolutely! You won't find them on east coast unless it's been kept in a dry garage.
Right on I from Philly and we got rust buckets also
Well it lasted six years under that amount of torture good job Nick and I think I have to agree with you I think it did drop a valve
Can't wait to see the build on the Daytona 500, love those cars!
This ought to be good, can't wait for the restoration to begin!
the car that led to the Daytona!
Yeah install a rev limiter, with a padlock.
haha!
Hahaha I love the outro music! I feel my sideburns growing!
Love a good rescue 👍🤜🤛
There is something special about saving an old car.
@@NicksGarage i hear ya. Im in the process of saving a 45 year old motorhome i purchased in Montreal
BAD NEWS....Nick Is A Mechanical CORONER Who Gives The Post Mortem! GOOD NEWS....Nick Is THE DOCTOR That'll Bring This BACK TO LIFE! IT'S ALIVVEEE!
Can't wait to hear that 440 roar.
@@NicksGarage :Ah Nick, a diamond in the rough. I've not seen one of these in decades. If IT can be brought back to life Nick is the one to do it! It'll be a Mopar champion once Nick has worked his magic on it. I know for a fact the owner will be proud. Have a gr8 God blessed day Nick and staff.
I did not see your post when I did mine that’s funny’.
Along with any descent mechanic.
My first car was a '70 Sport Satellite. Of course it had High Jackers. Got pulled over by troopers several times who made me let the air out. I'd head for the nearest gas station to pump them back up, cringing every time I hit a bump and heard the tires rub the fender wells haha
Great project ahead !!!
My favorite car again!
I'd like to get my hands on that solid project they are so hard to find anymore.
Darren Lyons my dad put 150k in his Monte Carlo
@@wickedmachines5136 - ❓
Fantastic car and super fun to see another one like the one we found emerge after so many years in storage ! What are the chances ? They are still out there!
Very interesting car! I did totally missed the 500's rear window detail compared to "standard" Chargers.
And of course this reminds me about when I did not buy that sexy -70 Charger RT/SE 440 back home in the late 80's... I was cheap, merde. hm.
Anyhow, it will be fun to se Nick's magic hands bring this beauty back to it's former glory. Good for you Eugene not selling it, you have a gem! :-)
Hi Nick can't wait too see the 500 charger back on the road again !! Keep up the great work !!
Dirty Mary crazy Larry
Heh. I remember watching that at the drive-in when I was a kid...a long damn time ago.
its been a long while. good to see Vasili.
this car needs a 1000% restoration !!
Nice.. I have owned 4 69 Charger 500s, the present 4th being a Press Release in the 1st patch of Charger 500s
69 Charger 500's are rarer than 69 Daytonas....that is a serious piece of MOPAR history
I never could be that lucky 🍀
That head is still good .nick can make a v6 out of that
WOW , what a find .Enjoy
Watching the breakdown: "And THAT is an easy fix compared to what COULD have happened, my friends!"
Aslo: Iconic General Lee.
man that's gonna take awhile to fix good luck guys !!!
Awesome Nick! Your a kid in a candy store! Much love from Iowa..
Big fan all the way from new zealand
Beautiful car in good hands 👍
I gotta admit I’ve got a left foot like Jean guy 😆
Duncan D McGrath right foot
Wow nick nice !! Charger 500 i hope he puts it back to new!! Nick like always bring that baby back to life !! And trust me i am following you👍👍👍
I wanna work at Nicks !! Dream job
I hope a rev limiter goes on that new 440 on the 66. Lol no problem man if you have lots of money send the rods through the hood. We love watching it.
Sight's you never see A detonated 440 Two cracks in cylinder number one Gonna put in a sleeve so Jon can have some fun Nick's Garage looks like a 440 laboratory and Dr Nick's about to drop the oratory It's not obligatory but Nick is old school So he knows da history Where to get your work done there's no mystery Thanks Nick and the crew I'm late with the rhymes Today was busy times!
Early or late, the Rhymes are always great, and Roberto serves them up, like a meal on a plate.
"This week we have the engine completely in pieces...." I think Jean Guy had already taken care of that one! Haha
Right on that one, Shaun.
GEORGE!
Gorgeous work as usual, my man.
I wonder how the car got over the border? Thought that rascal was shut down or something?
Doesn't matter, I'm sure glad it did. This restoration is going to be AMAZING.
It's obvious Nick isn't afraid of the task and really, who better to do the job?
Great episode and the beginning of some awesome ones to come!
By the way, I'm glad to hear that poor Charger is going to get a "Jean Guy limiter" installed. :-)
Dude just flat blew that 440 up! Good Lord, man.....
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It's cheap, it's easy and it means SO MUCH when you do that!
Y'all be careful up there, here 'til the Lord says I can't be,
-Ed on the Ridge
Some things you just leave alone and only fix what's necessary.
I would just throw a clear coat on the cigarette butts and leave them for patina.
WoW that is such a cool car i think they used at least one charger 500 in the dukes of hazzard
Hi Nick. I see that the color for the engine in the 66 is turquoise. If it's original to the car it would have had a Carter 4 barrel. But the 452 heads didn't come out until 76. Now it's a six-pack compatible to unleaded fuel. I know that very few people do this but the valve springs should be changed annually, and parking the car for the winter without turning the engine at all for months is bad for the springs that are continually under pressure. The springs will let you know they didn't like it when you rev into the stratosphere. Man, what a mess!
My employer, mentor and best friend Pete, of
"Pontiac Pete's Speed and Body shop.
(Brooklyn, NY, circa 1959 to 1989, dam, I feel old)
had a thing for over revving his Pontiac 455 engines.
Notice I said "engines"
As in more than one.
If you pushed that 455 to 6500 rpm on every single shift it was only a matter of time till you broke something.
Missed a high rpm shift?
KABOOM!
Valve heads lose in the cylinders?
KABOOM!
SHIFT AT 5500, OK PETE?
SURE...
RIGHT...
As the shops "goffer" and flat bed and tow truck driver it was a standing order to buy every Pontiac 455 powered car I could find.
After we recycled the body parts each 455 had a once over and rebuilt if needed, wrapped in plastic and put on the shelf, we had 20 of them. Tranny's to, 4 speeds and TH 400 3 spd automatics just waiting to get used.
As Pete's right foot weighed a good 20 lbs more than his left foot he blew A LOT of engines.
It became such a regular thing that the two of us could swap out the engines in a little over 2 hours.
One weekend Pete toasted a decent engine and grabbed me and pressed me into service.
(It was like being Shanghaied!
It WAS supposed to be my day off, Seriously!)
Ok, so we changed the engine, it took all morning.
I told Pete-
" I'm hanging out with my wife, no wrenching allowed"
Got it?
" Naaaa it's ok, thanks for the help"
Said Pete....
Yeah...
Sure....
My wife and I had a "fun" day
(forced furniture, and clothing shopping..."Are we done yet?...no? Yeah that print goes nice with the wall paper...are we done yet?)
And I was saved buy a large explosion, this time Pete thru out a rod, kick out the back of the block and blew his clutch and tranny.
The entire back of the engine and tranny was ripped up, even caused a minor fire!
I told him to break it in gently...
Sure...right...
After his wife insisted he go to the hospital and get checked out.
I thought it was serious...
There were no cellphones back in the day...
5 guys stopped us and told me about the accident.
( The grape vine was more dependable the AT &T)
Sure...
He was fine...
He used it to trick me into going to the shop and replacing the engine....
First off...
Why at the shop?
Don't you MEEN home?
Nope...I'm not going for it.
2 engines in one day.
NO WAY were our wives standing for it.
His wife said-
"You've got 6 cars!
The GTO will wait
I wanna go OUT, wash up and put on good clothes, AND I MEAN NOW!
I'm just grinning.
I was all cleaned up and ready to take my beautiful wife out on the town.
Pete was actually a little ticked off when I didn't let myself be Shanghaied for the second time that day.
Sometimes you just have to listen to your wife.
LOL
Hey Nick...be a sneaky mechanic, install a rev limiter in that 66' Charger.
The way of the muscle car will never die.
Tom. Rev limiters for all. Man, can you write a book. LOL. Long live the Muscle Car.
in memory of my friend george who i was standing next to as they pushed in the charger R.I.P. buddy
Jim, who passed away?
@@normroter633 george moes
Nick, you must be flattered to get a car from all the way the other end of the continent. Usually Canadian cars go to the States to get work done... get it done at Nick's Performance clinic !!!
Hopefully we are gonna se some progress of that car in the next episode :D Maybe first start :D
Awesome Can’t Wait To See The 500 Project 😀😊👨🏼🔧🧰
i had to wonder why somebody would ship a car all the way from the west coast there lots of very good shops out there but theres only one Dr Nick the mopar professor i know you will it right keep safe
Where else would Eugene be able to follow the progress without being there? I think that is reason enough.
Considering the rusted exhaust, I bet the critters made nests in the cylinders and such....
Nick, how many miles on the Charger 500 ?
The owner said about 42k.
Awsome work as always nick pleas keep up your awsome work 👍👍👍
Jean-Guy is gonna still find a way to break something😁😁😁
This was my 1st time coming across your channel im hooked my friend ur love for this line of work is awesome look forward to seeing much more on your channel 👍👍
Glad you found us. Welcome.
Excellent, Nick!!!
Nothing a tube of JB weld can’t fix.
Yes a rev limiter would be a great idea
Amazing that there’s no rust
What a rad find
"Good for you, Eugene. Good for you."
Beautiful car.
TECHNICALLY there are ways to chemically re-treat the old vinyl [the stuff that has not yet cracked] and re-infuse it with plasticizer to make it supple like it was from the factory. I do not personally know the technique, or if there is anything to do for old foam, but I met a guy in Illinois long ago who would restore old vinyl seats for people when people insisted in originality.
Great show nick love the car
I never in my life seen a valve look that bad or the top of a piston