March FEATURED Mopar for our club. Our member Anthony's story about his 1969 Dodge Charger. I got this 1969 Charger back in Feb 2015 after I sold my ratty 1970 charger that was painted as a General Lee back in the late 80s I wanted a 1968 or 1969 more and was planned to buy a 1968 charger R/T locally in the northwest part of town that was a word of mouth kind of thing, it was for sale but not advertised . I talked to the owner and negotiated a price he wanted for it. I sold my General Lee to buy that 1968 and when I did sell it about a month later he changed his mind on the price which was then out of reach for me. I started looking for another Charger. A Facebook friend named Johnny sent me the link to this 1969 which was listed in Denver CO the price was good and in my budget which was about 19k at that time. Turns out, another Facebook friend of mine named Mike owned it a year prior to this car being listed in which he reached out to me after seeing me post the car on Facebook. It was his first car he got in 1990 from the original owner and kept it til about 2014. He was able to tell me about the car before driving to Colorado, so I contacted the owner and set up a time and day to come out. I took a co-worker/ buddy with me after renting a pick up truck and trailer from Uhaul and we both left town after we got off work at 5, we drove all through the night and met the owner at the bank at 8 am to pay off his loan and get the title released. We loaded it up and headed straight back to Vegas and drove through the entire day and night arriving back in town around 2 or 3 am the next day. To be 24 years old again and full of adrenaline...
Now over the last 10 years I have enjoyed the car for what it was, it had a good running motorhome 440 in it. A few years later I got a mild built 440 and ran it til about 2021 when it was parked from life getting busy and having issues needing fixed that have been going on for a while. I was slowly collecting parts to make into a General Lee. I then painted the car black as the purple was badly fading away. This year I decided to buy a 392 HEMI with an 8 speed auto from a wrecked 2021 Scat Pack Charger. It started as a simpler job which was to fix the rear main seal leak and rebuild the worn out front end suspension. One thing turned into another, and I'm in the middle of swapping this modern HEMI into the car as well as transforming it into a General Lee at the same time all in my backyard with the hired help of a few good friends. It's not meant to a trophy collecting car, but a car I will enjoy again and put more miles on it than ever before. Click my steering wheel.
Club meetings are not in any future plans. Members will be notified and any such meetings will be posted here. Smilin'Ed Jan 8 2025
The club website was updated March 24, 2025.
I formed this club in July 2002. I am working up the March Mopars of Las Vegas FEATURE Mopar. The website is updated click on Anthony's Charger or his steering wheel below his story. This member Has been in our club now since December 2011.