Vehicle Owner

Member ID: 426HemiCharger

Location: Gurnee, IL

Vehicle Info

1969 Dodge Charger

Bought: Sep, 2008

Bragging Rights

  • 1/4 Mile13.9 sec @ 101 mph
  • 0-606.1sec
  • Top Speed125mph
  • HP380
  • Weight3780lbs

Major Upgrades

  • turbo
  • nitrous
  • bore increase
  • port and polish
  • supercharger
  • extrude honed
  • stroke increase
  • engine swap

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    • Currently 4.0/5 Stars.
    • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
    • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
    • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
    • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
    • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.

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John’s Dodge Charger
“Cadence Marie - IL 553 832”

  • Currently 3.9684210526315 /5 Stars.
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Here is the inspiration to paint my car T5 Copper:

426HemiCharger's 1969 Dodge Charger

Here is the inspiration to paint my car F6 Green:

426HemiCharger's 1969 Dodge Charger

(Yes, I know it's a Daytona, So What!)

Now the question is "Keep the Magnum 500s or get Steelies?"

(11/9/2008)

Did More Sanding on the car I Have stripped the paint off of some of the right side.  I think that this will be the last time that I work on the car until Arpil or May 2009. Expect the first New "Work Updates to begin on (4/4/2009) or (5/2/2009). 

I have will be using www.trimtags.com to change the fender tag of Cadence Marie to what I want.  Personally I think the options orgininally put on her were low-end and boring. 

Cadence Marie will get some fresh new equipment.

I was going to option her out with all the goodies the Air Conditioning Option will allow and of my choice of course.

I'll try to do a window stick format for explaining it:

XS29  T5T5  CRT  DODGE CHARGER - 8 - 2 DR HARDTOP                                            $3,592.00 

                  A36  PERFORMANCE AXLE PACKAGE                                                              $92.25    

                  A47  SPECIAL EDITION PACKAGE                                                                $161.85

                  B41 FRONT DISC BRAKES                                                                            $48.70

                  B51  POWER BRAKES                                                                                  $42.95

                  C16  CONSOLE                                                                                          $54.45

                  C31  LEFT & RIGHT HEAD RESTRAINTS                                                          $76.50

                  D32  TORQUEFLITE TRANSMISSION

                  D56  3.55 AXLE RATIO

                  E86  440 CID MAGNUM 4BBL V8

                  F13  60 AMP. ALTERNATOR                                                                         $13.00

                  G11  TINT ALL GLASS                                                                                 $40.70

                  H51  AIR CONDITIONING                                                                          $357.65

                  J25  3-SPEED WIPERS                                                                                  $5.40

                  L31  HOOD MOUNTED TURN SIGNALS                                                           $10.80

                  M26  WHEEL LIP MOULDINGS                                                                      $14.05

                  N85  TACHOMETER                                                                                    $50.15

                  R21  AM/FM SOLID STATE RADIO                                                              $134.95

                  R31  REAR SEAT SPEAKER                                                                          $15.15

                  S77  POWER STEERING                                                                            $100.00

                  V8W  WHITE BUMBLEBEE STRIPE

                  Y14  SOLD CAR

                  T85  TIRES - F70X14 RED FIBERGLASS

                                                           SUBTOTAL                                                  $4,180.30

                  432  DESTINATION CHARGE                                                                      $125.25

                                                                                                                           $4,305.55

(11/10/2008)

i hope to pick up my keys tomorrow, from Hans Luedtke's Performance Auto Group, where my parents bought me my Charger. 

(11/11/2008)

I am so pissed off today, I dropped my keys off to get cut last week and, of course you geussed it they never got cut.  The guy who said he could do it wanted the last four #s of my VIN so he gets them.  Today I go out to the shop and the guy gives my Dad some bull and tells him he needs the lock cylinder.  I mean common how low can you go, well I mean that he waits a "mofo"in' week to tell me this, WTF is his angle.  So in the end its not that he needs the lock cylinders that pisses me off its that he waits a week to tell me this - when I expect the keys to be done.  I figure that this guy is like" Why the fuck should I care about cutting these keys, after all its not my gas that gets burned."

(11/12/2008) on 11/11/2008

Hans is coming over while I'm at school so my Dad will take care of business with him.  He is personally coing to take the ignition cylinders from Cadence Marie (Hans is the employer of the previously mentioned person).  We will try to get a media blaster, a rotissery and will get the final decision on whether or not the engine is seized, also i will see if Hans can do the remaining body work and disassembly for me because me facilities can not handle more work loads.  I figure that I can have him do the final body work and painting, in turn I will most likely give up a summer to offer him service.       

(11/15/2008)

Upcoming projects:

Engine Buildup - Totally new and fresh, yes I said it, that means the old block is outta there and the whole set will be built to stock specs assembly line style.     

Body Work - Includes renting or buying a media blaster and stripping the paint, floor and trunk pan repair, then a fresh coat of paint.

Sorry for the indecision but I got a real delemma: F6 Bright Green or T5 Copper Poly.

(11/16/2008)

Went to Lake Zurich today and disposed of the old motor oil I had at the SWALCO designated collection drop-off.  SWALCO is the "Soild Waste Agency of Lake County.                                                                        

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plysat73  

Posted by: plysat73

08/28/2009 11:21PM

great ride keep up the work check out 73 satellite sometime

foco133  

Posted by: foco133

08/24/2009 04:01PM

what a beauty

josephaldonoel  

Posted by: josephaldonoel

08/05/2009 05:01AM

lucky ba!"/$%? i love it great work thats my favoret car...10 stars ,of course come see my trans am some time .

FIRacingSHO  

Posted by: FIRacingSHO

07/26/2009 02:53PM

lol yeah shes def sweet! thats one thing i love about her is them burnouts i have with her lol i love it!

Radio-Man  

Posted by: Radio-Man

07/03/2009 07:10PM

Nice piece of automotive history! Keep up the GREAT work!!

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Member ID: 426HemiCharger

Location: Gurnee, IL