1969 Dodge Charger

2 door coupe

383 magnum

automatic on console 727 torqueflight

xp29g9b212503

Clear

Gasoline

Seller assumes all responsibility for this listing.Item SpecificsCondition:Used: An item that has been used previously. The item may have some signs of cosmetic wear, but is fully ... Read moreWarranty:NoThis is a numbers matching 1969 Dodge Charger, 383 magnum, automatic transmission on console, factory AC, front buckets with headrests. This charger was purchased on Christmas eve, 1968 at North Star Dodge in San Antonio Texas by the original owner. The charger was originally painted "Y-4 Gold" and was a famous "White Hat Special". The original owner apparently drove the car as a secondary vehicle, because the rear seat had hardly ever been sat in, and part of the original sales/window sticker was still on the glass when I bought the charger in 2005. The original owner took extremely good care of this car, and even kept ALL maintenance records and receipts from his actual date of purchase. The original owner garaged this charger in 1986, where it sat until I bought it in June 2005. I had just spent 3 long years (2002-2004) restoring a 440 69' Charger into the General Lee, needing a ton of bodywork and everything restored. My finally completed "General Lee" was rear-ended by a Ford F-150 in May of 2005 and deemed "totaled". I immediately wanted to do another "General Lee", but I didn't want to go through all the body shop headache that I had just spent 3 years in. My goal was to find a beautiful, super clean 69' Charger that needed virtually no body work, so my efforts could just be spent on converting it into one of the "cleanest" General Lees ever. I bought this Charger in June of 2005, through an ad in Old Car Trader and had it shipped to my home in SC. I was blown away when I saw it in person for the first time. When I opened the console, every maintenance record and receipt for this charger was inside the console, and every interior light and exterior light works. This charger had interior lights I wasn't even aware of. We started work on the charger in late June and finished everything up by Feb. 2006. The original 383 was pulled out with the 727 torquflite transmission, both were cleaned up and rebuilt at the same time. We stripped the white interior out of the charger and sent everything to the upholstery shop, then the charger went to the paint and body shop. I kept all of the original factory white seat covers, and they come with this car. All metal on this charger is original with the exception of the rear bumper and rear lower valance panel. There was a small dent in the rear bumper and lower valance due to a tire changing incident with the original owner. I happen to already have a brand new replacement lower valance in the box from "GoodMark" and a new rear bumper, so I had the body shop install them. Detail was very important to me in transforming this charger into the most famous car in the world. Any General Lee owner knows that when you drive this car out of the garage, the attention you get is beyond words. If you're going to drive around in a car that millions grew up watching on Friday nights, it better represent well. The Charger was painted the most "common" paint code that they used on the TV series,1975 Corvette Orange Flame. The decals were very important to me as well, this is what "makes" a General Lee in my opinion. Great attention was put into the placement of these decals when they were applied to the car. We used actual measurements from TV General Lees as well as high quality images from various episodes. The rebel flag decal on the roof is accurate to the TV series cars in its dimensions and style. The "GENERAL LEE" lettering on the roof was replicated in size and font style after the early General Lees used in filming the season 1 episodes in Georgia. I always preferred the "thicker" styled "01" door decals and this is how my charger is set up. This Charger has the hard to find, correct Radio Shack CB antenna mounted to the trunk and connected to the same model CB radio the Dukes had on TV, a "Cobra 78 X". This car has the correct sound dixie horn installed under the hood, and the car rides on a set of the NEW 2006 re-released vector wheels; which have been professionally painted "gloss black" and clear-coated over. There is an exact matching full size spare in the trunk as well. The rim size of all 4 tires is 15x7. This "General Lee" has a real but removable roll bar that bolts to the floor and is reinforced underneath. There are modern 3 point retractable seat belts mounted to this bar for driver and passenger, rear bench seat has factory style lap belts only. This car has been regularly driven since 2006, mostly locally but I attended every "DukesFest" event each summer in this Charger and local car shows throughout the year. I wanted a General Lee that was gorgeous to look at, but also dependable and ready to drive. Since the motor and transmission rebuild was completed in Feb. 2006, I have put 9,562 miles on this charger, which is roughly 1,366 miles each year for 7 years. I have personally driven this car 3 hours to Atlanta, twice, and over a 6 hour drive to Nashville for DukesFest events in 2006 and 2007. The car never had any problems whatsoever. There are many things that separate this General Lee replica from others you've seen on EBAY before....one of those things being that this General Lee has been personally autographed with a ton of history from the TV show. Here's a quick list of names, broken into categories.... ACTORS.....John Schneider (Bo Duke), Tom Wopat (Luke Duke), Catherine Bach (Daisy Duke), James Best (Rosco), Sonny Shroyer (Enos), Rick Hurst (Cletus), Ben Jones (Cooter), Don Pedro Colley (Sheriff Little), Byron Cherry (Coy Duke) STUNTMEN......Al Wyatt, jr. (deceased), Craig Baxley, sr. (first 5 jumps ever), Russell Solberg, Corey Eubanks, Gary Baxley, Ted Barba, Buzz Bundy (anytime the General Lee drove on 2 wheels, Buzz was driving), Craig Baxley, jr. (jumped the LAST General Lee for TV reunion movie "Dukes in Hollywood" CBS 1999). BEHIND THE SCENES CREW.....Tom Sarmento (Chief set mechanic, responsible for keeping all the cars reliable for filming), Don Schisler ("picture cars" he would locate the cars used for filming), Henry Holman (owned the Georgia bodyshop where the first few General Lees were maintained while filming the first 5 episodes) GUEST CELEBRITIES.......Loretta Lynn (when she autographed my car in 2007, she told me that mine was the only General Lee she had ever signed), Mel Tillis (in the episode: The Rustlers"), The Oak Ridge Boys, all 4 (they were on the TV show twice), Richard Petty (Petty was never on the TV show, but he was referenced throughout episode 4 "Repo Men", season 1) Jerry Rushing (played Ace Parker in episode 4 "Repo Men", and he was the real life guy whose stories of moonshine running were turned into "The Dukes of Hazzard" TV series.) Judy Bruce, (she was the little girl in the pilot episode, "One Armed Bandits" that was being pushed on a see-saw by Uncle Jesse at the end of the episode.) Wayne Wooten is the man responsible for saving all the remaining 17 General Lees in 1991, 6 years after filming "Dukes" had stopped. He made sure all the real TV General Lees went to good homes. He signed this car as well. SPECIAL EVENT.....This Charger was also specially requested to be featured at the official NASCAR "Dodge Challenger 500" in May 2008 in Darlington, SC. John Schneider was flown in as the grand marshal of the race, and he used my General Lee as the photo op car all weekend. He stood by this charger and took hundreds of photos with fans beside this General Lee. My General Lee was placed into a huge area represented by Dodge, showcasing all the new 2008 Challengers and Chargers. John Schneider autographed a special note under the trunk lid stating that this car was the one he used for the Challenger 500. THE BAD......as nice as the charger is, there are a few minor issues with the car that I haven't dealt with yet. The exhaust manifold gaskets have some leaks. I have purchased new gaskets that will come with car, but I have not installed them yet. There is a small chip of paint missing from front edge of passenger fender about the size of kernel of corn. Where the factory quarter panels connect to the roof on the SEAM, the seam is visible from certain angles. The driver door jamb at the top, where the quarter panel folds into the jamb has a thin crack in the steel. Only noticeable when door is open. The A/C is all there from factory, but currently not tested or charged. Headlight doors DO WORK, but the vacuum switch is not connected to the back of the dash switch, and has to be manually operated from under the dash. There is really too much to list here, e-mail me with anymore questions. At the end of auction, immediate deposit of $500 due, with the remainder due in form of cashier's check upon pickup of vehicle. On Oct-24-12 at 16:34:49 PDT, seller added the following information: I wanted to add a few more things I forgot to mention. I had several spare charger parts in my garage when this car arrived. As I stated in my description, I had a brand new lower rear valance panel in the box from GOODMARK, a brand new rear bumper in box, and also among other things I had a spare 69' charger trunk lid. I removed the original Y-4 gold trunk lid that came on this charger, as it still had the original instruction sheet on how to change the spare tire, and I didn't want to remove that paper. So I removed the original trunk lid and wrapped it up and have it stored in my garage, still wearing its original paint. The trunk lid that has been on my charger since it was painted orange, is the spare one I had in storage. The original gold trunk lid DOES come with this charger when sold. Also I have the original factory spare tire and jack in storage, and they also will go with this charger if sold. All glass is original, except the front windshield which was damaged when it was removed for painting, so a new one was installed. This car also has the chrome "pedal dress up kit"...I think it can be seen in one of the photos. Original hood mounted turn signals are still there and work great...not removed and welded up like most people do. This charger also has a cd player installed under the CB radio, NOTHING was cut, trimmed or altered in any way for the cd player. It sits on top of the console, under the Cobra CB radio and is barely noticeable. Original Chrysler radio still sits where the factory placed it. The cd player comes with the car and can easily be removed if you desire. Oh, yeah....I counted up ALL pieces of paper I have documenting the maintenance history of this charger and there are around 70 original maintenance sheets...all with dates and times of service rendered. One of my favorite pieces is an old scrap piece of notebook paper the original owner spilled coffee on, it is a hand written note to himself about how to properly start up the charger when it is cold outside, written in 1969. On Oct-30-12 at 17:42:57 PDT, seller added the following information: Lower reserve price!