Vehicle Description
1969 Dodge Charger RT
Dodge Chargers are popular because they're fast, but they're also
spacious, comfortable and surprisingly luxurious. They're also
popular thanks to the Dukes of Hazzard TV fame, often thought of
and seen as the star of the show, the General Lee. The Charger that
was always one step ahead of ole Rosco P. Coltrane and Boss Hogg
and kept them Duke boys safe episode after episode. This writer
highly doubts that there is any other car, be it from TV or film,
that is as easily recognizable as the 1969 Dodge Charger General
Lee.
For consignment, and now gracing our Hallowed Halls here at the
Classic Auto Mall, we give you a tribute car to the TV show that
has us grabbing our couches with excitement as the car jumped its
way to fame. Wearing its original, (well, original to the TV show),
paint, painted on 01 decals, larger than life stars and bars on the
roof, along with General Lee lettering on the drip edge, and large
trunk mounted antennae, welcome to Hazzard County ladies and
gentlemen.
Exterior
Bathed in its TV appearance orange and this car upon close
inspection is really nicely done. All rust free straight steel with
well minded gaps and the paint is nearly perfect. The signature
push bar/grille guard is present, and behind it is a perfectly
presenting black hidden headlight grille and bumper below. Orange
takes over for the hood and front quarters, and moves back to the
stainless trimmed under roof glass which has slight tint. The roof
has General Lee and the Stars and bars painted on and it's just
perfectly done. Moving downward to the doors, things are solid and
straight with their painted on 01. As we move back the rear
quarters roll over to meet the flying buttress B pillars and on top
of the drivers side a racing gas cap filler. Between the pillars on
the center trunk lid is a CB whip antenna. The back is in black and
houses dual horizontal tail lights and another perfectly polished
bumper below. On all 4 corners are 14-inch American Racing Vector
wheels wrapped in black wall rubber. What do you call a farmer with
a sheep under each arm?..What?...A Playboy.
Interior
The nice thing about this tribute car is it retains all the
creature comforts that came with a 1969 Charger. We start with the
black door panels, nice black smooth vinyl, a black pouch, and fine
armrest. Inside low back cream vinyl buckets have plenty of black
wear off aging within their confines. A high center armrest is in,
and this can be lifted to form another front seat. As we move
forward on the black carpeted hump, we see a long armed Hurst
shifter. Before the back bench is a roll bar inserted. By the way,
the back bench is cream vinyl and also has the black aging. Upfront
the dash is pure 69 Charger style with a black padded top and wood
applique front. Many round black faced gauges and toggles lineup on
this dash front. This car has had the radio deleted and replaced
with a much more useful CB radio below the dash. On the glovebox
lid most all the characters signatures are present and accounted
for, hey it's a tribute car! Above is a tight black headliner.
Creature comforts and ready to roll. Y'all got your ears on? Come
back?
Drivetrain
Opening the hood, we are greeted with a wonderful looking non
original but era-correct 440ci V8. It has an orange painted block,
a chromed and badged in orange Magnum 440 air cleaner covering,
cast ribbed valve coverings and a cast intake manifold topped by a
4-barrel Holley carb. An era-correct A833 4-speed manual trans is
on back and it pushes power to the rear 8-3/4 inch axle. All
buttoned up under this one hood. Even under the hood it is
excellent. Alas! I need to mention the Dixie horn setup in front of
the radiator. Oh I wish I was in the land of cotton....
Undercarriage
Fully restored and devoid of any Hazzard County road dirt and mud.
All black straight rust free steel and looking near perfect.
Independent torsion bars in front and leaf springs in back. Disc
brakes upfront and drums in back along with some Cherrybomb
mufflers. You know what happens when a politician takes
Viagra?...he gets taller.
Drive-Ability
Sitting behind this wheel brought me back to my high school prom
and driving my grandfather's Charger. Yup the back seat got used!
But I digress...this car fired up and it ran just beautifully. Easy
shifting and smooth endless acceleration. I kept looking in my rear
view mirror for the Po Po but they never showed. So I dropped off
my load of hooch and returned to the Mall. I did notice on my way
the wiper high speed setting doesn't work, and the clutch pedal
sticks to the floor when fully depressed. All else worked just
fiiiiine.
Owning a vehicle with this color paint and livery will definitely
make you the talk of the town, and may even instigate a few chases,
even though they may be unwarranted, or warranted...OOOPS!...But
But But Ossifer...
XS29L9B214127
X-Dodge Charger
S-Special Price Class
29-2 Door Hardtop
L-440ci 4bbl V8 375hp
9-1969
B-Hamtramck, MI Assy Plant
214127-Sequential Unit Number
Classic Auto Mall is a 336,000-square foot classic and special
interest automobile showroom, featuring over 850 vehicles for sale
with showroom space for up to 1,000 vehicles. Also, a 400 vehicle
barn find collection is on display. This vehicle is located in our
showroom in Morgantown, Pennsylvania, conveniently located just
1-hour west of Philadelphia on the I-76 Pennsylvania Turnpike. The
website is www.classicautomall.com and our phone number is (888)
227-0914. Please contact us anytime for more information or to come
see the vehicle in person.
