My first car was a 71 charger with a 318,metal flake blue with a white vinyl top. That was the prettiest car I have ever seen. It wasn't a hot rod but I loved it. Your video brought back some good memories. I do miss that car.
Those are window guides that’s all they are supposed to keep the window tight to the seal if I remember correctly. In newer cars they are hidden in the tracks not exposed so you never see them but they are there even in newer model cars just had to change some out on my little Honda Accord and I wish they were exposed they were a pain in my arse! By the way new subscriber I enjoy seeing these old cars being saved especially seeing your son help he doesn’t know how lucky he is to have a dad that is around not all of us had such luxuries enjoy young man you one of the lucky ones
If I could give your son some advice , it would be to keep this 71 Charger no matter what because this car will become like a member of the family in years to come. Trust me on this. If you pull the rear window out of the 71, make sure you take note which way it’s seated in the window frame, because Ive talked to guys that put their rear windows in the wrong way and then they leaked like crazy. I know this is a real problem on 68 and 69 Chargers for sure, not sure about 71’s though. Still wanted to pass it along. Such a nice 71 Charger you have found! Subscribed!
Those pieces on around the door is like a guid for the window to hold tight they are not only Mopar specific if you see a old firebird camaro they all have that same piece and it's a guide to hold the window tight because it has no frame to sit in like Sedan cars do
I had been scratching my head on the same thing with my 68 Fury Sport. Now I can’t wait to jump on it in the morning. Awesome to have Channels like yours to look to when you’re lost. Keep it going!!
Awe man thanks CJ! Thanks for supporting us. I have a bunch of rescue videos like this. I’m trying to put them together slowly, as well has getting new footage for u guys.....
While you are at it, change the oil pump. It's mounted on the outside of the engine, unlike most others. It's easy to do, it's where the oil filter bolts up. Only four bolts and you're done, very import for something that's sat for many years. I ruined a 1973 400 cu (Charger SE) by not paying attention to the oil pressure gauge. By the time I replaced the oil pump something gave out. I was told by the previous owner that the oil sending unit, or gauge was going bad, not true. I had a lot of fun polishing off 5.0 mustangs and camaros the spring of 1989 with that car.
I had a gold 71 Charger with the same tail and headlights, to me the best combo. I see other Chargers with flip ups or that weird angled back and it doesn't look nearly as good to me.
@@charliefrisbie3764 Believe it or not, I always kept a spare one in a car and at least two of the electronic ignition modules, one set for racing and one set for cruising
LaGaspa McDougle , for mine I also keep an extra set of points,right beside that spare ballast resistor. I daily drive my car. First got it the summer after high school graduation in 89. Restored it in 2000 & have driven the Hell out of it ever since 😊
@@charliefrisbie3764 I'm going to one-up you!! I had a 1973 Dodge Charger SE with the SlapStik trans and a 400 2bbl. I love improvising things and making do with what I have so, I got a camshaft from a 440 Magnum and shoved it in there, BlackJack headers and Through-Turbo mufflers. To keep the engine from twisting when coming off the line, I used a short chain and a turn buckle to strap down the engine to the frame, simulating solid motor mounts! To top that off, I had hood pins installed and instead of the clip holding the the hood down, I affixed the hood pins so that the clip was approximately 2" above the hood. (Keep that in mind as I describe what I did when I was street racing here in Detroit) In the trunk of my car, I carried both an 800cfm Carter ThermalQuad carburetor attached to an Edelbrock StreetMaster intake AND a Holly 780 CFM vacuum secondary carburetor attached to a Holley Street Dominator intake! When I got to The Castle (rendezvous point of where we showed our car off on weekends and yeah talked) to discuss racing parameters, I would pick one of the two and slap it on in 10 minutes and go race! Once I took off from the line, I would pull the hood latch release lever which would cause the hood to pop up but stop 2 inches because of the hood pins, creating the world's largest hood scoop!!! You could literally feel the car take off faster once I slapped it in the second gear!
The one peice on the top side of the doors those are window guides so when your going down the road and you have the windows down rolling them up it keeps them to where the windows will go up against the seal.
The issue with those rust holes is it's common on those cars you would be lucky if you could find a junker with those areas that are good because it's a common area on all those cars I know around the window you would have to fab yourself or find a guy to do it and not sure if they sell those trunk corners
Kevin Ashford If you're still using air guns and air ratchets then i'd say someone needs to teach you Milwaukee Fuel M18 Lithium Ion tools! Loud ass air tools are becoming a thing of the past!
If this one was mine i would pull the rear bumper and finish peeling the chrome then sandblast and paint it, Plus of course do the front to match, If the front bumper is in real good shape you might want to find one that is peeling like the rear to paint, They did come that way and it's a lot cheaper than rechroming! And it's time for your son to learn to weld! Those fenders need some work that he could do!
For the 1971 year they called those cars Charger/Coronet because they were used as each a Charger and a Coronet Super Bee it seems like a nice car except the fender and that back bumper it's weird how one side of the bumper the chrome is peeling off and the rest of it is not as bad
You can buy the pan between the bass and the trunk than that will take care of the biggest part of the corner holes and you might have enough of the lip frm the old panel to repair up around the glass and finish the corner holes
Also you can get the wing for these on Ebay for about $175- 185, I put one on my 77 Monaco along with Super Bee emblems and Scat Pack Emblems, They were only about 4 bucks each!
@@PoorBoysGarageUSMC It doesn't need a full restoration. Mainly, I would prevent rust by taking it to a self serve car wash and spray waxing the underside, trunk drops and other potential rust spots. Also, silicone tire shine protects mufflers. It looks to me like the rust around the rear window is small enough to just caulk and paint. The trunk corners can probably be crudely fabricated tacked in and seam sealed. They are a compound curve so they would take some hammering and shaping, but they are under the trunk lid so they won't show anyway. Of course the undercoat paint should cure before spray waxing, but I would still do it because that spray wax gets into every seam like paint never could.
@@PoorBoysGarageUSMC That rear bumper wasn't so bad. If you had a better one then fine, but maybe later the ratty bumper can find its way onto a ratty car.
Second comment because just wanted to say if you would record the work your telling us about man you could have a million subscribers this is what we look for someone recording the work they’re doing on classic cars! But that might not be what you’re looking for I don’t know but for sure this channel could be huge might as well get paid good for your work while you’re doing it anyways I enjoy your videos would enjoy them a lot more if I could watch the work being done! Thx brother! Oh did you find the build sheets in these cars should be under the back seat or on top of the gas tank not sure on these mopars
Not 100 percent sure bud but i had a 71 super bee back in 71. Bought it as a demo unit with only a couple hundred miles on it. It was sublime green with a black spoiler on the trunk and large bumblee on the hood. Also had the pistol grip four speed. Also the 383 magnum. Not sure if yours is the superbee model or not. If i remember there was the charger the charger 500 the r/t and the superbee. Regardless its awesome, sure wish i had mine back. Good luck and show us when its done
This day and age it’s really hard to tell what’s a true Super Bee and what’s a tribute. It’s all about the vin number. (WM) is what your looking for if you want a true 71 charger bee. That’s how you really break down the bones of these old rides. This car had a repop paint job so our Super Bee emblem is gone on the hood. Thanks for the support Brian
Hopefully it's just a stuck rings but that thing sounds low on one or two cylinders while cranking. Hope you oil primed it before stabbing the distributor
you going have to do is tig weld it and take the window out and fiix it and take off the the trunk rubber moldings out . then it in get some metal piece and talk to a auto body expert help you out give you more details .
Man I sure do like them cars I tried to buy a 1973 charger and it needed both quarters and a trunk floor and they talked stupid on the price well to me it was crazy high 3.000 I just walked away
a new ignition switch might solve the start up problem , or it is a short in the wiring harness , i have a 69 camaro i put a new switch on it but i still need hot wire it to start it
Not really a slap shifter exactly... A B&M Ratchet shifter with the cool T-handle is a slap shifter, so you can bang it as hard as you want and it’ll only shift up one gear when shifting manually 1, 2, D (3). What’s in there is just a fragile ugly stock -handle auto shifter with a push button that needed to be depressed to move the lever. Crappy shifter I had in my ‘69 mustang with the auto trans was the same but different. Just a gear selector lever.
Sorry @@invictusbp1prop143 but, this is a "SlapStik", as it says on the center console. Although the T-handle was of poor material and construction, it was truly a ratchet-section gear selector. As mentioned in other comments here, I owned a '73 Dodge Charger SE (and president of a Mopar/Charger social club in Detroit back in the '70s) with a slapstick and I could bang the crap out of it and it only advanced one gear at a time. Yes, I was replacing the T-handle every two years but it truly was a "SlapStik"
Hey check out indyme2 video on Micheal G. And Steve ivesters junkyard. You can get all you need for the car from them. Put 15x7 rally wheels on it. They look good with the car. Wish it was mine 👍🏻
We are slowly going to do that. I told my son that’s the next thing to do after we get all the bugs worked out of it. We are currently using the 72 Rallye as a parts car, but of course all around the back trunk area is where I need new metal. Rallye car is rusted in the same spot. A buddy of mine cut out the pieces we need from on of his parts cars and it should be at my shop soon.
Also, must be new to mopars? Everyone knows that's how the ballast resistor works... you get power thru the ballast when the key is in the run position, and bypassed when in the cranking position. Check ur ballast and the connections to it.
i thought super Bees were there own car? so are you saying super Bee is just a performance upgrade on like chargers, coronets, road runner, etc... ? thanks
The super bee was originally a version of the cornet. In 1971 the only cornet built was a four door so they made it as a one year package of the charger. The super bee vin number started with wm. I have a 1971 super bee.
I was goingbto say the super was plymouth not a dodge. Im not seeing anything on this car about it being super bee. The next super beez after 1970 were pathetitic chrysler cars of later years.
Are any of those Mopars for sale I'm looking for anything Mopar hit me up if you got something for sale or you could turn me on to something that you know about thank you I am in North Georgia
My first car was a 71 charger with a 318,metal flake blue with a white vinyl top. That was the prettiest car I have ever seen. It wasn't a hot rod but I loved it. Your video brought back some good memories. I do miss that car.
Those are window guides that’s all they are supposed to keep the window tight to the seal if I remember correctly. In newer cars they are hidden in the tracks not exposed so you never see them but they are there even in newer model cars just had to change some out on my little Honda Accord and I wish they were exposed they were a pain in my arse! By the way new subscriber I enjoy seeing these old cars being saved especially seeing your son help he doesn’t know how lucky he is to have a dad that is around not all of us had such luxuries enjoy young man you one of the lucky ones
If I could give your son some advice , it would be to keep this 71 Charger no matter what because this car will become like a member of the family in years to come. Trust me on this. If you pull the rear window out of the 71, make sure you take note which way it’s seated in the window frame, because Ive talked to guys that put their rear windows in the wrong way and then they leaked like crazy. I know this is a real problem on 68 and 69 Chargers for sure, not sure about 71’s though. Still wanted to pass it along. Such a nice 71 Charger you have found! Subscribed!
Those pieces on around the door is like a guid for the window to hold tight they are not only Mopar specific if you see a old firebird camaro they all have that same piece and it's a guide to hold the window tight because it has no frame to sit in like Sedan cars do
Love your videos man ... Good work
I love the car! one of the final great cars before they suffocating those engines. That also sounded like a very built 383
They had a brand new purple shaft cam in it, so it’s pretty snappy!
As someone who lives in the UK I've got to say that you have some awesome cars over there! Great videos!
Thanks brother, thanks for all the support!
Classic old dodge chargers are so super cool nice wheels in awesome shape
We are getting the interior finished up this weekend, and I’ll post another vid for you guys
I had been scratching my head on the same thing with my 68 Fury Sport. Now I can’t wait to jump on it in the morning. Awesome to have Channels like yours to look to when you’re lost. Keep it going!!
Heres my input. ..you lucky dawg!!!
Awesome vids brother. Just subscribed from New Zealand
Awe man thanks CJ! Thanks for supporting us. I have a bunch of rescue videos like this. I’m trying to put them together slowly, as well has getting new footage for u guys.....
Man these are great memories between a father and son. Keep up the good work, also your son is going to be the coolest kid in school with that car.
Thank you so much for the support I’ll be sure to show him this 😅.
Change the ceramic module on the firewall. then the car will run when you let off the key. It is called a ballast resistor.
I remember.guys used to keep a extra one in the glovebox.
While you are at it, change the oil pump. It's mounted on the outside of the engine, unlike most others. It's easy to do, it's where the oil filter bolts up. Only four bolts and you're done, very import for something that's sat for many years. I ruined a 1973 400 cu (Charger SE) by not paying attention to the oil pressure gauge. By the time I replaced the oil pump something gave out. I was told by the previous owner that the oil sending unit, or gauge was going bad, not true. I had a lot of fun polishing off 5.0 mustangs and camaros the spring of 1989 with that car.
I had a gold 71 Charger with the same tail and headlights, to me the best combo. I see other Chargers with flip ups or that weird angled back and it doesn't look nearly as good to me.
Restore it to its glory days
I recommend Royal Purple synthetic engine oil 🛢 4 that 1971 383 engine.
That starting Problem is the Ballast Resistor.
OMG!! I remember those problems! Totally forgot about those darn resistors!
Is also a good idea to keep a spare in the glove box. Same deal on my 68
@@charliefrisbie3764 Believe it or not, I always kept a spare one in a car and at least two of the electronic ignition modules, one set for racing and one set for cruising
LaGaspa McDougle , for mine I also keep an extra set of points,right beside that spare ballast resistor. I daily drive my car. First got it the summer after high school graduation in 89. Restored it in 2000 & have driven the Hell out of it ever since 😊
@@charliefrisbie3764
I'm going to one-up you!! I had a 1973 Dodge Charger SE with the SlapStik trans and a 400 2bbl. I love improvising things and making do with what I have so, I got a camshaft from a 440 Magnum and shoved it in there, BlackJack headers and Through-Turbo mufflers. To keep the engine from twisting when coming off the line, I used a short chain and a turn buckle to strap down the engine to the frame, simulating solid motor mounts! To top that off, I had hood pins installed and instead of the clip holding the the hood down, I affixed the hood pins so that the clip was approximately 2" above the hood. (Keep that in mind as I describe what I did when I was street racing here in Detroit)
In the trunk of my car, I carried both an 800cfm Carter ThermalQuad carburetor attached to an Edelbrock StreetMaster intake AND a Holly 780 CFM vacuum secondary carburetor attached to a Holley Street Dominator intake! When I got to The Castle (rendezvous point of where we showed our car off on weekends and yeah talked) to discuss racing parameters, I would pick one of the two and slap it on in 10 minutes and go race! Once I took off from the line, I would pull the hood latch release lever which would cause the hood to pop up but stop 2 inches because of the hood pins, creating the world's largest hood scoop!!! You could literally feel the car take off faster once I slapped it in the second gear!
Those are clips to keep the window glass tight against the seal.
Thank you much appreciated
Amazing Charger...love it
The one peice on the top side of the doors those are window guides so when your going down the road and you have the windows down rolling them up it keeps them to where the windows will go up against the seal.
Im a year late, but have the floor shifter knob if youre still needing it
Rodents check wires.
your boy know how lucky he is?
The issue with those rust holes is it's common on those cars you would be lucky if you could find a junker with those areas that are good because it's a common area on all those cars I know around the window you would have to fab yourself or find a guy to do it and not sure if they sell those trunk corners
Great car! Look pretty solid.
Thank you appreciate the support
POR-15 is the Best for the undercarriage. Expensive,but worth every penny
If you brush i on it goes a long way but the stuff is expensive but does work great
need to teach that young man AIR TOOL'S
Trust me he knows
Kevin Ashford
If you're still using air guns and air ratchets then i'd say someone needs to teach you Milwaukee Fuel M18 Lithium Ion tools! Loud ass air tools are becoming a thing of the past!
If this one was mine i would pull the rear bumper and finish peeling the chrome then sandblast and paint it, Plus of course do the front to match, If the front bumper is in real good shape you might want to find one that is peeling like the rear to paint, They did come that way and it's a lot cheaper than rechroming! And it's time for your son to learn to weld! Those fenders need some work that he could do!
For the 1971 year they called those cars Charger/Coronet because they were used as each a Charger and a Coronet Super Bee it seems like a nice car except the fender and that back bumper it's weird how one side of the bumper the chrome is peeling off and the rest of it is not as bad
Yep they all rust in different spots. Bumper changed out, old one went to the scrap yard
CZcamsr chrisbirdsong specializes in those trunk and rear window surrounds. Check out his channel.
Love this car
Thank you means a lot
You can buy the pan between the bass and the trunk than that will take care of the biggest part of the corner holes and you might have enough of the lip frm the old panel to repair up around the glass and finish the corner holes
You should have changed out that tail light frame for the one off a ‘71 Charger R/T (flat black with gills) .
The clips on the windows are guides to make sure the windows seat properly in the top gasket.
Also you can get the wing for these on Ebay for about $175- 185, I put one on my 77 Monaco along with Super Bee emblems and Scat Pack Emblems, They were only about 4 bucks each!
Can't go wrong with a '71. Keep it ,restore it.
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@@PoorBoysGarageUSMC It doesn't need a full restoration. Mainly, I would prevent rust by taking it to a self serve car wash and spray waxing the underside, trunk drops and other potential rust spots. Also, silicone tire shine protects mufflers.
It looks to me like the rust around the rear window is small enough to just caulk and paint. The trunk corners can probably be crudely fabricated tacked in and seam sealed. They are a compound curve so they would take some hammering and shaping, but they are under the trunk lid so they won't show anyway. Of course the undercoat paint should cure before spray waxing, but I would still do it because that spray wax gets into every seam like paint never could.
@@PoorBoysGarageUSMC That rear bumper wasn't so bad. If you had a better one then fine, but maybe later the ratty bumper can find its way onto a ratty car.
@@alan6832 appreciate the suggestions
@@alan6832 yep we ended up replacing it. It was roached!
Second comment because just wanted to say if you would record the work your telling us about man you could have a million subscribers this is what we look for someone recording the work they’re doing on classic cars! But that might not be what you’re looking for I don’t know but for sure this channel could be huge might as well get paid good for your work while you’re doing it anyways I enjoy your videos would enjoy them a lot more if I could watch the work being done! Thx brother!
Oh did you find the build sheets in these cars should be under the back seat or on top of the gas tank not sure on these mopars
Yes I had the build sheet. It’s not a numbers matching car though, unfortunately. I’ll do better on showing the work being done, thanks JT
Not 100 percent sure bud but i had a 71 super bee back in 71. Bought it as a demo unit with only a couple hundred miles on it. It was sublime green with a black spoiler on the trunk and large bumblee on the hood. Also had the pistol grip four speed. Also the 383 magnum. Not sure if yours is the superbee model or not. If i remember there was the charger the charger 500 the r/t and the superbee. Regardless its awesome, sure wish i had mine back. Good luck and show us when its done
This day and age it’s really hard to tell what’s a true Super Bee and what’s a tribute. It’s all about the vin number. (WM) is what your looking for if you want a true 71 charger bee. That’s how you really break down the bones of these old rides. This car had a repop paint job so our Super Bee emblem is gone on the hood. Thanks for the support Brian
The last of the good cars
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Check with AMD. Those window clips are to keep the windows from sucking out at high speed.
Hopefully it's just a stuck rings but that thing sounds low on one or two cylinders while cranking. Hope you oil primed it before stabbing the distributor
Hope this is one where ur son decides, "Dad thats cool!!!" That is killer find n fist car ....Better get off that XBOX son lol!!!!
Hahaha, yep get off the Xbox or I’m going sell it quick! Lol
you going have to do is tig weld it and take the window out and fiix it and take off the the trunk rubber moldings out . then it in get some metal piece and talk to a auto body expert help you out give you more details .
Man I sure do like them cars I tried to buy a 1973 charger and it needed both quarters and a trunk floor and they talked stupid on the price well to me it was crazy high 3.000 I just walked away
Mopars are expensive. Everything you buy for them is pricy...
Oh yea I completely understand they are very expressive to buy stuff for
A magnum engine should be Orange!
It was. It was painted at sometime.
Those are window guides at the tops of the windows
I believe your engine is a replacement, a Magnum engine should be orange.
It’s painted a deferent color
@@PoorBoysGarageUSMC obviously. But is it original numbers matching?
@@PoorBoysGarageUSMC its painted, "later model, low compression blue"🤣
@@managementhawaiianisles3235 watch the Valley Pan change out vid
That keep weather stripping on and window line up.
383 Magnums in 71 were painted "Street Hemi orange". Is that the original engine? Or?
It was originally Orange
a new ignition switch might solve the start up problem , or it is a short in the wiring harness , i have a 69 camaro i put a new switch on it but i still need hot wire it to start it
Window anti rattle clips
At timestamp 2:45
WOW! T-handle slapstik!!
Not really a slap shifter exactly... A B&M Ratchet shifter with the cool T-handle is a slap shifter, so you can bang it as hard as you want and it’ll only shift up one gear when shifting manually 1, 2, D (3). What’s in there is just a fragile ugly stock -handle auto shifter with a push button that needed to be depressed to move the lever. Crappy shifter I had in my ‘69 mustang with the auto trans was the same but different. Just a gear selector lever.
Sorry @@invictusbp1prop143 but, this is a "SlapStik", as it says on the center console. Although the T-handle was of poor material and construction, it was truly a ratchet-section gear selector. As mentioned in other comments here, I owned a '73 Dodge Charger SE (and president of a Mopar/Charger social club in Detroit back in the '70s) with a slapstick and I could bang the crap out of it and it only advanced one gear at a time. Yes, I was replacing the T-handle every two years but it truly was a "SlapStik"
Hey check out indyme2 video on Micheal G. And Steve ivesters junkyard. You can get all you need for the car from them. Put 15x7 rally wheels on it. They look good with the car. Wish it was mine 👍🏻
why don't you cut those rust spots out of one of the 3 gen chargers parked where you found this thing? At the old guy's house?
We are slowly going to do that. I told my son that’s the next thing to do after we get all the bugs worked out of it. We are currently using the 72 Rallye as a parts car, but of course all around the back trunk area is where I need new metal. Rallye car is rusted in the same spot. A buddy of mine cut out the pieces we need from on of his parts cars and it should be at my shop soon.
Also, must be new to mopars? Everyone knows that's how the ballast resistor works... you get power thru the ballast when the key is in the run position, and bypassed when in the cranking position. Check ur ballast and the connections to it.
Look up andy poole he has everything he's on all the mopar sites
yeah andy did right by me you can find him on facebook 71-74 charger groups he will get you sorted for everything you need
@ 14:48 is what's left of the build sheet that's too bad it's in that condition. Where was it about the gas tank ?
We have a good build sheet for it that was put in a plastic sleeve, but we did find Reminisce of one in the trunk. Definitely un salvageable.
Save her I wish I can get it but I'm got Goldie the Duster.
i thought super Bees were there own car? so are you saying super Bee is just a performance upgrade on like chargers, coronets, road runner, etc... ? thanks
One year only 1971. Pretty rare but still not as popular as the 68-70 Charger, from what I am seeing. Just my opinion
The super bee was originally a version of the cornet. In 1971 the only cornet built was a four door so they made it as a one year package of the charger. The super bee vin number started with wm. I have a 1971 super bee.
@@funguy571 thanks jim
I was goingbto say the super was plymouth not a dodge. Im not seeing anything on this car about it being super bee. The next super beez after 1970 were pathetitic chrysler cars of later years.
One side of your ballast resistor is shot replace that and it'll run
Merry Christmas from stan
Thanks for the support stan
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So , you aren't a Mopar Guy I take it . These cars all end up with the wrong people .
I bet he is NOW !!!!
Not understanding the comment
Do you still own this car and would you sale it? Had one just like it in high school
IS the car NUMBERS MATCHING?
Motor yes, trans no
hey how is it going today
My chargers is the third gen. I had a 72 charger wish I still had it.
I definitely live on the wrong continent……
Dodgeniac x Proto? Hint
Will it run or does it run
Yessir it does
Try the link below for home depot....$9.98 a qt. rustoleum....
Are you planning on selling it
No not anytime soon
Wash it.
Lol yep we finally did....
Why didnt you wash it first?
Me and my son wanted to work on the car very quickly so we figured we would work on the car first
Hit up chris birdsong @ junkerup, he's a mopar guru..
not very many options on that SB not even the decal on hood. plain front grille and rear taillight panel.
The car had a repop, so that’s why the sticker is off. We will put one on it soon
Are any of those Mopars for sale I'm looking for anything Mopar hit me up if you got something for sale or you could turn me on to something that you know about thank you I am in North Georgia
We have a few if you would like to buy one message me on Facebook @PoorBoysGarage
How much for the 72 charger
4500 no title real 340 car
@@PoorBoysGarageUSMC you got your son a sweet car hope he takes good care of it.