Hellcat '69 Charger Restomod Sold For $200,000 - How We Did It

it's the most exciting time for any builder or owner the moment your ride takes the stage at Mecum auctions and goes for whatever somebody out there thinks it's worked it's a rush sixty thousand going once fifty seven sixty thousand twice so fifty seven thousand dollars lightning struck for us in 2016 when truck text 55 f100 bang the gavel for fifty seven thousand bucks how can you do that can we do that again well we're gonna find out with one of our Detroit muscle builds this 69 Dodge Charger will show you how from safe barn-find to crossing the block and here in Seoul right here in Dallas as you can tell that auctions already going on this is one cars journey powernation on the road the road to Meco [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] welcome to the show and in the next hour we're gonna take you on a three-year journey with us and this 1969 Dodge Charger and the goal is see this Mopar get a respectable number at Mecum auctions in Dallas by the end of the day show but first here's where we started how you could start in a very deliberate search we found it in Walker County Alabama we wanted a car that wasn't a complete rust bucket that had some good bones to work with and was available at a good price we gave it a good once-over front to back in and out underneath looking for the obvious signs of damage this Mopar was checking the right boxes then we started up that big-block now before the test-drive here's Mecum auctions lead TV commentator John crimen Oh what to look for on your barn fire well one thing that we've learned about the term barn-find is there's a lot of different ways to describe that it can be a vehicle that is derelict and in poor condition that was put away and forgotten or on the other end it could be a really nice original car in good condition that was put away so when you find one of these cars you kind of have to decide what's gonna be the strategy or you'll want to keep the car original is the car good enough if I want to bring it up to some level of quality or do I want to go and do I want to modify the car so there's no no real hard answer but we do know one thing for sure and that is barn finds right now our very popular part of the collector car world also in this special we're going to be talking with another expert in Mopars Tim well Bert car collector and owner of the well vern muscle car museum in Alexander city Alabama they are out there and you're finding more of them now because I think the generations that have had them they now or you know the families are either letting them go with they're not what you want you hope to find is a perfect body meaning down here in the south no rust and then if you're really lucky a paint job that still stands up because people are really in the barn finds that clean up them the great survivors that's probably the hottest thing and the muscle car market right now is finding a car that will stand up after you through cleaning it up we're gonna take no car just been to see what the first impression is now you can definitely tell that the carburetors kind of gummed up and it's been sitting for a long time so we're gonna have to take that into consideration now the interior of this old car definitely spoil the radio thing is top it looks like someone drilled it out to make briefer it don't matter then half we're gonna have to replace just about everything in here whether it's vinyl or plastic because Manas thanks a long time we old kind of ride but that's okay because the bones and the structure of this old car is here where we need another thing that this car has which is a very rare option and that is the accelerator seated rearview mirror it kicks back so you can see my polies is chasing you I wanted to do a Burnout but I got after you just a little bit get in the second here and I realize it's got a broke motor mount y'all check this out that motors about noon we don't any chance if we're gonna break something you know hey solid we got something to work with we loaded up our new find and headed home [Music] now with our Mopar back in the shop it was time to make a plan what were we going to do with this car originally the thought of going to auction had not come to us yet but with a car this old there was a lot to do engine body suspension brakes interior what wheels what tires what paint color decisions decisions and little did we know where the engine choice would lead us none of us saw what was coming when we come back hair down begin plus the significance of the Dodge Charger when powernation on the road the road jamika continues power nation on the road is brought to you by Summit Racing Matco tools welcome back to the road to Mika now we hold our 69 charger back to the shop where teardown began now it's important to note when we toured this thing down we saved every little piece because you don't know how many of those original parts you're going to need to get it back together first the old 440 engine and came out then bodywork Tommy started with a six inch sanding disc on the grinder took off quite a bit of filler material from our Mopar the reason why Tommy's sanding all this filler off is so we can see what's underneath after quite a bit of archeology here this old car needs the skin put on it I'm done the amount of filler hanging off the side of this car you could say would be a little bit excessive and a pretty good indication of that is this mountain of dust here in the floor and all that came off of just one side now after getting it all stripped down we noticed that this car has had a couple of primitive repairs done to it and down here on the bottom wherever they welded it in they warped the heck out of the panel and then took a hammer and beat it all in trying to make it better well this is a perfect example of what I've said in the past it may be buggered up and look broken but it ain't plumb broken till you can fix it no more now comes the painstaking task of cutting metal with a cut-off wheel then the body saw the more we dig the more we find a repair and that's the way it goes with a fifty year old car [Music] [Applause] [Music] now it's time to put those pieces back together welding then more grinding here's John kremen and Tim Wellborn to talk about the significance of the Dodge Charger when the Charger launched a 1966 have kind of got off to a bit of a rocky start lots of competitive cars sporty cars during that time frame when they came off the new body style in 1968 the generation 2 car everything changed the Charger became an instant must-have performance car it was a pretty good sized car a lot of room inside the interior but it was a styling of the car racing success also helped put that on the map and then you tie in the dukes of hazzard connection and you've got a car that really goes down in history hearse with late 1960s as an a-list car to have whether its stock and original or its modified people seek them out for today we're driving a 1969 Dodge Charger r/t and it's about as good as it gets when you have a 426 Hemi a four-speed in a super Track Pack car which means for ten Dana Brenda these cars are great to drive maybe not at highway speed whenever you've got a 410 gear ratio but a lot of fun got a lot of jump to them as I call it these cars were a radical the boxy or fractured lineup of the 66-67 Belvedere's stuff like that the error of the 68 69 and 70 was a special time because your your stylingg went from being more of a boxy type car like your Belvedere's were that you obviously had him he's a lot of performance in them but all of a sudden you come up with this beautiful new looking coke bottle shape on a car styling it was ahead of its time and so your 68 started out with it it's got a little different taillight in it some people prefer that then m269 which has a different grill from 68 different taillights and became really the iconic one not only because of the everyone knows from the Dukes of Hazzard it's just the prettiest of the three and most collectors Minds 70 changed up the grill and the bumper even more and typically Chrysler ran three years on a body style back then and then the rod was over the 69 stands out as the most remembered of the three though all the old suspension came off [Music] the interior stripped bare we also stripped off some major components like the front bumper fenders and door [Music] war panels had to be cut out [Music] then the new panels welded back in then the moment of truth in any bill sandblasting blast from the past in Lebanon Tennessee took care of that [Music] so now begins the most beloved stage of any build all that sanding filler spreading that everybody love to do so much the big plan right now is to rough in the shape of the panels in preparation for the cars first coat of filler primer next came the high build polyester primer which it allows us to block the panel smoother and easier then we could with filler alone now that gets a block sanding reapply sand again reapply sand yet again you get the idea this process from Blaster to ready for color actually took nearly a thousand man-hours now we've already came pretty far with the resto the primer is sprayed on and now it's time for us to talk paint black is gorgeous timeless beautiful but the bodywork has to be done just right to wear this color we're using a 1/3 tip on our gun with approximately 15 pounds of pressure I'm spraying it and about a 50% overlap to make sure we get full coverage now with spraying the clear coat we're using a different gun but it's basically got the same setup on it since the car is getting sprayed pure black we can do it on the rotisserie while it's completely disassembled if this was a metal flake or a pearl paint job we'd have to shoot the car with all the body panels installed after some polishing from our friends at Sonax mark coats a Mopar restoration specialist came in to give us a hand with the vinyl top since neither of us had ever done one before it's a risky move to pick a vinyl top because not everyone likes something but we think it's the right choice still to come we'll get some advice to make an unconventional engine choice when the road to become continues [Music] she sure is pretty all black and shiny now yeah but she didn't look this way three years ago yeah when we first got this thing you could call it a runner but by no means was she much to write home about but it was at that engine choice where everything changed for us and our charger we were about to start reassembling the car with stock suspension on it for forty six pack ready to get dropped in then our buddy John Craven stopped by and threw a stick in our spoke the engine choice you know guys in 2015 Dodge Challenger Hellcat came out breaking new 707 horsepower recently Mopar has released the hell crate engine 707 horsepower in a box I wonder if that would work in there yeah you know we did talk about putting one on them late-model him he's in that car early on after some phone calls to Chrysler we were able to take delivery of a 707 horsepower tail crate engine everything was about to change and it was at this point that we decided our end goal was Mecum auction when we first saw the Dodge Hellcat challenger come out in 2015 the 707 horsepower the modern air performance car world changed the big question at that time was is will this engine be retrofitted to the vintage cars and initially the word was gonna be a little bit difficult due to some of the software issues with that engine might be kind of hard to retrofit that but the reality is a few years later now companies have come on board to be able to plug-and-play let this engine become what to be able to be installed in a vintage body particularly a Mopar body and with the right software and hardware to make it all work I think it's gonna be a very popular engine upgrade and I think the more part enthusiasts are gonna get on board with that it's gonna be it's gonna be very sought-after that much horsepower you need the supporting components to get all that power to the ground the engine choice pushed us from restoration to restomod and we couldn't ignore the modern conveniences like these aftermarket parts provide in one great source for us was Riley motorsports which provided us all the new front and rear suspension components including k-member control arms and coil overs bad news not all of this fits perfectly into our 50 year old chassis the tunnel is just too small the automatic and manual transmissions that came in these cars from the factory or a lot smaller than that Magnum that we're putting in here the tunnel needs to be opened up and also this floor brace is way too small the arch here is too tight there's no way we're gonna get that transmission in there so we're gonna have to do some cutting we're gonna start by measuring the length that we want to remove marking where we want to make our cuts well drill a few holes so that we'll have a place to start our cuts because our car is already painted we're gonna use a body saw instead of a torch or plasma cutter we don't want to make a bunch of sparks which could damage our fresh paint we're cutting around the floor brace but we'll get to that in a minute we'll get back to our charger build recap but first we asked Mopar collector Tim Wellborn what he looks for when he's shopping for a new car for his collection when I'm looking at a car there there's a couple things that stand out to me if I'm wanting to buy something if I know the car previously in the history that's a big plus at least I know that the car is a quality piece from the past there's no one telling you something that it's not the other is a survivor car the very first car I ever bought at auction was from Dana Meachem was a black LS dick Chevelle which is in a museum here today why not buy that car I'm not even a Chevelle guy but I walked up to it and because that car was so nice as a as a survivor I said I'm gonna buy the Chevelle and it's it's been one of my favorite cars so survivor or knowing the car thirdly very important is if you didn't know the car and it was done by a known restorer in the Mopar world we've got lots of good restores at same time that adds a lot of credibility maybe if the car rose across the block and the Roger Gibson restored it or Andrew at Apex I'm telling you I don't have to ask any questions about that car I know they were done correctly so I'll buy those kind of cars too with that thing all braced up now it's time to slice this little floor brace out of the way I'll cut it out using a reciprocating saw making sure to cut along the edge of our previous cuts look at that nice and sturdy that's right we had to cut the firewall transmission tunnel and floor bracing that's because we picked this massive six-speed gearbox to handle the amount of horsepower the hill crate man plus it has the benefit of low gear ratios for quick acceleration as well as two overdrafts for highway cruising next we installed the triangulated four-link suspension in the rear which is gonna help it handle a whole lot better than the factory leaf spring style suspension that was originally on the car [Music] [Music] mark if you wouldn't let the car down what we're looking for is this bar here parallel or close to the ground keep going keep going keep going yeah of course we needed stronger axles and better stopping power [Music] when we come back we give our charger a little driveway kick [Music] you welcome back to the road to Meachem where we're taking you on a journey of the build on our 69 Dodge Charger let's continue to look back at the restoration as you've seen in this build recap there were a lot of times we turn to specialists to help us get certain tasks done a big one was making that modern engine work in a 50 year old car we sent our car and engine to Arrington performance in Brighton Michigan great car as when you build a Hellcat when you do a Hellcat swap into anything they're a lot more complicated than most people would believe so you need to try and prepare everything up front to get it before you start putting it in you can see guys doing the fuel system now they're all over here is doing the dashboard and getting wiring put in it trying to get all these components ready to load into the car when Mopar designed the Hellcat everybody was I think shocked that they came out with 700 horsepower people really don't understand what it takes to make 700 horsepower in a daily driver a dependable car you can drive across the country and they did a lot of unique things in the design of that when you do a Hellcat swap you can either ignore all of those things and give up a lot of that dependability a lot of that drivability and take frankly a lot of risk with some of the things or you can incorporate those things take advantage of what the OE developed whether it's pulse width modulated fuel system controls or its intercooler temperature monitoring if you don't incorporate all those things into your build when you do it you will have a number of issues that you'll likely never solve all that modern power and technology is great but your typical Hellcat swap classic Mopar owner wants all the modern luxuries as well it can be tricky to integrate all of those creature comforts but the crew at Arrington has found several solutions to make things like air conditioning possible and they're gonna install some on ours [Music] and just a few short weeks later our charger came home as a running and driving partially finished mow bar and those guys knocked it out of the park think about it this thing is a 707 horsepower hell crate from Mopar and to make that thing work in daily driven applications the way they do in the factory Hellcats well there's a lot of components that go into that and getting all of those to work well that's kind of difficult not only that but you have to make it look factory and that's exactly what they've done that's their specialty Mike and the guys are daring to know what they're doing and they killed it on this project they've got everything hooked up from the factory wiring harnesses cooling plumbing electrical and it's all hooked up and ready to go say this thing's ready to light the fires and shred the tires you can see about what we just did in the parking lot and speaking of tires you guys had to have noticed that this thing's got some new kicks up under it we went with some beefy 20s here in the rear and some slightly smaller 18s up front to doll up our charger we went to shot performance wheels for a set of their accelerators with optional try bar spinners they're made from forged billet aluminum and they're available in sizes ranging from 17 all the way up to 24s restomod is taking vintage cars and updating them with modern components it could be engines could be suspensions transmissions braking systems that continues to just really keep these vintage cars on the map and we're in favor of it because it's keeping the spirit of these old cars alive and a lot of people say it's kind of like the street rod air of 20 years ago that the cars of the 1950s and 1960s are kind of now the modern street rods and more and more companies are coming on board making components available to upgrade these cars more and more all the time and I so I think that this trend of having a vintage car modern upgrades that's drivable on a daily basis is gonna appeal to younger enthusiasts which it has been so far we get the old-school guys they're on board good as well these are cool with our car back it was time for the final frantic push all those last-minute details like exhaust our good friend Richard waitis from Magnaflow fabbed us up a custom one-off stainless steel 3-inch exhaust system and it sounded fantastic one of the most iconic and recognizable features of this car is the headlight and grille assembly now it looks like a 69 Dodge Charger on to the interior Chris Lee from Kiwi classics and customs helped us by getting the headliner installed and you can see we're going with red [Music] Guil vigil from speed and design laid down some custom carpet this is the way the carbage should have looked from the factory and secret map Eminem interiors upholstered all of our seats and upper door panels with high-end Douglas leather but they stitched it like factory upholstery so at a glance it looks like the factory vinyl but only when you look closer can you tell it's high in leather and then all the other interior goodies go in and here she is done smoking hot [Music] well here it is our finished 69 Dodge Charger it doesn't matter if you're in the dodges or not you're gonna like this thing yeah we absolutely love this car it's kind of left us speechless but we've got somebody here that just might find the words he's a good friend of ours and you could call him an expert let's welcome John crema back to the shop to give us his opinion on our charger well big man glad to see you back in the shop what do you think man I love it when a plan comes together just when you think you can't get a new look at a 1969 Dodge Charger you guys have really knocked it out of the park no body modifications ruling on the outside nor none needed but with the combination of the high-quality build the paint the interior the vinyl top and the wheels and tires one of the best I've ever seen well played I sure do like your complements but following your suggestion let's look up under the hood it looks pretty good don't it that helped create it looks like it was born there and the quality of the insulation very impressive as well and man I gotta ask you now you're an educated man in this field what's this thing gonna bring well after taking a look at the whole car especially with the engine installation we're looking at a six-figure bill be pretty sweet John we appreciate all your kind words and I guess the next time we'll see you would be in Dallas can't wait for it see there Tommy yes sir now the next stop for us but this beauty is gonna be in Columbus Ohio at the Mopar national I've been meaning to talk to you about that I'm not gonna be able to make Mopar net okay this thing roadtrip calm I know I hate it but I've got an appointment with a beach chair and a margarita need some R&R man guess so I'll help you get loaded first that's all right good work coming up our Chargers debut at the Mopar nationals how will our Hellcat powered restomod be received by the Mopar community hey yo welcome back to powernation on the road the road to make them we're here the Mopar national was just outside of Columbus Ohio and I guess you could call this Mopar heaven and we brought along with us our 69 Dodge Charger that we've been working on to show it off to the world this is the 39th Mopar Nationals held at national trail Raceway it's like someone took a giant bag of Skittles and scattered them all over the 207 acre site kinda like a Woodstock for ours I mean there's live everything here the drag racing the swap meet all the people that we meet it's a closer knit Brotherhood the Americans are more crazy than ours that love Mopar and now it's time to reveal hard-charger to the world [Music] [Music] the organizers graciously gave us a prominent spot to show off our baby we were very gratified to hear nothing but positive comments about our three-year bill including the restomod theme I think the car is phenomenal because it's an ideal blend of old and new if you watch and see that at the auctions the resto mods go for bigger money a lot of times than original cars it seems to be that is where the market is going there over 2,600 cars here and with the swap meet and drag strip there's a lot of territory to cover and since it's a show about barn finds we found a couple one was an under storage Superbird one a beautifully restored Superbird the guys opening up his barn and he find this car in there the dirt floor had some leaks was full of raccoon droppings I had raccoons made a nest in it this car Santa barn for 12 or 13 years being neglected not near what you see today started it on Monday doing the restoration and 51 weeks later headed back at the same show looking like you see it here all done well this first time I've got to sit in the car and first time I've got to start it I was reaching for the clutch a while ago but it's not it doesn't have a clutch this is gonna be great very nice very nice then the party moves a few miles down the road from the track to the local car dealership and everyone gathers for the cruising we're here at the super-mo bar Cruise and this is what it's all about all those long hours we were putting in having a ride that's finally finished we're gonna stretch its legs I got a good friend of mine hope y'all like the ride as much as I do riding in this one what do you think about well I'm starting to get more interested in this modern application of drivetrain to body a lot of guys have been doing this for quite some time now but this car here you get the comfort of air conditioning a nice stereo a stupid amount of horsepower and good looks to go with it so you get it all I appreciate all those compliments you gave about me but we're supposed to be talking about alright right right you're the ride on this car my bad we've upgraded the suspension on the front back it's got big massive brakes on it is this stuff what you have to have No shut up make it a lot of fun that just came out that what's supposed to happen with the Sun setting we pulled into the town of Buckeye Lake and to our surprise the road was lined on both sides with Mopar lovers every 100 feet somebody is wetting down the street hoping for a burnout it felt a little like Mardi Gras of course we obliged them [Music] [Music] well that does it for us here at the mo bard nationals and with the crews to Buckeye Lake time for us to head home get this thing cleaned up and head off to Dallas now with that validation we can go to the auction in Dallas with confidence we have a great ride did you know Mecum auctions will also transport your car or truck either from your garage to the auction or from the auction floor to your garage door they've got you covered as we watch our 69 charger restomod get loaded onto the transporter we can now only wonder what the reaction will be when she hits the block did we make the right choice with the hell crate engine the black paint the red interior the wheels and tires we're about to find out we come back to the road to Meachem it's Dallas and auction time [Music] you [Music] welcome back this is the road to Meco you can see that Meachem auto transport got our charger here safe and sound now the clock is ticking to auction time we've got a lot to show you I'm mark Chris this is Tommy vouchers and we are in Dallas but first we're going to take a look at behind the scenes [Music] started the auction in 1988 it was just a our family had been in the car business forever my grandpa was in the car business my dad had bought a group of collector cars he decided that he wanted to sell them at auction so he got his friends together to bring cars to the auction set up for a one-time event after the event was over a tornado came through took down all the tents he owed everybody so much money after the damages that he had to do it again and that's how it started this is our 32nd year were the world's largest collector car auction selling over 15,000 cars a year we have two tractor auctions memorabilia auction and a motorcycle auction as well from the humble start Mecum auctions is now like a traveling hi-tech circus that runs with the precision of a railroad there are over 1,100 vehicles here in Dallas alone everybody gets to see the auction on the block and on TV but what they don't see is the work that goes in to getting the set up getting in a week beforehand with the crew that gets set up in under three days and ready for a 1200 car auction our business has never been better we're at a golden point in our business right now you have you have more cars than we've ever had we also have more buyers than we've ever had usually you have one or the other but we're at a point where we have is many buyers as we have cars and it's just created a great market for us you're seeing a lot more resto mots becoming popular the cars with the the old look but the new technology you're seeing a lot more younger people coming into our hobby which is which is great for the long term and and you see a lot of a lot of different cars starting to go to that next level we've sold airplanes we've sold trolleys we've sold just about everything so it's really impressive to see how much work gets done in just a few days here Mieke now it's time to check out the competition to see what our Chargers up against and we really want to take a look at what other mo cards are here so we're gonna start with these 10 cars from the Pieterse weights and collection well when I first started out talking to me from talking with Frank it was five or six cars I guess it was and then so Frank paid me a visit come up from Wisconsin to my place my museum started looking around in the meantime I thought about the cards I had duplicates up you know what I have a number 71 charges and I thought which ones could I part with which ones could do well for me on a return so that's kind of how that went about and it's just to have a mix of stuff you know they're not all challengers and not all Cudas not all Chargers you know there was a mix of them all so that's kind of how I ended up with doing 10 instead of the five or six I was talking about out of Peters ten cars eight sold here at Dallas surprisingly this winged Daytona did not now that was just one collection as you walk around Mecum auctions Dallas there's a lot of cars here that kind of stand out and we're gonna have to compete with them like this thing it's a gorgeous fully custom 69 Camaro power bi 427 al s7 engine owner and actually started with a bone stock Camaro and with 1100 man-hours took it all the way to a one-of-a-kind build our competition here ranges from restored relics to imports to American Muscle from Street to strip we're up against them all it had this to say about over doing any restoration if you're building a resto mod to sell it be cognizant that it's not your baby and if you invest too much money in some of these cars you'll never get it back matter of fact there's so many gorgeous cars here that I have to sit on my hands or bite my tongue because I know what it costs to build these cars and they're going through for you know for it's a fraction of what they cost to build so my advice to people who want to get into this businesses don't overdo it [Music] our good friend car collector Tim Wellborn had this to say about the whole auction experience whether it be the seller or a buyer if you go to auctions you're gonna find that sometimes you walk in it's just electric other times it's not now the other times might be you know early Saturday morning just getting revved up and getting going generally when you've got a great collection of cars coming through that that energy is in the room and people tend to get excited when that's happening not only the people who are watching they're not buying but they even the crowd even gets into it so as a buyer sometimes you can hear that rev it up and you'll put your hand up another time or two and that keep that energy going so far mopars at Meachem Dallas have been very strong but when you start dealing in restomod cars everything changes because essentially they're all one-of-a-kind late 60s early 70s Dodge Chargers in particular quite high quantity here so there is some Mopar buzz but when it comes to resto mods you just never know what they're gonna do so I think the car will probably go for 125 maybe a little more it's hard to say on the resto mods but they are developing so much energy these days they're there they're out doing a lot of these these are the correct restored cars like I like I actually would not mind owning a resto mod of that quality my initial reaction on this car was coming in the early stages of the build 75 to $90,000 but you know after seeing a completion of the car after putting my finger on the pulse of just the way the car looks the presentation certainly the hell crate engine is the star of it but even the subtle things such as the wheel and tire treatment the paint combinations I'm gonna stick my neck on predict we're gonna see a six figure plus bid on this car alright all it's been said and all the work on the car has been done and we're backstage at Mecum auctions Dallas as our charger is just minutes away from crossing the auction block I don't know about you but I'm both nervous and excited because this build is taking almost three years well here we are now we're gonna see what it brings kinda hates a orgo you know thanks bittersweet [Music] man that's a nice ride though let me proud to have at my garage you know was it I miss her already we come back time auction time all right here comes the 69 charger restomod powernation on the road is brought to you by rockauto.com and by EBC brakes welcome back to the road to make them we're here in Dallas and our charges yeah that's about ready to hit the Block marks up there with the guys in the booth mark Chris good to see you and we're gonna see that car coming across the block here just a little bit at no reserve I'm gonna be walking around the floor and I have to say I'm about as nervous as a cat in a room full of rocking chairs all right here comes the 69 charger restomod and this this build kind of took a little bit different turn than you had originally thought at mine right absolutely so yes I like I said we made a list of everything we wanted but we didn't have was that one detail of which engine was going to be under the hood we actually planned on doing a full restoration on this car and we ended up finally going with the 707 horsepower help crate and I think it was the right choice I'd say that's a good call huh John well I have to confess guys I was lucky enough to go down on the set the stage at the shop and meet with these guys and look at the project in its early stages and we had discussions about they asked me what do you think could be a good direction to go and I just threw it out there never thinking in a billion years that it would ever happen but it certainly did they helped great engine 707 horsepower contemporary Hemi engine 6-speed manual transmission full restomod treatment hang on your hat mark my friend we're at a hundred and sixty thousand dollars the alignment say that's that's more than I then I anticipated so I love it you guys checked all the right boxes JK and I looked at this car this first time I really have seen it this week and the wheel packages is on the money the interior treatment the vinyl top everything we're over two hundred thousand dollars quality the selection the stance everything there's your partner Tommy right there two hundred thousand dollars my friend yes he looks happy I'm happy I don't know what to say I think you might call that speechless it's hard to put into words just how amazing that moment was but as we look at the winner Thomas Patterson signing for the charger it's gratifying to see all that hard work and using all the best parts paid off big-time and that gavel price says it all Tommy caught up with a new owner well guys I'm here with Thomas the high bidder on our car I have to ask you a couple questions what made you really want this thing the car looks brand new and that Hellcat motor in it was awesome it's a beautiful put together car another question would be what's your plans for this thing I'm gonna drive it I mean really I mean who would not want to drive that car what we did it the car is complete and we sent it across the block no reserve and it paid off big-time two hundred thousand dollars huh I can't believe it that yellow sticker never looked so good I know man but y'all know what that means now well we got a little bit of money in our pocket still got some time time for us I go find us another project what'd you think yeah I got my eye on something come here I want to show you hope it's not a Mustang an El Camino [Music] you

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Published: Sun Dec 08 2019

Reddit Comments

[u/papa_nurgel]

So they broke even?

[u/Drando_HS]

Not gonna lie, Hellcat 69 Charger is my dream car. Mainly because the Hellcat crate gets better fuel economy than the 6.4L Hemi...

How much profit did they actually make on this?

[u/Scirollo]

the content I wANNA SEE.

[u/Novatk421]

Beautiful

[u/scrotifromlamoni]

At least they didn't put the obligatory conestoga wagon wheels on it.

[u/mishap1]

Isn't this more or less the combination that almost killed Kevin Hart and his friends?