CHARGER CHALLENGE

I always liked the shape of these cars which were cheap compared to something like $100,000-plus for a Monaro or GT Falcon. I picked up this fabulous car for around $20,000 leaving me with a fair bit of play money. I took it to a restorer who gave me a rough breakdown of what it would cost to get fixed, which was about $10,000 plus work on the motor (a 265 six), which had done 350,000km. It started from there and ended up a much bigger project than anyone anticipated.

There was more needed than we originally thought and we are still on speaking terms. My advice is if you see a rust spot, you give it a little