Terry McGean’s column, “Shifting Standards,” (HMM #233, January 2023) that talked about 1968-’70 Chargers being highly desirable cars these days, was absolutely correct. I certainly wish I had my ’69 back now. I had a ’69 Charger 383/automatic during my senior year in high school — class of ’83 — and sold it in 1984 to buy a ’72 Challenger.
Now I have a ’74 Charger that I purchased in 2012 and have been slowly “bringing back from the brink” when money is available and life in general allows. I purchased the ’74 with intentions of my wife and I doing some fun-time cruising, once I got it road ready and legal. Unfortunately, she passed away in May of 2022 and only rode in the car once or twice before it was completely legal to be on the roads; it
