71 challenger

[fireguyfire]

Thought I'd post up a future project that my son and I found and bought; it's a 71 challenger with some really interesting features.
It's a survivor and is gold, with dark green interior (bench armrest seat) black vinyl top, black side stripes.
Also has rear defrost, hood pins, etc.
Was a 340 car but the engine is gone.
It's a survivor  and will need some metal replacement but is very cool IMO; pretty excited to get it!

[Chryco Psycho]

Very Cool , Congrats !

[fireguyfire]

Thanks Chryco; it is a very interesting car.
Unfortunately the grille was busted out a long time ago and I'll have to try and find one; I know they are worth their weight in gold.

[71vert340]

  The grille will be difficult and they get harder to find as time goes on. There's 3 for sale now on Ebay ranging from $1200 to $2200. Shipping is expensive. Enjoy the project.
Terry

[JS29]

Worth there weight in gold! Pun intended?   

[js27]

Very Cool-Can't wait to see more photos
JS27

[mccannix]

Yes more photos would be nice.
Great color combo...nice to find them that way.
If you dont find a grill, pm me, I'm in Ontario

[fireguyfire]

Interior

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Door panel

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Exterior

[fireguyfire]

Doing some digging on the internet, and I'm finding very few 71's in this light gold colour so I'm starting to guess it was a rarely picked colour; especially with a dark green interior.
Can anyone confirm this is a rare colour, or am I out to lunch?

[RUNCHARGER]

Medium rare I think. I remember quite a few in that colour back then, I think a lot of them got colour changed to purple or red. There was one in my town with louvers and wing, 340 car.

[fireguyfire]

Found a chart online that suggests 4.9% of 71 challengers were GY8.
I know very few 71's were 340 cars, so out of those 4.9% could have been GY8, and then I have to guess very few of those GY8 340 cars would have had the split bench interior in dark green.
Of course these are guesses!

[anlauto]

It certainly is a rare colour combo....I hope you restore it back to original.

[fireguyfire]

Yup; she will be factory correct for sure; just need to track down a 340 for it.