A66 Challenger Registry

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A Back in the Day pic of an A66 Challenger vert
(courtesy of A66 Registry registrant Jeff Coe; his former car)

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The car is a plum crazy/white interior automatic A66 which was sold to Australia. Was for sale in Hemmings in November 2019 for $75K Car is listed in the A66 Registry,

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Challenger A66 (unidentified) Thanks to Dan G. Check out the Colorado license plate

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Mecum Blast from the Past.​
A66 Challenger 4 sp in Y1 w original V-8 emblems sold at Mecum Houston in April 2014 for $35K

Looks like auction prices have increased for clean A66 cars in the last 7 years. I think this car was picked up back then and has been put up for sale at a significantly higher price more recently!​

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A66 Challenger, a 4 speed car.
An original Panther Pink car now painted black. Matching numbers, AC car. Needs restoration. On e bay now.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/165043437828

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Currently bid to $13.1k

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I was asking you about this car back in May when my friend bought it...You never answered my PM, but I had all sorts of photos and the tag to share at the time.  Then the guy returned my buddies deposit, so I never pursued it...

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I was asking you about this car back in May when my friend bought it...You never answered my PM, but I had all sorts of photos and the tag to share at the time.  Then the guy returned my buddies deposit, so I never pursued it...

Sorry about not getting back to you. Busy spring/early summer with a new grandchild and daughter moving back to New Jersey.
This is an interesting car;
There is an almost duplicate to this car in the registry with a very close serial number (898), but is an automatic car. Both were built on April 2nd. Order numbers are also VERY close; 501 vs 503. Both are Y16 sales bank cars. These two a66 cars are the closest A66 Challengers we have in the Registry.
It was also televised as part of a Graveyard Cars episode (Season 14 episode 3)
Any information you have on this A66 would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks, Phil

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Currently bid to $13.1k

Has reached $16,3K  with three days left to the auction

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Currently bid to $13.1k

Sold at $26.8 k
Now the work begins~

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The topic of when A66 Challengers were coded with the J54 sport hood on the fender tag continually comes up. Based on the A66 Challenger Registry, here is the breakdown;


Total of partial or full information on 185 A66 Challengers as of October 2021
A total of 37 A66 Challengers IN THE REGISTRY have the J54 code.

HOE coded cars = 5   (1 Jan, 1 Feb, 3 April)

HOB coded cars = 31.
No cars for October, November or December. (3-January, 2-Feb, 6-March, 2-April, 4-May, 10-June and 3-July)
----+++++Bottom line; ALL J54 cars are coded starting in January on -

Info corrected

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My understanding concerning the J54 code is the following:
The sport hood J54 became available on standard Challengers at a certain time. I don't remember the exact date, but I'd say there is some kind of bulletin/introduction sheet announcing it. I would have to dig for it.
Consequently it makes sense that starting at about that date the hood needed a code on the tag (and BS). To mount a sport hood on a standard Challenger the code was necessary. That was about the same date the code J54 appeared on the cars that had it as standard, R/Ts and A66s. My personal notes say the first J54-coded A66 was scheduled at the end of January (L.A.) and early December for Hamtramck cars. It doesn't make sense to me if a car built in November or earlier shows the J54 code.

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My understanding concerning the J54 code is the following:
The sport hood J54 became available on standard Challengers at a certain time. I don't remember the exact date, but I'd say there is some kind of bulletin/introduction sheet announcing it. I would have to dig for it.
Consequently it makes sense that starting at about that date the hood needed a code on the tag (and BS). To mount a sport hood on a standard Challenger the code was necessary. That was about the same date the code J54 appeared on the cars that had it as standard, R/Ts and A66s. My personal notes say the first J54-coded A66 was scheduled at the end of January (L.A.) and early December for Hamtramck cars. It doesn't make sense to me if a car built in November or earlier shows the J54 code.

Thanks for your thoughts!  Your data coincides with what I see in the A66 Registry. Hamtramck A66 Challengers look to be coded from January 1970 on . HOE A66 California cars also started to be coded in January.

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JS23U;  I went back to the full file on the potential early build A66 with a code of J54 sport hood. Glad you pointed this out. The tag only was submitted to the A66 Registry and was difficult to read (was posted backwards) Who Knows Why?  The tag decode list that came with the tag was incorrect. It is an A66 Challenger with a SPD of June 18th. (partial serial number with blocked out numbers) and is coded J54.  So JS23U; thank you for pointing this out.    The January on-ward J54 code is still accurate based on the Registry data.   

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the "sport hood" J54 was never a stand-alone OPTION on any Challenger - at any date 1969-1974

it was STANDARD on R/T (1970-'71) & Rallye (1972) cars "JS"
it was part of an OPTION package A66 (1970) or A57 (1973-'74)
and
it was included with the purchase of a 340 4bbl (1971-'73) or 360 4bbl (1974) engine