Just curious on two items on this car:
1. I don't think I've ever seen a pistol grip shifter on an automatic like this before. This is not stock, correct?
2. In the 2nd picture below, is that a cruise control unit next to the brake booster? Was that option available in '70?
:smile: I think you numbers matching/correct OE guys are starting to get into my head.
Dakota
#1 No
# 2 Yes with certain packages
Jeff
Factory sunroof?
Nice looking car but first thing that stands out to me is the Challenger script in the grill? Easy enough to fix though! :bradsthumb:
That's an Autogrip shifter. I have one in my car too. No not stock.
https://www.facebook.com/autogripshifter/
"Quapman" on the old site....
https://forum.e-bodies.org/interior/6/autogrip-shifter/17785/
Read up on the shifter handle. What a good looking, well made piece.
I'd love to see the fender tag on that one.
Door sticker looks phony as heck. The month of build isn't even correct for that VIN number range, it would have probably been built in early mid November of 1969.
Quote from: JH27N0B on February 15, 2022, 12:12:35 PM
I'd love to see the fender tag on that one.
Door sticker looks phony as heck. The month of build isn't even correct for that VIN number range, it would have probably been built in early mid November of 1969.
Can't comment on the date, but the font and spacing is correct for a sunroof car ....
Maybe there is something different with sunroof cars that where their completion was delayed by up to several months due to being sent out for sunroof installation? If I'm not mistaken that was done by an outside contractor not on the line? Otherwise I can't see why a 191xxx VIN would have been shown as built in February. They were at VINs ending in 199xxx toward the end of November of 1969.
https://moparsunroofregistry.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/sunroof1970dodgechallengers.pdf
Apparently this one was originally TX9? :looney:
Quote from: JH27N0B on February 15, 2022, 12:12:35 PM
I'd love to see the fender tag on that one.
Door sticker looks phony as heck. The month of build isn't even correct for that VIN number range, it would have probably been built in early mid November of 1969.
Fender tag plate added to the listing:
That is interesting, it does show a mid November scheduled build date.
One of the door stickers Alan posted has a close VIN to the one advertised and it's door sticker is December.
So it's final manufacture was delayed a month for sending it to ASC to install the sunroof.
Doesn't make sense the advertised car would have been delayed 3 months for that process?
I'd always heard that the 'typewriter' font found on door VINs like this were on cars pulled off the line to have a sunroof installed or for other reasons, pilot car, etc.
That would make sense if they ended up getting the door sticker in a different area than the bulk of production and that area had a machine with different font.
I'm still curious about the February date on a November SBD car. Has anyone documented sunroof cars as to how long the contractor sunroof installation delayed the build? The little information I see suggests around a month.
This car might have got damaged and the repair delayed it that is the only legitimate reason I can imagine.
I have seen the sunroof delay on the door VIN stickers go anywhere from 3 to 6 weeks pretty easy, some a bit longer. If you throw in a Christmas and New Years holiday, and if this was not a customer order car, it could have sat on the back burner for a while longer. The typewriter font on the sticker is what typically occurred with these early power sunroof cars. Fender tag has the special VON, so I did not see any major red flags on this car.
Scott.