Hello, my name is Jeff and I am a 1970 Challenger :looney:. I bought my first 1970 Challenger (and first car) 340, FC7, black vinyl top in 1974. It was repossessed and I paid $783 for it. You should have seen the time my buddies and I spent all day trying to put RH thread lug nuts on the LH side. Priceless. I wish I still had that car. I traded it for a sweet 1974 Monte Carlo. Dealer gave me $500 trade in. :crying: My next 1970 Challenger is my current car. It is a RT/SE, FC7, black vinyl, A/C, 383 Magnum, auto, 8-track, luggage rack. Originally came with a white longitude stripe but it's not going back on. Here is a photo the day I traded my 1978 Kawasaki KZ1000 straight up for it. I had $2,800 in the motorcycle :rofl:.
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The car had 42,200 miles on it in 1980 and now has 42,800 miles. A lot of family, work, lack of money, and life in general got in the way of enjoying the car. Good news is I got to retire early this past year and spent all Spring taking the car almost completely apart. You really learn a lot about a car by taking it apart. It's all numbers matching and in fantastic shape. I'll be reusing lots of original parts soon as I can find someone to paint it. :headbang:
Looking forward to learning more about these wonderful cars and also sharing what I know. P.S. Here is the KZ (and a cool 1973 Cutlass in the background):
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Hello Jeff and :welcome: That's a really cool story! Sweet looking bike, but MY OH MY that is one freaking awesome Challenger!!!! Can't believe you got that Challenger for that bike! RT/SE in Plum Crazy with an 8-track! :inlove: And it looks like it's in really nice shape. You scored big time! :bravo:
Any chance you have any more photos of the your Challenger? Not many of us get to see a 42,000 mile original Challenger. How far along are you on the disassembly? How's the rust issues?
Welcome, sounds like a sweet car! :twothumbsup:
Welcome to this awesome ebody site! Cool story! :)
:takealook: You were not kidding about it being clean! That's about as rust free of an E-Body as you'll ever find. :wowzers: You had to be be pretty excited as you were taking it apart and seeing how solid it was. Really looking forward to watching this one come back to life. :popcorn:
Thanks Cody. I wish you were painting it for me. :1place:
Great story and welcome from CO! :ohyeah:
That Challenger looks so straight and clean it could almost paint itself.
Quote from: headejm on January 04, 2017, 07:55:57 AM
Thanks Cody. I wish you were painting it for me. :1place:
Wow that sure is super clean. Mine is from California and it's not anywhere as clean as that! Nice score! :bradsthumb:
I just need Cody to move to Illinois for a couple of months. :please:
Must be something about disassembled Challengers in Central Illinois (Sullivan)...welcome.
Well Sullivan is 100 miles, but if life ever brings you to Peoria, drop me a line!
Welcome to the site from Ontario, :canada: and, as mentioned, that's a fabulous score on a very nicely conditioned piece! Enjoy! :wave: