Original Dodge Challenger

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Any on here ?

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Total loss said:

I know owners of them being a Mopar guy myself, are you after one?

Yes, a 70 R / T model. Will probably source one from the States, but if a suitable one turns up here then great.

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Total loss said:

That does look good and if as said in the ad. is a survivor rather than a restoration, even better.
But, its always something I find very dodgy (no pun intended), it says 'private sale', but the Ad. sounds like a trade Ad. a quick google of the mobile No. given and sure enough, lots of cars for sale, not all at once and always a different location given. So why hide being a trader?

" Rare dealer package 2 fender tags " is bull according to my pal who lives / breathes these.
And yes, I that advert shouts Horse Trader.

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But if you think that is bull, check out the two Bull Shi.. £65,000 grand Challenger adverts on Flea Bay, seriously......

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My Late Dads 70 R/T SE Hemi, seen here in Esst London, in late 72.
It took 36 years to track this car down....

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Total loss said:

Genuine R/T or clone, manual or auto, I'm guessing a 440 unless you are really feeling flush for a 426, although 426 clones are relatively cheap.
Other details, 4bbl or 6 pack, if genuine, matching numbers or replacement engine ok, shaker or flat hood?

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Ideally a 70 R / T, manual if poss, but most were auto, a 383, Plum
Crazy would be great, or Sublime, or Alpine white, or w h you ?
Project car as well.

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P5BNij said:

Apologies in advance but I simply cannot resist - I'm sure I said the same thing when you posted that fabulous photo in the period classics thread some time ago but.... ''your dad is Barry Newman and I claim my five pounds first prize''

Good luck with your search

Haha, nice one ! And yes, there is a similarity between them lol.
I remember that car very well, even though I was just a nipper, the roof mounted seat belt used to cut across my neck and the car seemed Huge parked in suburban Chingford back in late 72 and riding in it, but as cars have grown in size, it no longer seems out of place.
In circa 1980, a pal bought a red 70 440 and we parked it up outside the house, where my Late Dad used to park the Hemi. The 440 made my Mums onyx green Cortina 2 Litre GXL look really small !

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One can only imagine what Barry must have been thinking....

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Pesky XK-Es

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The Challenger on the right is said to be my Dad's white Hemi, soon after he sold it in early 73, If it is, then someone ( Simpsons of Wembley ? for some strange reason, re painted it in what appears to be Plum Crazy ( perhaps to make it easier to sell ?? )
The car went to Sweden in 74, which is where this photo was taken.
I don't think my Dad UK registered it, but it's on an L reg here, MUU is a London issue plate, which fits in with Simpsons of Wembley owning it after my Dad.

Anyone remember it ??

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P5BNij said:

Alas not, but your post has reminded me about the American car dealer which used to be in Goldhawk Road years ago, near the roundabout / junction with Askew Road and Paddenswick Road. I used to walk past it on the way to work at Old Oak Common in the early '80s and remember all sorts of '60s and '70s muscle cars out front - Dodge, Pontiac, Chevy, Ford etc.

I think that was Cliff Davis cars, I remember their adverts and drove past there in 83, whilst on my way to the Tr Shop, which was just down the road.
I recall a very scruffy yellow Mistral being parked nearby as well !

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aeropilot said:

Nope. I'll ask around though.

If I remember, from the other thread, did your Dad's car have a red interior...?

Yes, I've always called it red, although it's actually known in E body circles as Orange.

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P5BNij said:

Thanks - I lived in the area in '83 and remember a silver Dino 308GT4 with a red interior being parked not far from Cliff Davis' place on many occasions. There was another yank dealer closer to where I actually lived at the time, I can't remember what they were called but they occupied Harold Radford's old premises at 124 King Street in Hammersmith, I used to pass it almost daily and remember Trans Ams and the like in the window.

Wonder who the Hamersmith co were called ??
Motor, Autocar and Auto Sport mag all carried adverts from a fair few US car dealers, il take a look through my copies when I get a mo

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Pace car that crashed @ high speed, fortunate that no one was killed. Film of it is on You Tube.

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Pretty poor advert from 71. But that colour !!

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Love this shot and this clip from the film!

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71 Pace Car, before the accident.

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71 Pace Car with Eldon Palmer ( a Dodge dealer ) at the wheel, goes out of control @ 125 mph, after Palmer missed the braking point marker. The extra weight of the 3 passengers he was carrying couldn't have helped ( one of which was Astronaut John Glen in the rear ) The brakes locked up and the Challenger went into a skid and careered into a temporary grand stand that had been set up for journalists. No one was killed, but several people were seriously injured.

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Eldon Palmer kept the car for years and used to take it to shows. He then sold it and here it is today.