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Offline AARCuda340+6

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Anyone Know Who Own's This Car?
« on: November 03, 2008 - 01:36:45 AM »
I happened across these pictures on "Flickr" and just wondered if someone on the forum was the owner.
Looks like a 73 or 74 Challenger that was well kept.
Some major damage but hopefully no one was hurt.  Not a pretty site!
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Re: Anyone Know Who Own's This Car?
« Reply #1 on: November 03, 2008 - 01:50:11 AM »
I don't know whose car it was, but it definitely looks like it was a nice, clean Challenger before the wreck. :'(
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Re: Anyone Know Who Own's This Car?
« Reply #2 on: November 03, 2008 - 01:55:56 AM »
74 , wierd combo though Ralley Dash but single tailpipe , was a nice car

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Re: Anyone Know Who Own's This Car?
« Reply #3 on: November 03, 2008 - 08:07:26 AM »
Seems like a lot of damage for a van "bouncing" off and hitting it - it looks like it got smacked HARD - I mean good Lord it creased the roof!

Whew - very very sad.   :crying:

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Re: Anyone Know Who Own's This Car?
« Reply #4 on: November 03, 2008 - 08:24:56 AM »
Pretty insane that the rear glass isn't broken!  :o

Is that still repairable with decent amount of work or was it the end for that challenger? It definately needs some streightening for the frame but it doesn't seem to be very "banana" shaped. Some parts from a donor car and new sheet metal and it could be brought back...
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Re: Anyone Know Who Own's This Car?
« Reply #5 on: November 03, 2008 - 02:08:51 PM »
Anything can be fixed for the right amount of time and money (and spare parts or donor cars).

But I'm pretty sure that one's toast by almost all standards. The crease in the roof gives away damage to the understructure of the roof, which would tweak the whole frame, probably in several axis (its pushed in, but as it crumples and shortens it would likely lift the corners of the frame toward it). Also, in the last picture you can see that the floorpan is buckled, a sure sign that the frame is damaged pretty significantly. And its just a '73 or '74, which means its not something worth investing the money on fixing. If it were an original hemi car or something it might be worth the undertaking, since its not the price tag to fix it would exceed the value of the car many times over. It would take years in the shop to get that one anywhere close to square again.  :'(

Also, it may not have been a single pipe. Only one shows, but that just may mean the tailpipe/muffler fell off on the damaged side...

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Re: Anyone Know Who Own's This Car?
« Reply #6 on: November 03, 2008 - 04:46:54 PM »
74 , wierd combo though Ralley Dash but single tailpipe , was a nice car

 :iagree:  It is an interesting combo... What engines were available in '73/74?  When was the last /6 available, '72?  No Rally hood, no rear valance cut outs.... 318 car?   Who knows what could've happened in 30+ years...

Sad sight though indeed....  :-\
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Re: Anyone Know Who Own's This Car?
« Reply #7 on: November 03, 2008 - 04:51:05 PM »
Sad story there  . . . could happen to anyone.   :walkaway:

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Re: Anyone Know Who Own's This Car?
« Reply #8 on: November 03, 2008 - 05:10:30 PM »
You really can't say what this car was originally as far as options go. Sure a Rally dash with a single exhaust pipe is strange, but the Challenger script is on the front fenders, instead of the rear. This baby has been modified just like mine.   :grinyes:


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Re: Anyone Know Who Own's This Car?
« Reply #9 on: November 03, 2008 - 05:52:58 PM »
Ouch! Well at least now we know what a 63 dodge C pillar would look like on a Challenger lol.
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