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Offline 1970RTSE

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1970 RT SE - Very Rough Project
« on: December 17, 2008 - 07:16:05 PM »
OK, I hate to do this, but frankly, I just don't have time.  I haven't worked on the car since September and really haven't had any interest doing so going forward.  What I have is one very seriously damaged car.  I have replaced the front subframe, floors, a-pillars and such with a front clip off another car.  This is by no means a numbers matching car since there is nothing left that came from the factory (and I mean nothing).  I do have a build sheet.  The car is an early build 1970 R/T SE 440 with A-32 package.  Pwr steering, PDB, rim blow, auto with 4.10 Dana.  None of that stuff is on the car. Here is the kicker though, the car was EF8 with a V9J Chartrues bumble bee stripe.   The car suffered a major accident necassitating the replacement of everything from the torsion bar cross member forward.  It didn't help that a previous owner torched out the drive train and cut through the rockers and a-pillars.  I haven't remounted the cowl with the numbers yet.  And the inner fenders need to be replaced with 70 pieces.  I put a lot of thought and work into the grafting on the front clip to maximize strength and amount of 70 shell material retained.  I also removed the original roof skin which was majorly damaged and have replacement ready for welding.  I have 86 hours of work on this already.  I estimate another 200 to 250 to get the body solid again.  It still needs quarters, trunk extensions, and possibly trunk floor pan, plus a bunch of patches.

This isn't for the faint of heart, but if you are crafty, then this will probably be a good project.  I hope to scare away any speculators, this will be a labor of love.  If I don't sell, I will probably shelve it until I get motivated again.  If you are serious, drop me an email.  I see a lot of talented people on this board and this project would reqire talent like that, or a big bank account.  Car is located outside Buffalo NY.  I am asking $3500 for the car as it sits (no roller).  I have collected some Challenger parts which will be offered to the buyer for additional costs, else I will sell them sperately.  But they are very few.

I have attached a picture.  What you see is what you get plus I have doors and rallye hood.
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Re: 1970 RT SE - Very Rough Project
« Reply #1 on: December 18, 2008 - 07:28:23 PM »
I think this used to be my car! Did you get it in MI? (I sold it to Ron Adaire back in the 90's). Strangely enough, I bought it in Dunkirk, NY!

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Re: 1970 RT SE - Very Rough Project
« Reply #2 on: December 19, 2008 - 09:16:10 AM »
If you are Steve Moore, then its your old car.  Got anything laying around from it?  It was totally stripped when I got it. Yep, out of Michigan, but not from Ron. All I wanted was a 70 Challenger to make a nice road race clone/street car out of.  I picked this up with all intentions of using my 72 parts car for the frame rails and such.  But with the build sheet and wierd color combo, I was leaning towards resto.  Now that I have all the parts for my 68 Road Runner, I sort of lost interest in this car.

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Re: 1970 RT SE - Very Rough Project
« Reply #3 on: December 21, 2008 - 04:49:45 AM »
Good Luck with trying to sell it just a little rougher than I want right now.
Got a pretty good start on my M46 optioned Barracuda restoration but now it is on hold till I can gather more funds.  Still need a few parts for it.  SIU Graduate 75 AAS Automotive Tech, 94 BS Advanced Tech Studies, 1997 MSED Workforce Education and Development

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