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Offline Carlwalski

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Re: Looking to buy a Challenger... so many choices...
« Reply #15 on: June 08, 2006 - 10:52:47 PM »


That's a hard one....in a nice colour combo such as that I'd say about $45,000.  :thumbsup:



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Re: Looking to buy a Challenger... so many choices...
« Reply #16 on: June 08, 2006 - 11:09:23 PM »
"The fender tag calls for a black interior, but it's currently white."

Actually, it is coded for the black and white interior.  :thumbsup:

Offline Robb

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Re: Looking to buy a Challenger... so many choices...
« Reply #17 on: June 09, 2006 - 12:30:27 AM »
That engine bay is not that bad.  :popcorn:


The motor needs a little cleaning and maybe repaint FOR A SHOW CAR

if this is a car thats going to get miles on it, that engine bay as a whole, is really pretty nice and will get a lot dirtier yet if you actually drive the car.
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Offline Grec

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Re: Looking to buy a Challenger... so many choices...
« Reply #18 on: June 09, 2006 - 05:08:38 AM »
"Actually, it is coded for the black and white interior."

Even better!

Thanks to everyone who responded.
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Offline Challenger6pak

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Re: Looking to buy a Challenger... so many choices...
« Reply #19 on: June 09, 2006 - 06:14:53 AM »
Buy the most valuable non-clone car you can afford.  This will help you weather the ups and downs in values with the collector car hobby.  The pics of the R/T look good.  I wouldn't mind having it in my driveway.  Buy it right and you will do well.  Good luck.  :thumbsup:
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Re: Looking to buy a Challenger... so many choices...
« Reply #20 on: June 09, 2006 - 01:38:13 PM »
"Buy the most valuable non-clone car you can afford."

That's exactly what I had been thinking.

Truth be told, I wouldn't be considering dropping this much money on something like this unless I thought of it as somewhat of an investment.

Here's some more pics, taken today.

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« Reply #21 on: June 09, 2006 - 01:41:16 PM »
By-the-way, Alaskan_TA... where did you get that pic of the fender tag?!
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Re: Looking to buy a Challenger... so many choices...
« Reply #22 on: June 09, 2006 - 10:14:25 PM »
Grec are those 4 wheel drums I'm seeing?

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Re: Looking to buy a Challenger... so many choices...
« Reply #23 on: June 09, 2006 - 10:28:15 PM »
Hey Grec,
The fender tag photo is from a previous Ebay auction of the car from June of last year.

T/Ake care,
Barry

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Re: Looking to buy a Challenger... so many choices...
« Reply #24 on: June 10, 2006 - 08:16:47 AM »
Disc were not a required option on a 383 R/T.
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Offline whitesatinmopar

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Re: Looking to buy a Challenger... so many choices...
« Reply #25 on: June 10, 2006 - 06:37:46 PM »
Hey Grec,
The fender tag photo is from a previous Ebay auction of the car from June of last year.

T/Ake care,
Barry


Looks like a nice clean car for sure  :thumbsup: And I'd say this young man has his poopoo together, knowledgeable, friendly, helpful and generous. Barry your a valuable resource and "friend" to all of us ! Thank you for being a part of our forum here.  :cheers:
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Re: Looking to buy a Challenger... so many choices...
« Reply #26 on: June 10, 2006 - 07:13:23 PM »
Thanks for the compliment, it is my pleasure to do what I can, when I can.  :wave:

On the discs, it is not coded B51 on the fender tag, so it would have come with drum brakes.

T/Ake care,
Barry

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Re: Looking to buy a Challenger... so many choices...
« Reply #27 on: June 10, 2006 - 09:53:31 PM »
I knew I'd seen that car somewhere before!
Eric
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Re: Looking to buy a Challenger... so many choices...
« Reply #28 on: June 11, 2006 - 03:22:04 AM »
What I don't get is why this car has been posted posted and posted and not sold for all this time (yes I saw it at that eBay auction back when...) where other cars of similar pedigree seem to be snapped up a lot more quickly, and for more money.

Could it be cause of the location? Rebody? Hard to say, but given that the car has been on the "selling block" for quite some time now...warrants a through inspection. At least for me it raises some orange flags, given the weather climate in that part of the country.

How much's Galen charging these days?  :money:

Seriously, I suggest you bring or hire a Mopar specialist to accompany you to see the car.
David

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Re: Looking to buy a Challenger... so many choices...
« Reply #29 on: June 11, 2006 - 04:12:02 PM »
I actually got turned off on the car when I noticed that there had been alot of re-painting on the undercarriage/engine bay. Not thurough professional painting, but very cosmetic, dare I say cover-up painting.

I know this is the case because I went back and looked at the original photos I got of the car and compared them to the ones that had been sent to me this week. Sure enough, the engine bay had been cleaned up considerably. For instance, headers that had once showed minor surface rust now looked nice and clean with fresh silver paint.

Classic used-car lot freshening.

Oh, and they have taken the original rallye wheels off and replaced them with a set of 20s that would be at home on a Tahoe. There's another $1000 I would have had to shell out.

Also, the news that it had been passed around so much lately gave me pause...
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