How You Found Your Car

[70 Challenger Conv.]

 
I actually found mine in a restoration shop. Seems they wanted to sell it to have money to complete two other cars that were nicer. One was an original 71 Hemi Cuda Convertible!

[06Daytona]

I found mt 70 Challenger the same way that I found my Cuda. I looked on the local classifieds to see what was new. When I go on there I never have much hope of finding a 70 because down here they seem to like the 72+ Challengers and Cudas more. I saw it was a 70 and it was for sale by the same guy I bought my 73 Duster from so my wife gave him a call and we took a look at it that night. I took a look under the hood, climbed around under the car to check out the floor pan and frame rails, popped the trunk to check out that floor, ran a magnet over most of the car and told him I'd give him 12000 for it. Then he was nice enough to fire it up for me and let me run it up and down his driveway a few times. The car is in surprisingly good shape for what I paid, and if I find a few cans of bondo spread over the car I'm not going to be disappointed and I'm NOT going to put the work into the Challenger that I'm putting into the Cuda. It runs and drives great and has new bushings, brakes, engine work done, tranny rebuilt, pretty good paint with only a few chips and no runs, new carpet, good interior panels and only a small chip in the dash. Somebody was dumb enough to cut a couple of holes in the dash pad for a stereo and something else, but for 12k I don't care.

[ChallengedOne]

One day I reluctantly went south to help an ex girlfriends father harvest their crops after a long wet summer.  It was already late november and we still had 1,500 acres to harvest.  Anyway the qhole time we were there (one week) I kept asking what was in the corner under the tarp.  It was his large equipment shed with all of his tractors.  Under the tarp was "just an old car".  By they time I busted my ass the car went from being "not for sale" to a trailer and on her way to my house.  The old car 1971 Challenger R/T

[Denison636]

I found my 1973 Barracuda in a field in Wentzville Mo, My dad is a propane man and delivered gas to this guy for over 12 years and then came the day that he needed money bad so he called my dad and I got there as quick as I could with the money. The best part is the floor pans are solid and all I did to get it out of there is put a battery in it. I know this sounds hard to believe but the little 318 started right up and smoked like a fright train.
The car is in my shop right now getting the drive train gone threw and the little 318 is getting changed out for a 340.

[Challenger6pak]

Post a pic.

[IA76]

I found my 70 340 Cuda in a local paper in 1975. The add read, 70 cuda all options except air.It didn`t have all the options but it had a bunch,Rally gauges,rimblow,ft rubber bumper,leather buckets, six way seat,overhead console,etc.It even came with chrome Rocket mags + the Rally wheels. Found the FJ5 lime 70 Challenger RT 383 4spd. for1600 in a trader paper early 90s. I remember the guys phone kept ringing with interested people while we did the paper work.The car is rough and resto just starting.Found our B5 Blue 71 Charger around 2005 for 1500 on Craigslist 10 mi. from home. It was a running driveable car but it was filthy.I burned up my big shop vac cleaning out the chicken feathers.We bought it for my Daughters(she`s a 16 yo Mopar nut) school car and were iust going to clean and drive. We ended up paint and quarters,ripped the blue bench interior and added a black bucket,switched the white canope top to black,added a bulge hood, go wing and Rt style stripe.Now were switching to pwr ft disc brakes.I give up on trying to post pictures.

[mikeljAAR]

As I usually find my cars, exhaustive internet search for several months to scope out the market and availability, research on collectibility, engines, colors, etc.  Then looking at auction sites to fine tune prices, then final internet search and narrowing it down to a few to negotiate with dealers or individuals.  Takes a while.

[Glennster]

After getting my Wife's OK to get an old car the search began.....  I was all over everything from the local paper to ebay. A buddy of mine who really knows cars was helping me, I'd find something, then bounce it off him to see if it was a good deal.
 Then one Sunday I called him to talk about a General Lee car I had just looked at. After a little info was shared, he said it was no good. BUT, while taking a dump that morning he saw an ad in Hemmings. He said it was a local phone number in the ad and it looked too cheap! It was a 1970 Challenger, 318 AC car with a 904 and a 7-1/4 rear end. it had 93,000 miles, totally original, unmolested, a true survivor. It was born and raised in LA, then came here to Indiana. The guy that bought it here, owned it for 12 years, he drove it 500 miles in the first 2 years, then it sat for the next 10 years. That's when I got it. That was 3 years ago.

[cudabeforeIdie]

I actually found mine in a restoration shop. Seems they wanted to sell it to have money to complete two other cars that were nicer. One was an original 71 Hemi Cuda Convertible!

OLD post but... where is that hemi vert? anyone know?

[Raw Untamed]

My father bought a 71 318 Challenger as a Mother's Day gift for my mom back in 1990.  He paid $650 to a guy in the mopar club and it had a 360 at the time.  Mom drove it for about a year, let my brother drive it to school for about a year, then it sat in the back yard with all the other old Mopars. 

In March 1998, I was tired of driving my hand-me-down worn out 73 Valiant with a 225 slant six and suspension problems.  I wanted something with a v8 and I had $1000 saved.  I found a 70 Dodge pickup and asked my Dad if he'd take me to get it.  At the first stop sign about a mile down the road, he casually says to me, "You know, if you wanted the Challenger, I might be able to talk Mom into selling it to you."  I said, "REALLY?  Well let's go back home then!"  About a week goes by with me not knowing the outcome; just me hoping and praying my mom lets me buy it.  Then my dad comes up and says, "We can't pay our taxes this year. We owe $650 and that's what Mom says she'll take for the Challenger."

We took a 318 and trans out of a 72 half ton pickup, installed it with new dual exhaust and glasspacks.  I drove it my senior year in high school and through college.  Now it's in my garage getting a full resto.

[sturek42]

little brother bought the car off a gentlemen from fort sask alberta and when he passed he left me and my sister the car .

[1970A66D21]

Found my car where I left it with the new owner in 1995.Still sitting in his shed.Lots of dust,cat scratches in the paint(guess they lost traction) and a mouse hole in the headliner.Have had for 1 1/2 years now and will be finished and looking new soon.

[BruteForce]

From 1987.

[BruteForce]

I should add that it's still factory black-on-black. The original paint still looks reasonably good. No way am I going to repaint it. I like the "old skool" unrestored look and the old-fashioned centerlines.

The 4-speed was upgraded to a 5-speed tremec, the 340 is nicely souped up with a stroker and roller valve train, front disk brakes, suspension stiffening, 3" dual exhaust and not much else.

[aris_unlimited]

Got rid of my cuda, still kick myself!!! Especially after looking for them and seeing how hard to find/expensive they are. But I did find my satellite on the local classifieds, things dang near mint too.