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Offline Super Blue 72

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Re: Can you say rebody
« Reply #15 on: June 13, 2008 - 11:08:09 AM »
 :faint:  Simply amazing!  You see the bids?  Already up to $22,599!  I would love to see the restoration on this baby!

You see the first question?  I hope he was just busting the seller's gonads because if he has to ask a question like this he has no business bidding on this auction!!!  :roflsmiley:  :smilielol:

"Q:  so,the one body pic is a hull in the weeds and the engine original to the car is a V6?
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A:  The bag in the picture is covering up one of the cylinders - this is the original v8 440 4-speed engine vin numbered to the '69 Dodge Daytona.  "


 
1972 Dodge Challenger Rallye 340, AT, Code TB3=Super Blue, SBD=8/17/1971.  Yes, a Rallye without the fender louvers from the factory because of the body side molding option.

Pic #2 and 3 of my ARII 1/24 scale model car 

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Re: Can you say rebody
« Reply #16 on: June 17, 2008 - 09:51:33 PM »
Car is from my home town...I heard the story about this car....let's just say hills, digging and a horrible accident.....crazy
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Re: Can you say rebody
« Reply #17 on: June 18, 2008 - 03:02:16 AM »
 :eek2:  I wouldn't call that a car anymore...  So pretty much someone just paid 22k for a fender tag, vin tag, and motor with tranny.  Amazing.
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Re: Can you say rebody
« Reply #18 on: June 18, 2008 - 08:47:34 AM »
:eek2:  I wouldn't call that a car anymore...  So pretty much someone just paid 22k for a fender tag, vin tag, and motor with tranny.  Amazing.

Like I said before the car can be restored without rebodying it. I have seen cars worse than that be restored and they were documented so know one could say or wonder if it had been rebodied.
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Re: Can you say rebody
« Reply #19 on: June 18, 2008 - 10:50:05 AM »
 :clueless:  I am not trying to be a jerk with this question, but at what point is a "restored" car considered a rebody?  Looking at that pic, at least 90-95% of that car will be new body parts even if a great body man does the work.   :dunno:
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Re: Can you say rebody
« Reply #20 on: June 18, 2008 - 11:03:33 AM »
Ah the old Ship of Theseus question.  Folks have debated that one for a long time now.

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Re: Can you say rebody
« Reply #21 on: June 18, 2008 - 01:06:09 PM »
I still say some people have more money than brains...

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Re: Can you say rebody
« Reply #22 on: June 18, 2008 - 02:56:06 PM »
I still say some people have more money than brains...

Jeff
I agree, I doubt you could find a shop to even take that on. It would be "more" than a little difficult to do at home unless you have a frame machine. And it's not a hemi car. Would still be much cheaper (although I know this is totally wrong) to buy a driver 69 charger for 30k and make a clone out of it or if you are unscrupulous swap vins-which is what I suspect will happen to this "car".
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