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    Offline 72hemi

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    Really cool 70 Challenger
    « on: March 29, 2009 - 09:30:45 AM »
    I was at the Good Guys show yesterday in Pleasanton and stumbled across this 70 R/T Challenger. I found the owner and talked to him for a while. Real nice guy and the story behind the car was amazing. The car was ordered as an B5 blue R/T with a 383, 4 speed, shaker hood, rallye gauge, vinyl top, rear spoiler, etc car. The guy who ordered went down to the dealership (here in the bay area) the day it came in and checked it out. The dealership said all he had to do was sign the papers and drive off. The guy said he would be back that night with his wife to get the car. Well that day he was in a Corvette with his brother and they died in a car crash. In 1971 the guy I met went to the dealership to buy a car to replace his 63 fury and bought the Challenger. It had 1 repaint in the early 70's by a dealership and has 69,000 original miles. This car has not been on the road since 1980. The guy decided he needed to start driving the car againg so here it is.
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    Re: Really cool 70 Challenger
    « Reply #1 on: March 29, 2009 - 09:42:02 AM »
    Cool car! I've only seen a couple of 383 shaker cars. Did they paint those stripes on?
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    Re: Really cool 70 Challenger
    « Reply #2 on: March 29, 2009 - 09:49:00 AM »
    Nice find, never saw a 383 Shaker around here.  :thumbsup:
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    Re: Really cool 70 Challenger
    « Reply #3 on: March 29, 2009 - 12:25:11 PM »
    383 SHakers are rare , I know of 1 original car
    not sure about the added fender turn lights though
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    Re: Really cool 70 Challenger
    « Reply #4 on: March 29, 2009 - 04:02:02 PM »
    wow!...never seen a 383 shaker RT before....
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    Re: Really cool 70 Challenger
    « Reply #5 on: March 29, 2009 - 04:32:00 PM »
    very interesting, a pic of the fender tag would be nice ::)
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    Re: Really cool 70 Challenger
    « Reply #6 on: March 29, 2009 - 04:32:51 PM »
    Rare Indeed but the fender lights are a no no. They look to be 66-69 bullit B-Body light. I have them are my 67 GTX and they look the same.
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    Re: Really cool 70 Challenger
    « Reply #7 on: March 29, 2009 - 05:00:57 PM »
    Quote from: Culvers on March 29, 2009 - 04:32:00 PM
    very interesting, a pic of the fender tag would be nice ::)

    Maybe two tags?
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    Offline 72hemi

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    Re: Really cool 70 Challenger
    « Reply #8 on: March 29, 2009 - 07:29:03 PM »
    1 fender tag, sorry no pic of that, but it was loaded. The stripes were not painted on but there was a lighter blue pin stripe added around them. I talked to the guy for a good 2-3 hours this weekend about it. For those of you in the Bay Area, he will be bringing it to the Ohlone show June 7th.

    and yes he added the fender turn signals. Pulled them from a stuffed 69 Coronet back in the early 70's.
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    Re: Really cool 70 Challenger
    « Reply #9 on: March 30, 2009 - 11:37:04 PM »
    The cowl area does not appear to be blacked out either??
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    Re: Really cool 70 Challenger
    « Reply #10 on: March 31, 2009 - 12:37:01 AM »
    Not all cars had the blacked out cowl
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    Re: Really cool 70 Challenger
    « Reply #11 on: March 31, 2009 - 01:56:35 PM »
    cool car love the shaker
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    Re: Really cool 70 Challenger
    « Reply #12 on: April 01, 2009 - 12:15:31 AM »
    Quote from: 72hemi on March 31, 2009 - 12:37:01 AM
    Not all cars had the blacked out cowl

    Your right, but I think you will find that the 70's did.
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    Re: Really cool 70 Challenger
    « Reply #13 on: April 01, 2009 - 12:33:44 AM »
    Not all of them.
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    Re: Really cool 70 Challenger
    « Reply #14 on: April 07, 2009 - 12:29:00 AM »
    That's a cool car.  I remember seeing a 383 shaker challenger in portland oregon in 1983.  That was the last one I have seen.
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