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    Author Topic: Old Hemi Challenger race car from Washington  (Read 3141 times)

    Offline Haddixj

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    Re: Old Hemi Challenger race car from Washington
    « Reply #15 on: January 30, 2014 - 12:00:52 PM »





    pics I got from him, dibbs on the louvered 71 challenger btw.
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    Offline tx9hemi

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    Re: Old Hemi Challenger race car from Washington
    « Reply #16 on: January 30, 2014 - 01:54:21 PM »
    The guy that I would like to find and talk is a Gordon J. Whitis bought it Halloween 1979 in Washington.  No luck tracking him down so far. :dunno:
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    Offline tman

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    Re: Old Hemi Challenger race car from Washington
    « Reply #17 on: January 30, 2014 - 03:53:25 PM »
    Did you get this info?  Good luck.
    Scroll down to Olga Whitis. 
    http://www.city-data.com/king-county/S/S-1st-Place-18.html
    or this is a lead:
    http://www.intelius.com/people/Gordon-Whitis/06zhbccw7tw
    Guess their could be other areas he could live:
    http://www.usa-people-search.com/names/p/Gordon-Whitis
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    Offline hemiken

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    Re: Old Hemi Challenger race car from Washington
    « Reply #18 on: January 30, 2014 - 04:45:59 PM »
    Would be interesting to see pictures of the car from new, i hope you can track down the original owner, be good to work out where it was raced and if anyone has old photos from when it raced, cool car :2thumbs:
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    Offline tx9hemi

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    Re: Old Hemi Challenger race car from Washington
    « Reply #19 on: January 30, 2014 - 05:05:41 PM »
    Quote from: tman on January 30, 2014 - 03:53:25 PM
    Did you get this info?  Good luck.
    Scroll down to Olga Whitis. 
    http://www.city-data.com/king-county/S/S-1st-Place-18.html
    or this is a lead:
    http://www.intelius.com/people/Gordon-Whitis/06zhbccw7tw
    Guess their could be other areas he could live:
    http://www.usa-people-search.com/names/p/Gordon-Whitis


    I tried that Avenue too, I found 5 phone numbers and one night I called them all and what are the odds of each one of them answering but none of them was Gordon! Haha
    I found Olga on Facebook and wrote her and no response,  she looks to be an ex wife? With the Internet it's so easy to find people but I still have yet to talk to him!  :faint:
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    Offline tx9hemi

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    Re: Old Hemi Challenger race car from Washington
    « Reply #20 on: January 30, 2014 - 05:27:24 PM »
    Quote from: hemiken on January 30, 2014 - 04:45:59 PM
    Would be interesting to see pictures of the car from new, i hope you can track down the original owner, be good to work out where it was raced and if anyone has old photos from when it raced, cool car :2thumbs:


    Yes it would be great to see them pics, I would love to know if and what color schemes it had or a clever name etc. If anyone also has pics of race car challengers from the northwest 70s-80s I'd like to see them! :clapping:

    One feature my car had was at one point when it was campaigned it had a fiberglass trunk lid that was fastened by four hood pins on all corners.
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    Offline 6PKRTSE

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    Re: Old Hemi Challenger race car from Washington
    « Reply #21 on: January 31, 2014 - 11:53:59 AM »
    Welcome. Sounds like one sweet machine when finished.
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    Offline Topcat

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    Re: Old Hemi Challenger race car from Washington
    « Reply #22 on: January 31, 2014 - 08:10:31 PM »
    Only 816 miles originally but looks to be a bare shell for the most part.

    Do you have the rest of the parts for it to complete it?
    How much is missing?
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    Offline tx9hemi

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    Re: Old Hemi Challenger race car from Washington
    « Reply #23 on: January 31, 2014 - 09:22:09 PM »
    Quote from: Topcat on January 31, 2014 - 08:10:31 PM
    Only 816 miles originally but looks to be a bare shell for the most part.

    Do you have the rest of the parts for it to complete it?
    How much is missing?

    She has had a hard life as a race car and sat outside for a period of time.  Before that the car body was perfect no dents or rust, never wrecked.  It had been paint stripped and primed and ready for paint. It's obvious going to need to have that process redone. The original cluster I have and it has 816 ticks on it and I have the old title from said owner from 1979-1988 and actual mileage when sold is written 800. I got most of the powertrain with it. I am going to need a few Items like - bellhousing, intake manifold, Exhaust manifolds, rocker assemblies and carbs. Interior wise I just got the complete dash with the radio delete plate (which is huge!) Everything else for parts I have already in accumulated spare parts, this one between me and my father is Challenger #7
    « Last Edit: January 31, 2014 - 09:30:40 PM by tx9hemi »
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    Offline Topcat

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    Re: Old Hemi Challenger race car from Washington
    « Reply #24 on: January 31, 2014 - 09:32:26 PM »
    I hope you start a restoration thread.

    Putting a Hemi together back to stock along with what is Hemi only parts to it's stock look is a major undertaking. The parts list is huge and seems never ending.

    Good luck and I would like to see your progress on it.
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    Mike, Fremont, CA.

    Offline tx9hemi

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    Re: Old Hemi Challenger race car from Washington
    « Reply #25 on: January 31, 2014 - 10:37:03 PM »
    Quote from: Topcat on January 31, 2014 - 09:32:26 PM
    I hope you start a restoration thread.

    Putting a Hemi together back to stock along with what is Hemi only parts to it's stock look is a major undertaking. The parts list is huge and seems never ending.

    Good luck and I would like to see your progress on it.

    Well thanks! This will be a task no doubt, its my first hemi. Im glad i have my dad to help, he use to restore mopars as a profession. He restored a few hemis, owns a 67 hemi gtx and use to own a 70 hemi cuda... so he is a huge asset! Im looking forward to a father- son project. The hemi only parts are sooo pricey these days!  :( Im a truck driver so it'll be a little by little kinda thing haha. I will look to start a thread I think it will be pretty interesting  :chatting: and would like to share with other true mopar guys!
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    Offline Rare_T_A

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    Re: Old Hemi Challenger race car from Washington
    « Reply #26 on: February 03, 2014 - 12:21:36 PM »
    Quote from: tx9hemi on January 29, 2014 - 10:51:16 PM
    I can't seem to slim the photos down enough to fit and make them look good. :clueless:
    I have known about this car for years,  never knew it was so rare tho! Took a lot of work to get it but I got it and saved it from a bleek future. It's Buildsheet is pristine and I have decoded it, the ONLY extra cost options were....

    E74- 426 Hemi
    D21- 4 speed manual
    A33- Track Pak axle package (3.54)
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    If your using windows here is a neat tool for resizing. Once installed just right click the image and the options will open. Just click resize images and your in and done.

     http://download.cnet.com/Image-Resizer-Powertoy-for-Windows-XP/3000-18487_4-10905400.html

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    Re: Old Hemi Challenger race car from Washington
    « Reply #27 on: February 03, 2014 - 03:09:28 PM »
    Race photo's is what I'd really like to see. Hope some can help him out on this, as sounds like a extremely neat car to find.
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