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70 HEMI Charger R/T-SE 4spd, the only red one made
I have been thinking about it for a while. With one of the kids getting close to college age (16 year old daughter), and the fact I haven’t been driving it in a year or so, and that I have this ongoing, unfulfilled lust for a 73 Super Duty, I have chosen to let her go (the car, not the daughter).
I probably don’t have to tell too many of you long time followers anything about the car you don’t already know after following its haunted thread: https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/ubbt...7973#Post77973 and the Hemmings article: http://www.hemmings.com/mus/stories/..._feature1.html But in case you are looking for the only one of its kind, here are the highlights: -One of 10 Hemi R/T-SE Charger 4-speeds produced, (10 four speeds, 6 autos, total) -The only red Hemi R/T-SE produced -17,000 miles (same owner for past 24 years, I bought it with 12,234 miles) -Unrestored. Repainted twice by me: in 1987 and 2004. Original leather interior, original undercoated belly. -I am the second owner to drive it after the original owner, here in NJ. The car was off the road from 1975 to 1987. Owners 2 and 3 before me never got it running. -Complete provenance since October 1969, documented. All three prior owners (all in NJ) interviewed and reunited with the car. All of them confirmed the car’s mileage, provenance and history. -It has the entire dealer file that documents the original owner’s buying experience from inspiration in October 1969, to consummation, on to conception, and through delivery on Jan 3, 1970. More documents than the car is long, literally -Dealer installed tubular headers from 1970 “Hustle Stuff”catalog, installed prior to delivery as documented by original dealer paperwork. -Fastest stock hemi car I have ever owned: 12.77 @111 mph on street tires, (original owner got a 11.70 out of it when he raced it at Englishtown in the early 1970’s) -Hemmings Muscle Machines called it “The Most Documented Hemi Car in Existence” -Probably the most well-known Hemi Charger there is. Featured in over a dozen magazines and reference books over the past 24 years. There was even a scale model replica made of it a couple years ago - the entire production run completely sold out in a week! (one still in the box, goes with the car, if you want it) She is the only one of her kind in the universe. She’s mean, nasty and will scare the hell out of you. Feel free to PM me or email any questions to me at [email protected] Thank you, Steve |
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Re: 426 HEMI Charger R/T-SE 4-speed....
And all I can when looking at this is [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/drool.gif[/img]
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Re: 426 HEMI Charger R/T-SE 4-speed....
-----Steve,,,Your Charger is one of my favorite Hemis. As well, I just thought Id post again, and it feels great.......Bill S
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Re: 70 HEMI Charger R/T-SE 4spd, the only red one made
A beautiful and historically significant car - good luck NJS....
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Re: 70 HEMI Charger R/T-SE 4spd, the only red one made
Put the Cragars back on it!
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Re: 70 HEMI Charger R/T-SE 4spd, the only red one made
How's that? (it's recent -give or take a quarter century or so) [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img]
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Re: 70 HEMI Charger R/T-SE 4spd, the only red one made
Here's a sampling of some of the original paperwork that this car has:
The original dealer file: The legal pad sheet with the original negotiation for price, including the set of headers: How about the original bill of lading from the delivering tractor trailer on New Year's Eve, 1969: The dealer prep work order, documenting the installation of the headers prior to delivery: Lots more in the file. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/naughty.gif[/img] |
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Re: 70 HEMI Charger R/T-SE 4spd, the only red one made
Steve, I will never forget the moment I found the file for your car. As soon as I saw "Charger R/T" and "Wickberg" on the jacket, I knew it was for your car. I brought the folder home that day and showed my dad, the first thing he said was, you need to track the owner down and give him all this stuff. Then he called my uncle (who also worked at Suburban in 1970) and they told stories for hours about your car and all the other hot Dodge's they sold there.
Good luck with the sale (altho you know I feel connected to the car, and would hate to loose track of it). The fact that Dad prepped it and did other work on it, Suburban was my family dealership and Steve Martin (no...not that one)is a friend too. Not to mention every time I see it and touch it I get a warm feeling, John |
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Re: 70 HEMI Charger R/T-SE 4spd, the only red one made
Passed this on to a friend Steve, can't believe you're selling it!
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Some guys they just give up living And start dying little by little, piece by piece, Some guys come home from work and wash up, And go racin' in the street. Bruce Springsteen - Racing In The Street - 1978 |
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Re: 70 HEMI Charger R/T-SE 4spd, the only red one made
wow,that car cost big bucks when new. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/[/img]
my dad bought a chrysler 300 brand new in 70,and it didnt cost that much,i believe sticker on it was around $4000
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