Re: 1970 Hemi Challenger Convertible
 

-----Desmond,,,I saw the car in question in 1970 not 1979. 1970 is a long way from 1979 but no harm no foul! As you can imagine I remember the red interior vividly as you just didnt see a car like that every day. The thing was striking, but the kid couldnt drive it. A lot of kids back in the late 60s/early 70s from the Palm Beach area got cars that were over their heads operationally. Id bet he either hurt the car early on or got a bunch of tikets and probably got rid of it .....Bill S

Re: 1970 Hemi Challenger Convertible
 

Your post says Feb. 1979 redalert.

By "new" 1970 LT1 Vette I just figured 'new to you' as your car would have been 9 years old by then.

If it was in fact 1970 then you definitely saw this car. Nothing is known of it before '76 so you probably saw it in the hands of its first new owner after it was released from the press pool.

Re: 1970 Hemi Challenger Convertible
 

------So it does! I just now spotted the typo in my post. I apologize. It was 1970 and I had my LT1 for about a month. It was the first one in Ft.Lauderdale........Bill S

Re: 1970 Hemi Challenger Convertible
 

Fat fingers Bill! The "9" and the "0" are right next to each other! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/smile.gif

Re: 1970 Hemi Challenger Convertible
 

-----Fat fingers, fat head, or something like that.......Bill S

Re: 1970 Hemi Challenger Convertible
 

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Now we have really hi-jacked the thread. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/blush.gif

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No problem, I got an answer on my question, the rest is a bonus and very interesting.

Jan

Re: 1970 Hemi Challenger Convertible
 

The Mecum car didn't sell at the auction.Does anyone know when and who bought the car.

Re: 1970 Hemi Challenger Convertible
 

There was one from Sweden a friend looked into back in the day.Car was either blue or purple .But the pictures he showed me the car was real but had a added on 70 RR beep beep horn.I believe it also had stereo speakers cut into the rear plastic interior panels.This guy has alot or rare cars maybe owns that ragtop
http://corvettes-musclecars.com/gallery2/main.php

Re: 1970 Hemi Challenger Convertible
 

That guy has one other even rarer car that were in Sweden, a 71 GTO Judge 'vert 455 HO 4-speed, one of three made. I am at the moment researching its history in Sweden. It came over in 1974 and became a daily driver, it got a trailerhitch and had to work as a trailerhauler for the owners dragracecar. He ran the Judge on the strip too and managed a best of 12.8 on the quartermile with a factorystock engine, that was with a TH400, they changed the M22 for an automatic.

Jan

Re: 1970 Hemi Challenger Convertible
 

I have pictures of your car taken in the mid 1980's

I may have more info.

email me

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