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Old 05-26-2016, 09:11 PM
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: DWR</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Painted tops are rare. I have a friend that has a 70 Bee, Go-Mango with a black painted top and it's a one of one. </div></div>

Of course - because EVERY car is 1 of 1. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/rolleyes.gif[/img]

Chrysler didn't keep records of how many were built in certain color combinations, but they did keep track of how many were ordered with two-tone paint:

<span style="font-weight: bold">Super Bee</span>
Coupe: 2.3% of 3,630 = approx 83
Hardtop: 2.0% of 10,507 = approx 210

Those are for US-spec vehicles and don't include Canadian or Export vehicles.

I don't have Coronet 500 numbers, but I suspect they'd have a bigger percentage.
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: old5.0</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
I know of a Limelight white painted top 70 GTX. Never heard of another one like it. </div></div>

Approx 93 GTXs had two-tone paint. As with most Mopar break-downs, it's for US-spec cars only.
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Old 05-26-2016, 10:03 PM
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 442w30</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: old5.0</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
I know of a Limelight white painted top 70 GTX. Never heard of another one like it. </div></div>

Approx 93 GTXs had two-tone paint. As with most Mopar break-downs, it's for US-spec cars only. </div></div>

I was referring to Limelight/White, not two-tone paint in general. Same guy with the GTX also had a Y3/X9 69 Road Runner. Both cars sold new in Topeka.
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Old 05-27-2016, 01:13 AM
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: old5.0</div><div class="ubbcode-body">

I was referring to Limelight/White, not two-tone paint in general. </div></div>

Kinda confused by your reply, but I figured since I had my paperwork out for the EK2/TX1 Bee, I could show approx. how many two-tone GTXs were built.
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Old 07-02-2016, 05:24 AM
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Here's another one you don't see everyday:




Challenger SE 383-4 in Limelight.


I also know of a Moulin Rouge 70 B'cuda Gran Coupe 383-4 not far from where this car is located.
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Old 07-02-2016, 08:45 AM
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Default Re: Plum Crazy Coronet

If anyone has serious interest in one of these cars completely restored, I ran into a guy who was selling his Vitamin C - B '70 hemi Challenger. NOM, but nicely done. Asking $110k. Lot of money, but hard to find an original hemi car restored in a great color for that. Not my car &amp; I just met the guy. If interested - PM me for contact info. I would have bought it myself, but I already have one!
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Old 07-02-2016, 07:00 PM
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Approx 193 Challenger SEs in Sublime.

And the Gran Coupe? Wow, almost my dream E-body! Approx 7 Gran Coupe V8s built in FM3.
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Old 07-02-2016, 09:10 PM
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The pink one is a neat car. Next time I go home for one of the local car shows I'll snap a pic if he has it out.
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Would love to see it.
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 300deluxeL79</div><div class="ubbcode-body">so restore it and add a 383/440 </div></div>

I agree! Restomod the car. Sure, paint it purple, but put the guts and drivetrain in it that you want. Doing it that way will still have to be a labor of love, but then you can drive your investment out of it and not wory about the impact on the value.
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