250 mile Challenger T/A

[69hurstSC]

not really. there was a 67 fairlane 427 on barrett jackson a few years ago with 250 miles. just think, there were probally over a million factory musclecars built between 64-71. some are low mileage survivors, some are crushed.

[427rcode]

the fairlane at barrett was an old race car it had 600 miles on it ifiwas the red one
mr norm cars get all the money these days

[flyingn]

I agree. 250 miles and there are stains on the trunk mat, dirty engone, aftermarket gauges.. In 250 miles? Don't think so, That was one weekends worth of driving back then .. no way.. I know a guy who bought a NEW 70 Torino SCJ and promptly disconnected the speedo... Fast forward to about 10 years ago when he sold it.. It 'showed' 12k miles... Guess what he got for it???

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250 miles is unbelieveable,and probably is

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[njsteve]

The stated 250 miles could very well be correct. Just because it was driven only 250 miles when new doesn't mean it was stored properly for the next 36 years. Who knows what sat in the trunk all those years. The plastic interior panels (especially white) in those cars were renowned for their ability to change color and turn into powder after a short amount of time in the sun. Talk about planned obsolescence.

[Keith Tedford]

Speaking of disconnected speedometers, it was epidemic in the old days. Had to stretch out that warranty as much as possible you know. Now, with restored cars, it doesn't much matter whether the mileage is 80k or 180k miles.
We had an unrestored '67 Chevelle a few years ago. In the early '90s it was an unrestored class winner at a Super Chevy show. I saw it a couple of weeks ago and you would never know that the car has close to 100K miles on it. The interior is still mint. I don't believe that the car was ever left outside. You could spin the speedometer on that car back to 40K miles and no one would be the wiser.

[showyourauto]

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I agree. 250 miles and there are stains on the trunk mat, dirty engone, aftermarket gauges.. In 250 miles? Don't think so, That was one weekends worth of driving back then .. no way..

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Barry Washington (Challenger T/A Registar) went over the car with a fine tooth comb over several days and agreed that the mileage is genuine. I can say that the storage of the vehicle was less than ideal (surviving daughter stored the car most it's life after dad passed)...the documentation on the car is undisuptable, backing up the odometer. Other things, like cardboard tags, chalk marks, etc. were intact.

As for the "aftermarket accessories" like the tach, wheels, suspension mods, the only thing not installed by Grand Spaulding before the car sold new was the "paint job" on the bottom of the car, a popular thing to do. The rest was added by Mr. Norm to speed the sale of this car- which was a lot lizard, selling in 1971. This conversation is EXACTLY why its important to have a lifetime documentation of a given car. When some calls you have the docs to prove it.

~Patrick Krook