250 mile Challenger T/A

Casey Marks · #1 03-21-2006, 06:47 PM

250 miles and the thermostat housing leaks ..... bummer.

agtw31 · #2 03-22-2006, 08:56 PM

250 miles is unbelieveable,and probably is

69hurstSC · #3 03-23-2006, 06:54 AM

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 · #4 04-05-2006, 06:08 AM

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

CHIEF RAM AIR · #5 04-05-2006, 04:52 PM

I don't know about the original miles. But I would much rather have an excellent survivor than a restored car. I am probably in the minority.

AutoInsane · #6 04-20-2006, 11:53 PM

They are out there! I know of a Blue w/ Black soft top 67 Camaro RS/SS 396 tucked away with 400 miles on it. Open the door and it smells like new!

showyourauto · #7 09-24-2007, 02:30 PM

A year and half later...the car sold for $150k...bidder set his max at $175k. After the car was featured in Mopar Collectors Guide, I was called with offers of $200k, warts and all.

~Patrick Krook

**flyingn** · #8 09-26-2007, 04:27 AM

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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**njsteve** · #9 09-26-2007, 04:31 AM

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.

king_midas · #10 09-26-2007, 06:59 PM

I'm sorry, but I'm having a problem with understanding why this particular car is attractive to a buyer. I too can totally appreciate the patina and stories that an old car can tell, but this car has awful patina, and has no stories.

Well, I should say that the only stories it would have are probably not that interesting.

In my opinion, this is exactly the problem with vintage american iron built around 1970-- The materials that were used were so inferior/bad that when survivors are found, often the paint, and especially the interiors, are shot. When you find cars that were more expensive when new, their materials are not this deteriorated. Cadillac, and for the most part, low mileage survivor European cars (i.e.: Ferrari, Mercedes, Porsche, and BMW) must have had significantly better materials and assembly processes, because I just don't see this "spontaneous decay" phenomenon with those cars.

Another example:

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I'm sorry, but someone is paying a premium for original paint that could have been done better by either my 90-year old Grandma, or 6-year old niece...
Just another example of the collector world not making much sense to me, I guess...

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