1970 Hemi Charger R/T-SE on ebay

[Les Quam]

Sorry for being both stupid and uninformed are you guys saying that only about 16 HEMI Chargers were produced in 1970? Why the reduction from 432 HEMI Chargers built in 1969? Lack of interest?

[WILMASBOYL78]

Outstanding survivor car....end of an era for BB muscle. And now they sell Hemis again go figure

wilma

[Enoch]

Les, Steve in referring to the # of Hemi's Chargers that have both the R/T and the SE options. There were many more built with just the RT option. Hope this clears it up for you.
Rich.

[njsteve]

To answer your questions Les, the numbers dropped probably due to the introduction of the Cuda and Challenger, and the hefty price of the Charger. As for production, the Dodge Boys made 112 Hemi Chargers in 1970: 56 four speeds and 56 automatics. And in anticipation of your next question, no, they didn't plan that exact same number for each tranny combination, it just worked out that way. Of those 112 built, 15 (now 16, broken down into 10 four speeds and 6 automatics) were the option upon an option R/T-SE (think of a Z-28 with the Rally Sport option as a GM equivilent) The SE gave you a bunch of luxury additions such as the leather interior and real artificial woodgrain on everything.

[Bill Pritchard]

Nice find, Steve What a car for someone I've said it before, and I'm sure I'll say it again....."Just when you think you've seen it all,......"

[Les Quam]

Steve,
Thanks for the thoroughness of your reply I learned a lot reading all your posts on this car. I always wondered why one screw on the fender tag was painted and the other not?

What do you think a car like this is worth?

[hvychev]

Absolutely friggin amazing...........

That has to be one of the coolest cars to ever "come out of the closet."

[njsteve]

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Steve,
Thanks for the thoroughness of your reply I learned a lot reading all your posts on this car. I always wondered why one screw on the fender tag was painted and the other not?

What do you think a car like this is worth?

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Thanks for the compliment sir. Value: this would be one of those value inestimable situations: original owner since day one, unrestored, bulletproof provenance. $300K would be a bargain. You can find Hemicudas all day since they made 652 of them but this is a unique car.

BTW here is the breakdown we currently have on the 16 cars, including this one. While any of the 25+ body colors were available, as you can see, they only made 3 leather interiors available for the SE package, green, tan, and a metallic black called charcoal.

1970 HEMI CHARGER R/T-SE with Automatic trans:

green w/green leather interior
tan w/ tan leather interior
black w/ charcoal leather interior
orange w/ charcoal leather interior
yellow w/ charcoal leather interior
blue w/ charcoal leather interior (Canadian Export)

1970 HEMI CHARGER R/T-SE with four speed:

red w/ charcoal leather interior (mine)
orange w/ tan leather interior
orange w/ charcoal leather interior
orange w/ charcoal leather interior
dark green w/ charcoal leather interior
green w/ tan leather interior
limelight w/ charcoal leather interior
yellow w/ charcoal leather interior
yellow w/ tan leather interior
tan w/ tan leather interior

[KevinW]

Steve, Very interesting find! I bet you almost fell of your chair when you saw it. I marked the auction to see the fun. $300K is reserve not met, bet reserve is at least double that. Who ever did that auction did a real nice job for a first timer!

[PPPJJJFFF]

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Steve,


What do you think a car like this is worth?

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I remember reading in Mopar Action a few months back that the original owner of a 70 R/T Hemi-Charger was reunited with his car at some show. He was looking to purchase the car back from the current owner. Car was restored and incredible. Top Bananna if I rememver right. I'm not sure if it was one of the few RT/SE cars.

He made an offer of 500K and was quickly turned down!

I think Steve is right that 300K would be a bargain for this car. I can't believe what I just wrote (a bargain).

Patrick