1970 Black Challengers

[Xplantdad]

That's a great pic Bill...you and Marilee haven't changed much! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/youguysrock.gif[/img]

[DarrenX33]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Bill Pritchard</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I had a triple black 70 Hemi Challenger R/T (not an RT/SE) that I bought from the original owner in 1980. It was sold new at Grand-Spaulding Dodge. When I restored it, I left off the vinyl roof. Kept it until 1995. Last I knew of, it was in Bethesda MD in 1997.

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Great picture Bill!

[SS427]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: XXXBlackLs6M22</div><div class="ubbcode-body">

WOW Nice [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/worship.gif[/img] should have kept that beauty. </div></div>

He did and is still living the life of a very happy husband! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/wink.gif[/img]

[Bill Pritchard]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: SS427</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
He did and is still living the life of a very happy husband! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/wink.gif[/img] </div></div>

Good one Rick! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

That car had manual steering and a Rim-Blow steering wheel....when Marilee would drive it, low speed turns or parking maneuvers were always a laugh riot, as she would be constantly honking the horn while trying to wrestle the wheel [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/haha.gif[/img]

[Bill Pritchard]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Xplantdad</div><div class="ubbcode-body">That's a great pic Bill...you and Marilee haven't changed much! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/youguysrock.gif[/img] </div></div>

Maybe Marilee hasn't changed much....I'm a different story....seems odd to see me when my hair wasn't gray/white [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/rolleyes.gif[/img]

[black69]

wow, what a cool car!

[Bill Pritchard]

Here are a few pictures of the car as I purchased it in March 1980. Note the 15x10 slotted aluminum rear wheels and L60-15 tires.....musta been the hot setup on 70 Challengers.

[black69]

this car proves my point that the day2 look of cars around chicago were with wider front tires.
super cool pictures.

[mockingbird812]

Great looking car Bill. How did she run? Tranny, reared, mods.....?

[Bill Pritchard]

Sam, the Hemi had some nuances that I was unfamiliar with, but once I got it all sorted out it ran really strong. It had the 4 speed and the Super Track Pac (4.10 Dana and power disc brakes) but I rebuilt it as totally stock/original. By current standards it would need to be completely re-restored to be top notch, but in 1987 when I finished the resto, it was darn nice.

This car was the original owner's daily driver for 5 years. He worked midnight shift at the local Caterpillar Tractor assembly plant in our area, and he would go by the Union 76 gas station that all my friends and I would hang out at most every night, on his way to work. It was the only Hemi car I ever knew of in our area. In 1975 with 64,000 miles on it, he pulled the engine out for a refreshing, and for many and varied reasons it never got any further. I also worked at the same Caterpillar plant, and in 1980 when I heard he was going to sell it, I jumped on it.