1970 dick landy charger. Value?

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Sites,

Did you by any chance buy the car from David Anspaugh or hear that name anywhere in the deal?

No, I don't recall ever hearing the name until you asked. The Landy car has faded lettering below the old faded "Dick Landy" lettering that looks like "Poor Boy". My brother was doing a little research on the car yesterday and looked up Poor Boy on the internet. He came across a "Poor Boy Racing" and that name was mentioned. We don't know if the lettering on the car refers to them. My brother also located one of the previous owners of the "Landy" car, Edward Thomas, who said he bought it from somebody racing under the "Poor Boy" name. We have the guy's name, but I can't find it right now. I'll post it later. Edward  says the car is definitely a Dick Landy car and he has some pictures of it from when he was racing it. He must be hard core, because over thirty years after racing the "Landy" car, he has a car in a show this Saturday and he is racing this Sunday. We plan to meet up with him at the show on Saturday and see what history he can give us on the car.

[Alaskan_TA]

Very cool, I hope he has some interesting stuff for you! :-)

Barry

[ChargerHound69]

Now that is fresh from the barn. 

I had to pick my jaw up off the ground and clean up the puddle of drool that was left behind.

That does indeed look to be the real deal.  Defiantly get all the Mopar magazines involved, they will also have a better chance at getting a meeting with Mr. Landy.

[Silver68RT]

The Rod Shop's '71 Hemi Charger racecar was at the Mecum auction last weekend.  Same deal - double digit mileage, unrestored original, factory Hemi car.  Anybody know what it went for?  Probably as close as you're going to get for establishing a value for Landy's car.  There was also that factory Super Stock Hemi Superbird that was on eBay last year.  Anyone know what that went for?  I thought it was over a million.

Doug
Silver68RT

[2Gunz]

Please do yourself a favor and get the car INSURED..... Like tomorrow.

And make sure you include all the stuff.... fire/water and theft, for some rediculous amount.

It would suck to lose what could be way over a $150,000 car over some sort of freak accident and $2000 in insurance.

[blackcharger]

Please do yourself a favor and get the car INSURED..... Like tomorrow.

And make sure you include all the stuff.... fire/water and theft, for some rediculous amount.

It would suck to lose what could be way over a $150,000 car over some sort of freak accident and $2000 in insurance.

Dave

[69_500]

Very cool ride you have there. I saw this thread a few days ago but didn't open it up, man I wish I had.

Barn fresh, or in your case barn old. So you've had the car for 30 years? Definately a HEMI Charger from what I can tell. Wasn't aware that Landy was going to be at Carlisle, but he should take a look at the car. I'd rather have his seal of approval on the car than anyone else's.

[Blakcharger440]

Sounds like a great find. But as said in an very earlier post the decals on the barn find dont match the ones in the picture so its not
that particular car in the pic. Hopefully Landy can authenticate the car as the other one of 2,but if not then ya at least have a cool Hemi Charger! 

[Ghoste]

If you look at Landy's cars carefully, you will find that he often changed decals around.  I'm not talking about the instances where he ran multiple cars but rather the ones where he ran a single example of a model.

[bordin34]

Here is a picture of the 1969 Landy Charge from th e1969 hotrod yearbook.

[RT DAVE]

The Rod Shop's '71 Hemi Charger racecar was at the Mecum auction last weekend.  Same deal - double digit mileage, unrestored original, factory Hemi car.  Anybody know what it went for?  Probably as close as you're going to get for establishing a value for Landy's car.  There was also that factory Super Stock Hemi Superbird that was on eBay last year.  Anyone know what that went for?  I thought it was over a million.

Doug
Silver68RT

I believe the bidding on the "Rod Shop" 71 went above $500K but it did not hit the reserve... 

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         Dick Landy has agreed to look over the Charger and authenticate it, in writing, if he's convinced it was originally his car (it was). We met with Ed Thomas a few weeks ago at a car show. He's the second assignee on the manufacturer's statement of origin. He assured me this is definately a Dick Landy car. He bought the car from Sam Pannuty, who owned the car under the name Pat's Auto Sales, and raced under the name "Poor Boy." That explains the faded "Poor Boy" lettering still visible on the car door. Ed later sold the car to Willie Turner from whom I purchased the car. All of this is verified by the manufacturer's statement of origin (see pic below). We've also posted articles that Ed's wife sent us about this car and a Challenger from back when Ed was racing them.
         I pumped up the Charger tires and they held air after all these years. The tires are cruddy and the wheels are very rusty. I considered getting new Cragars and tires and sprucing up the car a little, but I think it may be better to keep it as original as possible. Randy Bolig of Mopar Muscle said he would like the Charger in the magazine. Hope to see some of you at Carlisle.

[Neal_J]

Fantastic!

Neal

[2-4-me]

oh !my! god! even if it was just a copy of a landy car i would kill to have it .how cool. i noticed it had export on the build sheet.you could research it with some vintage drag race collectors.want a sweet 70 and a not so sweet 68?

[Ghoste]

Man, that's great!  Are you less inclined to sell the car now?  Are you taking it to Columbus?  Maybe you should contact them about about putting it under one of the tents.

[blackcharger]

if you do change any parts, BE SURE TO KEEP THEM!!

[Charger_Fan]

Yep, this story keeps getting cooler by the day! 

[TruckDriver]

Yep, this story keeps getting cooler by the day! 

And the man himself plans to look at the car! How cool is that. Way to go! And Mopar Muscle wants to do a story on the car. That is even cooler............



because I get it in the mail before almost everyone here

[terrible one]

This is really cool man. So are you going to keep the car now? I sure would!

[ChargerHound69]

WOW!!

That is great.  I can't wait to read more on this car.

[tan top]

WOW!!

That is great.  I can't wait to read more on this car.

                                  thanks for keeping us updated , i defiantly would not sell this charger if it were me

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It's getting close to Carlisle time, so I'll be cleaning up the car this weekend. A few weeks ago, when we met Ed Thomas, one of the previous owners of the Dick Landy Charger, at the car show, we also met Chuck Hughs. He had a really nice restored Charger at the car show. We showed him a picture of our Dick Landy Charger and asked if he knew what it was. His jaw dropped and he yelled "I've been in that car!" He said, at the time, the car belonged to Willie Turner. That's who we bought the car from. His name's on the paperwork, but we couldn't read it. He gave us some info on the car and helped fill in more of the blanks. It's hard to believe we just happened to come across someone who had more information on the car. All the pieces are coming together. When we went back over to talk to Ed, to let him know that Chuck had given us the name of Willie Turner as the car's owner between Ed and us, he immediately remembered the name. He said they used to remember the guy's name as Turner because he once turned over one of his race cars at the track.

Again, I hope to see some of you at Carlisle. I'll let everyone know what happens.

[Ghoste]

All from an innocent question posed on the internet.  Did you ever think it would generate this much interest and information?

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All from an innocent question posed on the internet.  Did you ever think it would generate this much interest and information?

That pretty much sums it up! I never did expect all this. You guys are great. Thanks again to everyone.

Ron

[Ghoste]

Speaking for myself of course but I imagine most of us feel pretty thrilled to have this contact with the car.  So thanks to you.