you would not believe what I SAW!!!!

68chrgrwife · March 11, 2008, 02:26:08 PM

Ok so I am in Jacksonville (Yullee) driving down the road with a friend of mine and happened to glance over...there I spot not one but TWO mopars for sale!!!! A R/T Challenger and a Dart Swinger. I could not believe my eyes...I had my friend turn around and go back so I could get pics for hubby and I wanted the price for the Chally. He only wanted $15,000. The thing was cherry. He said that no one has $$ out there so he couldn't get more, but I beg to differ. He was in a richier area and I am sure he could get close to double what he was asking for. I don't know how much he was asking for the Dart.....I just figured he was low balling the chally the dart was prolly low too....I invited him to our website...hopefully he'll post here.......

68chrgrwife · March 11, 2008, 02:27:50 PM

moparstuart · March 11, 2008, 02:45:12 PM

i would think he could get 15 for it even rough !

Blown70 · March 11, 2008, 02:47:03 PM

Quote from: 68chrgrwife on March 11, 2008, 02:26:08 PM
Ok so I am in Jacksonville (Yullee) driving down the road with a friend of mine and happened to glance over...there I spot not one but TWO mopars for sale!!!! A R/T Challenger and a Dart Swinger. I could not believe my eyes...I had my friend turn around and go back so I could get pics for hubby and I wanted the price for the Chally. He only wanted $15,000. The thing was cherry. He said that no one has $$ out there so he couldn't get more, but I beg to differ. He was in a richier area and I am sure he could get close to double what he was asking for. I don't know how much he was asking for the Dart.....I just figured he was low balling the chally the dart was prolly low too....I invited him to our website...hopefully he'll post here.......

you did not buy it why... WOW nice

Arkgl01 · March 11, 2008, 02:47:50 PM

ya we need a phone number... i would have wrote him a check on the spot!

694spdRT · March 11, 2008, 02:48:31 PM

Even a cloned R/T is worth more than that.

I wonder if the seller was just borrowing it.

Rack · March 11, 2008, 02:48:51 PM

15K?!

I'll never stumble on to a deal like that here.

Brock Samson · March 11, 2008, 02:54:54 PM

i got $ 15 K for it right now!

Just 6T9 CHGR · March 11, 2008, 03:07:01 PM

How far is that from Miami? Maybe I'll get my 90 year old grandma to pick it up.....maybe she can sweet talk the older guy & she could get it for less

I agree that really is a deal....you could flip & easily make 5k or more it its a real R/T

694spdRT · March 11, 2008, 03:09:16 PM

That's Jacksonville, FL and I was thinking California for some reason.

My dad is about 25 miles away from there right now.

TruckDriver · March 11, 2008, 03:37:33 PM

That pretty much is giving the car away. I find deals like that too every so often, but I never have the money at the time $:-\$

69_500 · March 11, 2008, 04:52:16 PM

Question is, was it a real R/T or a cloned R/T? Either way $15K seems a little low, but then again times are getting a bit rough on some prices, and in certain areas' of the country they are taking it harder than in some others. Selled could be telling the truth, some areas are seeing huge lay offs, and if that is going on there, people just wouldn't have the expendible income.

chargerrt · March 11, 2008, 06:37:38 PM

That's only like 3 hours away from me. I wouldn't even think twice about making the trip and buying it if I had the money.

400/6/PAC · March 11, 2008, 07:15:48 PM

Sweet deal
I hope a DC Member gets it.

charger01 · March 11, 2008, 07:28:17 PM

Looks really nice......I would of found a way to get the money, and fast.

68chrgrwife · March 11, 2008, 08:02:44 PM

I was seriously thinking o robbing the bank that we were parked right next to. The car was beautiful. He claims it was a real R/T not a clone. I didn't think of checking the vin to verify...I just knew I didn't have $15,000 and hubby just bought me a new car, so I wouldn't be able to store it anywhere......I just wanted to cry.....The car was soooo nice. I hope that someone on here can find this guy and give him a talking to or buy it and give it to me.....LOL He was in Yulee at the Target shopping center on A1A or Amelia Concourse (can't remember which one--I know we drove both)...I do know that there is a Target, a Home Depot a Starbucks and some bank in the center.

TheAutoArchaeologist · March 11, 2008, 08:17:46 PM

From what you've posted from the car, it isn't a real R/T, wrong grille, wrong hood stripe, challenger emblems in the wrong place, R/T emblems with R/T stripe (even though a few are known to have snuck out). Any pics of the rear of the car? I'd take a magnet to the car first, see if it is hiding anything.

Ryan

C_stripes · March 11, 2008, 09:43:05 PM

for a 71 that is the right hood stripe and the right grille. Looks like a nice driver. I wouldn't mind the dart either.

TruckDriver · March 11, 2008, 10:10:05 PM

Quote from: C_stripes on March 11, 2008, 09:43:05 PM
for a 71 that is the right hood stripe and the right grille.

bull · March 11, 2008, 10:15:24 PM

That's a great price for that Chally, no doubt. I like the '71s best.

skip68 · March 11, 2008, 10:28:06 PM

It looks great but might be a bondo bucket and that's why the price is so low.

That still seems low even for a bondo bucket. I'd bet he could get 25k-30k on ebag. Don't rob the bank, just take the car and you will do less time.

Chuck.........

PocketThunder · March 11, 2008, 10:33:05 PM

Quote from: skip68 on March 11, 2008, 10:28:06 PM Don't rob the bank, just take the car and you will do less time. Chuck.........

71ChallengeHer · March 11, 2008, 10:35:31 PM

Great price. I paid more then that for mine.

TheAutoArchaeologist · March 11, 2008, 11:16:34 PM

In 71, they didn't have just the "R/T" emblem on the hood, they had it as part of the stripe. And supposidly you couldn't get the "striped hood" with "DODGE" emblems. I've seen them either way, but never with just a "R/T" emblem, and "DODGE" emblems.

Ryan

C_stripes · March 11, 2008, 11:46:15 PM

Sorry Ryan, But I am going to fight you on this one. As I am a 71 only E-body fan. and I LOVE 71 challengers. I have done some research. They didn't put a R/T emblem in the grille on 71 challengers. They either had the R/T Letters on the hood or they had the hood performance package. Either way it said R/T on the hood. Here are some more samples showing both. You can find them in Google images. The Shaker hood cars didn't even say R/T on the front of them. Jeremy

As far as the dodge emblems on the hood. I would say that he must have used a 70 hood but the letters are way to close together for that. I am going to say they were added later. Maybe even an after market hood. I would still own and enjoy the car though.

mikesbbody · March 12, 2008, 12:12:07 AM

real RT or not, seems like a good deal to me! any idea about the motor? 340, 383, 440? auto right?

TheAutoArchaeologist · March 12, 2008, 12:33:33 AM

Notice how those "R/T" decals are without the "DODGE" emblems on it. That's what I meant, You could get the R/T seperately, you could get the stripe, but not with "DODGE" emblems. Check page 23-593 of the 70-71 Dodge/Plymouth Parts manual for all the different stripes available.

Ryan

Just 6T9 CHGR · March 12, 2008, 05:15:49 PM

Those front bumper guards look like a pretty rare option as well....

1969chargerrtse · March 12, 2008, 06:09:31 PM

Soooooo, she was there but didn't get a number?

68chrgrwife · March 12, 2008, 11:21:02 PM

Sorry guys I didn't get a number I didn't even think of it....

:brickwall:I just was too flabbergasted at the fact of the price. Guy claims it was a true R/T....That I did ask. When I asked clone? He said Nope it's a real R/T.....I wouldn't have know what to look for in the Vin to prove it or not,

(hubby being a B-body guy). He said something about a shifter or transmission, but I didn't get it clearly, so I couldn't tell you.

I didn't get any other pics (felt weird about the ones I did take with the guy staring at me the way he was). Sorry for all those who would have snached it up in a heart beat...I guess I should have thought of you all, huh? I did tell him that he should try and seel it on here that he could easily get 20-30 thousand for it on here...so maybe he'll come on here are become a memeber and sell it here....then we can all fight over it.......

69charger2002 · March 12, 2008, 11:32:25 PM

is "hubby" feeling better after his bad accident??

68chrgrwife · March 13, 2008, 10:27:30 AM

Accident?

Did I miss something? He wasn't with me inFl. when I went. I went down by myself to hang with a friend for a week and he stayed behind with the 3 kiddos.

69_500 · March 13, 2008, 06:49:56 PM

Well that took an odd turn in the last 3 post. Hmmmmmm. Maybe someone should read back in another thread to read up on the accident.

Chris G. · March 13, 2008, 07:05:18 PM

Quote from: 68chrgrwife on March 13, 2008, 10:27:30 AM
Accident? Did I miss something? He wasn't with me inFl. when I went. I went down by myself to hang with a friend for a week and he stayed behind with the 3 kiddos.

Last I heard (which was about a month ago), he crashed in a Helicopter, and had several broken bones and fractures.

That's "news" to you?

BigBlockSam · March 13, 2008, 07:22:40 PM

nh_mopar_fan · March 13, 2008, 07:59:54 PM

Oh, this should be good.

69charger2002 · March 13, 2008, 08:25:57 PM

interesting. either he made it up, or he has so many accidents at odd times you can't keep up?

NHCharger · March 13, 2008, 08:55:55 PM

This is why I love this board. Best laugh I've had all day.
I looked

for the helicopter crash thread, I remember the thread buts it's been removed. IIRC he was injured during some training or war games.

ramit · March 13, 2008, 09:47:38 PM

I was wondering what happened to the thread about him not going through with the deal on buying the car.

Charger1973 · March 13, 2008, 11:55:06 PM

classic...

68chrgrwife · March 14, 2008, 10:34:29 PM

oh...that accident....yeah that was a while ago...he is doing ok. Obviously he is doing ok enough to be gone training for the next 6 months.....(he is gone Monday-Friday and home only on weekends). Damn Navy!

TUFCAT · March 14, 2008, 10:54:56 PM

Do ya think Hubby forgot to mention to Wifey about a car deal he made with Travey that went bad....?

68chrgrwife · March 17, 2008, 12:43:33 AM

Quote from: TUFCAT on March 14, 2008, 10:54:56 PM
Do ya think Hubby forgot to mention to Wifey about a car deal he made with Travey that went bad....?

I know most of the stuff that happens with Hubby...there isn't anything that he doesn't tell me and that I don't tell him....we don't hide things from each other.....

bull · March 17, 2008, 01:06:20 AM

So... did anyone buy the Challenger yet?

News:

you would not believe what I SAW!!!!