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Wow...what a waste

Started by 69bronzeT5, March 27, 2008, 08:40:32 PM

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69bronzeT5

March 27, 2008, 08:40:32 PM
I was over at cuda-challenger.com and I saw this...


"Heres one of the paragraphs within the article. "By the time the training ended at 11:30 am the car had been turned into a convertiable and the body cut into four sections and thrown into a scrap metal hopper for recycling." Elsewhere in the article it said this was one of the first built by Chrysler.  RIP 2009 Challenger.  Personally I'd built a roll cage in that shell and that Chally would have been a drag car. BTW, the firefighters started their lil training exercise a 9:30 am, so in a 2 hour span they chopped the Chally into"
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Magnumcharger

#1
March 27, 2008, 08:44:30 PM
Funny...how the first thing they chopped out was those damn 'B' pillars!! :D
1968 Plymouth Barracuda Formula S 340 convertible
1968 Dodge Charger R/T 426 Hemi 4 speed
1968 Plymouth Barracuda S/S clone 426 Hemi auto
1969 Dodge Deora pickup clone 318 auto
1971 Dodge Charger R/T 440 auto
1972 Dodge C600 318 4 speed ramp truck
1972 Dodge C800 413 5 speed
1979 Chrysler 300 T-top 360 auto
2001 Dodge RAM Sport Offroad 360 auto
2010 Dodge Challenger R/T 6 speed
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A383Wing

#2
March 27, 2008, 08:44:48 PM
I guess the fire dept. has to practice because we all know that someone is going to test the airbag system and they would have to be cut out of the car....good training I would say.

Bryan

Mike DC

#3
March 27, 2008, 09:13:53 PM
 
I wouldn't be shocked if Chrysler delivered them a bunch of preproduction mules, or unibodies that were yanked for quality control tolerances, etc. 

hemihead

#4
March 27, 2008, 09:25:46 PM
No big deal .  :shruggy:
Lots of people talkin' , few of them know
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Death1970Proof

#5
March 27, 2008, 09:27:56 PM
At least it wasnt a '70  :icon_smile_big:
"Remember when I said this car was death proof? Well that wasnt' a lie-this car is 100%death proof- only to get the benefit of it honey you really need to be sitting in my seat"...

TruckDriver

#6
March 27, 2008, 10:14:49 PM
No big deal. Like someone said, it most likey happens more then you think with new cars.
PETE

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"If you don't straighten up, I'm going to knock you into the middle of next week!" :P

NMike

#7
March 27, 2008, 10:20:54 PM
most manufacturers give the cars away for things like this. they can never sell the to the public for legal/safety reasons (pre-production cars) so this is the best way to recoupe some investment. they get a tax break for "donating" them.

just like when you see a car show on TV,  doing a major build or a car at SEMA from one of the Big3(4). those cars never get sold to the public, just crushed afterwards.

charger_mike75

#8
March 28, 2008, 12:07:21 PM
not really much of a waste, it's not like they are on the road yet. besides I have to agree with the previous statement in regards to someone WILL test the airbags
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